US Box Office Results: November 16 - 18, 2018

The latest movie in the HARRY POTTER universe, tops the weekend box office, grabbing $62 million in its first three days of release. That is the lowest opening in the 10 film series, $12 million below 2016's first FANTASTIC BEAST movie. Internationally, the film grossed $192 million.

Family movie, INSTANT FAMILY, came in fourth place, in its first weekend of release, taking in $14.7 million. The Mark Wahlburg led film will struggle to reach its $48 million production budget.

The same can be said for this weeks third new release, WIDOWS, which was right behind INSTANT FAMILY, with $12.3 million and may not even reach its $42 million production budget.

1. $62.0 million - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2. $38.2 million - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
3. $15.7 million - Bohemian Rhapsody
4. $14.7 million - Instant Family
5. $12.3 million - Widows
6. $4.68 million - The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
7. $4.35 million - A Star is Born (2018)
8. $3.85 million - Overlord
9. $2.50 million - The Girl in the Spider's Web
10. $2.26 million - Nobody's Fool
11. $1.93 million - Venom (2018)
12. $1.28 million - Boy Erased
13. $0.88 million - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
14. $0.82 million - The Hate U Give
15. 0.73 million - A Private War