{"id":53953,"date":"2016-11-20T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T04:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=53953"},"modified":"2016-11-20T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T04:49:33","slug":"box-office-fantastic-beasts-underperforms-harry-potter-in-north-america-but-outperforms-it-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/11\/box-office-fantastic-beasts-underperforms-harry-potter-in-north-america-but-outperforms-it-elsewhere.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Fantastic Beasts<\/i> underperforms Harry Potter<\/i> in North America but outperforms it elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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J.K. Rowling\u2019s wizarding world came roaring back to the big screen this week.<\/p>\n

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/b><\/i>, the first in a series of prequels that take place several decades before Harry Potter is born, earned an estimated $75 million in the U.S. and Canada between Thursday and Sunday nights<\/a>. That\u2019s the least that any Harry Potter film<\/a> has made in its first weekend in North America.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

However, the film earned another $143.3 million overseas and reportedly beat the first weekends<\/a> of all the Harry Potter films in eleven countries, including South Korea, Russia and Brazil. As it stands right now, observers think the film is performing well enough globally to guarantee that the franchise will spawn a few more sequels.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s North American debut also represents a career-best opening for several of its co-stars, including (listed here with their previous personal bests):<\/p>\n