Beauty and the Beast, its latest attempt at the live-action gig, has already earned a towering $170 million at the US box office; setting a new record for the biggest March opening, and proving its growing list of revamped takes on its archives is as formidable as its Marvel or Star Wars properties.
Beauty and the Beast is out in UK cinemas now.
It’s easy to complain about Disney’s near-obsessive attachment to remaking every single one of its animated classics, but how exactly will they be able to resist when the films have proven such box office gold?
This follows the likes of 2010’s Alice in Wonderland, which earned $1 billion worldwide, Cinderella’s $543.5 million global run, and last year’s The Jungle Book, which landed a formidable $966.6 million on the global spectrum.