Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
“Fate of one. Future of all.”
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
How Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Fantastic Beasts, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #2 of 3
- Rank in the series by rating
- 2 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 32%
- Share of the series audience
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) ranks 2nd of the 3 rated films in the Fantastic Beasts series, at 6.8/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.9/10.
It arrived 2 years after Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016).
Its 11,712 TMDB ratings are 32% of the 37,041 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Fantastic Beasts, comparing all 3 released films in the series. Last recalculated October 2026.
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is film 2 of 3. See the complete watch order.