Beauty and the Beast will be screened in Malaysia without cuts, although censors have given the film a 13-plus age rating due to the film containing a “gay moment”.
The rating prohibits children under the age of 13 from seeing the film will unless accompanied by an adult.
Beauty and the Beast broke global box-office records in its opening weekend, becoming the highest-grossing PG film in the US, and the highest-grossing opening for a musical film in the UK.
The Russian ruling prevents anyone under the age of 16 from seeing the film, whether or not they are accompanied by an adult.