Box Office: Beetlejuice 2 On Track For Huge Milestone, Wild Robot Defeats Francis Ford Coppola’s $120M Epic

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Domestic box office reaches important milestone wild robot beat other new versions Megacity. Although Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Entering its fourth weekend in theaters, Tim Burton’s hit sequel continues to thrive after debuting with $111 million, the third-highest opening weekend of the year so far. Its latest competition is a DreamWorks Animation movie wild robotthe story of a robot stranded on a desert island who learns to integrate with nature, and Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded $120 million sci-fi epic passion project Megacity.

Every deadlineas of Saturday morning, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Domestic box office is expected to surpass the $250 million milestone by the end of the fourth weekend, adding $16.3 million to bring the cumulative total to $250.3 million. This would put it at risk of collapse batman ($251.4 million) became Tim Burton’s second-highest-grossing film in North America Alice in Wonderland (#334.1 million).

At the same time, among the newly released products, wild robot came out on top by a huge margin. The animated film’s debut is expected to be $35 million, the third-highest grossing for an animated film released in September. Megacity It grossed an estimated $4.1 million over the weekend, ranking fourth on the domestic charts.

What These Opening Totals Mean for Wild Bots and Mega City

Only one new version is expected to break even

This opening weekend total wild robot Release from a firm footing. Although it was only the third highest anime premiere in September, it was only behind 2012 Hotel Transylvania ($42.5 million) and 2015 Hotel Transylvania 2 ($48.4 million), with global box office totals of $358.4 million and $475.2 million respectively. If the new movie can keep up with those films, it could gross around $295 million by the end of its run, which would be a pretty hefty total relative to its $78 million budget.

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Typically, a film needs about two and a half times its budget to make a profit, which can result in
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The break-even point is approximately $195 million.

In contrast, Megacity There was a tough road ahead to launch. Distributor Lionsgate is only responsible for the money paid to acquire the project, not the massive $120 million budget. However, the self-financed film took a financial toll on Coppola, whose risky moves included selling part of his winery to fund the sci-fi epic. Opening in the single digits, it seems unlikely that it will make back that money in theaters, let alone turn a profit.

Our thoughts on the weekend box office

Megacities hit hard compared to weekend’s top hits

Although wild robot and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice The box office is likely to continue enjoying strong chart performance in the coming weeks, and it looks likely Megacity It would immediately fall out of the top five in its second week of release. A critical boost seems unlikely for Coppola’s project, which has a CinemaScore of D+ and an audience score of 41% on Rotten Tomatoes. Plus the upcoming sequel to the superhero blockbuster “Joker: Pas de Deux” could spell doom for this ambitious sci-fi movie.

Source: Deadline

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