This past weekend saw the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Instant Family, and Widows.
In first place is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, with $62.2 million. While this is enough to put it far ahead of the competition, it is the lowest opening any Wizarding World film to date by a substantial margin, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which opened at $74.4 million. Given the relatively low rating of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the non-glowing B+ on CinemaScore, I'm not sure this will face a long tail at the box office. Plus with the likes of Creed 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet coming out, competition is pretty stiff.
In second place is The Grinch with $38.2 million, only dropping 43.5% from its already-strong opening weekend. So far, the film has taken in $151.7 million worldwide off its $75 million budget, meaning the film is likely close to breaking even, if not already profitable. With the holiday season underway, I think the weeks to come could also bring increased interest in this film.
In third place, Bohemian Rhapsody continues to rock it with $15.7 million in its third weekend, bringing its worldwide cume to $384.3 million off its $52 million box office.
The top 10 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 18, are below.
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes Of Grindelwald - Warner Bros. - $62.2M
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - Universal - $38.2M
Bohemian Rhapsody - 20th Century Fox - $15.7M
Instant Family - Paramount - $14.7M
Widows - 20th Century Fox - $12.3M
Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The - Disney - $4.7M
Star Is Born, a - Warner Bros. - $4.4M
Overlord - Paramount - $3.9M
Girl in the Spider's Web - Sony - $2.5M
Burn the Stage: The Movie - Trafalgar Releasing - $2.3M
The top 10 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 18, are below.
Fantastic Beasts: Crimes Of Grindelwald - Warner Bros. - $253.2M
Bohemian Rhapsody - 20th Century Fox - $61.2M
Venom - Sony - $56.9M
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - Universal - $47.6M
Widows - 20th Century Fox - $15.1M
Instant Family - Paramount - $14.7M
Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The - Disney - $11.4M
Star is Born, A - Warner Bros. - $9.9M
Cool Fish, A - Multiple - $8.3M
Burn the Stage: The Movie - Trafalgar Releasing - $7.6M