Movie Hits $75 Million In US Debut

Harry Potter fans have given the boy wizard’s creator J.K. Rowling another number one at the US box office.

He added: “All of us involved in this film were “Harry Potter” fans and if you’re a fan of something, you don’t want to be the one to come in and screw it up”. So guys stay tuned with us for more awesome and latest updates about the movie industry and Box-office around the Globe.

The film is the first of a planned five-part franchise that serves as a prequel to the HARRY POTTER series. Still, this weekend’s gross put the family film ahead of sci-fi thinker Arrival, which landed at No. 4 with $12.1 million.

Fantastic Beasts cost $180 million to make, excluding marketing costs, researcher Box Office Mojo said. Beasts introduces a new canon to the magical world that has only been touched upon briefly in Rowling’s books and past Potter films.

Since the final movie in the original “Harry Potter” franchise was released in 2011, Rowling’s wizarding world has only continued to grow. Joining the Beasts was The Edge of Seventeen and Bleed For This.

Here are some of the things you might have missed for you to pay attention to the next time you go see Fantastic Beasts.

It confirms Warner Bros’ high hopes for the property and its decision to back five installments in the fantasy series. 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.

Sony’s Iraq War drama Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk took just US$930,000 and placed 14th after expanding to 1,176 theatres. The movie brought in $17.6 million on its third weekend, sending its worldwide earnings to more than $571 million.

Rowling created a real-life “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” textbook describing magical creatures, which inspired the screenplay and title of the film later on.