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Prequel crosses $500M at box office

Two weekends after its release, Warner Bros. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" has crossed $500M at the global box office.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them IMAX poster

According to Warner Bros. Pictures, the new J.K Rowling franchise surpassed half a billion dollars at the global box office on Tuesday, November 29, after its second weekend since release.

The magical adventure has grossed $161 million domestically and $344 million internationally for a global box total of $505 million so far.

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A fantasy drama film inspired by J. K. Rowling's book of same name, and a spin-off of the Harry Potter film series, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander.

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The film is produced by David Heyman, who produced all eight of "Harry Potter" films. Others on the producers list include J.K Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram.

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"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"also stars Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Colin Farrell, Jenn Murray, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Gemma Chan and Faith Wood-Blagrove.

J.K Rowling has announced that “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” has been extendedundefined

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