Fantastic Beasts 3 Falls Short of Expectations But Wins Easter Weekend at Box Office

This weekend’s box office numbers have brought some good news and bad news for Warner Bros. The new sequel Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore opened domestically with a haul of $43 million, enough to put it into the No. 1 spot at the weekend’s box office. As the film cost a hefty $200 million to produce, these numbers are well below what the studio had been anticipating, setting the new record for the lowest-grossing premiere of any film in the Harry Potter franchise.