We're less than a week-and-a-half removed from the theatrical release of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but the film is already a major box office hit. The blockbuster sequel had the third best debut of the year when it first arrived on the big screen at the start September,

Tim Burton's long-awaited "Beetlejuice" sequel almost received a streaming-only release. But thanks to Burton's budget cuts and negotiations with Warner Bros. Discovery executives, plans for a potential Max-exclusive were scrapped in favor of a full theatrical debut.

Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' takes the Looney Tunes influence from the first film too far for its own good.

A New York Times story profiling the huge financial success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice revealed that director Tim Burton drastically slashed the sequel’s budget shortly before filming began. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice producers and Warner Bros.

Burton's attempt at diversity falls flat, worsening casting controversies with a problematic cultural reference.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is proof Tim Burton and Michael Keaton should finally get to make a third and final Batman movie.

The trailer for Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' reuses a joke from the first movie that should have been left alone.

Abdy and another executive supposedly met with Burton, and were able to convince him to reduce the budget to under $100 million. By sacrificing this $50 million, the director was able to convince them to fund a theatrical release for the film. With a budget of $99 million, it has already made $264 million at the time of writing.

Warner Bros. reportedly tried to release "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" on Max because it was worried it would fail.

Tim Burton got the budget for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice slashed by insisting on a theatrical release, but that decision ultimately saved the movie.