Fantastic Beasts movie spins magic in the US

Grown-up “Potter” fans, this is your ticket back.

Worldwide, Fantastic Beasts has made more than $218 million after Week 1.

Be careful not to assign too much importance to the foreign total.

Don’t break out the champagne for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them just yet.

How did you feel about the lore introduced in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?”. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” opened to $77.1 million in 2007 and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” bowed to $77.8 million in 2009.

It’s nearly unbearable to think that Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone was released…wait for it…

Which “Harry Potter” movie/book was your favorite? The “Potter” balance of whimsy and darkness means to tip more to whimsy here, but it doesn’t take hold as well as you’d hope. She takes you on a more than two-hour trip of thrilling spectacles without letting you know what will happen next. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them set the stage for a very interesting sequel, that may even including one of our favorite professors. J.K. Rowling had made it clear that no more books would follow, and while spinoffs were always possible, Warner Bros. moved their focus to The Hobbit and DC Films Universe. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad, contrasting the realities of war with America’s perceptions.

The magical beasts Newt collects and cares for are the centrepieces of this film. Because no magical trunk, chest or suitcase can ever stay closed for long in a fantasy film, Scamander’s eclectic collection of magical creatures are soon running amok around the city. And as is the nature in any film aiming to start a new franchise, we get an establishing origins story, while excitedly setting the stage for future installments.

Witnessing the growth of the Harry Potter franchise, seven books, eight movies and 542 Funko Pops later, fans would of course wonder whether this creative direction is just to milk the franchise.

Good news and bad news here. Dan Fogler, Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston in a scene from the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. While not wholly original – Troll dolls have been a thing since the 1960s – “to create a movie musical that’s trippy and fun, it’s pretty genius”, Dergarabedian says.

On Thursday I donned Harry Potter’s Quidditch robes and round wire glasses as I picked out the ideal seat to watch “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and waited for the movie to light up the screen at Cedar Creek Cinema in Rothschild.