While North America remains the largest worldwide box office market, foreign moviegoers represented 73% of the worldwide box office, up 71% from 2016.
With a growing Chinese box office market, though, the global box office set a new record with $40.6 billion.
While North American ticket sales may be on the decline, home entertainment spending on both digital and disc content soared 11% last year to $47.8 billion.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) released a comprehensive report breaking down the domestic and global box office for 2017, with the North American box office (U.S. and Canada) hitting a new low.