A Foolish Take: The Highest-Grossing Movies of 2017 (So Far)

Movies seem flashier than ever, but the domestic film market remains a slow-growth one. PwC expects annual U.S. box office revenue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of just 1.2% between 2016 and 2021.

To offset that slowdown, the industry is focusing on China, which is still posting double-digit box office growth and set to overtake the U.S. as the world's biggest movie market later this year. Here are the highest-grossing movies of the year so far -- all of which generated the majority of their revenue from markets abroad, like China.

Data source: Box Office Mojo. Chart by author.

Source: Fool.com