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Alex Farnworth

Beauty and the Beast Soars to Top of Box Office; Makes $357M in Global Debut

6:43pm ET

An old story with a new release is making box office headlines.

Beauty and the Beast raked in $174.8 million in its U.S. debut and nearly doubled that revenue worldwide.

This Bill Condon-directed reimagining comes out of its opening weekend at $357.1 million dollars, marking Disney's seventh debut over $350M.

Disney now holds six of the top seven domestic debuts in industry history-- Beauty and the Beast also becomes the top March debut ever for a PG-rated movie.

The top 7 are: Star Wars: The force Awakens - $247.9M

Jurassic World - $208.8M

Avengers - $207.4M

Avengers: Age of Ultron - $191.2M

Captain America: Civil War - $179.1M

Beauty and the Beast - $178.4M

Despite being banned in various locations, the movie has become an instant success worldwide; here's a closer look at the international market:

  • China - $44.8M

  • United Kingdom - $24.3

The movie also set records in Germany and Mexico for the biggest March debut by a film... ever.

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