Sign up for the SaltyPopcorn weekly newsletter

MOVIE NEWS

Latest movie news and box office analitics

US Box Office Analysis Weekending 16 - 18 November 2018: The Crimes of Grindelwald steals number 1 on its debut

ADVERTISMENT
Buy from Amazon.co.uk


As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
With the release of Fantastic Bests: The Crimes Of Grindelwald the Wizarding World continues but series fatigue is starting to creep in with the lowest opening for a film from the series.

Instant Family

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald

Like all the other films from the Wizarding World the Fantastic Bests sequel opens at the top of the box office with $62.2 million, the lowest of the series to date.

There is nothing to worry about yet for Warner Bros. and JK Rowling but as this is a chaser movie with no conclusion they are going to have to pull something out of the bag for part 3 not to turn more people away.

The Grinch

After making its debut at the top last week the animated telling of the Dr Seuss film falls to number 2 this week with $38.1 million taking tis total to $126.5 million.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Third week on the box office chart and the Queen film falls to 3 with a $15 million weekend taking its total to $127.8 million.

Instant Family

New entry at number 4 for this family feel good movie starring Isabela Moner and Mark Wahlberg as foster parents, the film makes $14.7 million.

Widows

Another new entry the close out the top 5 as Steve McQueens new movie starring Viola Davis and Liam Neeson takes $12.3 million.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - $62,163,104
  2. The Grinch - $38,587,130
  3. Bohemian Rhapsody - $16,042,965
  4. Instant Family - $14,504,315
  5. Widows - $12,361,307
  6. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms - $4,772,950
  7. A Star Is Born - $4,293,663
  8. Overlord - $3,790,251
  9. The Girl In the Spider's Web - $2,501,616
  10. Burn the Stage: The Movie - $2,420,197
See full chart
ABOUT:
Robert Hyde

Robert has been a film buff since he first visited the old Palace Cinema in High Wycome when he was young.

After working for Ritz Video Film Hire, later Blockbuster Express, it cemented his interest in film and gave him the drive to go to university with the intention of working in the industy.

6 years of college/university studying film and Culture and he decided to take a different path, so he taught himself to develop websites.

8 years at Amazon, 3 years at eBay, a year at PayPal and 6 years running his own digital marketing agency and here we are writing and developing saltypopcorn.co.uk.

Recent news stories

ADVERTISMENT