After 36 years of waiting, the interest has finally been released “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” This time it grossed a record breaking $110 million in its premiere weekend.
Long awaited Tim Burton The sequel has the third-best opening weekend of the year, behind only box office wins “Inside Out 2” And “Deadpool and Wolverine.”
Michael Keaton returns as the title spirit and Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder also reprise their roles as Delia and Lydia Dietz, with newcomer Jenna Ortega playing the latter’s daughter Astrid. Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci and Justin Theroux round out the cast.
The sequel is the second-highest-grossing movie of all time in September, just behind 2017’s “It,” which opened to an astounding $123 million. 2019 sequel “That Chapter 2” opened with $91 million.
The original “Beetlejuice” film grossed just $8 million in its opening weekend in 1988, adjusted for inflation, but grossed $77 million domestically in theaters as it became a cult classic.
An electric opening weekend kicks off the fall movie season with a bang Sleepy Labor Day weekend And A Relatively slow August In which new films were seen struggling as holdover movies ruled the box office.
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