LOS ANGELES – “Fast & Furious” left the competition in the dust with a $72.5 million opening weekend, the best so far this year.

That topped last weekend’s $59.3 million debut for DreamWorks Animation’s “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which slipped to second place with $33.5 million, raising its 10-day total to $105.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.