( CNN ) Fans of the late actor Paul Walker knew that watching him in `` Furious 7 '' would be bittersweet . Even so , many moviegoers said the final scenes of the new film , which earned a record $ 146 million over the weekend , still packed an emotional wallop . `` Not gon na lie , I shed a few tears at the end of Furious 7 . The tribute to Paul Walker was very well done , '' one woman said Monday on Twitter . Hers was just one of a flood of messages on social media from people who said they got choked up during scenes featuring Walker , who died at 40 in a car crash in November 2013 , before filming on `` Furious 7 '' was completed . To finish Walker 's scenes , the makers of the movie used body doubles , computer-generated images and even the actor 's brothers . But it was the ending that really got to moviegoers . In finishing `` Furious 7 , '' the film 's producers sought to retire Walker 's character , Brian , while paying homage to his role in the blockbuster `` Furious '' action franchise . But they felt that killing him off might appear exploitative . `` If they had gone down the other path , I think I would have refused to finish making this movie , '' director James Wan told BuzzFeed . Instead , the movie 's makers chose to `` retire Paul 's character in the most sincere and elegant way ( they ) could , '' Wan said . Their idea was to have Brian retire from his dangerous , high-octane lifestyle out of a sense of responsibility to his growing family with girlfriend Mia , who is pregnant with their second child . A scene late in the movie shows him and Mia playing on a beach with their son while the crew looks on -- essentially saying goodbye . Then his longtime buddy Dom reminisces about their years together , leading to a montage of Walker scenes from the first six movies . The song that plays over the montage is `` See You Again , '' a collaboration between Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth . Co-star Vin Diesel shared the video for the song late Sunday on his Facebook page , where it has more than 1.5 million likes . Fans on Twitter and Facebook mostly praised the movie 's ending as a fitting tribute -- and an emotionally wrenching one . `` Man I do n't care how tough u are or how gangsta u claim to be . ... the last five minutes had me choked up in the movie theater ... I saw it 3 times in one day ... ... the ending is the deepest ending I 've ever seen , '' one man wrote on the movie 's Facebook page .
Moviegoers are tearing up during the emotional ending of `` Furious 7 '' The movie 's end is a tribute of sorts to actor Paul Walker , who died during filming .