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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them passes $600 million at the worldwide box office

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Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has crossed another box office milestone this past weekend, with the film cracking the $600 million mark around the globe. Fantastic Beasts has earned $608 million worldwide to date, including $72.5 million in China, where it is now the highest-grossing chapter of J.K. […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hits half a billion at the global box office

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Warner Bros.’ new Wizarding World series Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them may not have debuted to Harry Potter-style numbers, but the studio certainly looks to have a hit franchise on its hands, with the film having crossed the half billion mark at the global box office ahead of its third weekend of release. […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find the Material to Fill a Five-Film Franchise

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Henry Bevan on the Fantastic Beasts franchise… Hitler is everywhere in Hollywood movies. The Emperor is Space Hitler. Davy Jones is Sea Hitler. Loki is another Space Hitler. Harry Potter is not immune to the trend. Voldemort, with his blood status obsession, shares a creed with the 20th century’s big bad. Voldemort is Wizard Hitler. […]

The Harry Potter Series is Much Better Than I Thought

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Samuel Brace revisits the Harry Potter movie series… I’ve never been a fan of the Harry Potter series. I watched the films growing up, like most people — especially those of my age — and they kind of just did nothing for me. I watched them but I didn’t really WATCH them. They were playing […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Ronan Raftery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp. SYNOPSIS: The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earns the lowest box office opening of any Harry Potter movie

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It’s already had another four movies announced with David Yates in the director’s chair, but the opening weekend for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has earned the lowest opening of any Harry Potter movie to date. The film opened to number one against Doctor Strange and Trolls in their third weeks, and earned […]

Movie Review – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Ronan Raftery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp. SYNOPSIS: New York, 1926. British wizard Newt Scamander arrives with his magical suitcase […]

David Yates, David Heyman and J.K. Rowling defend Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts casting

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Warning. Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follow… Earlier this month it was announced that Johnny Depp would be appearing in a major role in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as making a brief cameo appearance in the first movie, with director David Yates subsequently […]

Second Opinion – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016. Directed by David Yates. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Carmen Ejogo, Ezra Miller, Ron Perlman, Jon Voight, Ronan Raftery, Faith Wood-Blagrove, Jenn Murray, Zoe Kravitz and Johnny Depp. SYNOPSIS: The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them projected for $200 million global opening weekend

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The latest chapter of J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World gets underway today with the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and THR is reporting that the Harry Potter spinoff looks set for a magical $200 million opening worldwide. In the States, the film is expected to comfortably fend off competition from The Edge […]