‘Beauty And The Beast’ Is Now The Highest Grossing PG Film Ever
Beauty and the Beasthas officially become the highest grossing PG film of all time.Bill Condon’s live-action adaptation starringEmma WatsonandDan Stevensbroke the record this weekend, passing Pixar’sFinding Dory, which previously held the record at $486.3 million domestically and $1.029 billion worldwide.
According to box office reporting site,Box Office Mojo, Disney’s live-action remake of the 1991 animated classic is now the highest grossing PG-rated film of all time.
As of August 07, 2025,Beauty and the Beasthad a domestic haul of $487.7 million and earned a monstrous $1.187 billion worldwide. That’s $1.4 million more domestically than the last PG-rated record-holder,Finding Dory. The rest of the top five highest-grossing PG films is rounded out byStar Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace($474.5 million),Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope($461 million), andShrek 2($441.2 million).
The insane box office success ofBeauty and the Beastis a shining beacon for Disney’s ever-expanding slate of live-action adaptations of its beloved animated films. Disney kicked off its live-action remake era withTim Burton’sAlice in Wonderlandin 2010; and continued with 2014’sMaleficent, a revisionist take onSleeping Beauty; 2015’sCinderella; and 2016’sThe Jungle Book.
With nearly 20 more Disney adaptations set down the pipeline (see ourcomprehensive list here), Disney will no doubt be encouraged to adapt even more of its beloved classics, and perhaps invest more into its current ongoing projects, such asJon Favreau’s new take onThe Lion King.
The box office success ofBeauty and the Beastmay also fuel the buzz about a sequel. Stevens has expressed interest inreturning for a sequel, and Watson has alreadyoffered up a premisefor a second film — though her idea of Belle opening up a library in the castle doesn’t sound very exciting.
Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga) directed 2017’sBeauty and the Beastfrom a screenplay byStephen Chbosky(The Perks of Being a Wallflower) andEvan Spiliotopoulos(The Huntsman: Winter’s War). Stevens (Legion) starred as Prince Adam/The Beast and Watson (Harry Potter) as Belle. The rest of the star-studded cast includedLuke Evans, Josh Gad, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Kline, Gugu Mbatha-Raw,andStanley Tucci.
