Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Fantasy, Adventure
66Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A 66 Metascore and $809M worldwide gross represents a solid commercial win for the $180M investment, though critical reception remained measured—a profitable blockbuster rather than a critically acclaimed one.
Director track record: David Yates
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (66) sits well above David Yates's own 60.8-point average across 9 scored films, but trails his best-reviewed work, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (85).
Lead track record: Eddie Redmayne
The film sits well above Eddie Redmayne's own 60.6-point average across 18 scored films, but trails his best-reviewed work, Disclosure (79).
Box office
Budget $180M · Box office $809.3M