Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” may have given the fall movie season a serious jumpstart, but it’s not the only September release, as we are about to go into yet another busy weekend. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice beat Alice In Wonderland‘s opening day by about $700,000, according to Variety. That makes it not just the best opening day of Burton’s career at $41.5 million, but the second biggest opening day ever for a September release.

The first movie was not released globally, so while there may not be as much of a nostalgic pull for moviegoers around the world, they still contributed an extra $35.4 million to Beetlejuice 2’s bottom line.