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TheFast & Furiousfranchise beats the likes of Marvel to become the longest-running interconnected narrative in cinema, second only toStar Wars.But without Vin Diesel at the helm, the road paved with love, friendship, family, and sacrifice that takes the franchise all the way to the top of box office rankings wouldn’t have been an easy feat.
By the prevailing laws of industry success, the actor would then go on to not only become the face ofFast & Furiousbut stand worthy of such an honor by raking in one of the highest paychecks in Hollywood history. But nothing survives in la la land without its fair share of controversy.
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Vin Diesel Becomes 3rd Highest-Paid Actor ForFurious 7
After a few scattered appearances over the course of the 90s,Vin Dieselstruck gold when he was cast as the leading man in a film involving street racing. Filmed on a budget of $38 million, 2001’sThe Fast and the Furiousdominated the box office upon release, becoming a stellar critical and commercial success and raking in $207 million worldwide.
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Now, after 9 films and one spin-off, thefranchise stands at over $6 billion in global box office earnings, with its leading man holding a net worth of a formidable $225 million, most of which comes from his 20-year tenure within theFastfamily.Furious 7,which holds the record as the highest-grossing ($1.5 billion) and most successful of all theFastfilms, subsequently paid Diesel $47 million as salary in 2015, making him the 3rd highest-paid actor in the world.
Two years later,The Fate of the Furious(or simplyF8) would knock the franchise (and Vin Diesel) down a peg. The movie clocked in at $1.2 billion and Vin Diesel took home a salary that was a drastic $27 million less than his previous one. The actor would go on to earn only $20 million for each of the subsequent installments that came after, including his latest release,Fast X.
Vin Diesel Brings Out the Big Guns For the Fast Finale
Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto is hardly done doling out his lesson to the world about what it means to be a family. As the franchise nears its scheduled finale, the Marvel actor has also somewhat raised the stakes, promising to leave no stone unturned for the final showdown, and involved himself personally to see the vision through to the end.
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One of the results of his endeavors has been the return ofDwayne JohnsoninFast Xin an end-credits cameo scene, that teases an eventual reconciliation and a more involved role in the 11th and last installment. Despite the ugly feud that had left the waters muddied after the Vin Diesel v The Rock clash in the aftermath ofF8, it is impressive, to say the least, to be able to have convinced theHobbs & Shawactor for however minute a role, especially considering how Johnson had been put off by Diesel’s“manipulative”efforts to bring him back forFast X.
Fast Xis currently playing in theatres worldwide.
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Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
