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Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling can still cast a magic spell at the box office — although not as powerful sans the Boy Who Lived, at least in North America. Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff and prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, from a script by Rowling, topped the weekend domestic box office with $75 million from 4,144 theaters, behind the openings of all eight Harry Potter movies but in line with other high-profile spinoffs, such as the Hobbit trilogy.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, November 20, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Day Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | ||||
| 1 | Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them | Warner Bros. | $75,000,000 | 4,144 | $18,098 | $75,000,000 |
| 2 | Doctor Strange | Disney | $17,676,000 | 3,694 | $4,785 | $181,542,877 |
| 3 | Trolls | 20th Century Fox | $17,500,000 | 3,945 | $4,436 | $116,214,533 |
| 4 | Arrival | Paramount | $11,800,000 | 2,335 | $5,054 | $43,370,799 |
| 5 | Almost Christmas | Universal | $7,034,610 | 2,379 | $2,957 | $25,415,350 |
| 6 | Hacksaw Ridge | Lionsgate | $6,750,000 | 2,883 | $2,341 | $42,854,292 |
| 7 | Edge Of Seventeen, The | STX Entertainment | $4,825,000 | 1,945 | $2,481 | $4,825,000 |
| 8 | Bleed For This | Open Road | $2,357,946 | 1,549 | $1,522 | $2,357,946 |
| 9 | Accountant, The | Warner Bros. | $2,115,000 | 1,423 | $1,486 | $81,252,018 |
| 10 | Shut In | EuropaCorp | $1,600,000 | 2,006 | $798 | $6,036,645 |
| 11 | Moonlight | A24 | $1,583,433 | 650 | $2,436 | $6,739,483 |
| 12 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | Lionsgate | $1,175,000 | 1,171 | $1,003 | $72,167,821 |
