Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald soars to the top of the weekend box office

Josie Tutty

November 19, 2018 4:57

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has soared to the top of the weekend box office, taking $8.574m on its opening weekend.

The latest instalment of the Warner Bros franchise, which is set in the Harry Potter universe, was shown across 699 screens and knocked Bohemian Rhapsody off the top spot.

Fox’s Freddy Mercury biopic continued to draw in audiences on its third weekend since release, taking $4.247m across 328 screens.

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Josie Tutty

Josie Tutty was Mumbrella's deputy editor. She worked on the publication between 2017 and 2019. She's previously written and edited in the UK for Jungle Creations and Trinity Mirror.

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