But the film made up for it with a robust $571 million overseas haul, the fourth-biggest of 2016. But it’s also encouraging news for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Transformers: The Last Knight. Both franchises, like the Harry Potter franchise before it, once more-or-less ruled the roost in their respective summers. The pattern that “befell” Pirates 4 and Transformers 4 also “befell” Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. And if “not Harry Potter” can do it, then so can Jack Sparrow and Optimus Prime.

Source: Forbes January 16, 2017 18:00 UTC