2018-11-18 16:31:58 | Box Office Battle: 'Fantastic Beasts 2' wins weekend with $62MAT&T (T) subsidiary Warner Bros' "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" debuted to $62.2M from 4,163 theaters. Overseas, the movie roared to $191M from 79 markets. The sequel earned a B+ CinemaScore and sports a 40% Rotten Tomatoes score. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal's "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" fell to number two, ending the weekend with $38.2M from 4,141 locations for a 10-day domestic total of $126.5M. Behind it was 21st Century Fox's (FOX, FOXA) "Bohemian Rhapsody," with $15.7M in its third outing from 3,810 cinemas. Viacom (VIAB) subsidiary Paramount's "Instant Family" placed number four in its debut weekend with $14.7M from 3,286 theaters. Rounding out the five, 21st Century Fox's "Widows" opened to $12.3M from 2,803 locations. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Disney's (DIS), Sony (SNE) and Lionsgate's (LGF.A, LGF.B). | |
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