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This is an overview of events in the film world during 2017, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and lists of films released and deaths.
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Highest-grossing films
The top films released in 2017 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Beauty and the Beast, The Fate of the Furious, and Despicable Me 3 have each grossed over $1 billion, and are ranked as the 10th, 11th, and 24th highest-grossing films of all time, respectively, with the latter the 4th-highest-grossing animated film. Spider-Man: Homecoming is ranked as the 49th highest-grossing film of all time.
Wolf Warrior 2, a Chinese film, became the first non-Hollywood film to be listed on the all-time worldwide top 100 box office.
Additionally, fourteen films have grossed over $500 million, including the above as well as Logan, Transformers: The Last Knight, Kong: Skull Island and Dunkirk.
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 ($110 million) registering an admission of over 21 million moviegoers, beating the previous record of ¥647 million ($98.4 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 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
- 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. As of November 5, 2017, non-Hollywood imports account for 72% ($519.7 million) of the year's foreign film box office revenue so far ($723 million), with Dangal alone accounting for 27% ($195.8 million).
- 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 Spider-Man: Homecoming, it became the first film franchise to gross more than $12 billion, and with the release of Thor: Ragnarok, the MCU became the first film franchise to gross more than $13 billion.
- The Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated franchise ever ($3.6 billion), surpassing the Shrek franchise.
Film records
- In China, the film Wolf Warriors 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 INR2,000 crore (US$310 million) worldwide, making it the first Indian film to gross $300 million worldwide. Dangal is also the highest-grossing sports film of 2017. Most of its gross ($195.8 million) came from China, where it became the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film, surpassing Japanese anime film Your Name.
- Baahubali 2: The Conclusion became the highest-grossing film in India with a gross collection of INR1,420 crore (US$220 million) in the country. and also became the second highest grossing Indian film of all time with an estimated collection of INR1,725 crore (US$270 million) behind Dangal.
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter scored the biggest three-day (Friday to Sunday) opening in China with an estimated ¥636.9 million ($92.7 million) debut, according to official local sources. This toppled the previous record holders Transformers: Age of Extinction (¥632 million) and Captain America: Civil War (¥628 million).
- Beauty and the Beast broke Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's records ($166 million) for the weekend debut in March ($174.8 million) and for a spring release and Pitch Perfect 2's record ($69.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a musical film.
- The Fate of the Furious broke Jurassic World's record ($316.6 million) of largest foreign weekend debut ($432.3 million) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens's record ($529 million) of largest worldwide weekend debut ($532 million).
- Wonder Woman grossed $103.3 million in its opening weekend, breaking the record for a female-directed film previously held by Sam Taylor-Johnson's Fifty Shades of Grey ($85.2 million on 13-15 February 2015); the film also became the highest-grossing World War I film, surpassing War Horse ($79.9 million on 25-28 December 2011). It also narrowly beat Spider-Man ($821.7 million) to become the highest-grossing superhero origin film. Overall, it is the highest-grossing female-directed film, taking the spot from Phyllida Lloyd's Mamma Mia! ($609.8 million).
- Dunkirk has currently grossed $525 million, making it the highest-grossing World War II film of all time, surpassing Saving Private Ryan ($481.8 million).
- It broke Hotel Transylvania 2's record for largest September opening weekend ($48.5 million), and Gravity's record for largest fall opening weekend ($55.8 million) 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 ($672.8 million). It is currently the third highest-grossing R-rated film, after Deadpool and The Matrix Reloaded.
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Award ceremonies
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Awards
Festivals
List of some of the film festivals for 2017 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
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2017 films
January-March
April-June
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October-December
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Deaths
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References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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