'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' Rules The Worldwide Box Office
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Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them continues it's worldwide box office domination while Disney's Moana hangs strong domestically.
"Warner Bros.' 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' has now crossed the $400 million mark internationally at $424.4 million, combined with the North American total the 'Harry Potter' spinoff has earned an impressive $607.9 million globally to date," according to comScore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
"In the second spot, Disney's 'Moana' is the latest in a long line of animated titles from the Walt Disney Animation Studios to become a critical and box office hit with worldwide takings of $177.4 million to date."
The domination continues for J.K. Rowling's latest creation and with four more films scheduled it looks like she has found a way to duplicate the success of the Harry Potter series.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 4, are below.
1. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - Warner Bros. - $78.9M
2. Moana - Disney - $60.4M
3. Your Name - Multiple - $40.9M
4. Allied - Paramount Pictures - $19.1M
5. Underworld: Blood Wars - Sony - $16.3M
6.
Arrival - Multiple - $12.1M
7. Trolls - 20th Century Fox - $11.7M
8. Sully - Warner Bros. - $11.2M
9.
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children - 20th Century Fox - $10.5M
10. Doctor Strange - Disney - $10.2M
11. Sword Master - Multiple - $7.3M
12. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back - Paramount Pictures - $6.1M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 4, are below.
1. Moana - Disney - $28.4M
2. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - Warner Bros. - $18.5M
3. Arrival - Paramount - $7.3M
4. Allied - Paramount - $7.0M
5. Doctor Strange - Disney - $6.5M
6.
Trolls - 20th Century Fox - $4.6M
7. Hacksaw Ridge - Lionsgate - $3.4M
8. Bad Santa 2 - Broad Green Pictures - $3.3M
9.
Incarnate - High Top Releasing - $2.6M
10. Almost Christmas - Universal - $2.5M
11. Manchester By The Sea - Roadside Attractions - $2.4M
12. Edge Of Seventeen, The - STX Entertainment - $1.7M