Released on , Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opened to $74 million domestically and over $218 million worldwide in its first weekend. It went on to gross $814 million globally, earning an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and a BAFTA for Production Design. Critics lauded the visuals and Redmayne’s performance, though some found the pacing uneven. Rotten Tomatoes holds a 74% approval rating (based on 300+ reviews), with the consensus: “ Fantastic Beasts delivers all the visual splendor a Harry Potter fan could want, but the new story’s characters lack the same magic.”
: Production required an impressive 11,000 extras to populate the streets of its 1920s New York sets. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016 10...
Quote from Rowling: “The Obscurus is a dark energy born from self-loathing and persecution. It’s the saddest part of magic.” Released on , Fantastic Beasts and Where to