The first Fast and The Furious film made over $207 million worldwide, and the three following films continued to grow the series’ box office numbers, with a slight dip with Fast Furious: Tokyo Drift.
The fourth film, Fast & Furious, earned the franchise over $360 million worldwide.
Despite the gradual global success of The Fast and the Furious franchise, Fast Five is when the series grew to a massive commercial success, gaining nearly $300 million more than the previous film.
Before Johnson joined the crew, The Fast and The Furious franchise was already four-films strong.