‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Tops the Box Office

The horror comedy sequel earned $110 million domestically, notching the third-highest debut of the year behind ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and ‘Inside Out 2’.

Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ opened huge at the US box office.
It made $ $145.4 million globally.
Elsewhere, the box office was quiet.

Audiences flocking to theaters to see Tim Burton and Michael Keaton’s return to the weird ‘Beetlejuice’ world they created in 1988 clearly invoked the ghost with the most, as the sequel ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ has wound up doing huge business at the box office.

The new movie launched in 4,575 theaters and rustled up a massive $110 million in its opening weekend.

And overseas, it debuted with $35.4 million, for a worldwide total of $145.4 million.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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How does ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ shape up in release terms?

(L to R) Winona Ryder as Lydia and michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ has become the second-highest September opening –– and studio Warner Bros. will be happy, as it is slipping in between the two ‘It’ movies. The original, 2017’s ‘It’, earned $123 million, while sequel ‘It: Chapter 2’ took in $92 million.

This also marks the third best bow this year, behind just ‘Inside Out 2’ and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’.

It was the latest success story for a summer season that has seen some big hits but had been lagging some in the last couple of weeks as it closed out.

What’s the story of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’?

(L to R) Catherine O’Hara as Delia, Jenna Ortega as Astrid, Winona Ryder as Lydia and Justin Theroux as Rory in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This sequel picks up the story of the Deetz family –– Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz and Catherine O’Hara as step-mom Delia, with Jenna Ortega joining as Lydia’s daughter Astrid –– suffers more trouble from “bio-exorcist” Beetlejuice (Keaton), who still has designs on Lydia.

The movie also features the likes of Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe and Monica Bellucci.

How did the original ‘Beetlejuice’ perform?

Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Though it was more of a small-scale release, the original “Beetlejuice” built across several weeks became one of the highest-grossing movies of 1988 with $74.7 million and later inspired a Tony-nominated Broadway musical, which is still touring the country.

The cult appeal of that first film clearly helped drive interest in the new one, despite it arriving 36 years later.

What else happened at the box office this weekend?

(L to R) Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' 'Deadpool & Wolverine'. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.

While Burton’s sequel was grabbing plenty of business, only one other movie was a new release, and nothing else in the charts did particularly well.

A24 put horror thriller ‘The Front Room’ into 2,095 theaters, but it launched at 10th place with $1,663,954.

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ slipped back to second and earned $7.2 million. The superhero buddy comedy doesn’t have to worry too much, though, as that was from its seventh weekend in release, a miracle in itself given how short release windows tend to be these days.

Not forgetting the fact that it has now made $614 million domestically and $1.287 billion globally. It’s the second-biggest movie of the year and 23rd largest of all time.

Dennis Quaid-starring biopic ‘Reagan’ clung to third place, making $5.2 million, ahead of fellow holdovers ‘Alien: Romulus’ ($3.9 million) and ‘It Ends With Us,’ which took in $3.7 million.

(L to R) Director Tim Burton and Michael Keaton on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.