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When is a $75 million number one weekend opening not something to go crazy over? When you’re the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. That film earned an estimated $75 million to come in first place this weekend. That’s the lowest opening ever for the Wizarding World and the last film was five years ago. The average opening is a little over $90 million.
The film earned an “A” CinemaScore and it looks like 55% of the audience was over the age of 35 which would indicate it was likely older Harry Potter fans that showed up for the film and not younger fans.
The film opened Wednesday in international markets and has so far grossed $143.3 million.
In second place was Doctor Strange who was in first place these past two weekends. That film earned an estimated $17.7 million to bring its domestic total to $181.5 million. The film also earned $26 million to its international total to bring that to $390 million. We’ll have more analysis of that film and comic films this year in an hour.
In third was Trolls which earned an estimated $17.5 million, Arrival was fourth with $11.8 million, and Almost Christmas was fifth with $7.04 million.
Two new films debuted in the top ten. The Edge of Seventeen earned an estimated $4.83 million for seventh, and Bleed for This was eighth with $2.36 million.
Doctor Strange ruled the weekend box office earning $84.99 million. That was more than enough to put the film in first place and the tenth largest opening for a Marvel movie. Thor: The Dark World also opened in November, the only other Marvel film to do so, and that filmed earned $85.7 million when it debuted in 2013. The film also earned $118.7 million at the international box office from 53 territories. Its international total stands at $240.4 million with a global total of $325.4 million after 13 days. The film should do well due to an “A” CinemaScore and solid reviews.
The film also drove Disney to cross $6 billion for the year for the first time ever.
Trolls came in second place earning an estimated $45.6 million. That opening beats The Peanuts Movie’s $44.2 million which opened the same weekend last year. The film has already grossed $104 million in its first three weeks of international release.
In third place was Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge which brought in an estimated $14.75 million. The film received an “A” CinemaScore and “A+” to audiences playing mostly to an older audience.
Also opening was Loving in four theaters and its $169,000 meant an average of $42,250 per theater.
All of that together plus strong showings of other films increased the box office 133.6% compared to last weekend and 20.4% compared to last year and brought in a combined $182 million.
Come back in an hour when we’ll have a better dive into this year’s comic films.
