While the somewhat disappointing summer box office season is over, Warner Bros.’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice scored a huge debut, the third biggest of 2024.
The long-awaited sequel to the original 1988 Tim Burton classic Beetlejuice earned a massive $110 million in its opening weekend, according to Deadline.
The debut outgrossed the entirety of the original film’s $74.8 million worldwide gross from 36 years earlier.
It also represents the third-highest debut of 2024 behind Inside Out 2 ($154.2 million) and Deadpool & Wolverine ($211.4 million), on strong reviews as well.
The opening is also the second highest of all time for the month of September, behind 2017’s IT ($123.4 million).
While the somewhat disappointing summer box office season is over, Warner Bros.’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice scored a huge debut, the third biggest of 2024
The long-awaited sequel to the original 1988 Tim Burton classic Beetlejuice earned a massive $110 million in its opening weekend, according to Deadline
The film was screened in 4,575 theaters, which ties Toy Story 4 for the seventh widest release of all time (Top Gun: Maverick has the record for widest release with 4,735 theaters).
It earned a strong $24,043 per-screen average, and managed to over-perform from projections that put it between $90 million and $100 million.
The film – produced on a reported budget of $100 million – brings back Michael Keaton as the title character, along with Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, with Jenna Ortega playing her daughter Astrid.
The sequel didn’t fare quite as well overseas, with just another $35 million coming from foreign markets for a $145.4 million worldwide bow.
The film easily dethroned six-time box office champ Deadpool & Wolverine, which has seemingly seen its last weekend atop the box office.
It dropped 53.3% to take second place with $7.2 million, earning a $2,117 per-screen average from 3,400 theaters, a drop of 230 theaters from last weekend.
The superhero sequel’s domestic haul now sits at $614 million, the 15th highest-grossing domestic movie of all time, and $1.28 billion worldwide.
The top 5 is rounded out by holdovers Reagan ($5.2 million, $18.5 million domestic), Alien: Romulus ($3.9 million, $97.1 million worldwide) and It Ends With Us ($141.3 million domestic).
The film was screened in 4,575 theaters, which ties Toy Story 4 for the seventh widest release of all time ( Top Gun: Maverick has the record for widest release with 4,735 theaters)
It earned a strong $24,043 per-screen average, and managed to over-perform from projections that put it between $90 million and $100 million
The film – produced on a reported budget of $100 million – brings back Michael Keaton as the title character, along with Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, with Jenna Ortega playing her daughter Astrid
The sequel didn’t fare quite as well overseas, with just another $35 million coming from foreign markets for a $145.4 million worldwide bow
The top 10 is rounded out by The Forge ($2.9M, $20.7M domestic), Twisters ($2.2M, $264.6M domestic), Blink Twice ($2.1M, $20.2M domestic), Despicable Me 4 ($1.8M, $357.8M domestic) and the only other newcomer The Front Room in 10th with $1.6 million.
Opening this weekend in limited release was Utopia’s Red Rooms, which earned $40,295 from 50 theaters for a dismal $805 per-screen average.
Also opening in just one theater was the MTV documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!, which took in $21,750.
Next weekend brings Universal’s Speak No Evil with James McEvoy and Lionsgate’s The Killers Game with Dave Bautista in wide release.
