There’s one magic phrase where if you say it three times unbroken, a blogger appears on a weekend to tell you how much money a movie made. It’s box office, box office, —
Blissful beginnings
Saturday, September 7, 2024: Before we discuss the big estimated numbers for opening weekend, we need to discuss how Tim Burton’s sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice did on its first night out on the town. Deadline reports that it earned about $41 million during previews and on Friday at the box office, box office — but now that we’re past Labor Day and almost into Halloween time, who knows how much more money the movie will make this year? Deadline estimates it’ll be around $100 million, if not a high $90 million. The ghouls love a good spooky family flick, especially one like Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Breaking the bank
Sunday, September 8, 2024: Big, big, big dollar signs are flying across the haunted box office, box office — Burton’s sequel is really bringing an audience out into the cinemas. Deadline reports the film will earn another $10 million than it previously predicted — outgrossing the original movie by $30 million, not adjusted for inflation — and will be Burton’s second-highest opening weekend. But enough teasing: For the grand score of the weekend, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is estimated to earn over $110 million — if not more — at the box office. Okay, maybe we only had to say it once.