By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press
Moviegoers said yes to more “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice“ this weekend.
After his Monster openingTim Burton's sequel has once more effortlessly topped the domestic box office charts with $51.6 million in ticket sales, the studio estimated on Sunday. The North American gross of the Warner Bros. release is simply 54% below the previous week's figure and already stands at $188 million. Internationally, $28.7 million was added, bringing the overall worldwide revenue to an astonishing $264.3 million.
“A drop of just 54% is really impressive and indicates pretty solid word of mouth,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “Audiences are enjoying the film.”
Although “Beetlejuice” was on the rise, it had little latest competition. New offerings included the horror film “Speak no evil,” a satirical documentary about right-wing podcaster Matt Walsh; and a brand new motion film from Dave Bautista, “The Killer's Game.”
Second place in weekend ticket sales went to “Speak no evila 2022 remake of a Danish horror film about an unsuspecting family who determine to spend a weekend within the countryside with latest friends. McAvoy stars in it alongside Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy. With positive reviews and a sensible Friday the thirteenth release date, the Blumhouse production, released by Universal Pictures, grossed an estimated $11.5 million from 3,375 locations.
“Deadpool and Wolverine” landed in third place in its eighth weekend with one other $5.2 million. The Disney and Marvel blockbuster now stands at $621.5 million in North America and $1.3 billion worldwide.
The Daily Wire film “Am I a Racist?” landed at number 4 on the box office charts with an estimated $4.7 million from just 1,517 theaters. Described as a mockumentary within the type of “Borat,” the film features conservative columnist Walsh going undercover as a “DEI intern.” Walsh pulled an identical stunt by posing as a gender studies professor within the 2022 film “What is a Woman?” Both were directed by Justin Folk.
Am I a Racist? reportedly cost $3 million to provide. For the discharge, Daily Wire – the corporate co-founded by Ben Shapiro – partnered with SDG Releasing, a distribution company founded by God's Not Dead writers Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman that guarantees the “lowest fees in the industry.” Among the trailers shown ahead of Am I a Racist? is one other film geared toward a conservative audience: Dinesh D'Souza's upcoming film Vindicating Trump.
The top 5 were rounded off by “Reagan,” the Showbiz Direct release starring Dennis Quaid as the previous president, which grossed one other $3 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to $23.3 million.
“The Killer's Game” got here in sixth with $2.6 million. Bautista plays a terminally ailing killer within the motion comedy, which received poor reviews. The religiously motivated film “God's Not Dead: In God We Trust” also made it into the highest 10 with a $1.5 million opening.
In limited release, Amazon MGM Studios began releasing the Sundance hit film “My old ass”, starring Maisy Stella, in seven theaters in New York, Los Angeles and Austin, where it grossed a complete of $171,242. The coming-of-age film will likely be released nationwide on September 27.
Next weekend, the Optimus Prime origin film Transformers One will hit theaters, nevertheless it could possibly be a quiet few weeks on the box office untilJoker: Foil for Two“ dances its way onto the large screen on October 4th.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday in U.S. and Canadian theaters, in response to Comscore. Final domestic numbers will likely be released Monday.
1. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” $51.6 million.
2. “Speak No Evil,” $11.5 million.
3. “Deadpool & Wolverine,” $5.2 million.
4. “Am I a Racist?” $4.8 million.
5. “Reagan,” $3 million.
6. “The Killer’s Game,” $2.6 million.
7. “Alien: Romulus,” $2.4 million.
8. “It Ends With Us,” $2 million.
9. “The Forge,” $2 million.
10. “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust,” $1.5 million.
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