"Fast & the Furious 6" is off to a roaring start at the box office, earning $6.5 million in late night shows on Thursday in what is shaping up to be one of the biggest Memorial Day weekends in movie history.
That figure is a franchise best and easily tops the $3.8 million that "Fast Five," the previous installment in the cars and criminals series, earned two years ago in its midnight showings.
It is also more than double the $3.1 million that "The Hangover Part III" earned in late night screenings this week.
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The two sequels are squaring off against each other in a fiercely competitive weekend at the multiplexes.