Beauty and the Beast broke Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's records ($166 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and for a spring release, The Lorax's record ($70.4 million) for a musical film, Pitch Perfect 2's record ($69.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action musical film, Finding Dory's record ($135.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's record ($169.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy film, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's record ($158 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film with a female protagonist.
The Fate of the Furious' $532.5 million worldwide opening broke Star Wars: The Force Awakens' record ($529 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend of all-time.
It's $13.5 million Thursday night gross broke Paranormal Activity 3's record ($8 million) for the highest Thursday night gross for an R-rated horror film and Deadpool's record ($12.7 million) for the highest Thursday night gross for an R-rated film. It also broke Hotel Transylvania 2's record ($48.5 million) for the highest weekend debut in September, Paranormal Activity 3's record ($52.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a horror film, and Gravity's record ($55.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a fall release.
Initial estimates had It ahead of Kingsman: The Golden Circle. During the week, It passed The Exorcist ($232.9 million) as the highest grossing horror film of all time.
Ninth straight week for an R-Rated film in the #1 Spot (Annabelle: Creation, The Hitman's Bodyguard, It, Kingsman: The Golden Circle). This previously occurred with Stakeout and Fatal Attraction in 1987.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi had the highest weekend debut of 2017 and became the widest release in the month of December, beating Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Star Wars: The Last Jedi grossed $104.7 million in its opening day, becoming only the second film (along with Star Wars: The Force Awakens) to gross more than $100 million in a single day, and making the Star Wars franchise the first film series to include two films that recorded $100 million grossing days.
Coco and Star Wars: The Last Jedi became the first two films to top the box office for at least three consecutive weekends since Moana and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016. On December 30, Star Wars: The 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 (along with 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens and 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story).