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Trendy halloween costumes 2024

Bella Mondelli and Kensy Amaya shop for costumes at Spirit Halloween.
Bella Mondelli and Kensy Amaya shop for costumes at Spirit Halloween.
Photo by Anylah Williams

Halloween is coming up soon, and one of the most popular things to do during Halloween is to go trick-or-treating and dress up in a costume. Last year the most popular costumes consisted of Barbie, Spider-man, princesses, Wednesday Addams, fairies, dinosaurs, and more. 

This year some of the costumes that are anticipated to be the most popular for Halloween are Beetlejuice, Deadpool, Wolverine, Minions, and Barbie. These are anticipated to be most popular this year due to movies that were released this year like “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Despicable Me 4” and “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

However, when it comes to kids, some popular costumes are anticipated to be Spider-Man, princesses, Mario, Luigi, Sonic, superheroes, fairies, and more. These are some classic costumes kids usually wear every year. About 2.6 million kids usually dress up as Spider-Man, two million as their favorite princess, and 1.5 million as their favorite superhero.

“I think that it’s likely that people might dress up as Deadpool and Wolverine because of the movie that came out this year and since people usually dress up as Marvel characters,” said junior Edwin Montes.  

“Deadpool & Wolverine” came out on July 26, 2024, and has brought a profit of around $1.33 billion worldwide as of now. The movie is ranked the second highest-grossing movie of 2024 so far and is the highest-grossing rated-R film of all time. When it comes to the Minions costume, it is an anticipated costume due to the movie Despicable Me 4,” which came out this year and is the third highest-grossing movie of the year.

Some locations that costumes are usually bought at are The Tilted Stage Costume Shoppe, Spirit Halloween and Amazon. In 2023, 61 percent of people bought their costumes on Amazon. Meanwhile, Spirit Halloween is one of the largest Halloween retailers in North America. These are great places with various options to choose from although sometimes you may want to order in advance due to many people placing orders causing traffic. 

Halloween is a great day to have fun dressing up as trending characters or your favorite characters and to go out with your friends and family.

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