- The live-action Beauty was even more in beast mode than in early reports. Final weekend figures showed Beauty and the Beast (DIS +0.9%) earned $175M, $5M more than the early estimates.
- Those summer-style numbers are good enough for the best ever March debut, best debut for a PG-rated movie, and easily 2017's top opener. It gives Walt Disney six of the top seven opening weekends of all time.
- Internationally, Beauty and the Beast added another $182.3M, meaning its worldwide take sits at $357M, pacing the film for more than $1B when its theatrical run eventually comes to an end.
- The film has yet to open in France, Australia and Japan.
- Far behind on the box-office charts were leaders from the past few weeks. Kong: Skull Island (TWX -0.3%) slotted in No. 2 with $27.8M ($109.1M cumulative in its two weeks); Logan (FOX -0.6%, FOXA -0.6%) settled in third with $17.8M ($184.3M cumulative in its three weeks); and horror film Get Out (CMCSA +0.1%) was No. 4 with $13.4M ($133.3M cumulative in its four weeks of release).