The statistic provides data on leading film markets worldwide in 2017, ranked by their gross box office revenue. China was the second largest market in 2017, with a box office revenue of 8.42 billion U.S. dollars that year. The biggest film market was in the United States, which had a box office revenue of 10.24 billion in 2017. The highest grossing movie in 2017 in North America was 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', which generated over 618 million U.S. dollars at the box office. On a global scale, box office revenue is expected to continue growing and reach 49.3 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2020.
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The statistic provides data on leading film markets worldwide in 2017, ranked by their gross box office revenue. China was the second largest market in 2017, with a box office revenue of 8.42 billion U.S. dollars that year. The biggest film market was in the United States, which had a box office revenue of 10.24 billion in 2017. The highest grossing movie in 2017 in North America was 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', which generated over 618 million U.S. dollars at the box office. On a global scale, box office revenue is expected to continue growing and reach 49.3 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2020.
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The statistic provides data on leading film markets worldwide in 2017, ranked by their gross box office revenue. China was the second largest market in 2017, with a box office revenue of 8.42 billion U.S. dollars that year. The biggest film market was in the United States, which had a box office revenue of 10.24 billion in 2017. The highest grossing movie in 2017 in North America was 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi', which generated over 618 million U.S. dollars at the box office. On a global scale, box office revenue is expected to continue growing and reach 49.3 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2020.
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