Beetlejuice Beetlejuice premiered with $110 million in box office sales, according to reports by ABC News, Daily Mail Online, and Forbes.
For thirty-six years, audiences have been patiently waiting for a second go-around with Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse. The legacy sequel has received positive reception with a 77% "Certified Fresh" rating and an 82% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, particularly among younger moviegoers.
September is not known as a hotbed of $100 million blockbuster debuts. Activities such as cosplaying and quoting lines greatly contributed to the film's success.
The film features a star-studded cast, including Michael Keaton reprising his role, Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, and Jenna Ortega as her daughter Astrid. Also in the cast are Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe.
Jim Burton said the highly anticipated sequel centers around three generations of women, which serves as "the nucleus of it."
Ryder expressed a desire to maintain the original film's essence while exploring Lydia's new life as a mother. "I never thought about Lydia ever being a mom," she said. Ryder noted that her younger co-stars don't seem interested in classic movies from the past.
Keaton referred to a shift in Beetlejuice's character focus. "I think the Beetlejuice character doesn't drive the story as much as he did in the first one," the star actors said.
Bellucci described her character Delores as "a metaphor of life, because we all have emotional scars, and she's full of scars, but she's strong."
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq
Sources: ABC News, Daily Mail Online, World of Reel, Idaho State Journal, Forbes, St. Albert Gazette, Bleeding Cool News, New York Post, Trail Times, CBR, Collider, Daily Mail.