![]() Fast Five combined everyone from the first four movies into a blockbuster (rave reviews, plus $209 million domestic and $626 million global in 2011) which turned the franchise into an A-level action series. The initial hit spawned spin-offs ( 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift) and then a traditional sequel ( Fast & Furious). ![]() There’s a good chance that if Vin Diesel and Paul Walker came back for a conventional Fast & Furious II that this franchise might have ended in three installments. ![]() Whether he thought he was worth that much or whether he didn’t want to do it and was trying to price himself out of the movie, I cannot say. After Rob Cohen’s The Fast and the Furious became a surprise smash in the summer of 2001 (a $40 million debut, a $144 million domestic cume and a $207 million global total on a $38 million budget), Vin Diesel allegedly wanted $27 million to return for a sequel. I have long argued that the Fast & Furious franchise became what it is today precisely because its top-billed star resisted attempts to lure him back. Much of Vin Diesel’s career has been about trying to prove his commercial worth outside of the franchise that turned him from a cult favorite into a pop culture icon.
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