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

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