Box Office: 'Furious 7' Races To $1 Billion Faster Than 'Avengers,' 'Avatar'

In box office terms, it took just a quarter-of-a-mile for Furious 7 to cross the $1 billion finish line, as the smash hit sequel surpassed said benchmark in its 17th day of worldwide release. That's the fastest sprint to said milestone in box office history, doing it two days faster than Avatar, The Avengers, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. The seventh in the long-running Vin Diesel/Paul Walker franchise has earned a whopping $735.2 million overseas along with $273.7 milli...