Beetlejuice Beetlejuice sets a 5-year record, James McAvoy’s thriller dominates new releases

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice And Speak no evil are topping the domestic box office in a record-breaking weekend. Speak no evil is a remake of the 2022 Danish thriller of the same name and the newest movie with Blumhouse split Starring James McAvoy. In its opening weekend, it competed with the second weekend of the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice box office, which opened with a debut of $111 million, which was not only the third-best domestic opening of the year, but outgrossed the entire worldwide run of the original 1988 movie in just three days.

Per VarietyAs of Sunday morning, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is projected to top the domestic box office once more In his second weekend with a 3-day rough of $51.6 million. The strong week-over-week haul helps the second weekend of September push its total earnings over $100 million for the first time since 2019, which is a first since the COVID-19 pandemic depressed box office earnings in 2020. -highest second Weekend gross for a movie released in September after it Earned $60.1 million during its second weekend in 2017.

Meanwhile, Speak no evil is projected to take No. 2 with a debut of $11.5 millionBecome The highest-grossing new release of the weekend. It is joined on the chart by fellow new release Am I racist?. The Matt Walsh documentary debuted with $4.75 million, landing at No. 4 above the previous weekend’s No. 3 title, the presidential biopic ReignThat fell to No. 5 in its third weekend with a $2.9 million haul. See the weekend’s complete domestic box office Top 5 below:

Although late August was dominated by a raft of holdover hits, the only one left on the chart this weekend was the Marvel Cinematic Universe smash Deadpool & Wolverinewhat did held a spot at number 3 with a $5.2 million gross. The sci-fi horror sequel Alien: Romulus fell from No. 4 to No. 6 with $2.6 million while the Blake Lively romance It ends with us fell from No. 5 to No. 8 with $2.1 million.

The new Dave Bautista movie The killer’s gameMeanwhile, never made it on the chart in the first place. Its $2.6 million debut See it compete with Romulus For 6. Although its budget has yet to be reported, it seems likely to fall well short of that mark, as the action-comedy re-teams Bautista with his Guardians of the Galaxy Co-stars Pom Klementieff and features other action notables including Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews and Scott Adkins. It may have avoided blockbuster spending, but between the cast, the locations and the action spectacle, it’s probably a mid-budget affair.

What this box office weekend means for Speak No Evil and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Speak no evil is doing well despite a number 2 debut

It is perhaps inevitable that the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Release went on to top the chart again after its record-breaking debut. It fell about 54% from its opening weekend, that is A favorite result for a title in the horror genreEven if the comedy legacy sequel can be only tangentially considered horror. But even if it were to drop 60% or more, which is typical for horror, its starting point of $111 million would leave it in a strong spot during its second weekend, no matter what.

So, while the Speak no evil Release did not open at number 1, this does not necessarily mean it is suffering in any way. Although the movie is technically a remake, it is not attached to an IP that has remotely the same amount of​​​​nostalgic audience attachment as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. It too Comes with a much smaller budget of $15 million Compared to the Tim Burton movie’s $100 million, meaning it’s already well on its way to earning back its production costs.

Our Take on the Weekend Box Office

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice & Speak no evil Are kicking off the Halloween season

Even though no new releases topped the box office this weekend, the fact that four of the titles in the Top 5 are less than three weeks old shows that The theater market is finally recovering after a long period of late summer doldrums. With upcoming releases such as the animated movies Transformers one And The wild robot It is likely to arrive in theaters before the end of September, it seems likely that the chart will continue to be populated with new titles and end the reign of the year’s summer blockbusters for good.

moreover, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice And Speak no evil Simultaneously topping the chart could also indicate that a strong Halloween season is ahead at the domestic box office. Horror and horror-tinged genre releases are scattered throughout the schedule through the end of October, so the genre may enter a particularly fertile period, where the chart is continuously boosted by new horror releases. These titles include the upcoming Smile 2, Terrifying 3, Never let goand the darker comic book efforts Venom: The Last Dance And Joker: Folie à Deux.

Source: Variety