Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Scares Up a Sturdy Opening Weekend

It’s formally September, and for the primary weekend of the month, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was the record-breaking, field workplace winner.

Warner Bros. and Tim Burton’s horror-comedy sequel opened to $145.4 million. In accordance with Variety, the majority of that got here domestically, the place it started its theatrical run with $110 million. It’s the second-biggest September debut of all time behind the $123 million debut of 2017’s It: Chapter One (and instantly forward of It: Chapter Two’s $91 million in 2019). For 2024 general, it’s the third-best home opener of the yr behind Deadpool & Wolverine’s huge $211.4 million begin and Inside Out 2’s $154.2 million.

There’s been a giant advertising and marketing push behind Beetlejuice Beetlejuice over the previous a number of months, and renewed curiosity within the bigger franchise. Together with getting folks to rewatch the primary movie to see if it nonetheless holds up (and perhaps simply Burton’s total filmography general), it positively helps that the 90s animated sequence lately hit Tubi forward of the sequel’s launch. Its stars may also be credited: folks love them some Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, and Jenna Ortega, significantly the latter because of Wednesday and the Scream sequels. Add on the robust word of mouth from its premiere on the Venice Movie Competition, and it’s no shock that folk have drank the Juice, because it had been.

What else is there to look ahead to this month? Style-wise, Blumhouse’s Speak No Evil remake will lastly hit theaters on September 13, together with a one-day run for the primary three episodes of Dandadan, Lionsgate’s action-comedy The Killer’s Sport, and the Megan Fox sci-fi horror flick Subservience. The folllowing week on September 20, we’ve acquired the animated prequel Transformers One, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s The Substance, and Halle Berry defending children as soon as extra in Never Let Go. Lastly, September 27 will shut issues out with Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Wild Robot, Azrael, and Megalopolis.

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