Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them

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A 1930ish period piece in the Harry Potter universe.

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Fantastic Beasts.

I don't know how to edit it but fuck it.
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Harry Potter? Damn, I thought it might've been worth something.
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Gah. I was hoping it was Pokemon
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The movie was ok. The main guy was exactly the 11th Doctor, in mannerism and nearly in looks. Take away the Timelord Arrogance, and it's this guy.

Also at lunch beforehand there was some christian cult leader guy in the booth directly behind us holding court with three of his followers, getting deep into the bullshit about philisophical aspects of folowing christ and letting the holy spirit into your heart. It was nonstop and really fun and I guess it wasn't politics, so.

And then in the movie itself some old women picked her way down a crowded row to sit directly beside me in the open seat between groups, I think she was mildly retarded. I looked around and there were blocks of open seats everywhere. She smelled so we moved.

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GORDON wrote:Fantastic Beasts.

I don't know how to edit it but fuck it.
Just edit your post and change the subject.
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Leisher wrote:
GORDON wrote:Fantastic Beasts.

I don't know how to edit it but fuck it.
Just edit your post and change the subject.
Ah yes that works.
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Were they going for the mildly retarded old lady with no concept of personal space demographic, or was she an outlier?
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Leisher wrote:Doesn't bomb, but not a great opening for a film with four planned sequels.

The demographics weren't ideal either.
The film opened in eleven markets, earning $11 million from South Korea and $18 million from the UK. In total, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them took home $218 million worldwide. Should this movie follow the same trends as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could earn upwards of $950 million worldwide.
International markets could save it.
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