A very low $43.8 million world gross, from 68 countries, has the film just about beat Moana (which is out in 33 countries) to the number 1 spot, that brings the films total world gross to $680 million.
The new Star Wars film is tapping into a very similar audience which will mean Beasts gets knocked for 6 next week but there can be no complaints as the film has done well.
Highest new film of the week is Office Christmas Party which gets a wide release in 50 countries and takes $33.9 million for the week.
Highest total grossing movie on the world top 10 this week is Fantastic Beasts which also has the wides release.
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