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Megan Garside

Beetlejuice 2 breaks box-office records as it's revealed the Tim Burton sequel almost went straight to streaming

Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

In a bizarre twist of fate, it has been revealed that Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel, which is now dominating movie theatres, almost went straight to streaming.

That's right, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice almost skipped a theatrical release altogether to premiere on popular US streaming site Max under Warner Bros.' previous regime, according to The New York Times. However, the plan changed when the movie was officially greenlit by Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy. "That was never going to work for Tim," Abdy told NYT, "You're talking about a visionary artist whose films demand to be seen on a big screen."

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