Beauty and the Beast has become the eighth film ever to cross the milestone of $500 million at the U.S box office.
The smash hit re-telling of the classic animated Disney film Beauty and the Beast has been sweeping up at the box office around the world.
The movie has reached a figure of over $1.2 billion globally and has now just crossed the significant milestone of $500 million domestically.
This makes the Emma Watson-led flick only the eighth ever movie to cross the magic number, putting it among lofty company indeed.
The other films currently sitting above it are Rogue One, The Dark Knight, Avengers, Jurassic World, Titanic, Avatar, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (which sits top of the pile on a staggering $936 million).
It is unlikely that Beauty and the Beast will climb any higher on the list as Rogue One is currently around $32 million ahead of the Disney musical.
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. “Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.
Beauty and the Beast is directed by Bill Condon and sees Emma Watson as Belle alongside Dan Stevens as Beast, while the cast also includes Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Luke Evans as Gaston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette, Stanley Tucci as Cadenza, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Josh Gad as Le Fou and Audra McDonald as Garderobe.
