Beauty and the Beast has become the biggest film of 2017 so far, taking in nearly £40 million by its second weekend of release at the UK box office.
Topping the chart, the Disney remake has also scored the third-biggest second weekend of all time with £12.3m, just behind Bond movies Skyfall and Spectre (via Screen Daily). The Disney movie also scored the fifth-biggest opening weekend, raking in £27.5m.
The movie has thus dethroned La La Land as the biggest release of the year – so Emma Watson won't be too disappointed at having to pass on the Oscar-winning movie.
In its second week, Beauty and the Beast managed to fend off competition from Power Rangers, which was released this weekend, leaving the superhero movie to settle at number two for its debut with £1.57m.
The UK top five was rounded off by Get Out at number three with £1.36m, Kong: Skull Island at number four with £1.13m and Logan at number five with £761,662.
Beauty and the Beast has been doing pretty well on the other side of the pond too, taking in $88.5m in its second week to top the US box office.
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Its opening weekend haul of $170m also gave it the biggest domestic opening for a PG-rated movie ever.
Watson recently opened up to Digital Spy about playing Belle in the Disney movie, revealing: "Belle isn't a Disney princess.
"She's one of the only princesses that isn't actually a princess. I think she was meant to be a departure from the Disney princesses that had come before.
"Belle was meant to break the mould. So I felt very connected to her."
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