How Much Did Fantastic Beasts 3 Cost To Make (& What Box Office It Needs)
The Harry Potter universe's Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was made with a blockbuster budget, but how much money does it need to make to be considered a box-office success? Although the third installment of the Harry Potter spin-off series will reach North American theatres on April 15th, the movie registered $58 million at the international box office during its opening weekend. Director David Yates' film has received mixed-to-negative reviews, standing at a 58% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. While there has been recognition for the actors' abilities and a general consensus that Fantastic Beasts 3 is an improvement on 2018's Crimes of Grindelwald, many quarters have cited the film as an unnecessary and uninspiring entry into the franchise.
The film charts the war between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald that entangles Newt Scamander and various other witches and wizards around the world. The story act as a precursor to the wizarding world that Harry Potter first enters and was initially inspired by a textbook Harry had during his time at Hogwarts. The largest commercial draw of the Fantastic Beasts series lies in the crossover between itself and the Harry Potter series, and the emphasis upon Dumbledore and Grindelwald, two characters with murky and previously-unexplored backstories.
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Given the popular characters and the previous returns of the first two Fantastic Beasts movies, it is little surprise that Warner Bros. shelled out such a sizeable budget for The Secrets of Dumbledore. The success of the previous films may suggest that Secrets of Dumbledore will rush to number one at the box office, however, the film
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