After today's ticket sales, Furious 7 has passed $1 billion, marking the quickest initial rise in box office history.

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It took 17 days for Furious 7 to reach the new milestone –– The Avengers, Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 all crossed the same mark, but it took them 19 days to do so. Furious 7's total global sales are estimated at about $1.009 billion, with $735 million in overseas tickets, and $274 million in North America.Last weekend, Universal announced that Furious 7 was the fastest-grossing entry in the Fast and Furious series within 10 days of its debut, with $60.6 million in its second weekend. The second-best grossing in the series, 2013's Fast & Furious 6, passed $238.7 million in domestic sales.And according to a physics professor at Pierce College, Furious 7's skyscraper jump stunt could actually be pulled off in real life –– apparently, that was the " most plausible stunt in the whole movie ."

Mike Mahardy is a journalist based in New York. You can follow him on Twitter at @mmahardy , where he rants about the NY Yankees and NY Giants. Neither have done well recently.