First film in series to be directed by James Wan (known for horror movies) after previous director Justin Lin quit after 4 films
Made $397.6 million worldwide during its opening weekend – 6th highest grossing opening weekend
The film has grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide – 8th Largest grossing film of all time.
Highest grossing film of the franchise
Filming took place in: Atlanta, LA, Colorado, Abu Dhabi and Tokyo
Very large stunt sequences – Over 10 real cars pushed out the back of a cargo plane, Jumping across moving vehicles, crashing expensive cars through buildings
340 Cars used in total, with over 230 of them being destroyed, including several luxury cars, as well as the model of a $3.4 million supercar.
10% of the stunts were completely CGI according to stunt coordinator, Joel Kramer
