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In 2024, Lydia Deetz hosts a paranormal talk show called Ghost House, and is estranged from her daughter Astrid after her husband and Astrid's father Richard died while in the Amazon. Astrid also refuses to believe that her mother can see ghosts. While taping an episode, Lydia hallucinates seeing Betelgeuse, who tried to marry her thirty-six years earlier,{{efn|As depicted in Beetlejuice (1988).}} in the audience.

Lydia's stepmother, Delia, informs Lydia that her father, Charles, was killed by a shark. They and Astrid travel to Winter River, Connecticut, for Charles' funeral. At the wake, Lydia's boyfriend/producer, Rory, pressures her to marry him on Halloween. She hesitantly agrees. Meanwhile, Astrid meets a local boy named Jeremy Frazier, who invites her to spend the holiday with him.

In the afterlife, Betelgeuse manages an "afterlife call center" consisting of shrunken-headed employees and is obsessed with Lydia. Former actor-turned-afterlife detective Wolf Jackson informs Betelgeuse that his ex-wife, occultist Delores LaFerve, has resurfaced and gone on a murderous spree, draining the souls of the dead while searching for him. The couple met during the Black Plague in Italy when Delores married and then poisoned Betelgeuse as part of an immortality ritual. He murdered her before succumbing to the poison.

Astrid realizes she has inherited her mother's psychic abilities and discovers Jeremy is a ghost. He persuades her to accompany him to the afterlife to help regain his life. In exchange, she can meet her father's spirit. Lydia learns from local realtor Jane Butterfield that Jeremy murdered his parents twenty-three years prior and died when the police tried to arrest him. Lydia reluctantly summons Betelgeuse, who explains that Jeremy actually deceived Astrid into agreeing to exchange her life for his. She signs a marriage contract in exchange for him taking her to the afterlife to save Astrid. Betelgeuse blows open a hole between both their worlds. He disguises his lead employee, Bob, as himself and uses him as a decoy. Wolf discovers Betelgeuse has brought a living person into the afterlife and launches a manhunt for him, capturing the disguised Bob. Delores meets Bob at the police station while continuing her search for Betelgeuse, draining his soul.

As Betelgeuse and Lydia search for Astrid, Jeremy escorts her through the Afterlife's bureaucracy, then reveals his true intent to Astrid, who's taken to the "Soul Train" to be permanently sent to the "Great Beyond". Lydia saves Astrid right before the Soul Train departs. They escape through a portal to Saturn's moon Titan, where Richard saves them from a Sandworm. While Betelgeuse sends Jeremy to the "Fires of Damnation", Richard shows Lydia and Astrid how to return to the living world.

During a mourning ceremony for Charles, Delia is bitten by a pair of asps that she was assured were defanged. She arrives in the afterlife and summons Betelgeuse to help find Charles. He agrees in exchange for help finding Lydia.

Returning home, Astrid apologizes to Lydia for not believing her abilities. The duo arrives at the church for Lydia and Rory's wedding, but Betelgeuse crashes the ceremony with Delia. Betelgeuse injects Rory with "truth serum", forcing him to admit that he never believed in Lydia's abilities and is only a profiteering gold digger. As Betelgeuse begins his marriage to Lydia, Wolf and his officers interrupt, but Betelgeuse freezes them. Delores then arrives to exact her revenge as Astrid summons a Sandworm, which Betelgeuse tricks into devouring Delores and Rory. Astrid then reveals their marriage contract is void because Betelgeuse illegally brought Lydia into the afterlife, and Lydia then banishes him back there.

Now unfrozen, Wolf escorts Delia back to the afterlife after she says farewell to Lydia and Astrid. She reunites with Charles as he is about to board the Soul Train to the Great Beyond, and they depart together. Lydia ends Ghost House to spend more time with Astrid but remains haunted by Betelgeuse.

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• Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, a ghastly "bio-exorcist" who desires to marry someone from the living world. Both Keaton and director Tim Burton opted to keep the character as politically incorrect as he was in the original film due to their love for that character trait.{{cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ryan |date=August 20, 2024 |title=Tim Burton Was Never Tempted To Make Beetlejuice Anything but "Politically Incorrect" |url=https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-politically-incorrect/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909193609/https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-politically-incorrect/ |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Collider}}
• Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, the former gothic teenager who was almost forced to marry Betelgeuse, now mother of Astrid Deetz and hostess of a talk show called Ghost House. Ryder initially imagined her character would live as a spinster in the Maitland residence's attic, but appreciated the development of her character, particularly around her relationship with daughter Astrid.{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=August 26, 2024 |title=Beetlejuice star Winona Ryder thought Lydia would be 'this spinster' rather than a mom in sequel |url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-winona-ryder-thought-lydia-would-be-spinster-sequel-8699893 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909193609/https://ew.com/beetlejuice-winona-ryder-thought-lydia-would-be-spinster-sequel-8699893 |url-status=live}}
• Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz, Lydia's stepmother, Astrid's step-grandmother, and Charles Deetz's widow, now the hostess of a real art show located in a SoHo gallery.
• Jenna Ortega as Astrid Deetz, Lydia's teenage daughter and Delia's step-granddaughter.{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Angie Orellana |date=July 8, 2023 |title=It's Showtime! Here's the First Look at Jenna Ortega's Beetlejuice 2 Character |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1379350/its-showtime-heres-the-first-look-at-jenna-ortegas-beetlejuice-2-character |website=E! News |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407080724/https://www.eonline.com/news/1379350/its-showtime-heres-the-first-look-at-jenna-ortegas-beetlejuice-2-character |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=November 30, 2023 |title=Tim Burton says 'Beetlejuice 2' has officially wrapped production |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/entertainment/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-wrapped-production/index.html |access-date=December 1, 2023 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202052909/https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/entertainment/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-wrapped-production/index.html |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Juneau |first=Jen |date=February 21, 2024 |title=Jenna Ortega Confirms Role as Lydia's Daughter in Beetlejuice Sequel: 'She's Weird, but in a Different Way' |url=https://people.com/jenna-ortega-confirms-shes-playing-daughter-of-lydia-deetz-beetlejuice-sequel-winona-ryder-8597895 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |magazine=People |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221202214/https://people.com/jenna-ortega-confirms-shes-playing-daughter-of-lydia-deetz-beetlejuice-sequel-winona-ryder-8597895 |url-status=live}}
• Justin Theroux as Rory, Lydia's current boyfriend and a television producer.{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=March 20, 2024 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice...Beetlejuice returns in first look at Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder |url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-2-first-look-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-8611171 |access-date=March 20, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320140823/https://ew.com/beetlejuice-2-first-look-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-8611171 |url-status=live}} He was inspired by the late Glenn Shadix's Otho Fenlock character from the original film. Writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar devised him as a character who everyone wanted to see getting his comeuppance, like Otho, and enjoying the idea of Lydia being in a weird codependent relationship which everyone sees that way, herself included. Gough and Millar wanted the audience to understand why Rory is with Lydia and that he was a "schmuck", but they felt that they needed to find Rory's humanity without him being a mere punchline. Once Theroux was cast and connected with the writers over Zoom, he provided Gough and Millar with ideas they incorporated.{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=September 7, 2024 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice scribe on writing the 'MacArthur Park' scene, that cameo, and more |url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-macarthur-park-ending-danny-devito-cameo-screenwriter-alfred-gough-explains-8707254 |access-date=September 9, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908050511/https://ew.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-macarthur-park-ending-danny-devito-cameo-screenwriter-alfred-gough-explains-8707254 |url-status=live}}
• Willem Dafoe as Wolf Jackson, a Netherworld detective who was a B movie action star in life before being killed by a live grenade.{{cite magazine |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=November 26, 2023 |title=Willem Dafoe Back on Festival Trail in Marrakech, Talks 'Poor Things,' Reveals Role in 'Beetlejuice 2' |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/willem-dafoe-marrakech-poor-things-beetlejuice-2-1235808939/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126145501/https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/willem-dafoe-marrakech-poor-things-beetlejuice-2-1235808939/ |archive-date=November 26, 2023 |access-date=November 26, 2023 |magazine=Variety}}
• Monica Bellucci as Delores LaFerve, Betelgeuse's ex-wife who, in life, was a mysterious soul-sucking occultist who poisoned Betelgeuse several centuries earlier during the Black Plague before he murdered her with an axe in retaliation.
• Arthur Conti as Jeremy Frazier, the ghost of a teenager who murdered his parents and becomes Astrid's brief love interest.{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=December 4, 2023 |title=Beetlejuice 2 Actor Arthur Conti Signs With WME |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/beetlejuice-2-actor-arthur-conti-wme-1235650830/ |access-date=December 4, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204183830/https://deadline.com/2023/12/beetlejuice-2-actor-arthur-conti-wme-1235650830/ |url-status=live}}
• Burn Gorman as Father Damien, a comically eloquent reverend in Winter River.{{cite web |last=DiVincenzo |first=Alex |date=July 21, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2' – We Visited the East Corinth, Vermont Filming Location of Tim Burton's Sequel |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3770151/beetlejuice-2-filming-locations-vermont/ |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Bloody Disgusting |archive-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127082736/https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3770151/beetlejuice-2-filming-locations-vermont/ |url-status=live}}
• Santiago Cabrera as Richard, Astrid's late father and Lydia's ex-husband who was eaten alive by piranhas in the Amazon and now works in the Netherworld's civil service.
• Nick Kellington as Bob, the anxious leader of Betelgeuse's shrunken-headed employees at the Netherworld's call centre whose soul is later consumed by Delores.
• Amy Nuttall as Jane Butterfield Jr., a local real estate agent and the daughter of the first film's Jane Butterfield Sr. She was previously portrayed by Rachel Mittelman in the first film as a child.
• Paul Warren as Tom, a bald and one-eyed member of Betelgeuse's shrunken-headed employees.
• Mark Heenehan (physical) and Charlie Hopkinson (voice) as Charles Deetz, the Deetzes' late patriarch who was killed by a shark following an airplane crash in the ocean and, as a result of this, is left without most of the upper half of his body in death. The character is depicted with the likeness of original actor Jeffrey Jones through various means, including archival photos, paintings and a stop motion sequence that describes the character's death.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/beetlejuice-jeffrey-jones-charles-deetz-not-in-sequel-8707300|title=Jeffrey Jones Doesn't Return in Beetlejuice Sequel After His Controversy. Here's How the Movie Includes His Character|date=September 6, 2024|first=Jack|last=Smart|magazine=People|access-date=September 6, 2024|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909193611/https://people.com/beetlejuice-jeffrey-jones-charles-deetz-not-in-sequel-8707300|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1845464-beetlejuice-2-jeffrey-jones-return-who-plays-charles-deetz|title=Beetlejuice 2: Who Plays Charles Deetz? Why Jeffrey Jones Doesn't Return|date=September 6, 2024|first=Areeba|last=Masood|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=September 6, 2024|archive-date=September 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906194044/https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1845464-beetlejuice-2-jeffrey-jones-return-who-plays-charles-deetz|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |title=Tim Burton Pitched 'Genius' Way to Kill Off Jeffrey Jones' Charles Deetz Character in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' |url=https://people.com/tim-burton-pitched-jeffrey-jones-charles-deetz-death-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-8708373 |access-date=2024-09-10 |magazine=People}} The character's death was inspired by a nightmare of Burton's about his own death.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/charles-deetz-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-fate-inspired-by-tim-burton-nightmare-exclusive-8706530|title=Charles Deetz's fate in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice inspired by Tim Burton's worst nightmare (exclusive)|date=September 6, 2024|first=Nick|last=Romano|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 6, 2024|archive-date=September 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906192118/https://ew.com/charles-deetz-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-fate-inspired-by-tim-burton-nightmare-exclusive-8706530|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://www.threads.net/@screenthrill/post/DA4Q9E3xqlW | title=Threads }}

Danny DeVito portrays a janitor in the afterlife whose soul is consumed by Delores, Jane Leaney and David Ayres portray Jeremy's parents and Georgina Beedle portrays Janet, Wolf Jackson's secretary who "keeps him real", while Filipe Cates portrays Vlad, a young man dressed as a vampire who marries Astrid in Lydia's dream.

After the success of Beetlejuice (1988), a sequel was fast-tracked by The Geffen Film Company. Two Beetlejuice sequel scripts were commissioned in 1990: the first, Beetlejuice in Love, was penned by screenwriter Warren Skaaren, who did a heavy re-write on the first film's script. In Skaaren's sequel, Betelgeuse meets Leo, who tragically plummets to his death while proposing to his girlfriend, Julia, on the Eiffel Tower. When Leo enters the afterlife, Betelgeuse escapes to the world of the living and pursues Julia. Skaaren died shortly after turning in his first draft of the In Love script.{{cite book |last=Umland |first=Samuel J. |date=2015 |title=The Tim Burton Encyclopedia |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |pages=42–43 |isbn=9780810892002 }} That same year, Tim Burton hired Jonathan Gems to write a potential Beetlejuice sequel titled Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian.{{Cite book |last1=Salisbury |first1=Mark |title=Burton on Burton |last2=Burton |first2=Tim |author-link2=Tim Burton |publisher=Faber and Faber |year=2006 |isbn=0-571-22926-3 |page=145}} "Tim thought it would be funny to match the surfing backdrop of a beach movie with some sort of German Expressionism, because they're totally wrong together", Gems said. The story followed the Deetz family moving to Hawaii, where Charles is developing a resort. They soon discover that his company is building on the burial ground of an ancient Hawaiian Kahuna. The spirit comes back from the afterlife to cause trouble, and Betelgeuse becomes a hero by winning a surf contest with magic. Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder agreed to do the film, on the condition that Burton directed, but both he and Keaton became occupied with Batman Returns (1992).{{Cite journal |last=Ferrante |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony C. Ferrante |date=March 1997 |title=Hidden Gems |journal=Fangoria |pages=53–56}}

Burton was still interested in Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian in early 1991. Impressed with Daniel Waters' work on Heathers (1989), which also stars Winona Ryder, Burton approached him for a rewrite. However, he eventually signed Waters to write the script for Batman Returns.{{Cite journal |last=Sloane |first=Judy |date=August 1995 |title=Daniel Waters on Writing |journal=Film Review |pages=67–69}} By August 1993, producer David Geffen hired Pamela Norris (Troop Beverly Hills, Saturday Night Live) to rewrite.{{Cite magazine |last=Brodie |first=John |date=August 26, 1993 |title=Twentieth, Norris-Clay ink pact |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/twentieth-norris-clay-ink-pact-109942/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040828/http://variety.com/1993/tv/news/twentieth-norris-clay-ink-pact-109942/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |magazine=Variety}} Warner Bros. approached Kevin Smith in 1996 to rewrite the script, although Smith turned down the offer in favor of Superman Lives. Smith later joked that his response was, "Didn't we say all we needed to say in the first Beetlejuice? Must we go tropical?"{{Cite AV media |title=An Evening with Kevin Smith |type=DVD |publisher=Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |year=2002}} In March 1997, Gems released a statement saying, "The Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian script is still owned by The Geffen Company and it will likely never get made. You really couldn't do it now anyway. Winona is too old for the role, and the only way they could make it would be to totally recast it". Burton had considered several other sequel ideas as well over the years, saying in 2024, "We talked about lots of different things. That was early on when we were going, Beetlejuice and the Haunted Mansion, Beetlejuice Goes West, whatever. Lots of things came up",{{Cite magazine |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'...Beetlejuice returns in first look |url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-2-first-look-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-8611171 |access-date=March 21, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320211718/https://ew.com/beetlejuice-2-first-look-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-8611171 |url-status=live }} but all those initial scenarios set in Hawaii, the Wild West or Paris, France were all scrapped.{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ryan |date=August 20, 2024 |title=Tim Burton Explains Why 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Could Only Happen Now |url=https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-why-now/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909192509/https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-why-now/ |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Collider |url-status=live }}

In September 2011, Warner Bros. hired Seth Grahame-Smith, who collaborated with Burton on Dark Shadows and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (both 2012), to write and produce a sequel to Beetlejuice.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike |date=September 6, 2011 |title=KatzSmith Duo Makes First-Look Warner Bros Deal, Will Bring 'Beetlejuice' Back From Dead |url=https://deadline.com/2011/09/katzsmith-duo-makes-first-look-warner-bros-deal-will-bring-beetlejuice-back-from-dead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622100827/http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/katzsmith-duo-makes-first-look-warner-bros-deal-will-bring-beetlejuice-back-from-dead/ |archive-date=June 22, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} Grahame-Smith signed on with the intention of doing "a story that is worthy of us actually doing this for real, something that is not just about cashing in, is not just about forcing a remake or a reboot down someone's throat". He was also adamant that Keaton would return and that Warner Bros. would not recast the role. Burton and Keaton had not officially signed on but would return if the script was good enough.{{Cite web |last=Ary |first=John |date=May 17, 2012 |title=John Ary With A Brief Snippet Of Info Re: Beetlejuice 2 Via Writer Seth Grahame-Smith!! |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/55824/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522005333/https://aintitcool.com/node/55824 |archive-date=May 22, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Ain't It Cool News}} Grahame-Smith met with Keaton in February 2012, "We talked for a couple of hours and talked about big picture stuff. It's a priority for Warner Bros. It's a priority for Tim. [Michael's] been wanting to do it for 20 years and he'll talk to anybody about it who will listen".{{Cite web |last=Turek |first=Ryan |date=February 11, 2012 |title=Michael Keaton Meets About Beetlejuice 2, Seth Grahame-Smith Offers Update |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/165575-michael-keaton-meets-about-beetlejuice-2-seth-grahame-smith-offers-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613204312/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/165575-michael-keaton-meets-about-beetlejuice-2-seth-grahame-smith-offers-update |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Shock Till You Drop}}

{{Quote box|I don't wanna be the guy that destroys the legacy and the memory of the first film, I would rather die. I would rather just not make it, I'd rather just throw the whole thing away than make something that pays no respect and doesn't live up even close to the legacy of the first film. The story would be set in a real time frame from 1988. This will be a true 26 or 27 years later sequel. What's great is that for Beetlejuice {{sic}}, time means nothing in the afterlife, but the world outside is a different story.|source=—Seth Grahame-Smith (writer){{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=March 17, 2012 |title=Seth Grahame-Smith Gives Update on Beetlejuice Sequel, Says Film Will Be a True Sequel Set 26 or 27 Years After the Original |url=https://collider.com/seth-grahame-smith-beetlejuice-sequel/153065/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723041141/http://collider.com/seth-grahame-smith-beetlejuice-sequel/153065 |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Collider}}|align=right|width=27%|style=padding:10px;}}

In November 2013, Ryder hinted at a possible return for the sequel as well by saying, "I'm kind of sworn to secrecy but it sounds like it might be happening. It's 27 years later. And I have to say, I love Lydia Deetz so much. She was such a huge part of me. I would be really interested in what she is doing 27 years later". Ryder confirmed that she would only consider making a sequel if Burton and Keaton were involved.{{Cite news |last=Romano |first=Andrew |date=November 18, 2013 |title=Winona Ryder on 'Beetlejuice 2': 'Might Be Happening' with Burton, Keaton, and Ryder |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/18/exclusive-winona-ryder-on-beetlejuice-2-looks-like-it-s-happening-with-burton-keaton-and-ryder.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126055912/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/18/exclusive-winona-ryder-on-beetlejuice-2-looks-like-it-s-happening-with-burton-keaton-and-ryder.html |archive-date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |work=The Daily Beast}} In December 2014, Burton stated, "It's a character that I love and I miss actually working with Michael. There's only one Betelgeuse. We're working on a script and I think it's probably closer than ever and I'd love to work with him again".{{Cite web |last=Douglas |first=Edward |date=December 14, 2014 |title=Exclusive: Tim Burton Thinks Beetlejuice 2 is Closer Than Ever |url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/news/392099-exclusive-tim-burton-thinks-theyre-closer-than-ever-to-beetlejuice-sequel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510223957/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/392099-exclusive-tim-burton-thinks-theyre-closer-than-ever-to-beetlejuice-sequel |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=ComingSoon.net |publisher=CraveOnline}} In January 2015, writer Grahame-Smith told Entertainment Weekly that the script was finished and that he and Burton intended to start filming Beetlejuice 2 by the end of the year, and that both Keaton and Ryder would return in their respective roles.{{Cite magazine |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |date=January 16, 2015 |title='Beetlejuice' 2, 'Something Wicked,' 'Gremlins,' vampires galore: Seth Grahame-Smith's 2015 to-do list |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/01/16/beetlejuice-2-something-wicked-gremlins-seth-grahame-smith/3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143556/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/16/beetlejuice-2-something-wicked-gremlins-seth-grahame-smith/3 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

While negotiating to join the Netflix show Stranger Things as Joyce Byers in mid-2015, Ryder accepted that role under the sole request to the Duffer Brothers that if a Beetlejuice sequel ever got greenlighted, they would let her take a break from the series to film it, as she and Burton had been having conversations about the project since 2000; the Duffers agreed.{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=July 17, 2024 |title=Winona Ryder's 'One Condition' for Joining 'Stranger Things' Was a Filming Break If 'Beetlejuice 2' Ever Happened: 'They Agreed. Luckily, It Worked Out' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/winona-ryder-stranger-things-offer-beetlejuice-2-filming-break-1236075759/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718014608/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/winona-ryder-stranger-things-offer-beetlejuice-2-filming-break-1236075759/ |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=September 9, 2024 |publisher=Variety}} In August 2015, on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Ryder confirmed she would be reprising her role in the sequel.{{Cite magazine |last=Holmes |first=Mannie |date=August 11, 2015 |title='Beetlejuice 2' Is Really Happening, Says Winona Ryder |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/beetlejuice-2-sequel-winona-ryder-tim-burton-michael-keaton-1201567607/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907013642/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/beetlejuice-2-sequel-winona-ryder-tim-burton-michael-keaton-1201567607/ |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |magazine=Variety}} In May 2016, Burton stated, "It's something that I really would like to do in the right circumstances, but it's one of those films where it has to be right. It's not a kind of a movie that cries out [for a sequel], it's not the Beetlejuice trilogy. So it's something that if the elements are right—because I do love the character and Michael's amazing as that character, so yeah we'll see. But there's nothing concrete yet".{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=May 10, 2016 |title=Beetlejuice 2: Tim Burton Gives Update on Sequel |url=https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-update-tim-burton/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116103357/http://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-update-tim-burton |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Collider}} In October 2017, Mike Vukadinovich was hired to re-write the script.{{Cite web |last=Anita Busch |date=October 12, 2017 |title='Beetlejuice 2' Pushes Forward With New Writer At Warner Bros. – Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/beetlejuice-2-new-writer-mike-vukadinovich-warner-bros-tim-burton-1202184970/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407065935/https://deadline.com/2017/10/beetlejuice-2-new-writer-mike-vukadinovich-warner-bros-tim-burton-1202184970/ |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |publisher=Deadline}} In April 2019, Warner Bros. stated the sequel had been shelved.{{Cite news |last=Alexander |first=Bryan |date=April 2, 2019 |title=Tim Burton's 'Beetlejuice' sequel is stuck in the afterlife waiting room |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/04/02/beetlejuice-sequel-tim-burton-michael-keaton/3337292002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407021141/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/04/02/beetlejuice-sequel-tim-burton-michael-keaton/3337292002/ |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |work=USA Today}}

In February 2022, a sequel was announced again, this time produced by Brad Pitt's studio Plan B Entertainment, alongside Warner Bros.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=February 28, 2022 |title='Beetlejuice 2': Brad Pitt's Plan B Boards Sequel In Early Development At Warner Bros |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/beetlejuice-2-brad-pitts-plan-b-boards-sequel-in-early-development-1234962240/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331035156/https://deadline.com/2022/02/beetlejuice-2-brad-pitts-plan-b-boards-sequel-in-early-development-1234962240/ |url-status=live }} Burton stated in October 2022 that he was not involved in the project, but backtracked days later, saying "nothing is out of the question".{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=October 22, 2022 |title=Tim Burton Addresses "Surreal" U.K. Politics, 'Beetlejuice 2' & Why 'Dumbo' Will Likely Be His Last Film With Disney – Lumière Festival Tim Burton Jamboree Continues |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/tim-burtonl-uk-politics-beetlejuice-dumbo-disney-lumiere-festival-1235152608/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119212748/https://deadline.com/2022/10/tim-burtonl-uk-politics-beetlejuice-dumbo-disney-lumiere-festival-1235152608/ |url-status=live }} Burton ultimately returned as the film's director and tried to strip everything from the story to go to the basics of working with "good people, actors and puppets", feeling that the project made him reflect why he liked making movies.{{Cite news |last=Macnab |first=Geoffrey |date=September 9, 2023 |title=Tim Burton on cancel culture and his Beetlejuice sequel: 'I used to think about society as like the angry villagers in Frankenstein' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-johnny-depp-disney-b2406538.html |access-date=September 10, 2023 |work=The Independent |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910011325/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-johnny-depp-disney-b2406538.html |url-status=live }} Burton came up with the film's story upon thinking about Lydia Deetz, a character of his with whom he connected as a teenager, wondering what could have been of her life after the first film's events and how her family life could have developed, turning from a "cool teenager" into a "f—ed-up adult" who hosts a popular medium-related show titled Ghost House with Lydia Deetz whose daughter hates her, Burton credited the years of his life since the original film's release as the reason he could not do Beetlejuice Beetlejuice until then, having experienced many of those things himself, finding the project a very personal movie starring a weird family in an emotional story of three generations experiencing basic things everyone feels in life when growing up. Burton and Keaton agreed to not use excessive amounts of technology, and sought to make the film feel "handmade".{{Cite web |last=Andersson |first=Eric |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Michael Keaton Teases Beetlejuice Sequel: A 'Shrunken Head Room' and 'Enormous Fun' (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/michael-keaton-teases-beetlejuice-sequel-enormous-fun-exclusive-8584898 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219185037/https://people.com/michael-keaton-teases-beetlejuice-sequel-enormous-fun-exclusive-8584898 |archive-date=February 19, 2024 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=People}} With a plot likened to Willy Wonka's psychedelic boat ride in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), which takes "very big swings" like unhinged and uncontrollable phantasmagoria and Burton's head being "dumped out" onto the screen, Keaton felt the film's story to be stronger than its predecessor's, with "more of a connection" to the audience in terms of characters, finding "beyond delightful" things for which he was not ready while Ryder confidently expressed her belief that the film exceeded her high expectations and expected every generation to find something they can appreciate from the film.{{Cite web |last1=West |first1=Amy |last2=Crowther |first2=Jane |date=August 12, 2024 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice stars promise "big swing" surprises in the sequel, as Michael Keaton says it's got a "stronger story" than the original |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-movies/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-cast-interview-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-stronger-story-than-original-big-swings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817180511/https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/fantasy-movies/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-cast-interview-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-stronger-story-than-original-big-swings/ |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=Total Film}}

In March 2023, it was reported by Variety that Jenna Ortega, who previously worked with Burton on the 2022 Netflix series Wednesday, was in talks to play Astrid Deetz, Lydia's daughter,{{Cite web |last=Seo |first=Rachel |date=March 10, 2023 |title=Jenna Ortega in Talks to Star in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice 2 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jenna-ortega-beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-1235548928/ |access-date=March 10, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310043818/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/jenna-ortega-beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-1235548928/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=Verhoeven |first1=Beatrice |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=March 10, 2023 |title=Jenna Ortega Circling 'Beetlejuice 2' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jenna-ortega-beetlejuice-2-1235342774/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310025933/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jenna-ortega-beetlejuice-2-1235342774/ |url-status=live }} while Burton was now expected to direct the film.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=March 10, 2023 |title=Jenna Ortega In Talks To Join Beetlejuice Sequel At Warner Bros. |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/jenna-ortega-beetlejuice-2-warner-bros-1235284489/ |access-date=March 10, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310035233/https://deadline.com/2023/03/jenna-ortega-beetlejuice-2-warner-bros-1235284489/ |url-status=live }} Ortega and Ryder bonded as they worked together, sharing hobbies such as both being cinephiles and regarding the experience of working with each other special, resulting in Ortega developing her own performance for Astrid.{{Cite web |last=Rudoy |first=Matthew |date=August 20, 2024 |title="A Younger Version Of Myself": Winona Ryder & Jenna Ortega On Their Intense Emotional Bond While Filming Beetlejuice 2 |url=https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-filming-winona-ryder-jenna-ortega-bond-response/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |publisher=ScreenRant |archive-date=August 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825034002/https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-filming-winona-ryder-jenna-ortega-bond-response/ |url-status=live }} In May, Danny Elfman announced he was returning to compose the score for the sequel, while it was also revealed Ortega was confirmed to star, and Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar wrote the script.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=May 3, 2023 |title=Danny Elfman Talks 'Very Exciting' Return For 'Beetlejuice' Sequel, Drive To Perform 'Wednesday' Music In Concert |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/beetlejuice-2-danny-elfman-on-sequel-wednesday-score-in-concert-1235355363/ |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505235520/https://deadline.com/2023/05/beetlejuice-2-danny-elfman-on-sequel-wednesday-score-in-concert-1235355363/ |url-status=live }} Justin Theroux, Burn Gorman, Arthur Conti, Filipe Cates, and Willem Dafoe would also be added to the cast, in undisclosed roles, with Dafoe's being described as an afterlife officer.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=May 12, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2': Willem Dafoe Joins Jenna Ortega, Michael Keaton |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-2-willem-dafoe-jenna-ortega-michael-keaton-1235485808/ |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512212019/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-2-willem-dafoe-jenna-ortega-michael-keaton-1235485808/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=May 9, 2023 |title=Justin Theroux Joins Michael Keaton In 'BeetleJuice' Sequel At Warner Bros. |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/justin-theroux-tim-burton-beetlejuice-sequel-warner-bros-1235361001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509202125/https://deadline.com/2023/05/justin-theroux-tim-burton-beetlejuice-sequel-warner-bros-1235361001/ |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |access-date=May 9, 2023 |website=Deadline}} Dafoe later explained to Variety at the Marrakesh Film Festival that his character is an afterlife police officer who used to be a B movie action star in life before dying in an accident, with his skills leading him to become a detective within the realm. He later regretted sharing those details about his character, fearing that Burton may get angry with him for revealing a few spoilers from the film.{{Cite web |last=Nicholson |first=Rebecca |date=January 7, 2024 |title='I'm never bored': Willem Dafoe on art, yoga – and alpacas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/07/im-never-bored-willem-dafoe-on-art-yoga-and-alpacas |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111202401/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/07/im-never-bored-willem-dafoe-on-art-yoga-and-alpacas |url-status=live }} Conti auditioned for the role over a Zoom call with Burton and a chemistry test with Ortega, receiving the news that he got the part on April Fools' Day, leading him to initially dismiss it as a practical joke.{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Mahalia |title=For his first big premiere, Arthur Conti dropped a Beetlejuice Easter egg in his custom suit |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/arthur-conti |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=GQ |date=29 August 2024 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909192536/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/arthur-conti |url-status=live }} Catherine O'Hara reprises her role as Delia Deetz, as well as Monica Bellucci joining the cast as Betelgeuse's wife Delores.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=May 11, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2': Monica Bellucci Joins Jenna Ortega, Michael Keaton (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/monica-bellucci-beetlejuice-2-1235484497/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511181302/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/monica-bellucci-beetlejuice-2-1235484497/ |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} Gough didn't originally write Delores' first victim, a deceased janitor, with an actor in mind, so Burton called his frequent collaborator Danny DeVito for the role and DeVito accepted it.

Colleen Atwood, a frequent collaborator of Burton, was announced to be working on the costume design for the film.{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=May 12, 2023 |title=Beetlejuice 2 Adds 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Edward Scissorhands' Costume Designer Colleen Atwood (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/beetlejuice-2-costume-designer-colleen-atwood-tim-burton-1235611259/ |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513015200/https://variety.com/2023/artisans/news/beetlejuice-2-costume-designer-colleen-atwood-tim-burton-1235611259/ |url-status=live }} Atwood disclosed that Betelgeuse's striped suit would return in the film, as it is trademark to the character's quintessential appearance in the same way the titular character of Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) sports an iconic blue dress, although Keaton disagreed and preferred Betelgeuse's burgundy tuxedo.{{Cite web |last=Jirak |first=Jamie |date=October 21, 2023 |title=Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice 2 Striped Suit Confirmed by Costume Designer Colleen Atwood (Exclusive) |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/michael-keaton-beetlejuice-2-striped-suit-confirmed-costume-designer-colleen-atwood-interview/ |access-date=October 21, 2023 |website=ComicBook.com |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021153629/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/michael-keaton-beetlejuice-2-striped-suit-confirmed-costume-designer-colleen-atwood-interview/ |url-status=live }} For Lydia Deetz's attire, Atwood was inspired by Cassandra Peterson's iconic Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) character.{{Cite web |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=November 4, 2024 |title=How Elvira Inspired Winona Ryder's 'Ghost House' Costume in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' |url=https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-elvira-costume-winona-ryder-1236199607/ |access-date=November 8, 2024 |website=Variety |archive-date= |archive-url= }} O'Hara later confirmed that the film would include Harry Belafonte's 1955 song "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", which was featured in the first film and serve as an unofficial memorial for Belafonte, who died just before the start of filming.{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Beetlejuice sequel will include return of 'Day-O' song from first film |url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-sequel-day-o-song-returns-catherine-ohara-8608515 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313204330/https://ew.com/beetlejuice-sequel-day-o-song-returns-catherine-ohara-8608515 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |access-date=March 13, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The writers decided that the wedding sequence would feature a musical number with Betelgeuse "being the crazy ringleader of that whole situation", but were unsure of what song to use, and Burton suggested "MacArthur Park", which Gough found to be "the crazy, weird, insane thing you need at the end of this movie". Keaton insisted that Betelgeuse had limited screen time in the film like the first movie, saying, "The idea was, no, no, no, you can't load it up with Betelgeuse, that'll kill it, the Betelgeuse character doesn't drive the story as much as he did in the first one. He's more part of the storyline in this one as opposed to the first one, which is a case of, this thing comes in and drives the movie a little bit".{{Cite web |first=Gabriella |last=Paiella |date=2024-08-19 |title=The Zen-Dad Wisdom of Michael Keaton |url=https://www.gq.com/story/michael-keaton-gq-hype |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=GQ |language=en-US |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823110331/https://www.gq.com/story/michael-keaton-gq-hype |url-status=live }}

Filming was originally scheduled to begin in mid-2022.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jenna |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Beetlejuice 2 With Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder Reportedly Being Produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B |url=https://comicbook.com/horror/news/beetlejuice-2-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-produced-brad-pitt-plan-b/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=ComicBook |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321184614/https://comicbook.com/horror/news/beetlejuice-2-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-produced-brad-pitt-plan-b/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Tolsky |first=Andy |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Michael Keaton & Winona Ryder Reportedly Returning For Beetlejuice 2 |url=https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-movie-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-return/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=Screen Rant |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322041523/https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-movie-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-return/ |url-status=live }} Later, it was delayed to an expected start date of May 10, 2023, taking place in London if the 2023 WGA strike did not lead to another delay in production.{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Aidan |date=May 9, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2': Cast, Director, Filming Details, and Everything We Know so Far |url=https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-cast-director-filming/ |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=Collider |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511033332/https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-cast-director-filming/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=May 9, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2,' Starring Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega, to Hit Theaters in 2024 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/beetlejuice-2-release-date-theaters-1235607767/ |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510111541/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/beetlejuice-2-release-date-theaters-1235607767/ |url-status=live }} Production was officially confirmed to have begun the following day, with Haris Zambarloukos serving as cinematographer{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Kristen |date=August 30, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2' Cinematographer Says Tim Burton Sequel Is About Keeping a Family Together 'In the Craziest World Possible' (Video) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-cinematographer/ |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=The Wrap |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201191722/https://www.thewrap.com/beetlejuice-2-tim-burton-cinematographer/ |url-status=live }} and Jay Prychidny serving as editor.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Jordan |date=September 3, 2023 |title=Beetlejuice 2 Is A Way Bigger Wednesday Reunion Than Just Tim Burton & Jenna Ortega |url=https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-wednesday-reunion-tim-burton-jenna-ortega-crew/ |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Screen Rant |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031153905/https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-wednesday-reunion-tim-burton-jenna-ortega-crew/ |url-status=live }} On May 18, 2023, it was reported that filming was taking place around the Princess Helena College in Preston, Hertfordshire, England.{{Cite web |last=McArdle |first=Tommy |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Winona Ryder Seen in Costume as Her 'Beetlejuice' Character — 36 Years Later! — in Tim Burton's Sequel |url=https://people.com/movies/winona-ryder-seen-in-costume-as-her-beetlejuice-character-in-tim-burtons-anticipated-sequel/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=People |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529221045/https://people.com/movies/winona-ryder-seen-in-costume-as-her-beetlejuice-character-in-tim-burtons-anticipated-sequel/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mountney |first=Dan |date=May 1, 2023 |title=Filming at ex-school near Hitchin rumoured as sequel to 80s classic |url=https://www.thecomet.net/news/23525124.filming-ex-school-near-hitchin-rumoured-sequel-80s-classic/ |access-date=May 21, 2023 |website=The Comet |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521154742/https://www.thecomet.net/news/23525124.filming-ex-school-near-hitchin-rumoured-sequel-80s-classic/ |url-status=live }} Exterior filming took place in East Corinth, Vermont (the location of the original movie's outdoor scenes), in mid-2023.{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Ethan |date=June 4, 2023 |title=Like a ghost cloaked in NDAs, Beetlejuice 2 quietly begins production in East Corinth |url=https://vtdigger.org/2023/06/04/like-a-ghost-cloaked-in-ndas-beetlejuice-2-quietly-begins-production-in-east-corinth/ |access-date=June 5, 2023 |website=VTDigger |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604144213/https://vtdigger.org/2023/06/04/like-a-ghost-cloaked-in-ndas-beetlejuice-2-quietly-begins-production-in-east-corinth/ |url-status=live }} Filming was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |date=July 14, 2023 |title=Here Are All The Movies Affected by the SAG-AFTRA Strike From Deadpool 3 to Mission: Impossible 8 (Photos) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/sag-aftra-strike-movies-affected-deadpool-3-mi8/ |access-date=July 14, 2023 |website=TheWrap |archive-date=July 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714014112/https://www.thewrap.com/sag-aftra-strike-movies-affected-deadpool-3-mi8/ |url-status=live }} Burton described the film, which he enjoyed making, as being "99% done". It had two days of production left, which was interrupted, with Ortega being contacted to continue filming four days after the strike had ended.{{Cite web |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |date=February 21, 2024 |title=Jenna Ortega Thinks We Need More Weird Stories Like Beetlejuice |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/jenna-ortega-2024-hollywood-portfolio-interview |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221154208/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/jenna-ortega-2024-hollywood-portfolio-interview |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=Vanity Fair}} Filming resumed on November 16, 2023, in Melrose, Massachusetts,{{Cite web |last=Botelho |first=Darren |date=November 15, 2023 |title=Production of 'Beetlejuice' sequel resumes in Melrose |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/production-of-beetlejuice-sequel-resumes-in-melrose/3192416/ |access-date=November 16, 2023 |website=NBC Boston |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116015323/https://www.nbcboston.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/production-of-beetlejuice-sequel-resumes-in-melrose/3192416/ |url-status=live }} and wrapped in Vermont on November 30, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Piña |first=Christy |date=November 30, 2023 |title=Beetlejuice 2 Wraps Production in Vermont |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-2-wraps-production-tim-burton-1235702319/ |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=November 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130202534/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-2-wraps-production-tim-burton-1235702319/ |url-status=live }}

By March 2024, Keaton had seen a completed rough cut of the film and stated that further editing would occur thereafter.{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Michael Keaton Watched 'Beetlejuice 2' and 'Wasn't Ready' for How Emotional It Gets, Says a 'Couple of Little Tweaks' Are Being Made: 'This Thing Is Great' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/michael-keaton-watched-beetlejuice-2-great-movie-surprise-emotion-1235938261/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311225339/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/michael-keaton-watched-beetlejuice-2-great-movie-surprise-emotion-1235938261/ |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Variety}} Later that month, it was stated in The Hollywood Reporter that Jeffrey Jones would not reprise his role as Charles Deetz in the film, his character being revealed in the trailers to have been killed off;{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Mathew|date=March 23, 2024|title=Original 'Beetlejuice' Star Won't Return for Sequel Despite Easter Egg Hint|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/original-beetlejuice-star-jeffrey-jones-wont-return-for-sequel-despite-easter-egg-hint|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=The Daily Beast|archive-date=March 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323173028/https://www.thedailybeast.com/original-beetlejuice-star-jeffrey-jones-wont-return-for-sequel-despite-easter-egg-hint|url-status=live}} it had been speculated that Jones did not return due to legal issues Jones had in the interim and the controversy surrounding films he has made since the early 2000s due to his status as a registered sex offender.{{cite web | url=https://people.com/beetlejuice-jeffrey-jones-charles-deetz-not-in-sequel-8707300 | title=Jeffrey Jones Doesn't Return in Beetlejuice Sequel After His Controversy. Here's How the Movie Includes His Character }}

In April, Geena Davis stated she would not be returning as Barbara Maitland due to her age, saying, "Our characters were stuck the way they looked when they died forever, so it's been a while, it's been a minute".{{Cite web |last=Sloop |first=Hope |title=Why Geena Davis Is Not in the 'Beetlejuice' Sequel (Exclusive) |url=https://www.etonline.com/geena-davis-confirms-shes-not-in-the-beetlejuice-sequel-heres-why-exclusive-223341 |date=2024-04-11 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701094006/https://www.etonline.com/geena-davis-confirms-shes-not-in-the-beetlejuice-sequel-heres-why-exclusive-223341 |url-status=live }} In August, Burton would confirm via People that Davis and Alec Baldwin did not return for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as the Maitlands were not needed for the story he wanted to tell, which he admitted that he personally could not have done in 1989 due to it focusing on three generations within the Deetz family. To explain their absence, Burton stated that the film would reveal the Maitlands used a loophole to leave their former house during the interim between this film and the original.{{Cite web |last=Andersson |first=Eric |title=Tim Burton Explains Why Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis Aren't in the Beetlejuice Sequel (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/tim-burton-alec-baldwin-geena-davis-not-beetlejuice-sequel-exclusive-8701936 |date=2024-08-28 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=People |language=en-US |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829030002/https://people.com/tim-burton-alec-baldwin-geena-davis-not-beetlejuice-sequel-exclusive-8701936 |url-status=live }} Gough told Entertainment Weekly that an early draft for the film had the Maitlands making a cameo appearance at the end, he and Millar discussing the idea with Burton, but all three moved on from the concept as they felt no de-aging technology would be convincing enough to make the audience believe that Davis and Baldwin had not aged since 1988. Also, they felt that the Maitlands' story had been told and their appearance would clash with Burton's decision to not make any fan service.{{cite news |last=Romano |first=Nick |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice early draft featured Maitlands cameo — here's why it was cut (exclusive) |url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-deleted-maitlands-cameo-alec-baldwin-geena-davis-exclusive-8705788 |access-date=8 September 2024 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=6 September 2024 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909024058/https://ew.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-deleted-maitlands-cameo-alec-baldwin-geena-davis-exclusive-8705788 |url-status=live }} In any event, much like Jones, legal issues would have prevented Baldwin from returning for the film due to the then-ongoing Rust shooting incident that saw Baldwin accidentally shoot and kill cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust (2024).{{cite web | url=https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/alec-baldwin-beetlejuice-2-why-not-in-307291-20240909 | title=Why Alec Baldwin isn't in Beetlejuice 2 as director reveals reason he and Geena Davis were cut from sequel | date=September 9, 2024 }}

The production VFX supervisor was Angus Bickerton, working with VFX producer Alex Bicknell, supported by visual effects studios Framestore, One of Us and BUF.{{Cite web |last=Frei |first=Vincent |date=2024-03-22 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=The Art of VFX |language=fr-FR |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526122512/https://www.artofvfx.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'… Beetlejuice Returns with First Trailer |url=https://www.awn.com/news/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-returns-first-trailer |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Animation World Network |language=en |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508133447/https://www.awn.com/news/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-returns-first-trailer |url-status=live }}

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Danny Elfman, who scored Beetlejuice, returned for the sequel.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2023-05-03 |title=Danny Elfman Talks "Very Exciting" Return For 'Beetlejuice' Sequel, Drive To Perform 'Wednesday' Music In Concert |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/beetlejuice-2-danny-elfman-on-sequel-wednesday-score-in-concert-1235355363/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510203153/https://deadline.com/2023/05/beetlejuice-2-danny-elfman-on-sequel-wednesday-score-in-concert-1235355363/ |archive-date=2023-05-10 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} The soundtrack to the film featured licensed music being incorporated in the film as well as two cues from Elfman's score being included.{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=2024-09-06 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Soundtrack: From 'Day-O' to 'Margaritaville' |url=https://deadline.com/feature/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-soundtrack-songs-1236079390/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907013330/https://deadline.com/feature/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-soundtrack-songs-1236079390/ |archive-date=2024-09-07 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} A cover of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is performed by Alfie Davis and the Sylvia Young Theatre School Choir and was released on May 23, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title="Day-O" Cover from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Released |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/05/23/day-o-cover-from-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-2-soundtrack-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525181835/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/05/23/day-o-cover-from-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-2-soundtrack-released/ |archive-date=2024-05-25 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}} The 11-song soundtrack was released by WaterTower Music on August 30, 2024, and a vinyl edition is set to be released by Waxwork Records.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Soundtrack Album Details |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/09/05/beetlejuice-2-beetlejuice-soundtrack-album-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910233942/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/09/05/beetlejuice-2-beetlejuice-soundtrack-album-details/ |archive-date=2024-09-10 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Film Music Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Jack |date=2024-09-10 |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Soundtrack Gets Vinyl Release from WaterTower Records and Waxwork |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-soundtrack-vinyl-release-watertower-waxwork-1236138865/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911015458/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-soundtrack-vinyl-release-watertower-waxwork-1236138865/ |archive-date=2024-09-11 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice opened the 81st Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2024, at the Sala Grande in a non-competitive slot. The film was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 6, 2024, including IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX engagements.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=May 9, 2023 |title='Beetlejuice 2' Sets 2024 Fall Release Date |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/beetlejuice-2-theatrical-release-date-1235360977/ |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509192244/https://deadline.com/2023/05/beetlejuice-2-theatrical-release-date-1235360977/ |url-status=live }} Warner Bros.' former regime considered releasing the film straight to streaming on Max, but Burton butted heads with the studio over the film's costs and distribution; Warner was unsure on spending a projected $147 million on a sequel to a 1980s film from Burton, who hadn't had a hit since Alice in Wonderland (2010). Burton's demands were granted once Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy were installed in their positions in 2022, who agreed to a major theatrical release if the budget was under $100 million; Burton reportedly spent $99 million, thus fulfilling the deal.{{cite web |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=September 15, 2024 |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Hands Warner Bros. a Lifeline |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/business/media/beetlejuice-warner-bros-lifeline.html |access-date=September 16, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} Initially, the film was supposed to be delayed to 2025, because of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, despite most of the production having been completed.{{cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=October 24, 2023 |title=Movie Theaters Brace for Holiday Season Blues and More Delayed Blockbusters as Strike Drags On |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/features/theaters-impacted-sag-strike-holiday-movies-1235766961/ |access-date=October 25, 2023 |website=Variety}} However, in February 2024, the producers reiterated the release date as well as revealing the official title.{{Cite tweet |number=1753101347925504256 |user=wbpictures |title=Dare you to say it again. #Beetlejuice #Beetlejuice – Only in theaters September 6. |date=February 1, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=February 1, 2024 |title='Beetlejuice 2' Gets Official Title; Pic Still Set For Post Labor Day Theatrical Release |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/beetlejuice-2-title-1235811127/ |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201182401/https://deadline.com/2024/02/beetlejuice-2-title-1235811127/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Brennan |date=February 1, 2024 |title=Beetlejuice 2 Title Confirmed, Clever Wordplay Revealed In New Poster For Tim Burton Sequel |url=https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-movie-poster-title/ |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=Screen Rant |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202135700/https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-movie-poster-title/ |url-status=live }} At their 2024 CineEurope presentation, Warner Bros. announced that the film would be released overseas on September 4, 2024, two days before its domestic premiere.{{cite web|title=Warner Bros Blows Away CineEurope With Fresh 'Twisters' Footage, Lights Up New 'Joker: Folie A Deux' Trailer|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|date=18 June 2024|access-date=18 June 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/warner-bros-joker-folie-a-deux-twisters-beetlejuice-cineeurope-1235976835/|archive-date=June 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618180731/https://deadline.com/2024/06/warner-bros-joker-folie-a-deux-twisters-beetlejuice-cineeurope-1235976835/|url-status=live}} The promotion included tie-in marketing deals with CarMax, Progressive, Secret, Denny's, Fanta, NYX and Sally Hansen.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/beetlejuice-marketing-carmax-warner-bros-1236138135/|title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sees Warner Bros. Pictures' Marketing Team Bring the Afterlife Alive With Host of Partnerships: 'The Little Details Are What Bring The Magic'|date=September 9, 2024|accessdate=October 22, 2024|author=Yossman, K.J.|work=Variety}}

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was released to video-on-demand platforms on October 8, 2024, then on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray (as well as SteelBook) on November 19.{{Cite news |date=2024-10-02 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: All we know about digital, blu-ray and DVD release |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-all-we-know-about-digital-blu-ray-and-dvd-release/articleshow/113882428.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-03-08 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=2024-10-01 |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sets October Digital Release Date, Hits 4K Blu-ray in November |url=https://www.thewrap.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-digital-4k-blu-ray-release-date/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lammers |first=Tim |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' New On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray And DVD This Week |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/11/17/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-new-on-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-and-dvd-this-week/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Forbes |language=en}} The film premiered on Max on December 6.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=November 25, 2024 |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Unveils Max Premiere Date |url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-streaming-premiere-date-set-max-1236186773/ |access-date=December 2, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice grossed $294.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $157 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $451.1 million.

In the United States and Canada, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was released alongside The Front Room and was projected to gross $100–110 million from 4,200 theaters in its opening weekend.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-box-office-preview-1236076630/|title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Warner Bros Sequel To Tally A Lot Of Bananas At B.O. With $145M Global Opening – Preview|date=September 3, 2024|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|first2=Nancy|last2=Tartaglione|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 4, 2024|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909192356/https://deadline.com/2024/09/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-box-office-preview-1236076630/|url-status=live}} The film made $42 million on its first day, including $13 million from Thursday night previews.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-beetlejuice-2-previews-1236132258/|title=Box Office: 'Beetlejuice 2' Makes $13 Million in Previews|first=Jordan|last=Moreau|work=Variety|date=September 6, 2024|accessdate=September 6, 2024|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909193632/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-beetlejuice-2-previews-1236132258/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-1236079763/|title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Rocking Body In Time To $100M+ After $42M+ Friday – Early Saturday AM Update|date=September 7, 2024|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 7, 2024|archive-date=September 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906233119/https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-1236079763/|url-status=live}} The film went on to debut with $111 million, registering the second biggest opening of September (behind It), the second biggest for Burton's career (behind Alice in Wonderland), and the third biggest opening of the year (behind Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2). Around 7.7 million admissions, 73% of the total weekend's box office earnings, came from the film alone.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-1236079763/|title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Shakes Senora To $110M Opening After $42M Saturday – Early Sunday AM Update|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|work=Deadline|date=September 8, 2024|access-date=September 8, 2024|archive-date=September 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907200813/https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-1236079763/|url-status=live}} The opening weekend gross surpassed the entire $74 million run of the original film, unadjusted for inflation.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-box-office-opening-1235994410/|title=Box Office: 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Scares Up Near-Record $110M Domestic Opening|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 8, 2024|access-date=September 8, 2024|archive-date=September 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909193613/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-box-office-opening-1235994410/|url-status=live}} The film then grossed $51.6 million in its second weekend (a drop of 54%),{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-speak-no-evil-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-dave-bautista-1236087187/ |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Still The Ghost With The Most: Second Weekend At $51M+; The Killer{{'}}s Game Gets Whacked — Sunday Box Office Update|date=September 15, 2024|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=September 15, 2024}} and $25.9 million its third weekend (a drop of 49%), beating newcomers Speak No Evil and Transformers One, and finishing in first for three consecutive weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/weekend-box-office-chart|title=Weekend Domestic Chart for September 20, 2024|publisher=The Number.com|accessdate=September 23, 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://collider.com/beetlejuice-2-transformers-one-box-office-results/|title=Box Office: 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Exorcises 'Transformers One' In a Surprising Upset|first=Ryan|last=O'Rourke|publisher=Collider|date=September 23, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Weekend Box Office Upset! 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' At $26M Dispels 'Transformers One' From No. 1; Halle Berry & Demi Moore Genre Pics Come Up Short — Sunday AM Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-transformers-one-the-substance-never-let-go-1236095371/ |website=Deadline |access-date=24 September 2024 |date=22 September 2024}} It was eventually dethroned by The Wild Robot in its fourth weekend, grossing $16 million.{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-megalopolis-the-wild-robot-1236101618/ |title='Wild Robot' Powers To Third Best September Animated Pic Debut With $35M; 'Megalopolis' Collapses With $4M & D+ CinemaScore; 'Saturday Night' Alive In Limited Release – Box Office Update |date=September 29, 2024 |first1=Anthony |last1=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=September 29, 2024 }}

Internationally, the film debuted with $36.2 million from 69 markets. It had the biggest openings in the UK ($9.6 million), Mexico ($6.5 million), Australia ($2.6 million), Spain ($2.5 million) and Italy ($1.7 million).{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-opening-weekend-disney-milestone-vijay-global-international-box-office-1236081611/|title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Jumps In With $145M+ Global Bow; Holdovers (& Disney) Hit New Milestones; Vijay's 'GOAT' One To Watch – International Box Office|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|work=Deadline|date=September 8, 2024|access-date=September 9, 2024|archive-date=September 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908224113/https://deadline.com/2024/09/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-opening-weekend-disney-milestone-vijay-global-international-box-office-1236081611/|url-status=live}}

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|75|6.5|366|Michael Keaton's devious poltergeist still has plenty of juice left in this madcap return to form for Tim Burton, marrying charming practical effects and ghoulish gags to provide a fun fun time.|ref=yes|access-date=2025-04-06}}{{cbignore}} {{Metacritic film prose|62|61|ref=yes|access-date=September 10, 2024}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, up from the "B" earned by the first film, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it an 81% overall positive score, with 68% saying they would definitely recommend it.

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the film a "fun but less edgy sequel".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/movies/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-review.html|title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Review: Delightfully Undead Again|date=September 6, 2024|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 6, 2024|archive-date=September 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906011425/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/movies/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-review.html|url-status=live}} Xan Brooks, writing for The Guardian, stated, "Burton's game attempt to bring the 1980s horror-comedy back from the spirit world is full of gaudy set-pieces but fails to add much to the original."{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=2024-08-28 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice review – Tim Burton sequel takes retro joyride through old haunts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/28/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-review-venice-film-festival |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909193412/https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/28/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-review-venice-film-festival |url-status=live }} Margaret Roarty of The Film Magazine stated that "the filmmaker manages to create something just as wacky and weird and meaningful as the original film."{{Cite web |last=Roarty |first=Margaret |date=2024-09-09 |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) Review |url=https://www.thefilmagazine.com/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-2024-review/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |language=en}}

The film was shortlisted on December 18, 2024 for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Music (Original Score) at the 97th Academy Awards.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED |url=https://press.oscars.org/news/97th-oscarsr-shortlists-10-award-categories-announced |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=press.oscars.org |language=en}}

Though cast members seemed enthusiastic about a potential third film to be titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Burton said, "Let's do the math ... it took 35 years to do this, so I'll be over 100. But I guess it's possible with the advent{{Sic}} of science these days, but I don't think so".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-not-for-money-didnt-watch-first-1236120087/|title=Tim Burton Didn't Make 'Beetlejuice 2' to 'Do a Big Sequel for Money': 'I Didn't Even Watch the First Movie to Prepare'|first1=Ellise|last1=Shafer|first2=Alex|last2=Ritman|work=Variety|date=August 28, 2024|access-date=August 28, 2024|archive-date=August 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828104807/https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-not-for-money-didnt-watch-first-1236120087/|url-status=live}} On April 11, 2025, a sequel was confirmed to be in development.{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3863919/warner-bros-confirms-new-gremlins-movie-and-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-sequel/|title=Warner Bros. Confirms New 'Gremlins' Movie and 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Sequel|first=Jack|last=Squires|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=April 11, 2025|access-date=April 11, 2025 }}

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