Weekend Actuals: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Casts a Spell w/ $74.4M; ‘Doctor Strange’ ($17.7M) and ‘Trolls’ ($17.4M) Runners-Up; ‘Edge of Seventeen’ ($4.7M) and ‘Bleed For This’ ($2.3M) Debuts Weak

Warner Bros.’ fantasy Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them commanded the box office this weekend with a $74.40 million debut, more than quadruple the next-closest film although lower than the debuts for any of the original Potter movies. Disney’s superhero Doctor Strange fell after two consecutive weekends on top, but held onto second place with $17.76 million. Fox and DreamWorks’ animated Trolls took the bronze medal with $17.44 million.

The other new wide releases weren’t so hot. STX Entertainment’s teen comedy The Edge of Seventeen opened with $4.75 million, Open Road’s boxing drama Bleed For This debuted with $2.36 million, and Sony / TriStar’s military drama Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk expanded into wide release with $901 thousand.

Weekend Actuals for Friday, November 18 – Sunday, November 20, 2016:

WIDE (1000+)

# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them $74,403,387 4,144 $17,954 $74,403,387 1 Warner Bros.
2 Doctor Strange $17,761,060 -59% 3,694 -188 $4,808 $181,627,937 3 Disney
3 Trolls $17,448,673 -50% 3,945 -121 $4,423 $116,163,206 3 Fox / DreamWorks Animation
4 Arrival $12,138,671 -50% 2,335 18 $5,199 $43,709,470 2 Paramount
5 Almost Christmas $7,256,950 -52% 2,379 3 $3,050 $25,637,690 2 Universal
6 Hacksaw Ridge $6,666,920 -37% 2,883 -88 $2,312 $42,771,212 3 Lionsgate
7 The Edge of Seventeen $4,754,215 1,945 $2,444 $4,754,215 1 STX Entertainment
8 Bleed for This $2,366,810 1,549 $1,528 $2,366,810 1 Open Road
9 The Accountant $2,156,421 -51% 1,423 -919 $1,515 $81,293,439 6 Warner Bros.
10 Shut In $1,605,648 -56% 2,006 -52 $800 $6,042,293 2 EuropaCorp Films
11 Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween $1,141,538 -68% 1,171 -933 $975 $72,134,359 5 Lionsgate
12 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back $988,286 -70% 1,110 -1474 $890 $56,657,471 5 Paramount
13 Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk $901,062 690% 1,176 1174 $766 $1,057,673 2 Sony / TriStar

LIMITED (100 — 999)

# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Moonlight (2016) $1,488,740 18% 650 474 $2,290 $6,644,790 5 A24
2 Loving $869,430 70% 138 92 $6,300 $1,752,518 3 Focus
3 Inferno $664,301 -80% 770 -1886 $863 $33,397,774 4 Sony / Columbia
4 The Girl on the Train (2016) $588,440 -64% 492 -516 $1,196 $74,469,545 7 Universal
5 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children $375,818 -69% 464 -491 $810 $85,763,459 8 Fox
6 Ouija: Origin of Evil $303,855 -82% 381 -1157 $798 $34,904,885 5 Universal
7 The Secret Life of Pets $232,395 -25% 214 -7 $1,086 $367,505,375 20 Universal
8 The Magnificent Seven (2016) $192,573 -10% 235 -3 $819 $92,900,377 9 Sony / Columbia
9 Storks $191,718 -60% 222 -206 $864 $71,012,253 9 Warner Bros.
10 Keeping Up with the Joneses $176,147 -68% 216 -294 $815 $14,621,439 5 Fox
11 Sully $160,124 -53% 203 -100 $789 $124,107,361 11 Warner Bros.
12 Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life $153,737 -43% 207 -19 $743 $19,761,910 7 CBS Films / Lionsgate
13 Deepwater Horizon $139,876 -64% 201 -189 $696 $60,841,537 8 Lionsgate / Summit
14 The Handmaiden $136,250 -38% 103 -20 $1,323 $1,471,367 5 Magnolia Pictures
15 Pete’s Dragon (2016) $124,448 -39% 162 -17 $768 $75,958,953 15 Disney
16 Finding Dory $75,081 -50% 121 -19 $621 $486,188,497 23 Disney
17 The Take $41,546 100 $415 $41,546 1 High Top Releasing

PLATFORM (1 — 99)

# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Nocturnal Animals $492,648 37 $13,315 $492,648 1 Focus
2 Manchester By the Sea $256,498 4 $64,125 $256,498 1 Roadside / Amazon
3 I Am Not Madame Bovary $181,552 38 $4,778 $181,552 1 Well Go USA Entertainment
4 A Beautiful Planet $75,109 -1% 30 -1 $2,504 $7,437,581 30 IMAX
5 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil $70,388 -73% 53 -110 $1,328 $4,237,741 4 FIP
6 Kubo and the Two Strings $50,036 -46% 88 -19 $569 $47,969,818 14 Focus
7 Queen of Katwe $47,843 -57% 81 -37 $591 $8,696,341 9 Disney
8 The Love Witch $37,607 2 $18,804 $64,269 2 Oscilloscope Pictures
9 Harry & Snowman $34,085 7% 24 9 $1,420 $478,095 8 FilmRise
10 Kevin Hart: What Now? $30,995 -82% 62 -134 $500 $23,564,630 6 Universal
11 Gimme Danger $23,704 -64% 32 -35 $741 $370,798 4 Magnolia Pictures / Amazon Studios
12 Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened $23,490 2 $11,745 $23,490 1 Abramorama
13 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years $21,992 12% 12 -9 $1,833 $2,871,621 10 Abramorama
14 I’m Not Ashamed $12,175 -74% 22 -63 $553 $2,074,648 5 Pure Flix
15 Don’t Breathe $11,523 -56% 23 -24 $501 $89,071,222 13 Sony / TriStar
16 Aquarius $11,415 -59% 20 -7 $571 $285,930 6 Vitagraph Films
17 Tampopo $8,693 13% 4 2 $2,173 $99,458 5 Janus Films
18 American Pastoral $7,538 -83% 20 -39 $377 $533,508 5 Lionsgate
19 Disturbing The Peace $7,333 -33% 2 0 $3,667 $23,688 2 Abramorama
20 Don’t Think Twice $6,928 -35% 5 -5 $1,386 $4,411,199 18 The Film Arcade
21 American Honey $3,993 -28% 11 0 $363 $654,465 8 A24
22 Peter And The Farm $3,201 32% 6 0 $534 $12,749 3 Magnolia Pictures
23 Kiki, Love to Love $3,200 -19% 3 2 $1,067 $7,874 2 Strand Releasing
24 Blood on the Mountain $3,184 2 $1,592 $3,184 1 Abramorama
25 No Pay, Nudity $3,161 -2% 6 3 $527 $7,619 2 Monterey Media
26 National Bird $2,981 -2% 8 7 $373 $7,075 2 FilmRise
27 Operation Mekong $2,367 -23% 1 -4 $2,367 $799,607 8 Well Go USA
28 Priceless (2016) $2,352 -81% 4 -17 $588 $1,495,299 6 Roadside Attractions
29 The Wanderers (2016 Re-Release) $1,937 -12% 4 3 $484 $8,980 2 Kino Lorber
30 Fire At Sea $1,742 -7% 2 0 $871 $58,857 5
31 Little Men (2016) $1,384 -59% 3 -4 $461 $701,836 16 Magnolia Pictures
32 Magnus $1,204 1 $1,204 $1,204 1 FilmRise
33 Cameraperson $1,095 70% 1 0 $1,095 $96,634 11 Janus Films
34 The Monster $1,009 -85% 3 -15 $336 $12,133 2 A24
35 Hieronymus Bosch: Touched By The Devil $1,002 2 $501 $159,018 17 Kino Lorber
36 La Notte $887 2 $444 $35,997 10 Rialto Pictures
37 We Are X $842 -78% 5 -7 $168 $40,679 5 Drafthouse Films
38 The Tenth Man $683 1 $683 $63,201 16 Kino Lorber
39 The Fallen Idol (2016 re-issue) $658 1 $658 $57,745 26 Rialto Pictures
40 Officer Downe $470 2 $235 $470 1 Magnolia
41 Closet Monster $190 -63% 1 -1 $190 $40,172 9 Strand Releasing