"Posthumous Adventure" Movies

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Movies in which a character dies, but the corpse or ashes go on an adventure. Weekend at Bernie’s is the most famous example, but far from the only one.

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Release
Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Dec 31, 2025Journey Home, David Gulpilil $90,323
Dec 31, 2025Betting With Ghost: The Gem… $42,456
Oct 27, 2017Jigsaw $10,000,000$16,640,452$38,052,832$104,223,315
Jul 21, 2015Lucky Stiff
Aug 8, 2013Chennai Express $2,220,497$5,307,960$67,283,612
Jul 9, 1993Weekend at Bernie's II $4,004,668$12,741,891$12,741,891
Jul 5, 1989Weekend at Bernie's $4,506,086$30,218,387$30,218,387
Jul 1, 1981S.O.B. $14,867,086$14,867,086


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Contemporary Fiction7 - Factual1

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