#1 of 246 #1 romance movie of 2017
2017 · Fantasy, Romance
$1.3B worldwide · 34% of the chart's total
$504.5M US & Canada · 40% $761.6M elsewhere · 60%
Romance box office · 2017
Romance Box Office 2017: Highest-Grossing Romance Movies
Beauty and the Beast (2017) is the highest-grossing romance movie released in 2017, with $1.3B worldwide, ahead of The Greatest Showman (2017) at $469.1M and Your Name. (2017) at $405.3M. 246 romance films released in 2017 report a worldwide gross, $3.7B in all, 28% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 5 crossed $100 million. That is up 14% on 2016, whose releases took $3.3B. By language, English leads with $2.5B across 62 romance releases.
- 2017 releases with a gross
- 246
- combined worldwide
- $3.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 5
- vs 2016
- +14%
#1 of 246 Top 5
What Were the Biggest Romance Hits of 2017?
Beauty and the Beast (2017) leads with $1.3B, 34% of the total. The top 5 together took $2.7B, 74% of what all 246 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Every Romance Release of 2017, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 1 to 50 of 246. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2017.
- 1 Mar 17, 2017 US and Canada: $504.5M Rest of the world: $761.6M Worldwide: $1.3B
- 2 Dec 20, 2017 US and Canada: $174.3M Rest of the world: $294.7M Worldwide: $469.1M
- 3 Apr 7, 2017 US and Canada: $5M Rest of the world: $400.3M Worldwide: $405.3M
- 4 Feb 10, 2017 US and Canada: $114.6M Rest of the world: $267M Worldwide: $381.5M
- 5 Dec 15, 2017 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $225.2M Worldwide: $227.1M
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Nov 24, 2017 US and Canada: $18.1M Rest of the world: $49.4M Worldwide: $67.5M - 7
Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: $30.3M Rest of the world: $32.5M Worldwide: $62.8M - 8
May 19, 2017 US and Canada: $34.1M Rest of the world: $27.6M Worldwide: $61.7M - 9
Jun 23, 2017 US and Canada: $42.9M Rest of the world: $13.5M Worldwide: $56.4M - 10
Dec 25, 2017 US and Canada: $21.2M Rest of the world: $31M Worldwide: $52.2M - 11
Sep 8, 2017 US and Canada: $27M Rest of the world: $10.3M Worldwide: $37.3M - 12
Aug 11, 2017 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $34.1M Worldwide: $36M - 13
Apr 28, 2017 US and Canada: $337.7K Rest of the world: $30.7M Worldwide: $31M - 14
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $29.7M Worldwide: $30.8M - 15
Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $27.3M Worldwide: $28.7M - 16
Apr 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26M - 17
Dec 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.4M - 18
Nov 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.5M - 19
Apr 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18M - 20
Jul 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18M - 21
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower (2017)Oct 14, 2017 US and Canada: $193.8K Rest of the world: $17.2M Worldwide: $17.4M
Oct 14, 2017 · Japanese · Romance, Animation, Drama $17.4M worldwide - 22
Legend of the Naga Pearls (2017)Aug 25, 2017 US and Canada: $13.6K Rest of the world: $17.3M Worldwide: $17.3M
Aug 25, 2017 · Chinese · Action, Adventure, Fantasy $17.3M worldwide - 23
Feb 3, 2017 US and Canada: $7.9M Rest of the world: $8.2M Worldwide: $16.1M - 24
Aug 4, 2017 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $13.7M Worldwide: $15.4M - 25
Feb 10, 2017 US and Canada: $3.9M Rest of the world: $10.6M Worldwide: $14.5M - 26
May 12, 2017 US and Canada: $5.6M Rest of the world: $7.6M Worldwide: $13.2M - 27
Jul 28, 2017 US and Canada: $758.9K Rest of the world: $12.1M Worldwide: $12.9M - 28
Apr 7, 2017 US and Canada: $3.6M Rest of the world: $9M Worldwide: $12.6M - 29
Jun 16, 2017 US and Canada: $6.2M Rest of the world: $5.4M Worldwide: $11.5M - 30
Mar 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.1M - 31
Jul 20, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.9M - 32
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.5M - 33
Oct 25, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.4M - 34
Sep 1, 2017 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: $6.7M Worldwide: $9.2M - 35
Jun 9, 2017 US and Canada: $2.7M Rest of the world: $6.5M Worldwide: $9.2M - 36
Oct 7, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.1M - 37
Feb 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6M - 38
Aug 31, 2017 US and Canada: $689.9K Rest of the world: $6.3M Worldwide: $7M - 39
Jul 28, 2017 US and Canada: $47.7K Rest of the world: $6.5M Worldwide: $6.5M - 40
Feb 17, 2017 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $6.5M - 41
Jan 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.4M - 42
No Game No Life: Zero (2017)Jul 15, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.4M Jul 15, 2017 · Japanese · Animation, Adventure, Fantasy $6.4M worldwide - 43
Feb 18, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.8M - 44
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: $467.6K Rest of the world: $5.3M Worldwide: $5.8M - 45
Feb 4, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7M - 46
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.6M - 47
Jan 13, 2017 US and Canada: $355.9K Rest of the world: $5.1M Worldwide: $5.4M - 48
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $490.1K Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $5.1M - 49
Oct 28, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.3M - 50
May 20, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.1M
US & Canada vs the world
Where Did the Money Come From in 2017?
Of the top 10, The Big Sick (2017) earned the biggest share at home (76% in the US & Canada), while Youth (2017) made 99% of its gross abroad. Across all 246 films, $1B (28%) came from the US & Canada.
- 1 Beauty and the Beast (2017) $1.3B $504.5M US & Canada · 40% $761.6M elsewhere · 60%
- 2 The Greatest Showman (2017) $469.1M $174.3M US & Canada · 37% $294.7M elsewhere · 63%
- 3 Your Name. (2017) $405.3M $5M US & Canada · 1% $400.3M elsewhere · 99%
- 4 Fifty Shades Darker (2017) $381.5M $114.6M US & Canada · 30% $267M elsewhere · 70%
- 5 Youth (2017) $227.1M $1.9M US & Canada · <1% $225.2M elsewhere · 99%
- 6 Call Me by Your Name (2017) $67.5M $18.1M US & Canada · 27% $49.4M elsewhere · 73%
- 7 The Mountain Between Us (2017) $62.8M $30.3M US & Canada · 48% $32.5M elsewhere · 52%
- 8 Everything, Everything (2017) $61.7M $34.1M US & Canada · 55% $27.6M elsewhere · 45%
- 9 The Big Sick (2017) $56.4M $42.9M US & Canada · 76% $13.5M elsewhere · 24%
- 10 Phantom Thread (2017) $52.2M $21.2M US & Canada · 41% $31M elsewhere · 59%
Gross bands
How Many 2017 Releases Crossed $100 Million?
5 of 246 films crossed $100M and took $2.7B between them, 74% of the total. 216 films, 88% of the list, earned under $10M.
34% 40% 19%
- $1B or more 1 film, <1% of the list $1.3B · 34% of the gross
- $500M to $1B 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $100M to $500M 4 films, 2% of the list $1.5B · 40% of the gross
- $10M to $100M 25 films, 10% of the list $711.2M · 19% of the gross
- Under $10M 216 films, 88% of the list $264.7M · 7% of the gross
By release month
Which Month of 2017 Earned the Most?
March releases took the most, $1.3B from 18 films, led by Beauty and the Beast (2017). January was the quietest month ($22.2M). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
- January Jan All or Nothing (2017) $22.2M All or Nothing (2017)
- February Feb Fifty Shades Darker (2017) $448.9M Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
- March Mar Beauty and the Beast (2017) $1.3B Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- April Apr Your Name. (2017) $500.7M Your Name. (2017)
- May May Everything, Everything (2017) $88.7M Everything, Everything (2017)
- June Jun The Big Sick (2017) $86.8M The Big Sick (2017)
- July Jul Mumon: The Land of Stealth (2017) $64.9M Mumon: The Land of Stealth (2017)
- August Aug Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) $88M Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017)
- September Sep Home Again (2017) $89.9M Home Again (2017)
- October Oct The Mountain Between Us (2017) $152.4M The Mountain Between Us (2017)
- November Nov Call Me by Your Name (2017) $89.5M Call Me by Your Name (2017)
- December Dec The Greatest Showman (2017) $783.2M The Greatest Showman (2017)
Last 10 years
How Does 2017 Compare With Previous Years?
Of these 10 years, 2008 earned the most: $7.3B from 263 films, led by Mamma Mia! (2008). 2017 took $3.7B.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| 2008 263 films | 263 | $7.3B | – | Mamma Mia! (2008) $703.2M |
| 2009 202 films · −9% | 202 | $6.6B | −9% | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) $941.1M |
| 2010 236 films · −31% | 236 | $4.6B | −31% | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) $698.5M |
| 2011 170 films · −36% | 170 | $2.9B | −36% | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) $712.2M |
| 2012 216 films · +36% | 216 | $4B | +36% | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) $848.6M |
| 2013 205 films · −42% | 205 | $2.3B | −42% | The Great Gatsby (2013) $353.7M |
| 2014 216 films · +29% | 216 | $2.9B | +29% | The Fault in Our Stars (2014) $307.2M |
| 2015 248 films · +6% | 248 | $3.1B | +6% | Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) $569.7M |
| 2016 242 films · +5% | 242 | $3.3B | +5% | La La Land (2016) $509.2M |
| 2017 246 films · +14% | 246 | $3.7B | +14% | Beauty and the Beast (2017) $1.3B |
By language
Which Languages Do the Biggest Romance Movies Speak in 2017?
English-language romance films took $2.5B across 62 films, 68% of the total, ahead of Japanese-language romance films ($548.7M) and Hindi-language romance films ($117.8M).
2017 Romance Box Office by Language
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English $2.5B62 films · #1 Beauty and the Beast (2017) - Japanese $548.7M22 films · #1 Your Name. (2017)
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Hindi $117.8M19 films · #1 Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) - Chinese $116M10 films · #1 This Is Not What I Expected (2017)
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French $27.2M16 films · #1 From the Land of the Moon (2017) -
Polish $21.8M2 films · #1 Letters to Santa 3 (2017) -
Spanish $17.2M10 films · #1 Everybody Loves Somebody (2017) -
Russian $12.2M5 films · #1 Mathilde (2017) -
Cantonese $11.4M3 films · #1 77 Heartbreaks (2017) -
Dutch $8.1M6 films · #1 Home Is Where Your Heart Is (2017)
Archive
Romance Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2008 leads with $7.3B, led by Mamma Mia! (2008).
2020s 7 years · $9.1B
2010s 10 years · $33.7B
- 2019 $4B #1 Aladdin (2019)
- 2018 $2.9B #1 A Star Is Born (2018)
- 2017 $3.7B #1 Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- 2016 $3.3B #1 La La Land (2016)
- 2015 $3.1B #1 Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- 2014 $2.9B #1 The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
- 2013 $2.3B #1 The Great Gatsby (2013)
- 2012 $4B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
- 2011 $2.9B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
- 2010 $4.6B #1 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
2000s 10 years · $45.5B
- 2009 $6.6B #1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- 2008 $7.3B #1 Mamma Mia! (2008)
- 2007 $4.1B #1 Enchanted (2007)
- 2006 $3.7B #1 Happy Feet (2006)
- 2005 $5.5B #1 King Kong (2005)
- 2004 $4.5B #1 Meet the Fockers (2004)
- 2003 $3.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- 2002 $3.1B #1 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
- 2001 $3.9B #1 Pearl Harbor (2001)
- 2000 $3.2B #1 What Women Want (2000)
1990s 10 years · $25.7B
- 1999 $3.1B #1 Notting Hill (1999)
- 1998 $3.6B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $4.2B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $2.3B #1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- 1995 $2.5B #1 Pocahontas (1995)
- 1994 $2.7B #1 Forrest Gump (1994)
- 1993 $1.8B #1 Indecent Proposal (1993)
- 1992 $2B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $1.6B #1 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- 1990 $1.8B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $8.3B
- 1989 $958.8M #1 Look Who's Talking (1989)
- 1988 $1.4B #1 Coming to America (1988)
- 1987 $933.1M #1 Dirty Dancing (1987)
- 1986 $1.2B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $739.4M #1 Out of Africa (1985)
- 1984 $850.6M #1 Romancing the Stone (1984)
- 1983 $551.9M #1 Terms of Endearment (1983)
- 1982 $542.5M #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $688.4M #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $438.9M #1 The Blue Lagoon (1980)
1970s 10 years · $1.8B
- 1979 $342.1M #1 10 (1979)
- 1978 $628.2M #1 Grease (1978)
- 1977 $424.9M #1 Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- 1976 $141M #1 A Star Is Born (1976)
- 1975 $15.7M #1 Once Is Not Enough (1975)
- 1974 $117M #1 Benji (1974)
- 1973 $81.3M #1 The Way We Were (1973)
- 1972 $1.4M #1 Bombay to Goa (1972)
- 1971 $10.5M #1 Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- 1970 $18.7M #1 Getting Straight (1970)
1960s 10 years · $620.8M
- 1969 $15M #1 Paint Your Wagon (1969)
- 1968 $52.3M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $109.5M #1 The Graduate (1967)
- 1966 $146.4K #1 A Man and a Woman (1966)
- 1965 $272.3M #1 The Sound of Music (1965)
- 1964 $83.8M #1 My Fair Lady (1964)
- 1963 $62.7M #1 Cleopatra (1963)
- 1962 $600.8K #1 Jules and Jim (1962)
- 1961 $5.7M #1 Mother and a Guest (1961)
- 1960 $18.9M #1 The Apartment (1960)
1950s 10 years · $378.8M
- 1959 $52M #1 Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- 1958 $10.7M #1 Vertigo (1958)
- 1957 $4M #1 An Affair to Remember (1957)
- 1956 $63.5M #1 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- 1955 $94.2M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $13.8M #1 An Inspector Calls (1954)
- 1953 $3.6M #1 Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- 1952 $38.5M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $2.1M #1 The Girl on the Bridge (1951)
- 1950 $96.4M #1 Cinderella (1950)
1940s 10 years · $456.6M
- 1949 $88.8K #1 The Passionate Friends (1949)
- 1948 $191.5K #1 The Red Shoes (1948)
- 1947 $1M #1 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- 1946 $44.9M #1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- 1945 $684.7K #1 Meet Me in St. Louis (1945)
- 1944 $6 #1 The Uninvited (1944)
- 1943 $4.7M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $1.9M #1 Reunion in France (1942)
- 1941 $25.5K #1 The Lady Eve (1941)
- 1940 $403M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $188.1M
- 1939 $931.5K #1 Wuthering Heights (1939)
- 1938 $185.2M #1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
- 1937 $17.5K #1 Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
- 1936 $1.4M #1 Born to Dance (1936)
- 1935 $528.1K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- 1934 $46.8K #1 It Happened One Night (1934)
- 1933 $2.5K #1 42nd Street (1933)
- 1932 $1.2K #1 Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- 1931 $8.3K #1 Marius (1931)
- 1930 $1.2K #1 Madam Satan (1930)
1920s 7 years · $10.1M
1910s 1 year · $160
FAQ
Romance Box Office 2017: Questions & Answers
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 246 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing romance movie in 2017?
Beauty and the Beast (2017) leads with $1.3B worldwide, $504.5M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Greatest Showman (2017) at $469.1M and Your Name. (2017) at $405.3M.
How much did romance movies released in 2017 earn?
246 romance films released in 2017 report a worldwide gross, $3.7B in all, or $15.1M per film on average. 2016 releases took $3.3B.
How many romance movies released in 2017 made $1 billion?
1 film crossed $1 billion worldwide: Beauty and the Beast (2017). 5 crossed $100 million.
How is the 2017 romance box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2017. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
How often is the 2017 romance box office chart updated?
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.