Beauty and the Beast made another $2.4 million domestically and $11 million overseas this past weekend, and this was enough to push it past Iron Man 3 ($1.214 billion). The Emma Watson-led film now currently stands at $497.8 million domestically and $1.222 billion worldwide. It is projected to cross the $500 million domestic milestone by the end of next Memorial Weekend, and it will likely finish slightly below fellow Disney film Frozen ($1.277 billion). Beauty and the Beast is currently the highest grossing film of 2017 and is very likely to keep its crown both domestically and worldwide until Star Wars: The Last Jedi is released this upcoming December.
Another movie passed $1.2 billion worldwide this weekend. That was The Fate of the Furious and it currently stands at $219.9 million domestically and $1.212 worldwide. It is expected to pass Iron Man 3 sometime in the next week. While its domestic numbers seem low, Fast 8 has nearly made $1 billion alone overseas thanks in part to China ($390 million). Fast 8 is expected to make just a little more at the box office since it has already opened everywhere and there is more upcoming competition.
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