This just in. “Fast and Furious”, the fourth installment to “The Fast And The Furious” film series, has officially broken the record for a spring movie release opening weekend box office results. Ever. After three days in theaters the film, starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, has already grossed $72.5 million. Thats is over $2 million more than the previous holder of the record, “300″.

As a cinesnob and even as a fanboy I am stunned. I knew Riverside, even the Inland Empire, would welcome this film with open arms but I had no clue that it would reach this kind of acceptance nationwide. A movie about fast, tricked out cars that boasts the same two guys who starred in movies like “The Pacifier” and “Into The Blue” as its leading male roles has just broken a world record in box office results in the first quarter of the film year. Now, I can come to grips with it being the highest grossing film of 2009 so far. (A) Other than Watchmen, 2009 hasn’t been the best year for really great movies so far and (B) Summer hasn’t come around yet for the real heavy hitters to come out. But still, its broken a record that goes beyond this year and into the history books of forever.

I may not like the film or its franchise but I gotta respect it at least for its ability to pull ticket sales like that in an economy like this with the box office having the hard times its been having for the last few years. Will I be seeing it? No. But I’ll give it a little clap for at least accomplishing something worth noting.