We're only halfway through September yet moviegoers are feeling the scares as two different kind of horror dominate the first and second place at the box office.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is no one-week thing only thanks to a strong 54 percent drop this weekend at $51.6 million. That's a better drop than It Chapter 1 (-60%) back in 2017 but that film opened a bit higher with $123 million. With a 10-day total of $188 million, expect a total close or even over $300 million which is an outstanding final number for a film with a predecessor that made $74 million ($195 million if adjusted to inflation) back in 1988.
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| Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. (C) Warner Bros. |
The plethora of ads for Speak No Evil worked out as the James McAvoy psychological horror opened to $11.5 million this weekend - a fine start for the $15 million production with a strong B+ Cinemascore. 51% of the audience were women and Latino and Hispanic unsurprisingly went in droves with 31%.
In third place, Deadpool & Wolverine enjoyed another strong 25 percent drop with $5.2 million for a total of $621 million. Globally, it has now passed $1.3 billion.
Another opener this week Am I Racist? managed to capture the fourth spot with $4.7 million despite only playing in 1,517 locations. It's a solid opening for the Matt Walsh documentary wherein 52% identified themselves as conservatives, according to PostTrak. Meanwhile, Reagan added $2.9 million this weekend which is only a 32 percent drop from last weekend. Total is now at $23 million.
Alien Romulus crossed the century mark this weekend thanks to its $2.4 million 3-day gross. In five weeks, the new Alien iteration has now amassed $101 million.
Lionsgate can't really catch a break as they drop another dud with Killer's Game starring Dave Bautista. The action comedy only grossed $2.6 million in 2,623 locations this weekend. Fortunately, their 2025 seems stronger with their more popular IPs back in the game with Michael, John Wick presents Ballerina, and another Saw movie.
Overall box office is up from last year ($66 million overall) when A Haunting in Venice failed to steal the top spot away from The Nun II amid strikes.
