There was a time when movies with a valuable message that laid an emphasis on the art of cinematography were not considered monetarily excellent and often garnered terrible box office collections; however, the standard for cinema and theater viewing experience has reached a new high as movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer showed that balancing the vernier scale was in fact possible. However, as 2024 saw the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Venom, the scale has once again been dis-balanced.

The year saw a range of monumental box office releases, with Deadpool & Wolverine becoming the highest R-rated movie of all time. However, as the highest grossing list rolls out and Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice gets replaced by Venom: The Last Dance, fans have a lot of questions.

Burton's horror extravaganza was a spectacle wrapped in one and resulted in a family viewing experience that the audiences were able to cherish. The movie churned out excellent performances from Jenna Ortega and a more wholesome bond between her and Winona Ryder during the promotion. And in an era where a second chance is often a miss, this sequel was a chef's kiss.

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Despite checking all the right boxes, Venom: The Last Dance has Venom facing a difficult conundrum as he faces the worst of both worlds and earned a collection of $456.4 million, leaving fans scratching their heads.

While movies originating from comic sources more often than not hit it out of the box at the box office owing to the devoted fanbase, it still came as a surprise that Tom Hardy's Venom: The Last Dance managed to not just enter but also replace Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on the top 10 highest grossing movies of 2024 worldwide list.

Fans stated how they had secured 3D tickets to experience the best of Hardy's movie and that it deserved every bit to be on the list, while others reasoned that although Venom: The Last Dance had a greater pull, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was a greater movie.

As the fight for supremacy continued, many cinemagoers laid relaxed as they awaited the upcoming Christmas release, starring Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu, while stating that neither of the discussed movies had their movie. Regardless, 2024 has been quite the financially magical year for theaters.

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What, in your opinion, is the better movie between Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Venom: The Last Dance? Let us know in the comments below.