“Tim Burton and Warner Bros.” Beetlejuice Beetlejuice The film lost none of its spooky magic in its second weekend, easily staying at the top of the box office charts with an estimated $51.6 million as it approaches the $200 million mark domestically.
The film, which opened in 4,575 theaters domestically, lost just 54 percent and grossed a total of $188 million domestically in its 10 days. Overseas, the sequel earned another $28.7 million in 76 markets for a modest foreign cume of $76.3 million and a worldwide cume of $264.3 million.
The new horror thriller from Blumhouse and Universal Speak no evil was also good news for the early fall box office. The film opened at number two with an estimated $11.5 million from 3,375 locations on a pre-marketing budget of just $15 million. The film is about an American family who spend the weekend at a posh British estate and discover that their host, played by James McAvoy, has quite a sinister side. McAvoy gets high marks for his performance.
Speak no evil has an 85 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a B+ CinemaScore from audiences. It opened overseas with $9.3 million in 73 markets and grossed $20.8 million in its worldwide launch.
Marvel and Disney Deadpool and Wolverine held steady at No. 3 in its eighth weekend with an estimated $5.2 million for a domestic total of $621.5 million and $1.305 billion worldwide, the seventh-highest gross of any MCU title.
The biggest surprise of the weekend was conservative provocateur Matt Walsh Am I a racist? opened in fourth place with an estimated $4.8 million from 1,517 locations, the highest debut of a documentary film in 2024 and the third largest since Disney’s nature film Bears a decade ago. Am I a racist? does big business in conservative markets in the South, Midwest and Mountain States.
Directed by Justin Folk, the film, which is described as a “social experiment,” was written by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing. The Daily Wire and marks the first theatrical release of one of the company’s own productions, distributed by SDG Releasing.
In the film, which draws comparisons with Borate In terms of tactics, Walsh deceives his protagonists by taking on the role of a DEI intern who attends anti-racism workshops, crashes private intellectual dinner parties, and conducts sit-down interviews with experts and ordinary Americans on the topic of racism. The film also reveals the fees paid to certain experts, including Robin DiAngelo, author of White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism. In recent days, DiAngelo has attacked Walsh, saying she donated her $15,000 fee to the NAACP’s legal defense fund.
Walsh posted on X (formerly Twitter) Saturday that although the film has a 99 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, no “mainstream film critic” has reviewed his film. Elon Musk, owner of X, praised Am I a racist? When Retweeting Walsh: “That’s an incredible number of viewers!”
Ronald Reagan biopic Reaganstarring Dennis Quaid, rounded out the top five with $3 million from 2,450 theaters in its third weekend and a domestic total of $23.3 million through Sunday.
The big victim of the weekend was Lionsgate’s new action picture The murderer’s gamestarring Dave Bautista as a skilled hitman who orders his own murder after being mistakenly diagnosed with a terminal illness. The R-rated film opened at number six with a paltry $2.6 million from 2,623 theaters after receiving poor reviews and a B+ CinemaScore from audiences.
Fathom Events also made it into the top 10 with God is not dead: We trust in Godwhich grossed $1.8 million at 1,312 locations. And the latest re-release of the cult classic by distributor Coralline has now grossed $33.4 million at its 15th anniversary celebration.
The critically acclaimed favorite of the Sundance Film Festival at the box office My old ass reported a promising average box office of $24,535 when it premiered in seven theaters in New York, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. Amazon and MGM’s coming-of-age story centers on an 18-year-old who meets her older self. Aubrey Plaza and newcomer Maisy Stella star in writer-director Megan Park’s second film, which will be shown in 32 theaters in 10 markets.
September 15, 7:45 a.m.: Updated with revised weekend estimates.
This story was originally published on September 14 at 10:05 a.m..
