The sequel starts with $ 62 million – Variety

"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" delighted moviegoers with a debut $ 62 million film.

Although it was slightly lower than the beginning of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", the first installment in the "Harry Potter" spinoff series, it was easy enough to dominate the weekend box office.

Warner Bros., the studio behind the witch series, considers "Fantastic Beasts" as an international play, whose follow-up has already yielded $ 191 million. In the United States, "Crimes of Grindelwald" has beaten against the worst critics for entry into "Harry Potter". He currently holds a 40% on rotten tomatoes and a Cinemascore B +.

"The Crimes of Grindelwald" is the second entry of Warner Bros. with the intention of becoming a franchise of five films. It is part of the studio's ongoing efforts to draw more wealth from the wizarding world popularized by author J.K. Rowling This sparked controversy when Johnny Depp was chosen to embody the famous Dark Witch Gellert Grindelwald. However, this does not seem to tarnish the enthusiasm of the Potterheads.

The theaters have managed to attract more than just wizards and wizards this weekend. New offers, as well as a number of delays, were able to draw muggles and rank in the top five, while the comedy "Instant Family" and the Heist drama "Widows" have each started to match their expectations.

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For Instant, Instant Family, with Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, generated $ 14.7 million when it launched in 3,286 locations. This film, based on the true story of a married couple adopting three young children, has achieved a promising A CinemaScore, as well as 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience was mostly female and over 35 years old. The studio is counting on a good performance Thanksgiving to give a new impetus to its price and justify its price of $ 48 million.

Fox and New Regency distribute "Widows," directed by Steve McQueen, who grossed $ 12.5 million on 2,805 theaters. The film costs $ 40 million to produce and follows a group of women who are holding a caper to pay off a crime official after their criminal husbands are killed for work that went wrong. The troupe includes Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo. Since its debut at the Toronto Film Festival, "Widows" has garnered rave reviews, particularly for Davis' performance.

Second place went to Universal's "The Grinch", which pocketed another $ 38 million to bring the national total to $ 126 million. "Bohemian Rhapsody," Fox's biopic, Freddie Mercury, also had a strong performance on his third weekend and took third place with $ 15 million. That brings its total North American to $ 127 million.

In a limited edition, Universal took a long shot at "Green Book", the $ 313,000 bait winning movie on 25 sites, for an average of $ 12,520 per screen. Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali co-perform the comedy drama that spread across the country on November 21st. He won the Public Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival and has since generated an average of A + Cinemascore and 83% rotten tomatoes. Directed by Peter Farrelly and co – produced by Participant and DreamWorks, "Green Book" follows a bouncer who takes a job as a black pianist driver from the era of apartheid. Mortensen was controversial after using the N keyword at a panel discussion on film promotion (he pointed out how much society has evolved in the decades since Jim Crow ). He has since apologized.

CBS Films' "At Eternity's Gate" earned the best theatrical average of the week at $ 23,000 per room for a $ 92,000 weekend from four theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. Willem Dafoe has earned praise for his portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in the drama, which will continue to expand in the coming weeks.

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