The latest "Fast and Furious" installment roared to pole position in the North American box office this weekend, easily overtaking last week's winner "Home" for the top spot, according to industry data Monday. The film features the late Paul Walker, who was killed in an unrelated car crash in November 2013 while the film was still in production. "Going well beyond a pitch-perfect marketing campaign and a great release date, the enthusiastic and devoted fan base came out in droves to support the franchise and the late Paul Walker -- and the results are staggering," senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian, of the box office tracker Rentrak, said in a statement. Pulling in $13.1 million and scoring third place was buddy comedy "Get Hard," about a prison-bound white investment banker (Will Ferrell) who hires a black car washer (Kevin Hart) for lessons on surviving the slammer.
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