<P> Beauty and the Beast was released on Blu - ray, DVD and Digital HD on June 6, 2017 . The film debuted at No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan overall disc sales chart, with all other titles in the top 20, collectively, selling only 40% as many units as Beauty and the Beast . The movie regained the top spot on the national home video sales charts during its third week of release . The movie became available on Netflix on September 19, 2017 . </P> <P> Beauty and the Beast grossed $504 million in the United States and Canada and $759.5 million in other countries for a worldwide gross of $1.263 billion . With a production budget of $160 million, it is the most expensive musical ever made, or the second-most expensive musical ever made if accounting for inflation; only Hello, Dolly! (1969) with a budget of $25 million ($165 million in 2016 dollars) cost more . In just ten days, it became the highest - grossing live - action musical of all time, beating the nine - year - old record held by Mamma Mia! . It is currently the second - biggest musical ever overall, behind Disney's Frozen (2013). Worldwide, the film proved to be a global phenomenon, earning a total of $357 million over its four - day opening weekend from 56 markets . Critics said the film was playing like superhero movies amongst women . It was the second - biggest March global opening, behind only Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the thirteenth - biggest worldwide opening ever and the seventh - biggest for Disney . This includes $21 million from IMAX plays on 1,026 screens, a new record for an IMAX PG title . It surpassed the entire lifetime total of the original film in just six days . </P> <P> Beauty and the Beast was the 300th digitally remastered release in IMAX company's history, which began with the re-release of Apollo 13 in 2002 . Its robust global debut helped push the company past $6 billion for the first time, and led to analysts believing that the film had a shot of passing $1 billion worldwide from theatrical earnings . On April 12, it passed the $1 billion threshold, becoming the first film of 2017, the fourteenth Disney film, and the twenty - ninth film overall to pass the mark . It became the first film since Rogue One (also a Disney property) in December 2016 to make over a billion dollars, and did so on its 29th day of release . It is currently the second - highest - grossing film of 2017 (behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi), the highest - grossing March release, the highest - grossing remake of all time, and the sixth - biggest Disney film . Even after inflation adjusted, it is still ahead of the $425 million gross ($760 million in 2017 dollars) of the original film . Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $414.7 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it the second-most profitable release of 2017 . </P> <P> In the United States and Canada, Beauty and the Beast topped Fandango's pre-sales and became the fastest - selling family film in the company's history, topping the studio's own animated film Finding Dory released the previous year . Early tracking had the film grossing around $100 million in its opening weekend, with some publications predicting it could reach $130 million . By the time the film's release was 10 days away, analysts raised projections to as high as $150 million . It earned $16.3 million from Thursday previews night, marking the biggest of 2017 (breaking Logan's record), the biggest ever for a Disney live - action film (breaking Maleficent's record), the second - biggest ever for both a G - or PG - rated film (behind the sixth Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince which also starred Watson), and the third - biggest ever in the month of March (behind Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Hunger Games). An estimated 41% of the gross came from IMAX, 3D and premium large format screenings which began at 6 pm, while the rest--59%--came from regular 2D shows which began at 7 pm . The numbers were considered more impressive given that the film played during a school week . </P>

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