2017 in film

Evaluation of the year

Highest-grossing films

2017 box office records

• In China, the country recorded a new single-day record as well as an all-time admission high on Saturday, January 28, with over ¥755 million registering an admission of over 21 million moviegoers, beating the previous record of ¥647 million and 17 million admissions set the previous year. Both records were set on the first day of the Chinese New Year.
• In May, China had its first consecutive monthly gain in box office revenue in more than a year, led by Indian film Dangal, followed by Hollywood film '.
• 2017 has been a record year for non-Hollywood foreign films in the Chinese market, with the success of films such as India's Dangal, Thailand's Bad Genius and Spain's Contratiempo., non-Hollywood imports account for 72% of the year's foreign film box office revenue so far, with Dangal alone accounting for 27%.
• The Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to gross more than $11 billion with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. With the subsequent release of ', it became the first film franchise to gross more than $12 billion, and with the release of ', the MCU became the first film franchise to gross more than $13 billion. It also became the first film franchise to release three movies in one year that all made over $800 million worldwide and opened to over $100 million domestically.
• The Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated franchise ever, surpassing the Shrek franchise; it also became the first animation franchise to have two films hit over $1 billion.
• With ', Beauty and the Beast, and Wonder Woman, 2017 was the first year since 1958 in which the top 3 highest grossing domestic films were female led.
• Wolf Warrior 2 was a massive commercial success and became the highest-grossing Chinese film ever released. The film broke numerous box office records, including the biggest single-day gross for a Chinese film as well as the fastest film to cross the RMB 2 billion, 3 billion, 4 billion and 5 billion box office marks. It also became the fastest film to surpass US$500 million and the first film to gross more than US$600 million at the Chinese box office. At a total domestic gross of , it is the second-highest-grossing film of all time in a single market behind only , and having exceeded North America's totals from Avatar, Titanic and Jurassic World. The film was the sixth highest-grossing film of 2017 at US$874 million, making it the 54th-highest-grossing film worldwide. It is the first and only Chinese film ever to be included in the list of 100 all-time highest-grossing films worldwide. It was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.

  Studio records

• Walt Disney Studios became the first studio ever to reach $6 billion at the global box office in consecutive years, and the first studio to reach $5 billion globally in three consecutive years.

  Film records

• In China, the film Wolf Warrior 2 became the fastest film to reach 2 and 3 billion yuan, as well as the first to reach 4 and 5 billion yuan. It is China's highest-grossing film, as well as the highest-grossing non-Hollywood film.
• Dangal became the highest-grossing Indian film, crossing worldwide, making it the first Indian film to gross $300 million worldwide. Dangal is also the highest-grossing sports film. Most of its gross came from China, where it became the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film, surpassing Japanese anime film Your Name. Dangal also became the highest-grossing non-English foreign film in any single market, surpassing the gross of previous record holder Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which grossed $128million in North America.
• In India, ' became the highest-grossing film with a gross collection of in the country. The film broke a numerous domestic records, and also became the second-highest-grossing Indian film of all time with an estimated gross of only behind Dangal.
• ' scored the biggest three-day opening in China with an estimated ¥636.9 million debut, according to official local sources. This toppled the previous record holders ' and '.
• Beauty and the Beast broke 's records for the weekend debut in March and for a spring release, Pitch Perfect 2s record for the highest weekend debut for a musical film and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2s record for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy film.
• The Fate of the Furious broke Jurassic Worlds record of largest foreign weekend debut and ' record of largest worldwide weekend debut.
• Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, grossed $103.3 million in its opening weekend, breaking the record for a female-directed film previously held by Fifty Shades of Grey, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson ; the film also became the highest-grossing World War I film, surpassing War Horse. It also became the highest-grossing superhero origin film. Overall, it is the highest-grossing female-directed film, surpassing Phyllida Lloyd's Mamma Mia!.
• Despicable Me 3 broke 's 4,464 theater count with a theater count of 4,529 theaters in its first week. It would have seven more theaters in its second week, going to 4,536 theaters.
• Dunkirk grossed $525.6 million, making it the highest-grossing World War II film of all time, surpassing Saving Private Ryan.
• It broke Hotel Transylvania 2s record for largest September opening weekend, and Gravitys record for largest fall opening weekend when it opened to $123.4 million and, subsequently, went on to become the unadjusted highest-grossing horror film in history, surpassing The Sixth Sense. It is currently the third-highest-grossing R-rated film, after Deadpool and The Matrix Reloaded.
• ' grossed $104.7 million in its opening day, becoming only the second movie to gross more than $100 million in a single day, and making the Star Wars franchise the first film series to include two movies that recorded $100 million grossing days. On December 30, Last Jedi surpassed a billion dollars at the global box office, making Star Wars the first franchise to release three consecutive billion-dollar-grossing films and the first franchise to release billion-dollar-grossing films in three consecutive years. Last Jedi also became the fourth Star Wars film to gross more than $1 billion, tying the Star Wars franchise with the Marvel Cinematic Universe for most billion-dollar films within a single franchise.
• 2017 breaks 2016's record for films that crossed over $500 million, with nineteen: the ten films in the table above, as well as Coco, ', It, Justice League, Logan, ', ', The Boss Baby, and Dunkirk. 2017 also broke 2016's record of films that crossed over $600 million with sixteen. It also surpasses 2016's record of films that earned over $700 million worldwide with thirteen consecutive films. It additionally surpasses 2016's record of films that earned over $800 million worldwide with eleven, those being the ten in the table above and Coco''.

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2017 films

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October–December

List of films released in 2017

• American films
• Australian films
• Bengali films
• Bollywood films
• Brazilian films
• British films
• French films
• Hong Kong films
• Japanese films
• Pakistani films
• Russian films
• South Korean films
• Spanish films
• Tamil films
• Telugu films

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