Warner Bros.’ “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” now has the second-highest-ever opening weekend in the month of September, scoring an excellent $110 million domestic launch from 4,575 theaters.
After earning $13.5 million from Thursday previews and $28.3 million on Friday, Saturday saw a 45% increase to $41.8 million, ensuring that Tim Burton’s sequel becomes the second September release to earn a $100 million-plus opening. The first to do so was also a Warner Bros. title: Andy Muschietti’s “It” with $123.4 million in 2017.
In recent years, the box office has had to suffer through weeks of poor weekend returns between August and October due to a lack of highly anticipated tentpoles.