Secrets of Dumbledore Opening Night Box Office Is Lowest of Fantastic Beasts Series
Dumbledore's secrets disappointed the box office during the cinema premiere and set a new low for the Fantastic Beast series.
Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore's Secret will hit theaters for the first premiere of the series. The Secret of Dumbledore is the third episode in Harry Potter's prequel series, which began in 2016. Directed by David Yates with a screenplay by J.K. Rowling and Steve Kloves, a trio of Fantastic Beasts, took place several years after the events of Grindelwald's crimes, when Albus Dumbledore commissioned the wizard Newt Scamander and his allies a dangerous mission that would lead to an epic battle between black wizards Gellert Grindelwald and his army.
Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law return to lead casts such as Newt and Dumbledore with Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams and Katherine Waterston. Mads Mikkelsen debuted as Grindelwald, who took on the role of Johnny Depp after being asked to perform due to a controversial legal battle with his ex-wife, Amber Heard. After many controversies and delays over the pandemic, which increased the budget to $200 million, the third film, Fantastic Beasts is finally in theaters and is seen by viewers.
Secrets of Dumbledore premiered on Thursday, April 14. According to Deadline, the film earned $ 6 million at the box office during its premiere. This is the lowest in the Fantastic Beasts series, as the first film grew $ 8.7 million, followed by Grindelwald's crimes, which grew $ 9.1 million on Thursday night.
For franchise films, their rough premiere evening always shows how many die-hard fans run out of cinemas to see the film as quickly as possible. This is not good for Warner Bros., as this declining return to theaters suggests that fan enthusiasm and general interest in the Fantastic Beasts series are at an all-time low. From now on, it is not expected to be better for Fantastic Beasts, as Secrets of Dumbledore is expected to earn only $40-55 million in its opening weekend, which is the least in the entire Wizarding World franchise.
In addition to the pandemic, Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore's Secret brought him several other off-screen problems. In addition to allegations of domestic violence against Depp. Writer Harry Potter J.K. Rowling remains a divisor because of her repeated enthusiastic remarks about transgender people who have undoubtedly tarnished the film, she wrote. Another star, Ezra Miller, has also recently become a controversial figure due to her recent arrest for drunkenness and harassment. Once considered a spinoff to take advantage of Harry Potter's immense popularity, it is safer to say that Fantastic Beasts failed to restore the magic of the original series.