Johnny Depp's role as the big bad of the wizarding world will be recast while the still-untiled third Fantastic Beasts film has now been delayed from November 2021 to mid-2022.

Weekend box office report 7 - 9 December 2018: It was a very slow weekend in the US allowing Ralph Breaks the Internet to stay tops, but the big news was over in China where an early release gamble for Aquaman paid off huge as the superhero blockbuster broke several records in a splashy debut.

Weekend box office report 30 November - 2 December 2018: Ralph Breaks the Internet retains its top spot in a relatively quiet weekend in the US, but over in China some Crazy Rich Asians weren't getting any richer at all.

Local weekend box office report 23 - 25 November 2018 - After it's much-welcomed revitalizing debut last week, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald managed to maintain the top spot as veteran funnyman filmmaker Leon Schuster's latest could only manage a relatively soft opening.

Weekend box office report 24 - 26 November 2018: The 5-day Thanksgiving weekend is always big business at the box office in the US, and this year was no different as Ralph Breaks the Internet and Creed II led a record-breaking weekend. Unfortunately for Robin Hood, it didn't have anything to be thankful for.

Weekend box office report 16 - 18 November 2018: It may not have been as magical as some may have wanted, but Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald still managed to pull off a very respectable top spot global debut.

This week’s cinematic magic doesn’t come from the latest Harry Potter universe instalment, to no-one’s real surprise. [divider style=”shadow” top=”30″ bottom=”30″] Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Age Restriction: 13 H V [quotes quotes_style=”bquotes” quotes_pos=”center”] At the end of the first film, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) was captured by MACUSA (Magical Congress of the United States …

The second chapter in the Harry Potter precursor film franchise takes thing to a new level as quirky magizoologist Newt Scamander goes from tracking down magical beasties to needing to hunt and stop the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald and his schemes to overthrow the worlds of both wizards and muggles.