Warner Bros. slashed the ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ budget by $50 million, fearing it would flop. It made $264 million in two weeks.
Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, and Justin Theroux star in the sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” Parisa Taghizadeh / Warner Bros. The New York Times reported that “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was nearly not released in theaters. The Times reported Warner Bros. wanted to put the film on Max to avoid a box office flop. Tim Burton was …