'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' Takes Over The Box Office
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After dominating the box office in it's opening week, Doctor Strange was overtaken by the highly anticipated Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them film. Fantastic Beasts completely smashed the box office during it's debut both domestically and globally.
"Warner Bros.' wizarding universe of 'Harry Potter' is expanded as J.K. Rowling's 'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' took in a spectacular $143.3 million internationally this weekend on over 24,000 screens in 63 markets," said comScore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
"This plus an impressive number one North American debut of $75 million brings the global opening weekend total to $218.3 million."
The film is already picking up where the Harry Potter universe left off and with four more films to come, chances are this franchise will definitely be a huge success.
You can check out the full box office results for he weekend of November 20.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 20, are below.
1. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - Warner Bros. - $218.3M
2. Doctor Strange - Disney - $43.7M
3. Trolls - 20th Century Fox - $28.9M
4. I Am Not Madame Bovary - Multiple - $28.1M
5. Arrival - Multiple - $18.3M
6.
Hacksaw Ridge - Multiple - $9.2M
7. Deepwater Horizon - Lionsgate - $8.3M
8. Almost Christmas - Universal - $7.0M
9. Accountant, The - Warner Bros.
- $5.3M
10. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - Sony - $4.8M
11. Edge Of Seventeen, The - STX Entertainment - $4.8M
12. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back - Paramount Pictures - $4.8M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 20, are below.
1. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - Warner Bros. - $75.0M
2. Doctor Strange - Disney - $17.7M
3. Trolls - 20th Century Fox - $17.5M
4. Arrival - Paramount - $11.8M
5. Almost Christmas - Universal - $7.0M
6.
Hacksaw Ridge - Lionsgate - $6.8M
7. Edge Of Seventeen, The - STX Entertainment - $4.8M
8. Bleed For This - Open Road - $2.4M
9. Accountant, The - Warner Bros.
- $2.1M
10. Shut In - EuropaCorp - $1.6M
11. Moonlight - A24 - $1.6M
12. Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween - Lionsgate - $1.2M