According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Secrets of Dumbledore is set to gross $ 40 million to $ 45 million over its opening weekend. The third film, Fantastic Beasts, grossed $ 20.1 million on its opening day (April 15), including the $ 6 million it grossed during Thursday’s preview. By comparison, 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them grossed $ 74.4 million, while its sequel, The Crimes of Grindelwald, grossed $ 62.2 million. RELATED: Mads Mikkelsen made up the story of Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3 Overall, the Fantastic Beasts tricycle is the lowest domestic ticket opening of any Harry Potter-related movie, and Dumbledore’s secrets were expected to be hard at the box office, with estimates predicting $ 100 million to $ 140 million domestically. Buy. Prior to its domestic release, The Secrets of Dumbledore also recorded the lowest international first weekend of the Harry Potter spinoff franchise with $ 58 million from 22 overseas markets on the weekend of April 8th. While Warner Bros. Pictures originally intended the Fantastic Beasts epic to consist of five films, the future of the franchise may depend on the cast of the third film, with the studio reportedly “waiting to see how The Secrets of Dumbledore will receive before giving four and five films” the green light [sic]. ” Secrets of Dumbledore will see Eddie Redmayne return as Newt Scamander, Dan Fogler as Jacob Kowalski and Ezra Miller as Credence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore. The film also stars Jude Law as a young Albus Dumbledore during his days as a teacher at Hogwarts, who described the film as “one of the biggest productions [he’s] never worked “. RELATED: Mads Mikkelsen discusses Depp’s “chaotic” replacement process in Fantastic Beasts Based on the Harry Potter cover book of the same name, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them premiered in 2016 as a prequel to the original Harry Potter films and starred Redman as Newt Scamander. His sequel, The Crimes of Grindelwald, premiered in 2018 and made Johnny Depp his debut as Gellert Grindelwald. However, Depp would later step down at the request of Warner Bros. following lawsuits over his divorce from Amber Heard. Actor Mads Mikkelson replaces Depp as Grindelwald in the upcoming film. “I mean, obviously, they were going to make the film, and obviously [Depp] he was no longer involved, “Mikkelsen said of his new role. “But I did not have a dog in this fight. And I do not know what happened [in his private life]and I do not know if he was right, he lost his job, but I just knew that the show was going on and I wish I had talked to him about it if I had the chance, but I just do not know him in that sense. “ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is now in theaters. Source: The Hollywood Reporter Warner Bros. Defends Cutting Fantastic Beasts 3’s Gay Dialogue in China Read Next About the Author Emily Zogbi (1019 articles published) Emily Zogbi is a New York writer and CBR news editor. While a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry, Emily enjoys talking extensively about MCU and why Wonder Woman 2009 is better than all the others. She would like to be a dancer. You can follow Emily on Twitter at @emilyrosezombie. More from Emily Zogbi
