When Gran Turismo arrived in theaters last month, it performed abysmally at the box office and only managed a $17.4 million debut gross. While it blundered the start, it seems like its zoomed ahead to regain the lead in the last lap.
Granted, the film finished first at the box office that weekend but it was because there was no strong contender for the position. The fiercest competition came from Barbie, which had been in theaters for over a month and had enjoyed an incredible run. Unfortunately, Gran Turismo dropped by 64% the following weekend for a $6.6 million gross.
Given Gran Turismo's slow start, many of us were not expecting it to get far in the race. Yet, per latest box office data, the film has now grossed over $100 million. Currently, it has grossed $39 million at the domestic box office and $63 million in international markets for a total of $102 million.
Gran Turismo tells the true life story of race car driver Jann Mardenborough and the challenges he overcame to become a professional race car driver. Mardenborough was a teenager who learned how to race from playing the racing simulator video game Gran Turismo.
He was so good at it that Nissan invited him to their academy where they trained exceptional Gran Turismo players and helped them go professional. Mardenborough was one of the few who made the cut. Unfortunately, he had an accident in his very first race that saw him severely injured and a spectator killed.