Beetlejuice and Corpse Bride are surging on streaming. Each motion pictures have been directed by Tim Burton (he co-directed the latter with Mike Johnson), who made his function debut with 1985’s Pee-wee’s Huge Journey and shortly turned recognized for his darkly whimsical sensibility. A number of the most distinguished Tim Burton movies on this vein embrace Edward Scissorhands and Frankenweenie.
Now, the HBO Max High 10 motion pictures chart for the day is being dominated by two of his works. The 2005 stop-motion animated function Corpse Bride is No. 4 on the chart, behind solely the slasher crossover smash Freddy vs. Jason, the 2025 horror effort Carry Her Again, and the brand new James Gunn comedian ebook film Superman.
1988’s Beetlejuice is simply barely behind, trailing Corpse Bride at No. 7. That title can be formally the oldest launch within the High 10.
This streaming success is smart, as a result of Halloween is arising. The vacation tends to fortify the horror style all through all of October as audiences search out themed viewing in honor of the season. Household-friendly horror like each of Burton’s surging motion pictures are particularly sought-after.
In reality, of the eight horror and horror-adjacent titles within the present HBO Max High 10, solely half are rated R (Carry Her Again, Freddy vs. Jason, 2009’s Friday the thirteenth, and Trick ‘r Deal with), whereas the rest (2002’s Scooby-Doo, Sensible Magic, and the Burton motion pictures) are extra family-oriented.
The one different non-horror film on the HBO Max chart is the Alex Garland A24 film Warfare at No. 6.
Related titles are surging throughout streaming and VOD platforms. This contains Coraline and Hocus Pocus on Apple TV, The ‘Burbs and The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas (which was produced by Tim Burton) on Fandango at Dwelling, The Masks and Casper on Netflix, and Haunted Mansion, Twitches, Hocus Pocus 2, and Halloweentown II on Disney+.
Nonetheless, one other potential motive for Burton’s domination on this specific chart is the truth that the legendary filmmaker has had a current resurgence after a string of lesser-regarded titles within the 2010s.
This contains his 2024 legacy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice changing into the thirteenth highest-grossing film of the yr with a $452 million haul and his ongoing Netflix sequence Wednesday (on which he’s an govt producer and director) changing into a smash hit on the platform.
After season 1 turned the second most-watched season of any sequence on all of Netflix, Wednesday season 2 has risen to develop into the seventh most-watched English-language season after spending 9 weeks and relying on the platform’s High 10 chart. Though they’re on a special platform, Corpse Bride and Beetlejuice have seemingly benefitted vastly from the present’s long-awaited resurrection.
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September 23, 2005
- Runtime
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77 Minutes
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John August, Caroline Thompson, Pamela Pettler
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March 30, 1988
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92 minutes
- Writers
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Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren, Larry Wilson
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Larry Wilson, Michael Bender
