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Warner Bros. Pictures has announced the release date for the third Fantastic Beasts film: Nov. 12, 2021.  The announcement was made today by Ron Sanders, President, Worldwide Theatrical Distribution and Home Entertainment. Production on the new film is expected to begin in Spring 2020. "J.K. Rowling created an…

EXCLUSIVE: It has come to our understanding that Warner Bros. is pushing back the production start of the third Fantastic Beasts film. Originally, the J.K. Rowling-scripted movie was going to go before the cameras in July of this year, and now it’s looking like late autumn. It boils down to more prep time for part…

The UK is on course for its highest annual cinema attendance in almost 50 years, according to trade body the UK Cinema Association. Latest figures for the month of November show that total theatrical admissions stood at 14,847,358, which is more than five per cent up on the same month in 2017. It leaves the sector on…

UPDATE, writethru: In a weekend dominated by holdovers and expansions, Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald leads the international box office for Hollywood in its third session in a row, conjuring $40.2M in 80 markets. That brings the overseas cume to $385.3M and global across the $500M mark to $51…

UPDATE, writethru: Although the Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t factor abroad, moviegoers took in a cornucopia of offerings at the international box office this weekend, clocking new milestones for many. Warner Bros' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald leads the overseas chart for the second weekend in a row as…

UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald cast a $191M spell at the international box office this weekend for a global launch of $253M. The opening in 79 overseas markets is within the range that we were seeing ahead of the bow and surpasses the start of Fantastic Beasts And Where To F…

SUNDAY AM UPDATE 10:40AM after 7:45AM post: With Chart Warner Bros. is celebrating the worldwide win for J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and the Crimes of Grindelwald . The movie came in lower than expected in U.S./Canada, with a studio-reported $62.2M after a $21.5M Saturday that was down -16% from Friday’s…

SATURDAY UPDATE: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald took in $43M at the international box office on Friday, casting spells in 79 markets, 24 of which were added yesterday. The Warner Bros sequel/spinoff is currently running 14% higher than Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them at the same point in play and…

Holiday moviegoing will explode this weekend as Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald takes over the world with a global near everywhere opening ranging that at the lowest looks to be coming in at $253M and at the highest $275M. On the low end that’s 15% higher than the…

Warner Bros. Harry Potter universe spinoff Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald hit tracking this morning with agencies seeing an opening range between $65M-$75M. Remember these projections can change wildly before opening day. No one saw Halloween opening at $76.2M four weeks out. Grindelwald opens on Nov…

You're going to want to watch to the end of this trailer, JK Rowling warned. The final trailer for Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald features Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, finally meeting his brother. "There's a lot in there for you guys. When you see the trailer, don't…

Forthcoming Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is set to get an audiobook attachement via Amazon's Audible and Pottermore. The Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Makers, Mysteries and Magic audiobook is narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Dan Fogler, who plays Jacob Kowalski…