List of American films of 2017

A list of American films released in 2017.

Box office records

 * The Marvel Cinematic Universe became the first film franchise to gross more than $13 billion with the release of Thor: Ragnarok.
 * The Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated franchise ever ($3.6 billion), surpassing the Shrek franchise.
 * Beauty and the Beast broke Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice's records ($166 million) for the weekend debut in March ($174.8 million).
 * The Fate of the Furious broke Jurassic Worlds record ($316.6 million) of largest foreign weekend debut ($432.3 million) and Star Wars: The Force Awakenss record ($529 million) of largest worldwide weekend debut ($541 million).
 * It broke Hotel Transylvania 2s record for the biggest opening weekend ($48.5 million) in September, and Gravitys record for largest fall opening weekend ($55.8 million) when it opened to $123.4 million. It also went on to become the highest grossing horror film in history, unadjusted for inflation, surpassing The Sixth Sense ($672.8 million). It is currently the third highest-grossing R-rated film, after Deadpool and The Matrix Reloaded.