Well, that was fast. Warner Bros. has set a PVOD and digital release of Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice for Oct. 8, 33 days after its theatrical release.
At the same time, last night the sequel became the filmmaker’s second highest grossing movie at the domestic box office with a running total of $251.435M inching out Burton’s 1989 Batman ($251.4M). The pic grossed $1.1M yesterday in its fourth week in what has been a great hold throughout September. Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland remains his highest grossing movie ever both domestic ($334M) and worldwide ($1.03 billion). Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the filmmaker’s fourth highest grossing movie ever worldwide at $374.4M currently behind Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factor ($475M) and Batman ($412M).
The Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara ensemble will be available for 48-hour rental via PVOD on Oct. 8 and available for purchase or to rent on Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango at Home and more.
On November 19, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be available to own on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD from online and physical retailers, as well as high definition and standard definition from digital retailers.
Additionally, a two-film collection featuring 1988’s acclaimed Beetlejuice and the sequel will be available for Digital purchase and rental and on DVD, along with an 8-film Tim Burton Collection featuring Beetlejuice (1988), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Mars Attacks! (1996), Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), and Dark Shadows (2012).
Here’s the goodies on the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K:
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Commentary by director Tim Burton
- The Juice is Loose! The Making of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
- The Ghost with the Most: Beetlejuice Returns
- Meet the Deetz
- Handbook for the Recently Deceased
- Shrinkers, Shrinkers Everywhere!
- An Animated Afterlife: The Stop-Motion Art of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- ‘Til Death Do Us Park