If box-office success was any guide to Oscar wins, and many would argue that in recent years it has been, then Vin Diesel’s claims that the seventh in the speed-racing franchise was on its way to a big win next year shouldn’t be scoffed at.

Fast and Furious 7 has made a whopping estimated $143.6m in its opening weekend in America and $384m worldwide. That total is likely to increase even further when final figures arrive, but the sum so far already makes it the biggest April opening in…
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