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Beetlejuice

1988 • PG • 1h 32m • Comedy, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

In this house... if you've seen one ghost... you haven't seen them all.

🍅 83% 82% MC 71 LB 3.73 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$8.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$77.5M
Final
Worldwide Total
$78.1M
$0.6M international
Domestic Legs9.6x
Budget$15M
1988 Rank#10
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Cast & Crew

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Tim Burton Tim Burton Director Michael Keaton Michael Keaton Starring Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin Starring Geena Davis Geena Davis Starring Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Jones Starring Catherine O'Hara Catherine O'Hara Starring
ScreenplayMichael McDowell, Warren Skaaren Story byMichael McDowell, Larry Wilson Produced byMichael Bender, Larry Wilson, Richard Hashimoto CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman Music byDanny Elfman StudioWarner Bros.
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 1-3 1 $8.0M — 1,000 $8,031 $10.5M
2 Apr 8-10 1 $8.7M +7.9% 1,523 $5,691 $22.9M
3 Apr 15-17 1 $7.1M −17.6% 1,582 $4,517 $32.1M
4 Apr 22-24 1 $6.2M −13.2% 1,575 $3,937 $40.4M
5 Apr 29-May 1 2 $5.0M −19.1% 1,582 $3,172 $46.7M
6 May 6-8 2 $3.4M −33.1% 1,582 $2,122 $51.2M
7 May 13-15 3 $3.1M −9.0% 1,533 $1,994 $55.2M
8 May 20-22 4 $2.7M −10.9% 1,546 $1,761 $58.8M
9 May 27-29 5 $2.4M −11.1% 1,432 $1,690 $61.9M
10 Jun 3-5 7 $1.4M −41.5% 1,083 $1,308 $63.9M
11 Jun 10-12 9 $1.1M −19.3% 1,307 $875 $65.6M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.4M
$8.0M
$8.7M
$7.1M
$6.2M
$5.0M
$3.4M
$3.1M
$2.7M
$2.4M
$1.4M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −41.5%
+7.9%
W1→2
−17.6%
W2→3
−13.2%
W3→4
−19.1%
W4→5
−33.1%
W5→6
−9.0%
W6→7
−10.9%
W7→8
−11.1%
W8→9
−41.5%
W9→10
Steepest −41.5%Biggest gain +7.9%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

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