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Fantastic Beasts Tops the U.S. Box Office with $75 Million
Posted On Nov 26 2016
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With a $75 million opening weekend, the movie has topped the box office despite being the lowest opening in the Wizarding World movie, according to BoxOfficeMojo.
It was a more modest debut than any of the Potter films, but Warner argued that comparisons are not fair.
Since the first Harry Potter film showed in 2001, no other contemporary magical world has replaced it in the Box Office.
Furthermore, the movie comes after a long time from the last Harry Potter movie which means that it was not able to attract numerous under 18 viewers. But “Fantastic Beasts” does not feature any of the same central characters, and it takes place in 1926 NY instead of present-day Britain.
Irish actor Colin Farrell is also new to the Potter universe, but knows the fans are nothing to be sneezed at.
Other silver linings: Beasts received mostly positive reviews (76% of critics gave it a thumbs up on aggregate site RottenTomatoes.com), while audiences graded it an A on CinemaScore.
Doctor Strange only fell to second place and brought in $17.7 million and is closing in on $200 million domestically. Beasts introduces a new canon to the magical world that has only been touched upon briefly in Rowling’s books and past Potter films. The film, which cost an estimated $330 million to make and market worldwide, collected an additional $143.3 million in partial release overseas. The fifth spot goes to the comedy- themed movie “Almost Christmas” starring Danny Glover and Gabrielle Union which has earned $7 million. The first “Fantastic Beasts” sequel is slated to hit theaters in November 2018. Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick are the main voices of this movie, that gained over 17,5 million dollars this weekend and 116,2 million dollars since the release. Aaron Eckhart’s feel good sports drama Bleed For This came in eighth with only $2 million.
Ang Lee’s ambitious wartime drama “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” tanked in its expansion from four to 1,176 theaters with a mere $930,000.
