Global box office wrap-up: “Fantastic Beasts 3” reaches $280 million worldwide



by SOURAV D

Global box office wrap-up: “Fantastic Beasts 3” reaches $280 million worldwide
Global box office wrap-up: “Fantastic Beasts 3” reaches $280 million worldwide

Warner Bros’ “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” which has largely been depending on international ticket sales, led the global box office again at its third week of release, racking up an estimated $38.3 million in international markets as well as a $14.0 million in North America.

On top of that, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” has been performing much better in international box offices with a 44 per cent drop in holds, however, the movie had been met with a 67 per cent drop in holdover markets in domestic box office coming into the third week.

“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” hits $280 million globally

Global box office between April 22 to 24

Rank Film 3-day world Total Grossing (World) Distributor
1 Fantastic Beasts 3 $52.3m $280.3m Warner Bros
2 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 $34.2m $287.8 Paramount
3 The Bad Guys $29.8m $87.1m Universal
4 The Lost City $21.4m $128m Paramount
5 K.G.F: Chapter 2 $19.7m $114.9m Various
6 The Northman $18.2m $23.5m Universal
7 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent $8.9m $8.9m Various
8 Everything Everywhere All at Once $6.4m $30.1m Various
9 Morbius $5.5m $156.5m Sony
10 Ambulance $3.6m $46.6m Universal
Breaking off the figures, despite a presidential run in France on Sunday, the region had led the tally of ticket sales for “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” internationally with an estimated $4.7 million, while Germany grossed around $4.1 million.

Despite stringent lockdown measures in Shanghai, China, the world’s largest movie market, had shelved No 4 position with a grossing of $17.5 million, just behind a $21.7 million docketed in UK/Ireland.