Fast & Furious Trivia

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When Dom (Vin Diesel) visits Letty's tomb, the headstone reads "Leticia Ortiz". In Spain this caused much amusement because "Letizia Ortiz" (with Z) was a journalist who later became Princesa Letizia de Asturias after marrying Prince Felipe de Borbón, son of Spain's King Juan Carlos de Borbón. (imdb.com)

In The Fast and the Furious (2001) Dom told Letty: "The other night I had a dream, you and I were on a beach in Mexico", which proves true as Dom and Letty are at a party and walking along a beach in Mexico, after the initial gasoline steal. (imdb.com)

With $72.5 mio., had the highest-grossing opening weekend for a car-themed movie (beating Cars (2006)' $60.1 million). (imdb.com)

With a gross of $72.5 mio., it had the biggest three day opening ever for a Universal Pictures beating The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)'s $72.1 mil. (imdb.com)

The F-BOMB Camaro used at the end of the final chase scene through the tunnel is a duplicate of David Frieberger's real '71 Camaro "F Bomb". David was the chief editor for Hot Rod magazine for years. Originally built by Tom Nelson at Nelsonracingengines.com (imdb.com)

With a gross of $72.5 million on its opening weekend, the movie had the biggest April debut ever. ( Anger Management (2003) formerly held the record with $42.2 million) (imdb.com)

The Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 that O'Çonnor drives was provided by Kaizo Industries which was claimed to be legal for road use under "kit car" guidelines. The R34 was later believed to be stolen in July 2009, when it was later revealed to be one of the three R34s seized by government agents. As of September 2009, its fate is unknown. (imdb.com)

Vin Diesel originally wanted to make the 4th and 5th films back to back, but Universal decided to take some time to see how the current movie would work out before moving on to a fifth. Diesel was allowed to direct an 18 minute short film set in the Fast And Furious world, which will be available on the DVD. (imdb.com)