Tim Burton and Warner Bros.’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is losing none of its ghostly mojo in its second weekend and will easily stay atop the box office chart with $52 million or more as it hurtles toward the $200 million mark domestically.
The pic, playing in 4,575 theaters domestically, could fall as little as 51 percent.
Blumhouse and Universal’s new horror-thriller Speak No Evil is also good news for the box office. The pic, coming No. 2, is on course to open to a better-than-expected $12.3 million from 3,375 locations against a budget of just $15 million before marketing. The movie follows an American family as they spend the weekend at a plush British estate only to discover that their host, played by James McAvoy, has a rather sinister side. McAvoy is earning strong marks for his performance.