The force was with Emma Watson in the battle to be named the UK’s biggest earning film of 2017 as Beauty and the Beast pipped Star Wars: The Last Jedi to the crown.

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Beauty and the Beast earned £4.1m more than The Last Jedi in 2017 according to official figures, with Episode VIII of the sci-fi epic having taken £68.3m by the end of 31st December and the live-action Disney fairytale recording £72.4m at the UK box office.

Beauty and the Beast, which also starred Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens as the Beast/Prince, was also the most popular film around the world, taking £929m at global box offices.

Of course the good news for the Star Wars producers is that there is still time for it to take over.

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Beauty and the Beast was released in March and is no longer showing in cinemas while The Last Jedi is still playing on hundreds of screens.

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