Opening weekends for The Nutcracker, Widows and Robin Hood can’t beat Fantastic Beasts
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald extended its lead at the weekend box office, adding another $4m to earnings despite three new films coming to screens over the weekend.
The latest from the Harry Potter franchise made more money than Studiocanal’s Robin Hood, which made $1.288m on opening weekend. The film stars Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx, and is centred around a revolt against the corrupt English crown.
Fantastic Beasts extended its lead over the weekend
Although Robin Hood was heavily criticised, it managed to earn more than Disney’s The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, which made $956,815 on its opening weekend, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia report.
The fantasy adventure film is an adaptation of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It is centred on the life of a young girl who receives a locked egg from her mother and sets out into a magical land to find its key. The 2018 version of the story stars Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald also attracted larger earnings than Widows, which pulled in $956,825 over the weekend.
The new drama from Academy Award winning director Steve McQueen is based on the story of four’ widows, who attempt to pull off a robbery.
Meanwhile, Bohemian Rhapsody made more than $3m over the weekend, bringing its box office total to $28.513m.
The result puts the film closer to A Star is Born from a revenue perspective. Over the weekend, A Star is Born made $1.251m across 306 screens, bringing total earnings to $28.761m.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald (Wb) | $4,244,437 | 306 | $15,864,629 |
| Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox) | $3,370,256 | 340 | $28,513,822 |
| Robin Hood (Studiocanal) | $1,288,718 | 253 | $1,320,632 |
| Star Is Born, A (Wb) | $1,251,277 | 306 | $28,761,167 |
| Widows (Fox) | $1,045,105 | 205 | $1,108,470 |
| The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (Disney) | $956,815 | 312 | $995,440 |
| The Children Act (Roadshow) | $254,919 | 128 | $254,919 |
| The Old Man & The Gun (Eone) | $142,499 | 113 | $559,800 |
| Boy Erased (Universal) | $103,966 | 127 | $1,073,643 |
| Cool Fish, A (Chinalion Film) | $81,051 | 17 | $81,051 |
| Goosebumps: Haunted Halloween (Sony) | $69,888 | 135 | $4,005,466 |
| Halloween (Universal) | $61,043 | 65 | $6,660,978 |
| Venom (Sony) | $58,650 | 55 | $22,075,498 |
| Ladies In Black (Sony) | $49,389 | 59 | $11,800,978 |
| Shoplifters (Rialto) | $43,993 | 14 | $232,539 |
| First Man (Universal) | $30,106 | 31 | $5,945,858 |
| They Shall Not Grow Old (Wb) | $26,420 | 28 | $290,562 |
| Burn The Stage: The Movie (Trafalgar) | $25,152 | 49 | $581,018 |
| Paw Patrol Mighty Pups: The Movie (Paramount) | $18,946 | 34 | $2,559,543 |
| Spitfire (Rialto) | $13,599 | 27 | $137,072 |
topics
A Star is Born
Bohemian Rhapsody
Robin Hood
The Nutcracker and The Four Realms
Weekend Box Office
Widows
