LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” dominated the weekend box office, debuting to a boisterous $75 million and launching a new cinematic franchise. Those movies were based on global best-sellers, whereas “Fantastic Beasts” is largely an original work. Sony is backing “Billy Lynn’s” along with Bona Film Group, Film4, and Studio 8. Paramount’s “Arrival,” a science-fiction thriller with Amy Adams, nabbed fourth place, picking up $11.8 million to bring its stateside gross to $43.4 million. Universal’s “Almost Christmas” rounded out the top five, picking up $7 million to push its domestic total to $25.4 million.

Source: Huffington Post November 20, 2016 21:12 UTC