Projections: 'Fantastic Beasts' Coming to Play

3 Apr, 2017 By: John Latchem

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Warner's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a prequel spinoff of the "Harry Potter" movies, should easily top the home video sales charts the week ending April 2. The film earned $234 million at the domestic box office.

Also in the running for a high debut is Lionsgate's Patriots Day, a docu-drama about the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

Other newcomers include Fox's Why Him?, Paramount's Silence, Universal's A Monster Calls and BBC's Planet Earth II.

On the weekly rental chart, Patriots Day is expected to debut in the top spot.

Rank	Title	Studio	Weeks on Chart
	Projected Top 3 Sellers for Week Ending 4/2/17
1	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Warner	New
2	Patriots Day	Lionsgate	New
3	Sing	Universal	2
	Projected Top 3 Rentals for Week Ending 4/2/17
1	Patriots Day	Lionsgate	New
2	Passengers	Sony Pictures	3
3	Moana	Disney	4

 

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