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{{short description|Fantasy film series prequel to the Harry Potter series}}
'''''[[Fantastic Beasts]]''''' is a film series directed by David Yates, and a spin-off prequel to the ''Harry Potter'' novel and film series.
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{{Infobox film
| name =
| image =
| caption = ''Fantastic Beasts'' logo as used in the films
| director = [[David Yates]]
| screenplay = [[J. K. Rowling]]<br />[[Steve Kloves]]
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''|[[J. K. Rowling]]}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[David Heyman]]
* [[J. K. Rowling]]
* [[Steve Kloves]]
* [[Lionel Wigram (film producer)|Lionel Wigram]]
* Tim Lewis
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jude Law]]
* [[Mads Mikkelsen]]
* [[Eddie Redmayne]]
* (''[[#Cast and crew|See below]]'')
}}
| cinematography = [[Philippe Rousselot]]<br />[[George Richmond (cinematographer)|George Richmond]]
| editing = [[Mark Day (film editor)|Mark Day]]
| music = [[James Newton Howard]]
| studio = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br />[[Heyday Films]]
| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
| released = 2016–present
| runtime = 409 minutes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mzi5njq |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501073637/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mzi5njq |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-status=live |quote=132m 40s. |access-date=1 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite Box Office Mojo |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald |id=4123430 |access-date=3 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifco.ie/en/ifco/pages/8753ADF60036DC65 |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) |website=[[Irish Film Classification Office]] |access-date=16 March 2022 |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323072457/http://www.ifco.ie/en/ifco/pages/8753ADF60036DC65 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| country = United Kingdom<br />United States
| language = English
| budget = '''Total (3 films)'''<br />$575–600 million
| gross = '''Total (3 films)'''<br />$1.8584 billion
}}
'''''Fantastic Beasts''''' is a [[film series]]<!-- Please seek consensus before adding any other description here. --> directed by [[David Yates]], based on the [[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them|eponymous novel]] by [[J. K. Rowling]] and a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] [[prequel]] to the [[Harry Potter|''Harry Potter'' novel]] and [[Harry Potter (film series)|film series]]. The series is distributed by [[Warner Bros.]] and consists of three [[fantasy film]]s as of 2022, beginning with ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' (2016) and culminating with ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]]'' (2022).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=liveactionfantasy.htm |title=Fantasy – Live Action |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=1 June 2011 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902012936/http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=liveactionfantasy.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=harrypotter.htm |title=Harry Potter |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=1 June 2011 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806190913/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the 2001–11 ''Harry Potter'' film series, ''Fantastic Beasts'' marks the second film series in the [[Wizarding World]] shared media franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/fantastic-beasts-release-shows-magic-brand-reinvention/1416310|title=Fantastic Beasts release shows the magic in brand reinvention|website=Campaignlive.co.uk|access-date=19 October 2017|archive-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611095252/http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/fantastic-beasts-release-shows-magic-brand-reinvention/1416310|url-status=live}}</ref>


'''Fantastic Beasts''' may also refer to:
The series was mainly produced by [[David Heyman]], and stars [[Jude Law]] and [[Eddie Redmayne]] as the two leading characters: [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Newt Scamander]], with [[Colin Farell]], [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Mads Mikkelsen]] all portraying the third leading character: main [[antagonist]] [[Gellert Grindelwald]]. [[Ezra Miller]], [[Katherine Waterston]], [[Alison Sudol]], [[Dan Fogler]], [[Victoria Yeates]], [[Jessica Williams (actress)|Jessica Williams]], [[Callum Turner]], and [[Richard Coyle]] also star.<ref name="Four Directors">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/movies/15scot.html |title=Harry Potter and the Four Directors |work=The New York Times |date=15 July 2007 |access-date=29 July 2011 |first1=Manohla |last1=Dargis |first2=A. O. |last2=Scott |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806190926/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/movies/15scot.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rowling wrote the screenplays for each film, with [[Steve Kloves]] returning from the ''Harry Potter'' film series to co-write the third film: ''The Secrets of Dumbledore''. Production has taken place over six years, with the main [[story arc]] following Dumbledore and his agents' quest to overcome Grindelwald, his lost love, as the [[Wizarding World (fictional universe)|First Wizarding War]] and [[Second World War]] approach.<ref name="WarnerBrosStudioInfo">{{cite news |url=http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/en/about-us/harry-potter-at-leavesden |title=Harry Potter at Leavesden |work=WB Studio Tour |access-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210000231/http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/en/about-us/harry-potter-at-leavesden |archive-date=10 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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==Film==
''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' was released worldwide on 18 November 2016, with ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald|The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'' following on 16 November 2018, and ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore|The Secrets of Dumbledore]]'' next releasing on 15 April 2022, delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The series has recieved mixed critical reception being deemed inferior to the positively reviewed Harry Potter films.
* [[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (film)]], a 2016 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling

* ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'', a 2018 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling
==Origins==
* ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]]'', a 2022 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves
[[File:J. K. Rowling 2010.jpg|thumb|right|upright|''[[Harry Potter]]'' author [[J. K. Rowling]] wrote and produced the three films of ''Fantastic Beasts'', with [[Steve Kloves]].]]
In 2010, a film adaptation of the [[Derek Landy]] novel series ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' starring [[Johnny Depp]] as the title character was in development at [[Warner Bros.]]; immensely disliking the script, series author [[Derek Landy]] bought back the rights by December.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/derek-landy-interview-skulduggery-pleasant-demon-road/|title=Derek Landy interview: ''Skulduggery Pleasant'', ''Demon Road''|date=31 March 2016|website=Den of Geek}}</ref> In April 2022, elaborating on the original script's content while promoting ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant: Until the End|Until the End]]'', Landy revealed that it had contained numerous references to the events of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' in the context of it being set in the same [[fictional universe]], featuring the characters having wands instead of wield magic out-of-hand as in his books.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40251401.html|title=''Skulduggery'' author, Derek Landy on the accidental reveal of the ending of his new book|date=25 March 2021|website=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenerddaily.com/derek-landy-author-interview/|title=Q&A: Derek Landy, Author of {{‘}}''Dead or Alive''{{’}}|date=1 April 2021|website=The Nerd Daily}}</ref><ref>''[[Skulduggery Pleasant: Until the End]]'' [[book signing]] and [[wiktionary:Q and A|Q&A]] with [[Derek Landy]] — [[Eason & Son|Easons]]' Department 51 on [[O'Connell Street]], [[Dublin]] 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.</ref> On 12 September 2013, two years following the conclusion of the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]] with ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'', [[Warner Bros.]] announced a new attempt as expanding the [[Fictional universe of Harry Potter|fictional universe of Harry Potter'']] into a "[[Wizarding World]]", with [[J. K. Rowling]] developing a script for a [[prequel]] film, titled after a "[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them|textbook]]" Rowling had written in 2001 to be sold to raise money for the British charity ''[[Comic Relief]]'', based on the in-universe textbook of the same name from her [[Harry Potter|''Harry Potter'' novel series]]. Set seventy years before the adventures of [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] and following the adventures of its fictional author [[Newt Scamander]], the film would mark both Rowling's screenwriting debut and the first intended installment in a new series, tentatively entitled ''Fantastic Beasts''.<ref name="FBScriptBook">{{Cite web |date=12 September 2013 |title=Warner Bros. Announces Expanded Creative Partnership with J.K. Rowling |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130912005870/en/Warner-Bros.-Announces-Expanded-Creative-Partnership-J.K. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915102308/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130912005870/en/Warner-Bros.-Announces-Expanded-Creative-Partnership-J.K. |archive-date=15 September 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013 |publisher=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref> According to Rowling, after Warner Bros. suggested an adaptation of either ''Fantastic Beasts'' or ''[[Quidditch Through the Ages]]'', she wrote a rough draft of the script in twelve days. She said, "It wasn't a great draft but it did show the shape of how it might look. So that is how it all started."<ref name="FBDraft">{{Cite web |date=7 February 2014 |title=J.K. Rowling wrote the 'Fantastic Beasts' rough draft in twelve days, wants to be an extra in drag |url=http://www.hypable.com/2014/02/07/fantastic-beasts-movie-jk-rowling-emma-watson-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140208035531/http://www.hypable.com/2014/02/07/fantastic-beasts-movie-jk-rowling-emma-watson-interview/ |archive-date=8 February 2014 |access-date=8 February 2014 |publisher=Hypable}}</ref> In March 2014, it was revealed that a trilogy was scheduled with the first instalment<!--British English spells this word with one "l", not two--> set in New York,<ref name="FBTrilogy">{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=29 March 2014 |title=Warner's C.E.O. Is Bullish on the Big Screen |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/business/media/warners-ceo-is-bullish-on-the-big-screen.html |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329221855/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/business/media/warners-ceo-is-bullish-on-the-big-screen.html |archive-date=29 March 2014}}</ref> and seeing the return of producer [[David Heyman]], as well as writer [[Steve Kloves]], both veterans of the ''Potter'' film series.<ref name="FBHeyman">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Grady |date=2 October 2013 |title='Harry Potter' producer David Heyman talks 'Fantastic Beasts' spinoff |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2013/10/02/harry-potter-fantastic-beasts-david-heyman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618143430/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/10/02/harry-potter-fantastic-beasts-david-heyman/ |archive-date=18 June 2018 |access-date=18 June 2018 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref name="FBProds" />

==Production==
{{further|List of Fantastic Beasts cast members|List of Fantastic Beasts characters}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Release date
! scope="col" | Director(s)
! scope="col" | Screenwriter(s)
! scope="col" | Producer(s)
! scope="col" | Status
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|df=yes|2016|11|17}}
| rowspan="4" | [[David Yates]]<ref name="2-5">{{Cite web |last=Armitage |first=Hugh |last2=Fletcher |first2=Rosie |date=16 November 2018 |title=Fantastic Beasts 2, 3, 4 and 5 release date, cast, plot and all you need to know |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/fantastic-beasts/feature/a675773/fantastic-beasts-2-3-4-5-release-date-cast-plot-news-trailer/ |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[J. K. Rowling]]<ref name="Sep2013Deadline">{{Cite magazine |last=Tartagloine |first=Nancy |date=12 September 2013 |title=Warner Bros, J.K. Rowling Team For New 'Harry Potter'-Inspired Film Series |url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/09/warner-bros-j-k-rowling-team-for-new-harry-potter-inspired-film-series/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913034229/http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/warner-bros-j-k-rowling-team-for-new-harry-potter-inspired-film-series/ |archive-date=13 September 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="Aug2016Variety">{{Cite news |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=3 August 2016 |title='Fantastic Beasts' Sequel in the Works With J.K. Rowling and David Yates, Release Date Set |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/second-fantastic-beasts-movie-release-set-1201829550/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105182836/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/second-fantastic-beasts-movie-release-set-1201829550/ |archive-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[David Heyman]], [[J. K. Rowling]], [[Steve Kloves]] & [[Lionel Wigram (film producer)|Lionel Wigram]]<ref name="FBProds">{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=15 December 2015 |title='Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' First Trailer Arrives |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/first-trailer-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-1201661905/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618143737/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/first-trailer-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-1201661905/ |archive-date=18 June 2018 |access-date=18 June 2018 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref name="Aug2016Variety" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=18 January 2019 |title='Fantastic Beasts 3' Pushes Production Start To Late Fall |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/fantastic-beasts-3-pushes-production-start-to-late-fall-1202537147/}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | Released
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|df=yes|2018|11|15}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|df=yes|2022|4|14}}
| [[J. K. Rowling]] & [[Steve Kloves]]
| rowspan="2" | [[David Heyman]], [[J. K. Rowling]], [[Steve Kloves]], [[Lionel Wigram (film producer)|Lionel Wigram]] & Tim Lewis
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[#Future|Untitled fourth and fifth ''Fantastic Beasts'' films]]
| style="text-align:left" {{N/A|TBA}}
| J. K. Rowling & Steve Kloves
| In development
|}
In June 2015, [[Eddie Redmayne]] was cast in the lead role of [[Newt Scamander]], the Wizarding World's preeminent magizoologist.<ref name="RedmayneCast">{{Cite web |last=Graeme McMillan |date=1 June 2015 |title=Eddie Redmayne Officially Cast in 'Harry Potter' Prequel 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/eddie-redmayne-officially-cast-harry-799359 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603230157/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/eddie-redmayne-officially-cast-harry-799359 |archive-date=3 June 2015 |access-date=2 June 2015 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Other cast members include: [[Katherine Waterston]] as [[Porpentina Goldstein|Tina Goldstein]], [[Alison Sudol]] as Queenie Goldstein, [[Dan Fogler]] as Jacob Kowalski, [[Ezra Miller]] as Credence Barebone, [[Samantha Morton]] as Mary Lou Barebone, [[Jenn Murray]] as Chastity Barebone, Faith Wood-Blagrove as Modesty Barebone, and [[Colin Farrell]] as [[Gellert Grindelwald|Percival Graves / Gellert Grindelwald]].<ref name="FBCast">{{Cite press release |title=Filming Gets Underway on 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' |date=17 August 2015 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]] |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150817005158/en/Filming-Underway-%E2%80%9CFantastic-Beasts-Find-Them%E2%80%9D |last1=Osorio |first1=Paulette |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007023302/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150817005158/en/Filming-Underway-%E2%80%9CFantastic-Beasts-Find-Them%E2%80%9D |archive-date=7 October 2016 |agency=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref> Principal photography began on 17 August 2015, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden.<ref name="Aug2015Deadline">{{Cite news |date=17 August 2015 |title=David Yates-Helmed 'Fantastic Beast' Filming Starts Up |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/david-yates-fantastic-beasts-filming-under-way-1201500147/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818121532/https://deadline.com/2015/08/david-yates-fantastic-beasts-filming-under-way-1201500147/ |archive-date=18 August 2015}}</ref> After two months, the production moved to [[St George's Hall, Liverpool|St George's Hall]] in Liverpool, which was transformed into 1920s New York City.<ref name="FBLiverpool">{{Cite news |last=Miles |first=Tina |date=20 October 2015 |title=Fake snow on Harry Potter prequelset as Liverpool filming makes progress |work=[[Liverpool Echo]] |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/liverpool-harry-potter-prequel-snow-10298308 |url-status=live |access-date=21 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022083223/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/liverpool-harry-potter-prequel-snow-10298308 |archive-date=22 October 2015}}</ref> ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' was released worldwide on 18 November 2016.<ref name="FBRelease">{{Cite news |date=13 May 2014 |title=Harry Potter Spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' to Hit Theaters Nov. 18, 2016 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/harry-potter-spinoff-fantastic-beasts-to-hit-theaters-nov-18-2016-1201179553/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518091701/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/harry-potter-spinoff-fantastic-beasts-to-hit-theaters-nov-18-2016-1201179553/ |archive-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>

The second film was announced in March 2014<!--British English spells this word with one "l", not two-->.<ref name="FBTrilogy" /> In October 2016, it was revealed that Yates and Rowling would return as director, and screenwriter and co-producer, and Redmayne would be returning to play the lead role of Newt Scamander in all the series' films.<ref name="FBFiveFilms">{{Cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |last2=Khatchatourian |first2=Maane |date=13 October 2016 |title='Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' to Be Five-Film Franchise |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-five-movies-1201888226/ |url-status=live |access-date=2 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029012408/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-five-movies-1201888226/ |archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> In November 2016, it was confirmed that [[Johnny Depp]] will have a starring role in the sequel, reprising his [[Cameo appearance|cameo role]] as [[Gellert Grindelwald]] from the first instalment, replacing Farrell.<ref name="Depp">{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=8 November 2016 |title='Fantastic Beasts 2': Johnny Depp Confirmed as Grindelwald; Setting Revealed |url=https://collider.com/fantastic-beasts-2-johnny-depp-grindelwald/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109083602/http://collider.com/fantastic-beasts-2-johnny-depp-grindelwald/ |archive-date=9 November 2016 |access-date=9 November 2016 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> Later that same month it was also announced that [[Albus Dumbledore]] would be appearing in future instalments,<!--British English spells this word with one "l", not two--> albeit with a younger actor for the prequel film series, intended to eventually supplant Redmayne's Scamander as [[protagonist]] of the series.<ref name="FBDumbledore">{{Cite web |date=8 November 2016 |title=Johnny Depp is Grindelwald and More on Fantastic Beasts |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/784453-johnny-depp-is-grindelwald |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109153408/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/784453-johnny-depp-is-grindelwald |archive-date=9 November 2016 |publisher=[[ComingSoon.net]]}}</ref> In April 2017, it was confirmed that [[Jude Law]] had been cast as Dumbledore.<ref name="Law">{{Cite web |date=12 April 2017 |title=Jude Law cast as Albus Dumbledore in next Fantastic Beasts film |url=https://www.pottermore.com/news/jude-law-cast-as-albus-dumbledore-in-next-fantastic-beasts-film |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412180514/https://www.pottermore.com/news/jude-law-cast-as-albus-dumbledore-in-next-fantastic-beasts-film |archive-date=12 April 2017 |access-date=12 April 2017 |publisher=[[Pottermore]]}}</ref> with the film being short and set in New York City, Britain, and Paris.<ref name="FB2Location">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Matt |date=19 November 2016 |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 takes place in Paris |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1587480/fantastic-beasts-2-wont-be-set-entirely-in-paris |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120130632/http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1587480/fantastic-beasts-2-wont-be-set-entirely-in-paris |archive-date=20 November 2016 |access-date=19 November 2016 |publisher=Cinema Blend}}</ref> Principal photography began on 3 July 2017, at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden,<ref name="FB2FilmingBegin">{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=3 July 2017 |title='Fantastic Beasts' Sequel Reveals Plot Details, Adds Cast As Shooting Starts |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/fantastic-beasts-sequel-plot-details-cast-shooting-start-harry-potter-jk-rowling-warner-bros-1202123376/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704211638/http://deadline.com/2017/07/fantastic-beasts-sequel-plot-details-cast-shooting-start-harry-potter-jk-rowling-warner-bros-1202123376/ |archive-date=4 July 2017 |access-date=3 July 2017 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> and wrapped on 20 December 2017,<ref name="FB2FilmingEnd">{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=20 December 2017 |title='Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald' Wraps Filming |url=https://collider.com/fantastic-beasts-2-filming-wraps-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220203511/http://collider.com/fantastic-beasts-2-filming-wraps-video/ |archive-date=20 December 2017 |access-date=20 December 2017 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> with ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'' releasing on 16 November 2018.<ref name="FB2Release">{{Cite news |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=3 August 2016 |title='Fantastic Beasts' Sequel in the Works With J.K. Rowling and David Yates, Release Date Set |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/second-fantastic-beasts-movie-release-set-1201829550/ |url-status=live |access-date=2 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105182836/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/second-fantastic-beasts-movie-release-set-1201829550/ |archive-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

Originally scheduled to begin filming in July 2019, and released in November 2020, production of the third film was pushed back to late 2019 to allow more time polishing the script and re-plan the future of the ''Fantastic Beasts'' series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=18 January 2019 |title='Fantastic Beasts 3' Pushes Production Start To Late Fall |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/fantastic-beasts-3-pushes-production-start-to-late-fall-1202537147/ |access-date=18 January 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In 2018 on [[Twitter]], Rowling promised that the third film would give answers to the questions left unsolved in the first two. In October 2019, Dan Fogler claimed that principal photography on the third film would begin in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marc |first=Christopher |date=20 October 2019 |title=Dan Fogler Says 'Fantastic Beasts 3' Begins Filming In February |url=https://hnentertainment.co/dan-fogler-says-fantastic-beasts-3-begins-filming-in-february/ |access-date=22 October 2019 |website=HNEntertainment}}</ref> In November 2019, it was announced that the script had been written by both Rowling and [[Steve Kloves]], the latter of whom returned after being absent as a writer on the first two. On 16 March 2020, the very day that principal photography would begin, the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] prompted Warner Bros. to postpone production of its third ''Fantastic Beasts'' film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2020 |title='Fantastic Beasts 3' Production Postponed Due to Coronavirus Pandemic |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/fantastic-beasts-3-production-postponed-coronavirus-1203535480/}}</ref> This made the film be postponed again, from a 12 November 2021<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welk |first=Brian |date=29 April 2019 |title=Third 'Fantastic Beasts' Movie to Open November 2021 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/third-fantastic-beasts-movie-to-open-november-2021/ |access-date=29 April 2019 |website=The Wrap}}</ref> to a 15 July 2022 release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=6 November 2020 |title='Fantastic Beasts 3' Release Date Delayed to 2022 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/fantastic-beasts-3-release-date-delayed-1234824604/ |access-date=6 November 2020 |website=Variety}}</ref> On 20 August 2020, filming was confirmed to start in September.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2020 |title='Fantastic Beasts 3' Expected to Resume Filming Sometime in September |url=https://movieweb.com/fantastic-beasts-3-fall-production/ |website=Movieweb}}</ref> On 20 September 2020, Eddie Redmayne confirmed that filming was two weeks underway with safety precautions in place to keep the cast and crew safe from COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Katherine |date=20 September 2020 |title=Eddie Redmayne Confirms Fantastic Beasts 3 Filming Has Resumed And Describes The 'New Normal' On Set |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2555115/eddie-redmayne-confirms-fantastic-beasts-3-filming-has-resumed-and-describes-the-new-normal-on-set |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923013053/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2555115/eddie-redmayne-confirms-fantastic-beasts-3-filming-has-resumed-and-describes-the-new-normal-on-set |archive-date=23 September 2020 |access-date=23 September 2020 |website=CinemaBlend}}</ref> On 25 November 2020, Warner Bros. announced that [[Mads Mikkelsen]] would replace Depp in the role of Grindelwald.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=25 November 2020 |title=Mads Mikkelsen Replacing Johnny Depp as Grindelwald in 'Fantastic Beasts 3' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/11/mads-mikkelsen-replace-johnny-depp-fantastic-beasts-3-1234598075/ |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}</ref> On 3 February 2021, filming in the UK was shut down after a production member tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=4 February 2021 |title='Fantastic Beasts 3' Pauses UK Production After Positive Covid Test |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/fantastic-beasts-3-pauses-uk-production-positive-covid-test-1234687188/ |access-date=4 February 2021 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2021 |title='Fantastic Beasts 3' Stops Shoot After Positive COVID Test |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fantastic-beasts-3-suspends-filming-positive-covid-test |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204134410/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fantastic-beasts-3-suspends-filming-positive-covid-test |archive-date=4 February 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=4 February 2021 |title=Warner Bros. Suspends 'Fantastic Beasts 3' Shoot After Crew Member Tests Positive For COVID-19 |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/fantastic-beasts-3-suspended-covid-1234900398/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204101258/https://variety.com/2021/film/global/fantastic-beasts-3-suspended-covid-1234900398/ |archive-date=4 February 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Composer [[James Newton Howard]] confirmed later that month that production had wrapped filming.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grober |first=Matt |date=26 February 2021 |title=Composer James Newton Howard on Penning 'News of the World's "Broken" Western Score & Returning to Disney Animation with 'Raya and the Last Dragon |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/news-of-the-world-composer-james-newton-howard-universal-pictures-interview-news-1234699898/ |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> In September 2021, the film's release was pushed forward three months to 15 April 2022, alongside the announcement of the full title: ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crouch |first=Aaron |date=22 September 2021 |title="Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' Sets New 2022 Release Date |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fantastic-beasts-3-secrets-dumbledore-release-date-1235018522/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922155056/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fantastic-beasts-3-secrets-dumbledore-release-date-1235018522/ |archive-date=22 September 2021 |access-date=23 September 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> It premiered one week early in a few European and Asian countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) – Release Info" |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4123432/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_rdat |url-status=live |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref name="FB3Release">{{Cite news |last=Lieberman |first=David |date=15 October 2014 |title=Warner Bros' Kevin Tsujihara Outlines Major Film & TV Push Amid Cost Cuts: Time Warner Investor Day |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/kevin-tsujihara-time-warner-investor-day-warner-bros-ceo-presentation-851823/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2016 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6ltlRr4t0?url=http://deadline.com/2014/10/kevin-tsujihara-time-warner-investor-day-warner-bros-ceo-presentation-851823/ |archive-date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

==Films==
===''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (2016)===
{{Main|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)}}
In 1926, [[Newt Scamander]] arrives in New York City with his magically expanded briefcase which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When some creatures escape from his briefcase, Newt must battle to correct the mistake, and the horrors of the resultant increase in violence, fear, and tension felt between magical and non-magical people ([[Muggles|No-Maj]]).<ref name="FBSynopsis">{{Cite news |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=4 November 2015 |title='Fantastic Beasts' plot unveiled: Here's what the movie's about |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/11/04/fantastic-beasts/ |url-status=live |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217103217/http://ew.com/article/2015/11/04/fantastic-beasts/ |archive-date=17 February 2017}}</ref>

===''Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald'' (2018)===
{{Main|Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald}}
[[File:Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Japan Premiere Red Carpet- Eddie Redmayne (35624413136).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Eddie Redmayne]] at the Red Carpet Japan Premiere of ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''.]]
A few months have passed since the events of ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them''. [[Gellert Grindelwald]] has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause{{snd}}elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. Dumbledore must seek help from his former student Newt to put a stop to Grindelwald.<ref name="FB2FilmingBegin" />

===''Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore'' (2022)===
{{main|Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore}}
Several years after the events of ''The Crimes of Grindelwald'', the story begins in the UK, the US and China and proceeds to take place partly in [[Berlin]], Germany and partly in Bhutan, Asia and leads up to the Wizarding World's involvement in [[World War II]], as Newt Scamander and company returning for another adventurous journey through the wizarding world, attempting to defeat the maniacal [[Gellert Grindelwald]] despite [[Albus Dumbledore]] unable to fight against him.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=46&v=Vjplxx2JzjI&feature=emb_title |title=Dan Fogler Teases Hagrid's Appearance In Fantastic Beasts 3 🦉 {{!}} The Movie Dweeb |last=Fogler |first=Dan |publisher=[[YouTube]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016232155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=46&v=Vjplxx2JzjI&feature=emb_title |archive-date=16 October 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alex |first=Thomas |date=7 February 2019 |title=Exclusive Interview: Dan Fogler on the return of The Walking Dead, Brooklyn Gladiator and Fantastic Beasts 3 |url=https://www.heyuguys.com/dan-fogler-interview-the-walking-dead-fantastic-beasts-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930200431/https://www.heyuguys.com/dan-fogler-interview-the-walking-dead-fantastic-beasts-3/ |archive-date=30 September 2020 |access-date=29 September 2020 |website=HeyUGuys}}</ref>

==Short film==
'''''Fantastic Beasts of the TSA''''' aired on ''[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]'', on November 17, 2016. Featuring [[Eddie Redmayne]] reprise his ''Fantastic Beasts'', the film follows [[Newt Scamander]] in modern times as he seeks to get his suitcase through airport security, past an overzealous [[Transportation Security Administration|Transportation Security Administration (TSA)]] agent (played by the show's host, [[James Corden]]).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Lindsay|date=18 November 2016|title=James Corden isn't the TSA officer you want if you're carrying ''Fantastic Beasts'' in your suitcase|url=https://mashable.com/video/corden-redmayne-tsa|url-status=live|access-date=18 November 2016|website=[[Mashable]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg6xSjVX38M|title={{'}}Fantastic Beasts{{'}} of the TSA ''w/ Eddie Redmayne''|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=November 17, 2016|author=[[James Corden]], [[Eddie Redmayne]]|work=[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]]|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

==Video games==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:99%"
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Release date
! scope="col" | Publisher(s)
! scope="col" | Developer(s)
! scope="col" | Platform(s)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts: Cases From the Wizarding World]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|df=yes|2016|11|17}}<ref name="FB:CFTWW">{{Cite press release |title=Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces Fantastic Beasts™: Cases From The Wizarding World for Mobile Devices |date=17 October 2016 |publisher=[[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]] |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161017006590/en/Warner-Bros.-Interactive-Entertainment-Announces-Fantastic-Beasts%E2%84%A2 |access-date=14 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161027132944/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161017006590/en/Warner-Bros.-Interactive-Entertainment-Announces-Fantastic-Beasts%E2%84%A2 |archive-date=27 October 2016 |agency=[[Business Wire]]}}</ref>
| Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment<ref name="FB:CFTWW" />
| [[Mediatonic]]<ref name="FB:CFTWW" /><br />[[WB Games San Francisco]]<ref name="FB:CFTWW" />
| Android, iOS
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them VR Experience''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|df=yes|2016|11|10}}<ref name="FBVRTheVerge">{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Adi |date=1 November 2016 |title=Google's Daydream VR headset is coming November 10th |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/1/13489018/google-daydream-view-headset-release-date-november-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021200144/https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/1/13489018/google-daydream-view-headset-release-date-november-10 |archive-date=21 October 2017 |access-date=21 October 2017 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment<ref name="FBVRVariety">{{Cite web |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=18 November 2016 |title=VR Review: 'Fantastic Beasts' Virtual Reality Experience |url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/reviews/fantastic-beasts-vr-review-1201922169/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021200024/http://variety.com/2016/digital/reviews/fantastic-beasts-vr-review-1201922169/ |archive-date=21 October 2017 |access-date=21 October 2017 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[Framestore]]<ref name="FBVRVariety" />
| [[Google Daydream]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|df=yes|2018|01|23}}<ref name="FBVRviveriftgear">{{Cite web |date=22 January 2018 |title=New expanded Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them VR Experience announced |url=https://www.pottermore.com/news/new-expanded-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-vr-experience-announced |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152356/https://www.pottermore.com/news/new-expanded-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-vr-experience-announced |archive-date=13 May 2018 |access-date=13 May 2018 |website=[[Pottermore]]}}</ref>
| [[HTC Vive]], [[Oculus Rift]],<br />[[Samsung Gear VR]]
|}


==Music==
==Music==
* [[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (soundtrack)|''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (soundtrack)]], a 2016 soundtrack album by James Newton Howard
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" width=99%
* [[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (soundtrack)|''Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald'' (soundtrack)]], a 2018 soundtrack album by James Newton Howard
! scope="col" | Title
* [[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (soundtrack)|''Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore'' (soundtrack)]], a 2022 soundtrack album by James Newton Howard
! scope="col" | Release date
! scope="col" | Length
! scope="col" | Composer
! scope="col" | Label
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (soundtrack)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]''
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|df=yes|2016|11|18}}
| style="text-align:left"| 72:00
| rowspan="2" | [[James Newton Howard]]
| rowspan="2" | [[WaterTower Music]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (soundtrack)|Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]''
| style="text-align:left"| {{Start date|df=yes|2018|11|9}}
| style="text-align:left"| 77:17
|}

==Reception==
===Box office performance===
''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' was the eighth highest-grossing film of 2016,<ref name="BOM2016highest">{{Cite web |title=2016 Worldwide Grosses |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2016&p=.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606045805/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2016&p=.htm |archive-date=6 June 2017 |access-date=14 July 2017 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> and ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald|The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'' was the tenth highest-grossing film of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2018/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 |access-date=19 August 2021 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Film
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Release date
! colspan="3" | Box office gross
! scope="col" colspan="2" text="wrap" class=unsortable | All-time ranking
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Budget
! scope="col" rowspan="2" class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
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! scope="col" | U.S. & Canada
! scope="col" | Other territories
! scope="col" | Worldwide
! scope="col" | [[List of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States#Not adjusted for inflation|U.S. and Canada]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Lifetime Grosses: Domestic |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/ |access-date=13 April 2022 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" | [[List of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing films|Worldwide]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Lifetime Grosses: Worldwide |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/ww_top_lifetime_gross/ |access-date=13 April 2022 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)#Box office|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
| {{start date|df=yes|2016|11|18}}
| $234,037,575
| $580,006,426
| $814,044,001
| 152
| 88
| $175 million
| <ref name="FB1BOM">{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3183660/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413150015/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3183660/ |archive-date=13 April 2022 |access-date=13 April 2022 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald#Box office|Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald]]''
| {{start date|df=yes|2018|11|16}}
| $159,555,901
| $495,300,000
| $654,855,901
| 352
| 146
| $200 million
| <ref name="FB2BOM">{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4123430/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317150238/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4123430/ |archive-date=13 April 2022 |access-date=13 April 2022 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="background-color:#9fc;"| ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore#Box office|Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]]''*
| {{start date|df=yes|2022|04|15}}
| $93,756,306
| $295,400,000
| $389,156,306
| 854*
| 379*
| $200 million
| <ref name="FB3BOM">{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4123432/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413150058/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4123432/ |archive-date=13 April 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! $2,881,993,269
! $6,763,982,258
! $9,645,975,535
! 5
! 4
! ${{formatnum:{{#expr:125000000+100000000+130000000+150000000+150000000+250000000+125000000+125000000+175000000+200000000+200000000}}}}
! <ref name="AllTimeDomesticBOM">{{Cite web |title=Franchise Index |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/?view=Franchise&sort=sumgross&order=DESC&p=.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524020558/http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/?view=Franchise&sort=sumgross&order=DESC&p=.htm |archive-date=24 May 2014 |access-date=19 August 2021 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref><br /><ref name="TotalBOM">{{Cite web |title=J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jkrowling.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630205456/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=jkrowling.htm |archive-date=30 June 2017 |access-date=31 January 2019 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
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===Critical and public response===
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|-
! scope="col" | [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! scope="col" | [[Metacritic]]
! scope="col" | [[CinemaScore]]<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=CinemaScore |publisher=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="row" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)#Critical response|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
| 74% (347 reviews)<ref name="RTfb1">{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fantastic_beasts_and_where_to_find_them |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606012241/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fantastic_beasts_and_where_to_find_them |archive-date=6 June 2017 |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>
| 66 (50 reviews)<ref name="MCfb1">{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128234709/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them |archive-date=28 November 2016 |access-date=14 November 2018 |publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
| A
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald#Critical response|Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald]]''
| 36% (334 reviews)<ref name="RTfb2">{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fantastic_beasts_the_crimes_of_grindelwald/ |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>
| 52 (48 reviews)<ref name="MCfb2">{{Cite Metacritic |id=fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald |access-date=16 November 2018 |type=m }}</ref>
| B+
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore#Critical response|Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore]]''
| 47% (212 reviews)<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id={{RT data|rtid|noprefix=y|qid=Q18199332}} |type=m |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore |access-date= 5 April 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref>
| 47 (49 reviews)<ref>{{Cite Metacritic |id=fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore |type=movie |title=Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Reviews |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>
| B+
|}

===Accolades===
====Academy Awards====
In [[89th Academy Awards|2017]], ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' won the [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design]], becoming the first film in the overall [[Wizarding World]] franchise to win an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dornbush |first=Jonathon |date=26 February 2017 |title=Oscars 2017: Fantastic Beasts Wins First Academy Award for Harry Potter Franchise |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/02/27/oscars-2017-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-wins-first-oscar-for-harry-potter-franchise |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227023421/http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/02/27/oscars-2017-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-wins-first-oscar-for-harry-potter-franchise |archive-date=27 February 2017 |access-date=27 February 2017 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Joal |date=27 February 2012 |title=Thanks, Academy: Oscars Make Harry Potter Most-Snubbed Franchise of All-Time |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/297110/thanks-academy-oscars-make-harry-potter-most-snubbed-franchise-of-all-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222120/http://www.eonline.com/news/297110/thanks-academy-oscars-make-harry-potter-most-snubbed-franchise-of-all-time |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=5 July 2017 |publisher=[[E!]]}}</ref>

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! align="center" width="14%" | [[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]]
! align="center" width="14%" | [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
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====British Academy Film Awards====
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! align="center" width="12%" | [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
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! scope="row" | ''Fantastic Beasts''
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==Theme park attraction==
'''''Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature''''' was open from 9–15 December 2020 and from 17 May 2021 to 3 January 2022 at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]. It consisted of creatures, specimens and artefacts from the museum's scientific collection displayed side by side with elements from the Wizarding World as well as digital installations. This exhibit featured 100 objects, including props from the Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature {{!}} Natural History Museum |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/business-services/touring-exhibitions/fantastic-beasts.html |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=www.nhm.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> There is a similar exhibition set to open at the [[Royal Ontario Museum]] in [[Toronto]], Canada on 11 June 2022 through 2 January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature |url=https://www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/fantastic-beaststm-the-wonder-of-nature |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=Royal Ontario Museum |language=en}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
==Other media==
* ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (book)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'', a 2001 guide book written by J. K. Rowling
{{Commons category|Harry Potter films}}
* ''[[Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World]]'', a 2016 hidden object video game developed by Mediatonic and WB Games San Francisco, and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
{{Spoken Wikipedia|En Harry Potter (film series) Wikipedia article.ogg|date=2011-01-02}}
*{{official website|http://www.harrypotter.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715231842/http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1909876,00.html Growing Up with Harry Potter] – photo essay by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''


==See also==
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* [[Magical creature (disambiguation)]]
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{{J. K. Rowling}}
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