The fifth installment of 'Fast and the Furious' is scheduled to hit U.S. movie theaters on Friday, but Australians and Britons have already taken the ride to the cinemas to see the cars-and-mayhem-themed Fast & Furious, heist film saga last Friday.

And judging by the performance at the box office in foreign markets, including New Zealand and Korea, 'Fast and Furious 5: Rio Heist', dubbed as - - 'Fast Five' in the U.S. - - is making its way to outdo “Thor” in its opening week.

Deadline Hollywood said 'Fast Five' is making its way to the box office chart in full gear as the film featuring big car crashes and explosions, lithe women and roiling testosterone with the original triumvirates - - Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster - - has reportedly raked in an explosive $24 million in 957 screens alone over the weekend.

And with the big addition of Dwayne Johnson, who was back in his kick-ass driving mode from his own cars-and-mayhem-movie, ‘Faster’ to the returning casts, Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris from ‘2 Fast 2 Furious ‘ and Sung Kang from ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’, there is no doubt that 'Fast Five' would continue to attract more males and females alike to gas their tanks and race to the theaters in U.S. Friday.

The Sydney Morning Herald noted that in Great Britain alone, ‘Fast Five’ collected £5.3M (about $8.8 million from 434 movie houses in its opening weekend. Paul Byrnes of the Sydney Morning Herald enumerated what makes the film a hit, big time, in Australia.

He said: "Three things that are rare: a good movie with 'five' in the title, a good movie with Vin Diesel in a leading role, and the same again, even more so, with Dwayne Johnson."

Inside Line correspondent John Pearley Huffman taunted: "The Fast and Furious' movies are what America tells the world about its automotive culture. And yeah, we can't wait to see it either."

And for others who also can’t wait to see Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson, ‘Fast Five’ hits U.S. theaters on April 29.