Though the total didn't quite meet expectations, the wizarding world remains strong as Warner's Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald took the top spot at this weekend's box office with a $62 million haul which puts it considerably behind the opening weekend total of of the first Fantastic Beasts film which brought in $74 million two years ago.
The total was also enough to fight off the surge of holdovers Dr. Suess' The Grinch which brought in over $38 million to bring its two week total to more than $125 million and Bohemian Rhapsody which did nearly $16 million which bumps its domestic total to more than $127 million.
Rounding out the top five were a couple of new films led by the Mark Wahlberg comedy Instant Family which brought in $14.7 million while the female empowerment crime thriller Widows did just over $12million.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms followed behind with $4.6 million to bring its total to nearly $50 million while A Star is Born stayed strong with more than $4 million brought in this weekend. That film's total now rests at more than $185 million. {googleads}
The J.J. Abrams-produced zombie/war crossover horror film Overlord brought in $3.8 million to bring its total to just shy of $18 million.
Rounding out the top ten were the Lisbeth Salander crime thriller The Girl in the Spider's Web followed by the comedy Nobody's Fool which brought in $2.5 million and $2.2 million respectively.
Here is the weekend Box Office Results for November 16-18, 2018:
| Title | Weekend | Total | Last Week |
| 1. The Crimes of Grindelwald |
$62,200,000 | $62,200,000 | N |
| 2. Dr. Suess's The Grinch |
$38,100,000 | $126,500,000 | 1 |
| 3. Bohemian Rhapsody |
$15,700,000 | $127,800,000 | 2 |
| 4. Instant Family |
$14,700,000 | $14,700,000 | N |
| 5. Widows |
$12,300,000 | $12,300,000 | N |
| 6. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
$4,600,000 | $43,800,000 | 4 |
| 7. A Star is Born |
$4,300,000 | $185,800,000 | 6 |
| 8. Overlord |
$3,800,000 | $17,700,000 | 3 |
| 9. The Girl in the Spider's Web |
$2,500,000 | $13,300,000 | 5 |
| 10. Nobody's Fool |
$2,300,000 | $29,000,000 | 7 |
