Weekend Box Office: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Has a Record Opening

The live action remake of Disney’s animated classic Beauty and the Beast ruled the box office over the weekend, taking in over $174 million domestically. It is the largest March opening ever and the seventh-largest of all time. The film also added $182 million internationally. The other new release of the weekend, The Belko Experiment, finished in 7th place with $4 million.

See the top ten of the weekend below:

1. Beauty and the Beast – $174M; Debut
2. Kong: Skull Island– $28.85M; Total gross: $110M
3. Logan– $17.5M; Total gross: $184M
4. Get Out– $13.25M; Total gross: $133M
5. The Shack – $6.1M; Total gross: $42.6M
6. The LEGO Batman Movie – $4.7M; Total gross: $167M
7. The Belko Experiment – $4M; Debut
8. Hidden Figures– $1.5M; Total gross: $165.5M
9. John Wick: Chapter 2– $1.2M; Total gross: $89.79M
10. Before I Fall – $1.03M; Total gross: $11.3M