Setting a new opening weekend box office record for the month of March, Beauty and the Beast [BTATB] belted out an estimated $170.0 million. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice held the previous mark of $166.0 million. The musical also became the highest grossing PG-rated opener as well as the seventh best debut of all times. Beauty and the Beast drew an audience that was 60% female and 52% under the age of 25.
After one week at the top, Kong: Skull Island [SKULN] took second with $28.9 million. The monster flick dropped 53% from its opening to bring its total to $110.1 million.
Logan [WOLV3] finished third at $17.5 million and $184.0 million overall.
Get Out [GETOU] secured $13.2 million for fourth place to push its total to $133.1 million after four weekends.
Rounding out the top five, The Shack [SHACK] earned $6.1 million to reach $42.6 million.
The Belko Exeriment [BELCO] debuted at the seventh spot with $4.1 million.
| Rank | TITLE | F-S-S | TOTAL |
| 1 | BEAUTY AND THE BEAST | $170,000,000 | $170,000,000 |
| 2 | KONG: SKULL ISLAND | $28,850,000 | $110,125,000 |
| 3 | LOGAN | $17,500,000 | $184,026,000 |
| 4 | GET OUT | $13,249,000 | $133,117,000 |
| 5 | THE SHACK | $6,130,000 | $42,614,000 |
| 6 | THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE | $4,700,000 | $167,423,000 |
| 7 | THE BELKO EXPERIMENT | $4,070,000 | $4,070,000 |
| 8 | HIDDEN FIGURES | $1,500,000 | $165,559,000 |
| 9 | JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 | $1,200,000 | $89,790,000 |
| 10 | BEFORE I FALL | $1,034,000 | $11,295,000 |
| 11 | LION | $784,000 | $50,050,000 |
| 12 | LA LA LAND | $530,000 | $149,764,000 |
Tag(s): BTATB, SKULN, WOLV3, GETOU, SHACK, BELCO