You Could Buy 200 Bugatti Chirons For The Price Of All The Damage Caused In The F&F Movie Series
If you’ve ever wondered how much money’s worth of damage has been caused in the Fast movie series, you’re in luck, because an insurance company has done the maths.
According to insurethegap.com, the seven films released to date have clocked up £419,446,914 in damage to cars, planes, helicopters, buildings, buses, tanks, trains and even motorbikes. It’s the good guys who’ve dealt the most destruction, too, being responsible for £261,108,631 of that figure.
We’re not entirely sure how the company has reached these numbers; the page gives no methodology and quotes no sources other than having worked with classic car consultant Nacho Llacer to estimate the monetary value of damage done to the rarer and older cars in the famous franchise, which draws to a close in April with the release of the final instalment, Fate of the Furious.
The most destructive character is Deckard Shaw, the major villain in Furious 7. Seeking revenge for the death of his brother in Fast & Furious 6, Shaw, played by Jason Statham, causes all kinds of hell in the series’ seventh instalment, amassing a frankly ridiculous £148,786,000 in insurance bills.
By comparison, crowd-pleaser Dom, a character defined by the awesome Vin Diesel, has ‘only’ caused £56,274,037’s worth of damage over the six films he has appeared in.
Tokyo Drift is the least destructive of all the films except for the original, which had a much lower budget for special effects, after all. Fast & Furious 6 is where the destruction really steps up a notch, from about £16-17m in Fast 5 to over £160m worth. In Furious 7, that figure apparently nudges £240m.
Elsewhere, the amount of ‘serious’ car damage has been steadily rising since the first film, with the exception of Tokyo Drift, which focused more on racing skill than blowing stuff up. The whole run of statistics makes for fun reading, and if you’re interested, the link is below.
Via: InsuretheGap
Hat tip to Ian Wright
Comments
Did they include the damaged feelings of petrolheads due to the damaged cars??
That would be to much, so many Chirons won’t be built.
This money could make me well-fed for decades…with some spare money for car parts.
Should last you a lifetime instead.
You mean well prepped with car parts and some spare money for Nasi lemak
It would’ve been better if the Fast and Furious series didn’t decide to go full Michael Bay mode, stick to their roots, and make films about racing instead. Also, it would cost less to make the film as well…
Yep, but it’s all about the market. Fast and Furious now is a movie for everyone, is not about cars at all now.
The fast and furious, is now in the “Action” category, probably will be a success in the cinema.
The first one, I will probably put it in “Racing” category, which is less common, and no one cares about except petrolheads or people who like cars. I ask to people who are not into cars but kinda likes F&F, and they doesn’t know about the first one, even the second
The F&F movies were always about heists. Street racing was just a cover-up for the heists
F&F (2001): Stealing DVDs and other video equipement
2F2F: Stealing from drug lord (at the end)
F&F (2009): Stealing from a drug lord
F&F5: Stealing from another drug lord
F&F 6 and 7 (and 8): paying the debts they made in 4th and 5th movie
Np Matt.
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I’d rather buy 200 copies of all the F&F episodes and distribute them to petrolheads who can’t afford to watch the movie
Right in the feels.
Well The Owner Of The Lykan In FF7 Would Buy All The Chirons. Don’t Worry Bugatti, MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS YOU!!
What if they damaged everything with those 200 Chirons??
aahh ok i think ill take one so there would be 199 chirons who else wants one?
Sure, ill take one.
Yeah, they could have bought 200 Bugattis and it would still be shiet