Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore has been approved for theatrical release in China. The first film in the series, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, earned a $86M total in China in 2016, and 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald earned $57.3M. David Yates has directed all three films in the Fantastic Beasts series, along with four films in the main Harry Potter franchise.
According to Deadline, in spite of a heavily reduced number of Hollywood studio films being cleared for release in the Chinese market throughout 2021, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore will be Warner Bros.' third film to obtain China release in 2022 thus far. The two other WB films approved for a China release include The Matrix Resurrections this past January, and The Batman, which is being released on March 18th. Fantastic Beasts 3 begins its international release schedule on April 6, and North America on April 15, but a specific China release date has not yet been set. The official WB Weibo account posted today that “magic is coming” and suggested fans “stay tuned.”
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore stars franchise regulars Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, and Katherine Waterston. Meanwhile, Mads Mikkelsen is joining the third entry as the character of Grindelwald, previously played by Johnny Depp in the previous two films. The story in the third Fantastic Beasts film sees wizard Albus Dumbledore tasking magizoologist Newt Scamander and his allies with a mission that takes them into the heart of dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s army.
Source: Deadline