Beauty and the Beast 3D earned 2nd place this past weekend with $18.5 million falling just behind Contraband according to Entertainment Weekly. It is the largest January opening for an animated film topping 2006′s Hoodwinked.
Disney spent less than $10 million converting the 1991 classic to 3-D, so this kind of opening more than justifies the studio’s decision to re-release the musical.
It is good news for Disney’s future 3-D re-releases: Finding Nemo in September, and Monsters, Inc. and The Little Mermaid in 2013.
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Saw it and loved it! It was a nice treat to tide us over until our trip in a few days!!