速度与激情8迎来全球最佳首映开局

 　　The Fate of the Furious, the eighth installment¹ of the popular "Fast and Furious" series, opened in the U.S. and 63 international markets, including China, the U.K. and Mexico, last weekend.

　　The film has already broken the global box office record held by Disney’s "Star Wars: The Force Awakens²," which brought in $529 million globally in 2015. (Yet, to be fair to the galaxy³ far, far away, "Force Awakens" didn’t open in the world’s second largest market, China, until a month after it was released.)

　　So far the film, which opened last Thursday night in North America, has brought in $45.6 million on opening day in the United States. The early totals have pushed the 16-year-old series above the $4 billion mark overall.

　　It’s no shock that the film is a hit with international audiences. For the first seven films in the franchise⁴, 67% of ticket sales came from abroad, especially China. In that market, it took 2015’s "Furious 7" only eight days to gross $250 million.

　　The latest film, which stars Vin Diesel⁵ and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is already breaking records in China. "Fate" has nabbed the country’s record for biggest single day ever and the biggest three-day opening of all time in China.

　　"Once again, the ’Furious’ franchise has come off the line faster than ever before," said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst⁶ at Boxoffice.com.

1 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

2 awakens   

v.（使）醒( awaken的第三人称单数 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到

参考例句：

• The scene awakens reminiscences of my youth. 这景象唤起我年轻时的往事。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The child awakens early in the morning. 这个小孩早晨醒得早。 来自辞典例句

3 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

4 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

5 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

6 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。