:Fury (2014 film)

In April 1945, the Western Allied invasion of Germany encounters strong resistance. Don "Wardaddy" Collier, a battle-hardened US Army First Sergeant in the U.S. Second Armored Division, commands an M4 Sherman nicknamed Fury, whose crew—consisting of gunner Boyd "Bible" Swan, loader Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis, driver Trini "Gordo" Garcia, and assistant driver–bow gunner "Red"—have been together since the North African campaign. After Red is killed in a tank battle, he is replaced by Private First Class Norman Ellison, a young typist clerk from V Corps.

As Fury moves deeper into Germany, the crew disdains Norman for his lack of combat experience and aversion to violence. While moving in a tank convoy, he spots but does not fire upon a group of concealed Hitler Youth soldiers, who ambush the tank column with a Panzerfaust and destroy the lead tank, killing the platoon leader and his crew. Don furiously blames Norman for their loss, and Fury assumes command of the tank column.

Later, while in a battle, Norman hesitates under fire from anti-tank guns. After the battle, Don orders Norman to execute a captured German soldier. When he refuses, Don wrestles his revolver into Norman's hand and forces him to pull the trigger, killing the soldier and traumatizing Norman.

After capturing Kirchohsen, Don and Norman search an apartment and find two German women, Irma and Emma, hiding. Don provides supplies, and the women prepare a meal and hot water for a shave. As they bond, Norman and Emma retreat to the bedroom and have sex, prompted by Don. Later, during dinner, Fury's crew drunkenly enters, harassing the women and bullying Norman, leading to a standoff with Don before an urgent mission calls them away. German artillery strikes the town, killing Emma and causing Norman to suffer a breakdown.

The four tank crews receive orders to hold a vital crossroads to protect the division's vulnerable rear lines. En route, a lone German Tiger I ambushes and destroys the other three tanks before being defeated by Fury. The radio gets damaged in the battle, preventing Don from calling for reinforcements. Don decides that he and his crew must continue the mission alone. When they arrive at the crossroads, Fury is immobilized by a landmine. While the tank is being repaired, Don sends Norman to scout a nearby hill, where he spots a Waffen-SS battalion approaching Fury's position. The crew plans to retreat, but Don insists on staying and tells the others to leave. After Norman elects to stay with Don, the others ultimately stay on as well.

The men disguise Fury to make it seem destroyed and hide inside. While they wait to make their last stand, they exchange Bible verses, and Norman earns the nickname "Machine" as the crew shows their support for him. When the Waffen-SS battalion arrives, the crew ambushes them, inflicting heavy casualties. As a fierce and drawn-out battle unfolds, Grady is killed by a Panzerfaust shot that penetrates the turret; Gordo is shot while unpinning a grenade and falls back into the tank with it, sacrificing himself by shielding it with his body as it explodes; and Bible is shot dead by a German sniper. Don is wounded by the sniper and retreats into the tank. Out of ammunition and surrounded, Norman contemplates surrendering, but Don tells him he will be tortured by the Germans, and directs him to escape through the floor hatch as the Germans drop grenades into the tank. Norman slips out just before they explode, killing Don. As he tries to hide underneath the tank, Norman is spotted by a young Waffen-SS soldier, who spares him and moves on without alerting his battalion.

The next morning, Norman crawls back into the tank and mourns over Don's corpse before covering him with his jacket. Hearing someone climbing Fury, Norman takes Don's revolver and prepares to fight, but finds they are U.S. Army soldiers. Norman is praised as a hero as combat medics help him to an ambulance, where he watches an American column advance past Fury's wreck, surrounded by hundreds of dead Waffen-SS soldiers.

{{cast listing|* Brad Pitt as Don "Wardaddy" Collier (tank commander)

• Shia LaBeouf as Boyd "Bible" Swan (tank gunner)
• Logan Lerman as Norman "Machine" Ellison (tank assistant driver/bow gunner)
• Michael Peña as Trini "Gordo" Garcia (tank driver)
• Jon Bernthal as Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis (tank loader)
• Jason Isaacs as Captain Waggoner
• Brad Henke as Sergeant Davis
• Jim Parrack as Sergeant Binkowski
• Xavier Samuel as Lieutenant Parker
• Scott Eastwood as Sergeant Miles
• Kevin Vance as Sergeant Peterson
• Anamaria Marinca as Irma
• Alicia von Rittberg as Emma}}

On April 3, 2013, Sony started assembling the cast for the film when Brad Pitt, who previously starred in the WWII film Inglourious Basterds (2009), entered final talks to take the lead role of Wardaddy.{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt in Talks to Star in World War II Tank Movie 'Fury'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/brad-pitt-star-world-war-432888|access-date=29 August 2013|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=April 3, 2013}} On April 23, Shia LaBeouf joined the cast.{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Justin|title=Shia LaBeouf in Talks to Join Brad Pitt in WWII Thriller 'Fury'|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/shia-labeouf-eyes-world-war-ii-pic-fury-with-brad-pitt-1200409503/|access-date=29 August 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=April 23, 2013}} On May 1, it was announced that Logan Lerman had also joined Fury{{'}}s cast, playing Pitt's crew member Norman Ellison.{{cite news|last=Anderton|first=Ethan|title=Logan Lerman Joins Brad Pitt & Shia LaBeouf in David Ayer's 'Fury'|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/logan-lerman-joins-brad-pitt-shia-labeouf-in-david-ayers-fury/|access-date=29 December 2013|newspaper=First Showing|date=May 1, 2013}} On May 14, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Michael Peña was in negotiations to play a member of Pitt's tank crew; ultimately joining the cast. On May 17, Jon Bernthal joined the cast as Grady Travis, a cunning, vicious, and world-wise Arkansas native.{{cite news|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title='Walking Dead' Alum Jon Bernthal in Negotiations to Join Brad Pitt in David Ayer's 'Fury'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/jon-bernthal-negotiations-join-brad-pitt-david-ayers-fury-exclusive-92506|access-date=29 December 2013|newspaper=The Wrap|date=17 May 2013|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623170004/https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/jon-bernthal-negotiations-join-brad-pitt-david-ayers-fury-exclusive-92506/|url-status=dead}} On August 26, Scott Eastwood also joined the cast, playing Sergeant Miles.{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Scott Eastwood Joins David Ayer's WWII Pic 'Fury'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/08/scott-eastwood-joins-david-ayers-wwii-fury-571972/|access-date=30 December 2013|newspaper=Deadline|date=26 August 2013}} On September 19, Brad William Henke joined as Sergeant Roy Davis, commander of another tank, Lucy Sue (the third Sherman destroyed by the Tiger).{{cite news|title=Brad William Henke Joins 'Fury'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/john-wick-adds-quartet-to-cast-brad-william-henke-joins-fury-591725/|access-date=30 December 2013|newspaper=Deadline|date=19 September 2013}} Jason Isaacs was cast on October 7, 2013.{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Jason Isaacs Joins Brad Pitt in David Ayer's 'Fury'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jason-isaacs-joins-brad-pitt-644467|access-date=30 December 2013|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=7 October 2013}} Other cast members include Xavier Samuel, Jim Parrack, Eugenia Kuzmina, Kevin Vance, and Branko Tomović.{{cite news|title=Branko Tomovic Chosen As Rising Star By Icon Magazine|url=http://inserbia.info/news/2013/10/branko-tomovic-chosen-as-rising-star-by-icon-magazine/|access-date=3 January 2014|newspaper=Inserbia|date=5 October 2013|archive-date=October 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019190951/http://inserbia.info/news/2013/10/branko-tomovic-chosen-as-rising-star-by-icon-magazine/|url-status=dead}}

File:Tiger 131 (7527948486).jpg – the only operating Tiger I tank in the world – was lent by The Tank Museum for the film. It is the first time a genuine Tiger I tank was used in a contemporary war film since 1950; 131 was restored to running condition between 1990 and 2003, and further work was only completed in 2012.]]

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Ayer required the actors to undergo four months of preparation for filming, including a week-long boot camp run by Navy SEALs. Pitt said, "It was set up to break us down, to keep us cold, to keep us exhausted, to make us miserable, to keep us wet, make us eat cold food. And if our stuff wasn't together we had to pay for it with physical forfeits. We're up at five in the morning, we're doing night watches on the hour."

Ayer also pushed the cast to physically spar each other, leading to black eyes and bloody noses. They insulted each other with personal attacks as well. On top of that, the actors were forced to live in the tank together for an extended period of time where they ate, slept, and defecated.

Ayer said, "I am ruthless as a director. I will do whatever I think is necessary to get what I want."{{Cite web|url = http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/521535/Brad-Pitt-war-movie-Fury|title = Brad Pitt on new war movie Fury: 'It was set up to break us down, to make us miserable'|date = October 12, 2014|access-date = October 29, 2014|website = Express|last = Fitzherbert|first = Henry}}

The film's crews were rehearsing the film scenes in Hertfordshire in September 2013. The crew were also sighted filming in various locations in North West England. Pitt was spotted in preparations for Fury driving a tank on September 3 in the English countryside.{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt learns to drive a tank in the quiet English countryside for his new film Fury|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/427097/Brad-Pitt-learns-to-drive-a-tank-in-the-quiet-English-countryside-for-his-new-film-Fury|access-date=12 September 2013|newspaper=express.co.uk|date=5 September 2013}} Principal photography began on September 30, 2013, in the Oxfordshire countryside.{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt films scenes in the British countryside for new war movie Fury|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/433391/Brad-Pitt-films-scenes-in-the-British-countryside-for-new-war-movie-Fury|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=express.co.uk|date=30 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt turns British village into warzone for new film Fury|url=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/brad-pitt-turns-village-into-warzone-for-new-film-fury-103406922.html|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=uk.movies.yahoo.com|date=30 September 2013}} Pinewood Studios sent warning letters to the villagers of Shirburn, Pyrton, and Watlington that there would be sounds of gunfire and explosions during the filming of Fury.{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt Fury gunfire warning for Oxfordshire villagers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-24351800|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=1 October 2013}}{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt action film asks villagers to ignore gunfire and explosions|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/01/brad-pitt-fury-village-gunfire-explosions|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 October 2013}}

On October 15, 2013, a stuntman was accidentally stabbed in the shoulder with a bayonet while rehearsing at the set in Pyrton. He was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford by air ambulance; police treated it as an accident.{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt Fury film: Stuntman stabbed with bayonet on set|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-24533015|access-date=3 January 2014|newspaper=BBC|date=15 October 2013}} In November 2013, the film caused controversy by shooting a scene on Remembrance Day in which extras wore Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS uniforms; Ayer and Sony apologized.{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt director sorry for Nazi Remembrance Day shoot|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24909889|access-date=12 November 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=12 November 2013}}

{{main|Fury: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack}}

On November 19, 2013, composer Steven Price signed on to score the film.{{cite news|title=Steven Price to Score David Ayer's 'Fury'|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/11/19/steven-price-to-score-david-ayers-fury/|access-date=August 31, 2014|work=Film Music Reporter|date=November 19, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=Brad Pitt WWII Tank Film Rolls Toward November 12 Date With 'Gravity' Composer Steven Price Scoring|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/brad-pitt-wwii-tank-film-rolls-toward-november-12-date-with-gravity-composer-steven-price-scoring-638639/|access-date=30 December 2013|newspaper=Deadline|date=19 November 2013}} Varèse Sarabande released the original soundtrack album for the film on October 14, 2014.{{cite news|title=Varese Sarabande to Release Steven Price's 'Fury' Score|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/08/26/varese-sarabande-to-release-steven-prices-fury-score/|access-date=August 31, 2014|work=Film Music Reporter|date=August 26, 2014}}

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Ayer sought authentic uniforms and weapons appropriate to the period of the final months of the war in Europe.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/movies/fury-starring-brad-pitt-a-raw-look-at-warfare.html|title='Fury,' Starring Brad Pitt, a Raw Look at Warfare|date=August 3, 2014|work=The New York Times}}

The film was shot in the United Kingdom, partly due to the availability of working World War II-era tanks. The film features Tiger 131, the last surviving operational Tiger I, owned by The Tank Museum at Bovington, England.{{cite news|title='Last' WW2 Tiger 131 tank to be used in Brad Pitt film|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24987676|access-date=19 November 2013|work=BBC|date=19 November 2013}} Ten working M4 Sherman tanks were also used. The Sherman tank Fury was portrayed using an M4A2E8 HVSS Sherman tank named RON/HARRY (T224875), also lent by The Tank Museum.{{cite web|url=https://tankmuseum.org/tank-nuts/tank-collection/m4-sherman-fury?tname=M4A2&era=all&country=all&tpage=|title=M4A2#8 Sherman 'Fury'|author=|date=|website=The Tank Museum|publisher=|access-date=}}

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Ayer's attention to detail extended to the maps used in the film. A 1943 wartime map of Hannover, Germany, held in McMaster University's Lloyd Reeds Map Collection, was used to demonstrate the types of resources relied on by Allied forces.{{cite news|last1=Ruf|first1=Cory|title=How a McMaster University map got into Brad Pitt's new film 'Fury'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/how-a-mcmaster-university-map-got-into-brad-pitt-s-new-film-fury-1.2822507|access-date=31 October 2015|work=CBC News|date=November 23, 2014}} The film's depiction of tank warfare and soldier comradery was generally well-received by World War II veterans.{{Cite news |last=Milton |first=Nicholas |date=2014-10-24 |title=A tank veteran on Fury: 'Very realistic, but it can't show the full horror of war |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/oct/24/fury-movie-tank-veteran-sherman-verdict-realistic |access-date=2024-12-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-10-07 |title=World War II Veterans Helped Fuel Fury's Realism |url=https://www.motionpictures.org/2014/10/world-war-ii-veterans-helped-fuel-furys-realism/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Motion Picture Association |language=en-US}}

Sony Pictures Releasing had previously set November 14, 2014, as the American release date for Fury.{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt WWII Thriller 'Fury' to Hit Theaters November 2014|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/brad-pitt-wwii-thriller-fury-436987|access-date=29 August 2013|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 10, 2013}} On August 12, 2014, the date was moved up from its original release date of November 14, 2014, to October 17, 2014.{{cite news|title=Sony Delays Adam Sandler's 'Pixels', Moves Up Brad Pitt's 'Fury'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/pixels-release-date-fury-adam-sandler-brad-pitt-818364/|access-date=August 13, 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 12, 2014}} The film premiered in London, UK on October 20, 2014, as a closing film of London Film Festival{{cite news | url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/brad-pitt-at-fury-london-premiere/ | title= Ikon London Magazine coverage from the London Premiere | publisher= Ikon London Magazine | date= 21 October 2014 | access-date= 8 March 2018}} and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2014.

Fury had its world premiere at Newseum in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2014,{{cite news|title=Brad Pitt to Toast Veterans at 'Fury' Washington Premiere|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brad-pitt-toast-veterans-at-740788|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 15, 2014|access-date=December 29, 2014}} followed by a wide release across 3,173 theaters in North America on October 17.{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3923&p=.htm | title=Forecast: 'Fury' to Invade Top Spot This Weekend}}

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on January 27, 2015. It was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on May 22, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fury-Blu-ray/107382/ |title=Fury Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=December 10, 2014}}

The film additionally had a partnership with the video game World of Tanks, where the main tank from the film, Fury, was available for purchase in-game using real currency for a limited time after the film's release. The tank also served as the centerpiece in themed events in the vein of the film following its release. The Blitz version has been widely criticized due to the lack of attention to detail on the in game Fury Model.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2014/10/07/world_of_tanks_video_game_teams_with_brad_pitt_film_fury.html "World of Tanks video game teams with Brad Pitt film "Fury""], Online news article reporting on the partnership, Retrieved November 15th, 2014[http://canadianonlinegamers.com/2014/10/sony-pictures’-“fury”-coming-to-world-of-tanks/ "Sony Pictures’ “FURY” Coming to World of Tanks"], Another online news article reporting on the partnership, Retrieved November 15th, 2014[http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/17/fury-special "Fury Enters World of Tanks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030406/http://worldoftanks.com/en/news/17/fury-special |date=November 29, 2014 }} World of Tanks official website's news post on the matter, describing partnership and special in-game events, Retrieved November 15th, 2014

As part of the UK DVD release, the game also hid 300,000 codes inside copies of the film, which gave in-game rewards and bonuses.

name="SPREAD_THE_WORD_CONTEST(GamePage)">[http://wotblitz.eu/en/news/pc-browser/competitions/spread-the-word-fury-contest/ " SPREAD THE WORD CONTEST - FURY IN UK STORES"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223231614/http://wotblitz.eu/en/news/pc-browser/competitions/spread-the-word-fury-contest/ |date=February 23, 2015 }} World of Tanks Blitz official website's news post on the matter, describing partnership and special in-game events, Retrieved February 23rd, 2015

The film was leaked onto peer-to-peer file-sharing websites as part of the Sony Pictures hack by the hacker group "Guardians of Peace" on November 27, 2014.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/new-sony-films-pirated-in-wake-of-hack-attack-1201367036/|title=Sony's New Movies Leak Online Following Hack Attack|work=Variety|access-date=December 2, 2014|first1=Andrew|last1=Wallenstein|date=November 30, 2014}} Along with it came four unreleased Sony Pictures films (Annie, Mr. Turner, Still Alice, and To Write Love on Her Arms). Within three days of the initial leak, Fury had been downloaded an estimated 1.2 million times.

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Fury grossed $85.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $126 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $211.8 million, against a budget of $68 million.

Fury was released in the United States and Canada in 3,173 theaters,{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3923&p=.htm | title = Forecast: 'Fury' to Invade Top Spot This Weekend | author = Ray Subers | website = Box Office Mojo | date = October 16, 2014 | access-date = October 19, 2014}} and earned $1.2 million from Thursday night previews at 2,489 theaters.{{cite magazine | url = https://deadline.com/2014/10/box-office-late-nights-fury-opens-to-strong-1-2m-book-of-life-to-300k-853641/ | title = 'Fury' Box Office Opens To Strong $1.2M; 'Book Of Life' To $300K – Late Nights; Friday Matinees Tumble In | author = Anita Busch | magazine = Deadline Hollywood | date = October 17, 2014 | access-date = October 18, 2014}}{{cite magazine | url = https://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-brad-pitt-fury-1-2-million-latenight-1201332660/ | title = Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Rolls with $1.2 Million Thursday Night | author = Brent Lang | magazine = Variety | date = October 17, 2014 | access-date = October 18, 2014}} On its opening day, the film grossed $8.8 million.{{cite magazine | url = https://deadline.com/2014/10/fury-book-of-life-best-of-me-box-office-weekend-854337/ | title = Box Office Weekend: 'Fury' Wins War; 'Book Of Life' Lives; 'Gone Girl' Struts Over $100M; 'Best Of Me' Soft | author = Anita Busch | magazine = Deadline Hollywood | date = October 18, 2014 | access-date = October 19, 2014}}{{cite magazine | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/10/18/box-office-brad-pitts-fury-shells-8-8m-friday/ | title = Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Shells $8.8M Friday | author = Scott Mendelson | magazine = Forbes | date = October 18, 2014 | access-date = October 19, 2014}}{{cite magazine | url = http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/772246 | title = Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Guns Down $8.8M Friday; 'Birdman' Soars | author = Pamela McClintock | magazine = The Hollywood Reporter | date = October 18, 2014 | access-date = October 19, 2014 | archive-date = October 19, 2014 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20141019011809/http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/772246 }} It went on to top the box office with $23.5 million, an average of $7,406 per theater.{{cite magazine | url = https://variety.com/2014/film/news/box-office-brad-pitts-fury-edges-out-book-of-life-gone-girl-1201333722/ | title = Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Edges Out 'Book of Life,' 'Gone Girl' | author = Brent Lang | magazine = Variety | date = October 19, 2014 | access-date = October 19, 2014}}{{cite magazine | url = https://deadline.com/2014/10/fury-book-of-life-best-of-me-box-office-weekend-854337/ | title = Box Office Weekend: 'Fury' Wins War With $23M+; 'Book Of Life,' $16.6M to $17M; 'Gone Girl' $100M; 'Best Of Me' $10M+ | author = Anita Busch | magazine = Deadline Hollywood | date = October 19, 2014 | access-date = October 19, 2014}} The film's opening weekend gross was David Ayer's biggest hit of his directorial career, surpassing the $13.1 million debut of End of Watch.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/10/19/box-office-brad-pitts-fury-tops-with-23-5m-weekend/ | title = Weekend Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Tops With $23.5M, 'Birdman' Nabs $415K | author = Scott Mendelson | magazine = Forbes | date = October 19, 2014 | access-date = October 19, 2014}} In its second weekend the film earned $13 million (dropping 45%).{{cite magazine | url = https://deadline.com/2014/10/box-office-ouija-john-wick-st-vincent-859761/ | title = 'Ouija' Says Yes To No. 1, 'John Wick' No. 2 With A Bullet, 'St. Vincent,' Superb Exit Polls – B.O. Weekend | author = Anita Busch | magazine = Deadline Hollywood | date = October 26, 2014 | access-date = October 27, 2014}}

Fury was released a week following its North American debut and earned $11.2 million from 1,975 screens in 15 markets. The film went number one in Australia ($2.2 million) and number five in France ($2.1 million).{{cite magazine | url = https://deadline.com/2014/10/international-box-office-fury-annabelle-hercules-happy-new-year-china-guardians-861602/ | title = Int'l Box Office: 'Annabelle' Still A Doll With $26.5M Frame; 'Fury' Wages $11.2M; 'Lucy' Outmuscles 'Hercules' In China; 'Guardians' Warps to No. 3 On 2014 Global Hit List; More | author = Tartaglione, Nancy | magazine = Deadline Hollywood | date = October 26, 2014 | access-date = October 27, 2014}}{{cite magazine | url = http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/v/MoviesNews/GlobalBoxOffice039an | title = Global Box Office: 'Annabelle' Crosses $200M; Brad Pitt's 'Fury' No. 1 in U.K. | author = Pamela McClintock | magazine = The Hollywood Reporter | date = October 27, 2014 | access-date = October 29, 2014 | archive-date = October 29, 2014 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20141029004952/http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/v/MoviesNews/GlobalBoxOffice039an }} In UK, the film topped the box office in its opening weekend with £2.69 million ($4.2 million) knocking off Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which earned £1.92 million ($3.1 million) from the top spot.{{cite magazine | url = http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/807719 | title = U.K. Box Office: 'Fury' Beats 'Turtles' to Top, 'Serena' Tanks | author = Alex Ritman | magazine = The Hollywood Reporter | date = October 29, 2014 | access-date = October 31, 2014 | archive-date = October 31, 2014 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20141031012657/http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/807719 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29803179 | title = Brad Pitt's Fury tops UK box office | publisher = BBC | date = October 28, 2014 | access-date = October 31, 2014}} In its second weekend the film added $14.6 million in 44 markets, bringing the overseas cumulative audience [cume] to $37.8 million. It went number one in Finland ($410,000) and in Ukraine ($420,000).{{cite magazine | url = https://deadline.com/2014/11/international-box-office-guardians-of-the-galaxy-number-2-movie-2014-turtles-china-maze-runner-kung-fu-jungle-happy-new-year-1201271064/ | title = 'Turtles', 'Maze Runner' Top Int'l Box Office; 'Guardians' Is 2014's #2 Pic: Update | author = Nancy Tartaglione | magazine = Deadline Hollywood | date = November 2, 2014 | access-date = November 3, 2014}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 76% based on 262 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Overall, Fury is a well-acted, suitably raw depiction of the horrors of war that offers visceral battle scenes but doesn't quite live up to its larger ambitions."{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fury_2015/ | title=Fury (2014) | work=Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Fandango Media | access-date=May 25, 2020}} On Metacritic, the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite web | url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/fury | title=Fury Reviews | work=Metacritic | access-date=October 22, 2014}} Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. The opening weekend audience was 60% male, with 51 percent over the age of 35.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-brad-pitts-fury-741931|title=Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Conquers Competition With $23.5M Weekend|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 19, 2014}}

Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle gave a 4-out-of-4 rating and wrote: "A great movie lets you know you're in safe hands from the beginning."{{cite news|last1=LaSalle|first1=Mick|title='Fury' review: Brad Pitt in command of World War II epic|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Fury-World-War-II-movie-with-a-modern-5827071.php|access-date=October 19, 2014|newspaper=sfgate.com|date=October 17, 2014}} The New York Times{{'}} critic A. O. Scott praised the film and Pitt's character, "Within this gore-spattered, superficially nihilistic carapace is an old-fashioned platoon picture, a sensitive and superbly acted tale of male bonding under duress."{{cite news|last1=Scott|first1=A.O.|title=They're Buddies, but as Coarse as the War Around Them|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/movies/movie-review-fury-has-brad-pitt-killing-nazis-again.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0|access-date=October 19, 2014|newspaper=nytimes.com|date=October 16, 2014}} James Berardinelli also gave the film a positive review saying: "This is a memorable motion picture, accurately depicting the horrors of war without reveling in the depravity of man (like Platoon). Equally, it shows instances of humanity without resorting to the rah-rah, sanitized perspective that infiltrated many war films of the 1950s and 1960s. It's as good a World War II film as I've seen in recent years, and contains perhaps the most draining battlefield sequences since Saving Private Ryan."{{cite news|last1=Berardinelli|first1=James|title='Fury' review: This is a memorable motion picture, the best World War II film in recent years|url=http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=2821|access-date=October 19, 2014|publisher=reelviews.net|date=October 18, 2014}} Kenneth Turan for the Los Angeles Times praised the film highly, writing: The "best job I ever had" sentence "is one of the catchphrases the men in this killing machine use with each other, and the ghastly thing is they half believe it's true."{{cite news|last1=Turan|first1=Kenneth|title='Fury' treads on war movie expectations as Brad Pitt & Co. kill Nazis|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-fury-review-20141017-column.html|access-date=October 18, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 16, 2014}}

Peter Debruge said in Variety, "Brad Pitt plays a watered-down version of his Inglourious Basterds character in this disappointingly bland look at a World War II tank crew."{{cite news|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|title=Film Review: 'Fury'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-brad-pitt-in-fury-1201324590/|access-date=October 19, 2014|work=Variety|date=October 10, 2014}} New York magazine's David Edelstein said, "Though much of Fury crumbles in the mind, the power of its best moments lingers: the writhing of Ellison as he's forced to kill; the frightening vibe of the scene with German women; the meanness on some soldiers' faces and soul-sickness on others'."{{cite news|last1=Edelstein|first1=David|title=David Ayer Represents the Best and Worst of American Filmmaking With His WWII–Set Fury|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/10/movie-review-fury-brad-pitt.html|access-date=October 19, 2014|publisher=vulture.com|date=October 17, 2014}}

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