SOURCE: http://movieweb.com/beauty-beast-one-billion-dollar-milestone-global-box-office/
Even with a pretty steep budget of $160 million, Beauty and the Beast is going to wind up turning a huge profit for Disney, which is probably why they have a lot of other live-action adaptations in the works.
Next year will see a live take on Mulan, but they also have new takes on The Lion King, Dumbo, The Little Mermaid and many more at various stages of development.
Beauty and the Beast is slowing down a bit but it will still be able to bring in some more cash before the end of its run. It very well could be the highest-grossing movie of 2017 when all is said and done. If not, it will probably be very close.
So next year is Mulan?