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{{Infobox media franchise
| title = Beetlejuice
| image = Beetlejuice logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| caption = Official franchise logo
| creator = {{Plainlist|
* [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]
* [[Larry Wilson (screenwriter)|Larry Wilson]]
}}
| years = 1988–present
| owner = [[Warner Bros. Entertainment]]
| films = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'' (2024)
* ''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'' (TBA)
}}
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| musicals = ''[[Beetlejuice (musical)|Beetlejuice]]'' (2018–present)
| animated_series = ''[[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]'' (1989–1991)
| video_games = [[List of Beetlejuice video games|List of video games]]
| attractions = * ''[[Universal Monsters Live Rock and Roll Show]]''
*''[[Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure]]''
| soundtracks = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Beetlejuice (soundtrack)|Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]'' (1988)
* ''Beetlejuice (Original Broadway Cast Recording)'' (2019)
* ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (soundtrack)|Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]'' (2024)
}}
}}
'''''Beetlejuice''''' is an American [[dark fantasy]] [[comedy horror]] [[media franchise]] that originated with the film ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988). The franchise centers around the [[afterlife]] and the sleazy Betelgeuse (after [[Betelgeuse|the star of the same name]]), who can either be summoned from or banished back to the Netherworld by saying his name three times. Betelgeuse's precise nature differs according to the medium he appears in. He has been depicted as a malicious being with motivations ranging from a love of chaos to a desire for human companionship. Each entry in the series involves Betelgeuse's interactions with Lydia Deetz, a [[Goth subculture|goth]] fascinated with the "strange and unusual". Across the various entries in the franchise, the duo have been presented as enemies, best friends and uneasy allies.

The original film was met with critical and commercial success and numerous accolades. The franchise expanded with the release of a 1989–1991 [[Beetlejuice (TV series)|animated television series]], a 2018 [[Beetlejuice (musical)|stage musical]], [[List of Beetlejuice video games|several video games]] and an eventual sequel, ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'' (2024), with a third film currently in development.

The character of Beetlejuice has also appeared in the [[Universal Parks & Resorts]] live show ''[[Universal Monsters Live Rock and Roll Show]]'' alongside [[Universal Monsters]] characters, as well as the Australian version of the dark ride ''[[Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure]]'' at [[Warner Bros. Movie World]].

== Films ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Film
! U.S. release date
! Director
! Screenwriters
! Story by
! Producers
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''[[Beetlejuice]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|1988|3|30}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Tim Burton]]
| [[Warren Skaaren]] & [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]
| [[Larry Wilson (screenwriter)|Larry Wilson]] & Michael McDowell
| Larry Wilson, Michael Bender & Richard Hashimoto
|-
| style="text-align:left" | ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]''
| style="text-align:left" | {{Start date|2024|9|6}}
| [[Miles Millar]] & [[Alfred Gough]]
| Miles Millar, Alfred Gough & [[Seth Grahame-Smith]]
| Tim Burton, [[Dede Gardner]], Tommy Harper, [[Marc Toberoff]] & [[Jeremy Kleiner]]
|}

=== ''Beetlejuice'' (1988) ===
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''[[Beetlejuice]]'' is directed by [[Tim Burton]], and written by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]], [[Warren Skaaren]] and [[Larry Wilson (screenwriter)|Larry Wilson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erickson |first=Hal |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |title=Beetlejuice (1988) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/beetlejuice-am4666 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719191733/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/beetlejuice-v4624/ |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |access-date=2012-10-06 |website=Allmovie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nero |first=Dom |title=Beetlejuice Is a Horror-Fantasy-Comedy Hybrid Above All Categorization |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a23709652/beetlejuice-horror-movie-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605142007/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a23709652/beetlejuice-horror-movie-review/ |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=2018-11-10 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> Starring [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Geena Davis]], [[Jeffrey Jones]], [[Catherine O'Hara]], [[Winona Ryder]], and [[Michael Keaton]] as the titular character, produced by [[The Geffen Film Company]], and distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]

Happily married couple Adam and Barbara Maitland die in a car accident, whereupon they learn that the afterlife is a complex and overworked [[bureaucracy]] in the Netherworld and that they are required to haunt their rural [[Connecticut]] home for the next one hundred twenty-five years before they can [[Transcendence (religion)|move on]]. Unfortunately, it is purchased by [[New York City|New York]] real estate developer Charles Deetz, who wants to use it as a [[Retreat (spiritual)|retreat]] from his [[workaholic]] city life. Accompanying Charles are his new wife, Delia, a [[modern art]]ist; and Lydia, Charles' teenage daughter from his first marriage. Charles and Delia's presence upsets the Maitlands, although the childless couple bond with Lydia, a goth whose interest in the "strange and unusual" allows her to see them.

The Maitlands make contact with Betelgeuse, an older and more powerful ghost who formerly worked for the Netherworld's bureaucracy before his loathsome nature alienated him from his superiors. Betelgeuse offers to work for the couple as a "bio-exorcist" and frighten the Deetzes away. The Maitlands initially agree, but are put off by Betelgeuse's crude demeanor and violent tactics. Upon meeting Lydia himself, Betelgeuse becomes smitten with her and attempts to lure her to the afterlife. Meanwhile, [[interior design]]er Otho Fenlock discovers a handbook assigned to the Maitlands to help them cope with being ghosts and uses it to hold a séance.

The inexperienced Otho inadvertently begins an exorcism that threatens the Maitlands' afterlives. Betelgeuse tells a desperate Lydia that he can save the couple if she agrees to marry him, an act that would allow him to stay in the realm of the living permanently. A reluctant Lydia agrees and Betelgeuse saves the Maitlands. Betelgeuse initiates a wedding ceremony with Lydia, but the Maitlands successfully defeat him. The group come to a rapport and all live together happily in the house, sharing parenting duties for Lydia.

=== ''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'' (2024) ===
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''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]'' is directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by the writing team of [[Alfred Gough]] and [[Miles Millar]], based on a story by Gough, Millar and [[Seth Grahame-Smith]]. Starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, [[Jenna Ortega]], [[Monica Bellucci]] and [[Willem Dafoe]], the film was released by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] on September 6, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenbloom|first=Alli|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/entertainment/tim-burton-beetlejuice-2-wrapped-production/index.html|title=Tim Burton says 'Beetlejuice 2' has officially wrapped production|website=[[CNN]]|date=November 30, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023|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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Willem Dafoe Back on Festival Trail in Marrakech, Talks 'Poor Things', Reveals Role in 'Beetlejuice 2' |first=Nick |last=Vivarelli |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/willem-dafoe-marrakech-poor-things-beetlejuice-2-1235808939/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 26, 2023 |access-date=November 26, 2023 |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}}</ref>

Thirty-six years after the first installment's events, Lydia has become the host of a paranormal television show and the Maitlands' ghosts have successfully left their house due to a loophole in the afterlife bureaucracy. After Charles dies in a [[shark attack]], Lydia and her teenage daughter, Astrid, return to Winter River for his funeral. Lydia, still haunted by memories of Betelgeuse, confesses her past to her producer/fiancé Rory, who disbelieves her. Attempting to prove Lydia wrong, he summons Betelgeuse, who has since returned to the afterlife bureaucracy and used his new position to expand his bio-exorcism business. Still obsessed with Lydia, Betelgeuse makes romantic overtures to her, but she refuses.

In the Netherworld, Betelgeuse's ex-wife Delores LaFerve, an [[occult]]ist who tried to steal his soul, resurfaces and goes in search of him. Meanwhile, Astrid meets and falls in love with Jeremy, a teenage ghost who claims to have died accidentally falling out of his tree house. Jeremy lures Astrid into the afterlife, claiming to be able to reunite her with her late father, Richard, who died while in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]].

Lydia learns that Jeremy murdered his parents and died in a confrontation with the police. She realizes Jeremy intends to trap Astrid in the Netherworld so he can take her place. Lydia summons Betelgeuse, who agrees to save Astrid in exchange for Lydia marrying him. Lydia accepts and the duo travel to the Netherworld together. Betelgeuse intercepts Jeremy as he attempts to swap places with Astrid and sends him to the "[[Hell|Fires of Damnation]]". Lydia and Astrid briefly reunite with Richard before escaping.

Betelgeuse appears at Lydia's wedding, where he induces Rory to confess he is only marrying Lydia for profit. Delores appears, but she is disposed of along with Rory. Betelgeuse tries to marry Lydia in Rory's place, but Astrid points out a clause in the ''Handbook for the Recently Deceased'' that invalidates agreements made by ghosts who bring the living into the Netherworld and as her mother banishes Betelgeuse back there.

=== Future ===
In an August 2024 interview with ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Tim Burton, when asked about the possibility of a potential third film, stated, "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 of science these days, but I don't think so".<ref>{{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}}</ref> On April 11, 2025, the third film was officially confirmed to be in the works.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> However, in July 2025, Burton cast doubt on a third film in an interview with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', stating that no one contacted him about it.<ref name="Wednesday">{{Cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=2025-07-23 |title=Back in Black: Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton Break Their Silence on 'Wednesday' Season 2 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jenna-ortega-tim-burton-wednesday-season-two-interview-1236325035/ |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> In the same interview, [[Jenna Ortega]] stated that she would be open to reprising her role as Astrid if Burton was involved in directing.<ref name="Wednesday"/>

== Television ==
=== ''Beetlejuice'' (1989–1991) ===
{{Main|Beetlejuice (TV series)}}
Due to the film's financial success, a ''Beetlejuice'' [[Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday-morning]] [[animated television series]] was created for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and marketed to children and [[tween]]s. The series ran for four seasons (the final season airing on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), from September 9, 1989, to December 6, 1991. Burton served as the show's developer and [[executive producer]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Salisbury |first1=Mark |title=Burton on Burton |last2=Burton |first2=Tim |publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |year=2006 |isbn=0-571-22926-3 |page=100}}</ref> As opposed to every other franchise entry, here the character's name is both spelled and pronounced as "Beetlejuice".

Because of the demographic shift away from the adult-oriented film, the series re-imagines Lydia as a tween instead of a teenager and Beetlejuice as a friendly prankster whom she summons through her bedroom mirror. Rather than inhabit the afterlife, this iteration of Beetlejuice lives in the "Neitherworld", a [[Fantasy world|fantasy land]] inhabited by [[monster]]s akin to Burton's [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Halloween Town]]. Although he refers to himself as "the Ghost with the Most", this Beetlejuice is never depicted as having been a living human, but is rather a creature born in the Neitherworld and whose parents – a similar pair of beings – feature in a few episodes. Beetlejuice additionally has a younger, more popular and polite brother named Donny who admires his elder sibling while eschewing all of his negative traits.

The series heavily relies on [[pun]]-based humor and [[visual gag]]s based on Beetlejuice's ability to transform himself into a variety of monsters, people, and objects. Lydia and Beetlejuice's close-knit friendship is a recurring theme of the series, and the pair frequently find themselves in situations where they must rescue each other from danger. A recurring plot of the series is Lydia summoning Beetlejuice to the real world to help her with some difficulty, especially her ongoing school rivalry with [[Queen bee (sociology)|queen bee]] Claire Brewster. Although he always has Lydia's best interests at heart, Beetlejuice's own selfish and chaotic nature often results in some disaster before he sets things right.

=== ''[[Little Rosey|The Rosey and Buddy Show]]'' ===
Beetlejuice made a cameo appearance in this 1992 animated TV special, produced, like the ''Beetlejuice'' animated series, by [[Nelvana]]. Like in the ''Beetlejuice'' animated series, Beetlejuice is voiced by [[Stephen Ouimette]].

=== "Ghost with the Most" (2020) ===
On October 6, 2020, Beetlejuice guest-starred in the ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'' episode "Ghost with the Most", which aired as part of [[List of Teen Titans Go! episodes#Season 6 (2019–21)|the show's sixth season]]. In this appearance, he was voiced by [[Alex Brightman]], reprising his role from the [[Beetlejuice (musical)|''Beetlejuice'' Broadway musical]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2020 |title=VIDEO: Alex Brightman Plays an Animated BEETLEJUICE On Last Night's TEEN TITANS GO! |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Alex-Brightman-Plays-an-Animated-BEETLEJUICE-On-Last-Nights-TEEN-TITANS-GO-20201006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010091548/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Alex-Brightman-Plays-an-Animated-BEETLEJUICE-On-Last-Nights-TEEN-TITANS-GO-20201006 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020}}</ref>

== Video games ==
{{main|List of Beetlejuice video games}}
* ''[[Beetlejuice (video game series)#1990|Adventures of Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet]]'' is a video game released for MS-DOS in 1990. It is based on the animated series.
* ''[[Beetlejuice (video game series)#1991|Beetlejuice]]'' is a video game developed by Rare and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991.
* ''[[Beetlejuice (video game series)#1992|Beetlejuice: Horrific Hijinx from the Neitherworld!]]'' is a [[video game]] created by [[Rare (company)|Rare]] and published by [[LJN]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Game Boy]]. It is based on the animated series.
* A ''Beetlejuice''-themed fun pack for the [[toys-to-life]] video game ''[[Lego Dimensions]]'' was released in September 2017. The pack includes a Betelgeuse minifigure and constructable Saturn's Sandworm, and adds a ''Beetlejuice''-themed open-world area and battle arena to the game. In the ''Beetlejuice''-themed open-world area, Betelgeuse is voiced by Christopher Swindle, Adam Maitland is voiced by Jeff Shine, Barbara Maitland and Delia Dietz are voiced by Krizia Bajos, and Harry the Head-Shrunken Hunter is voiced by [[Tom Kane]]. Betelgeuse also features prominently in an episode of ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'' included as part of the game. In the ''Teen Titans Go!'' episode, when the Titans travel to the Lego world, [[Raven (DC Comics)|Raven]] summons Betelgeuse by saying his name three times and gets to go to the ''Beetlejuice'' world. Betelgeuse says if Raven wants to win the Lego building competition, she should resort to cheating and use magic, but tricks her into making a giant gargoyle that the Titans have to fight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Alex |date=May 31, 2017 |title=Teen Titans Go!, The Powerpuff Girls and Beetlejuice Packs Coming to LEGO Dimensions |url=https://ign.com/articles/2017/05/31/teen-titans-go-the-powerpuff-girls-and-beetlejuice-packs-coming-to-lego-dimensions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705063904/http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/05/31/teen-titans-go-the-powerpuff-girls-and-beetlejuice-packs-coming-to-lego-dimensions |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |access-date=June 25, 2017 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>
* ''Beetlejuice'' is represented in the [[platform fighter]] ''[[MultiVersus]]'' as part of its second season, with Christopher Swindle reprising his role.<ref>{{cite AV media| url=https://www.youtube.com/j5AtpYPz2Ic?si=VU6nEwDYDYpkuFRy|title= MultiVersus -''Official Samurai Jack "It Is Time" Gameplay Trailer''|date=July 20, 2024|access-date=July 20, 2024|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

== Comics ==
Several comic book series based on the animated television series were published by [[Harvey Comics]] in 1991 and 1992. The series were the one-shots ''Beetlejuice'' (October 1991), ''Beetlejuice in the Neitherworld'' (November 1991), and ''Beetlejuice Holiday Special'' (February 1992), and the three-issue ''Beetlejuice'' (September—November 1992).

== Novels ==
A series of juvenile novels based on the animated television series were published by [[Aladdin Paperbacks]] in 1992. The novels were ''Beetlejuice for President'', ''Lydia's Scream Date'', ''Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare'', ''Twisted Tours'', ''Camp Fright'', and ''Trial by Ghost''.<ref>Samuel J. Umland, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=3jWCCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 The Tim Burton Encyclopedia]'' (2015), p. 35.</ref>

== Stage musical ==
{{Main|Beetlejuice (musical)}}
In 2016, work began on a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage musical adaptation of the film directed by [[Alex Timbers]], produced by [[Warner Bros.]], with music and lyrics by [[Eddie Perfect]] and book by Scott Brown and [[Anthony King (writer)|Anthony King]]. The musical was debuted by readings starring [[Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)|Christopher Fitzgerald]], Kris Kukul (musical director), and Connor Gallagher (choreographer).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Beetlejuice Musical Finds Its Writing Team {{!}} Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/the-beetlejuice-musical-finds-its-writing-team |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615003749/http://www.playbill.com/article/the-beetlejuice-musical-finds-its-writing-team |archive-date=June 15, 2017 |access-date=2017-05-31 |website=Playbill |date=March 29, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> It premiered at the [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] for a limited run from October 14 to November 18, 2018, with [[Alex Brightman]] in the title role.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beetlejuice Musical Sets Spring 2019 Broadway Opening Date {{!}} Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/beetlejuice-musical-sets-spring-2019-broadway-opening-date |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219023938/http://www.playbill.com/article/beetlejuice-musical-sets-spring-2019-broadway-opening-date |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |access-date=2018-09-14 |website=Playbill |date=September 13, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

The production was scheduled to play its final performance at the Winter Garden on June 6, 2020. The producers were unable to find another theater to house the show due to the COVID Broadway shutdown in March 2020. The show reopened at the [[Marquis Theatre]] on April 8, 2022, and closed on January 8, 2023,<ref name="'Beetlejuice' to Close on Broadway">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/theater/beetlejuice-broadway-closing.html | title='Beetlejuice' to Close on Broadway | work=The New York Times | date=September 20, 2022 | last1=Paulson | first1=Michael | access-date=April 4, 2023 | archive-date=April 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404074232/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/theater/beetlejuice-broadway-closing.html | url-status=live}}</ref> at a financial loss, having been unable to recoup its $21 million investment.<ref name="'Beetlejuice' to Close on Broadway"/> Subsequent productions opened across the world, including a North American national tour.

== Main cast and characters ==
{{main|List of Beetlejuice characters}}
{{Cast indicator|V|A|C|P|Y}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
|-
! rowspan="3" | Character
! colspan="2" | Films
! Television series
! rowspan="2" | [[Beetlejuice (musical)|Stage musical]]<br>(original cast)
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| ''[[Beetlejuice]]''
! style="text-align:center;"| ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]''
! style="text-align:center;"| ''[[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]''
|-
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1988}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|2024}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|1989–1991}}
! style="background:ivory;"| {{small|2018–2023}}
|-
! Betelgeuse<br>{{small|Beetlejuice}}
| colspan="2" | [[Michael Keaton]]
| [[Stephen Ouimette]]
| [[Alex Brightman]]
|-
! Lydia Deetz
| colspan="2" | [[Winona Ryder]]
| [[Alyson Court]]
| [[Sophia Anne Caruso]]
|-
! Delia Deetz
| colspan="2" | [[Catherine O'Hara]]
| [[Elizabeth Hanna]]
| [[Leslie Kritzer]]
|-
! Charles Deetz
| [[Jeffrey Jones]]
| Mark Heenehan<hr>Charlie Hopkinson{{ref|voice|V}}<hr>Jeffrey Jones{{ref|photo|P}}
| Roger Dunn
| Adam Dannheisser
|-
! Adam Maitland
| [[Alec Baldwin]]
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|''Mentioned''}}
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Rob McClure]]
|-
! Barbara Maitland
| [[Geena Davis]]
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Kerry Butler]]
|-
! Juno
| [[Sylvia Sidney]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
| Jill Abramovitz
|-
! Miss Argentina
| [[Patrice Martinez]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
| Leslie Kritzer
|-
! Maxie Dean
| [[Robert Goulet]]
| {{N/A|''Mentioned''}}
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Danny Rutigliano]]
|-
! Otho Fenlock
| [[Glenn Shadix]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
| Kelvin Moon
|-
! Sarah Dean
| [[Maree Cheatham]]
| colspan="3" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Jane Butterfield Jr.
| Rachel Mittelman{{ref|young|Y}}
| [[Amy Nuttall]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Astrid Deetz
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Jenna Ortega]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Rory
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Justin Theroux]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/beetlejuice-2-first-look-michael-keaton-winona-ryder-8611171|title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice returns in first look at Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Nick|last=Romano|date=March 20, 2024|access-date=March 20, 2024|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}}</ref>
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Delores LaFerve
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Monica Bellucci]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Wolf Jackson
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Willem Dafoe]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Father Damien
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Burn Gorman]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Bob
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Nick Kellington]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Jeremy Frazier
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Arthur Conti]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Richard
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Santiago Cabrera]]
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! The Janitor
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| [[Danny DeVito]]{{ref|cameo|C}}
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|-
! Vlad
| style="background:lightgrey;" |
| Filipe Cates{{ref|cameo|C}}
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" |
|}

== Additional crew and production details ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:99%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:15%;" | Title
! colspan="7" | Crew/detail
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| Composer
! style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer
! style="text-align:center;"| Editors
! style="text-align:center;"| Production<br>companies
! style="text-align:center;"| Distributing<br>company
! style="text-align:center;"| Running time
|-
! ''[[Beetlejuice]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Danny Elfman]]
| [[Thomas E. Ackerman]]
| [[Jane Kurson]]
| [[The Geffen Film Company]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| 1 hr 32 mins
|-
! ''[[Beetlejuice Beetlejuice]]''
| [[Haris Zambarloukos]]
| Jay Prychidny
| [[Plan B Entertainment]]<br>[[Tim Burton Productions]]
| 1 hr 45 mins
|}

== Release and reception ==
=== Critical response ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Film
! [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! [[Metacritic]]
! [[CinemaScore]]
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |''Beetlejuice''
| 83% (117 reviews)<ref name="B-Tomatoes">{{Cite web|title=Beetlejuice (1988)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice|access-date=September 7, 2024|archive-date=March 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311043238/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 71/100 (19 reviews)<ref name="B-Metacritic">{{Cite web|title=Beetlejuice Reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beetlejuice/|website=Metacritic|access-date=September 5, 2024|archive-date=September 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905235727/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beetlejuice/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| B<ref name="CinemaScore" />
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice''
| 76% (364 reviews)<ref name="BB-Tomatoes">{{Cite web |title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beetlejuice_beetlejuice|access-date=September 9, 2024}}</ref>
| 62/100 (61 reviews)<ref name="BB-Metacritic">{{Cite web|title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/|website=Metacritic|access-date=September 6, 2024|archive-date=September 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905125610/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| B+<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |date=September 7, 2024 |first1=Anthony |last1=D'Alessandro |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/box-office-beetlejuice-beetlejuice-1236079763/ |title='Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Rocking Body In Time To $100M+ After $42M+ Friday |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |quote=CinemaScore is B+ which is a half step up from the original 1988 movie's B grade. |access-date=September 17, 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 }}</ref>
|}
{{notelist}}

=== Box office performance ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;&quot;"
! rowspan="2" | Film
! colspan="3" | Box office gross
! rowspan="2" | Budget
! rowspan="2" | {{Ref heading}}
|-
! North America
! Other territories
! Worldwide
|-
| ''Beetlejuice''
| $74,493,906
| $618,753
| $75,112,659
| $15 million
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Beetlejuice|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0094721/|access-date=September 5, 2024|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-date=November 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114213935/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0094721/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Beetlejuice (1988) - Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beetlejuice#tab=summary|access-date=September 5, 2024|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|archive-date=September 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905010435/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beetlejuice#tab=summary|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Beetlejuice Beetlejuice''
| $294,100,435
| $157,000,000
| $451,100,435
| $100 million
| <ref>{{Cite web|title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2049403/|access-date=December 7, 2024|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-date=March 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322142654/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2049403/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) - Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice-(2024)#tab=summary|access-date=December 7, 2024|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|archive-date=September 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908164450/https://the-numbers.com/movie/Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice-(2024)#tab=summary|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Totals
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:74493906+294100435}}}}
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:618753+157000000}}}}
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:75112659+451100435}}}}
! ${{val|fmt=commas|{{#expr:15+100}}}} million
!
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Beetlejuice}}
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[[Category:Beetlejuice]]
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[[Category:Fictional universes]]
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