2017 in film

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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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Evaluation of the year

Richard Brody of The New Yorker observed that for 2017, "the most important event in the world of movies was the revelation, in the Times and The New Yorker, of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, and the resulting liberation of the long-stifled voices of the women and men who had been abused by him or other powerful men in the movie business, and, for that matter, in other arts and industries, too." He emphasizes that in effect, "[w]hat's missing from the year-end list, and from the era in movies, isn't only the unmade work by these filmmakers but the artistry and the careers of cast and crew members who would have been in their unrealized films."

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Highest-grossing films

The top films released in 2017 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 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, 12th, and 25th highest-grossing films of all time, with the latter being the 4th-highest-grossing animated film. Spider-Man: Homecoming is ranked as the 50th 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.

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. 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 (through the aforementioned entries).
The Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated franchise ever ($3.6 billion), surpassing the Shrek franchise and also the first non-Disney franchise to have two films hit over 1 billion dollars.
2017's box office record (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman) supplanted 1958's box office record (South Pacific, Auntie Mame, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) as the highest grossing year domestically for female-led films.

Studio records

Walt Disney Studios became the first studio ever to reach $6 billion at the global box office in consecutive years (following a $7.6-billion gross in 2016), 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 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) only 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, Pitch Perfect 2's record ($69.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a musical film and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2's record ($169.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy 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 ($541 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 became the highest-grossing superhero origin film. Overall, it is the highest-grossing female-directed film, taking the crown from Phyllida Lloyd's Mamma Mia! ($609.8 million).
Despicable Me 3 broke The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's 4,464 theater count with a theater count of 4,529 theaters in it first week. it would have seven more theaters in its 2nd week, going to 4,536 theaters.
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.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi grossed $104.7-million in its opening day, becoming only the second movie (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 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 (along with 2015's Force Awakens and 2016's Rogue One). Last Jedi also became the fourth Star Wars film to gross more than a billion dollars, tying the Star Wars franchise with the Marvel Cinematic Universe for billion-dollar-grossing films within a single franchise.
2017 breaks 2016's record with most films that crossed over $500 million. 18 films have grossed over $500 million. Those are the ten films in the table above as well as It, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Justice League, Coco, Logan, Transformers: The Last Knight, Kong: Skull Island, and Dunkirk. It also broke 2016's record of films that crossed over $600 million with sixteen (It, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Justice League, Coco, Logan, and Transformers: The Last Knight have all grossed over $600 million). It also surpasses 2016's record of films that earned over $700 million worldwide with eleven consecutive films. (It have grossed over $700 million.)

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Events

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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