October is underway and the Halloween season is casting its spell across North Carolina. Time to start planning your 2024 Halloween costume.
In anticipation of the spookiest night of the year, BetCarolina.com is putting aside our leading coverage of NC sports betting operators to uncover North Carolinaâs most popular Halloween costumes of 2024. Using Google Trends, we found the top 10 most searched for 2024 Halloween costume ideas in the Tar Heel State over a 30-day span. This list is sure to inspire the perfect outfit for Oct. 31.
Rank | Costume | Search Interest Score |
1 | Wednesday Addams | 28 |
2 | Beetlejuice | 22 |
3 | Princess | 21 |
T4 | Deadpool | 16 |
T4 | Witch | 16 |
6 | Ghost | 14 |
T7 | Pirate | 11 |
T7 | Harley Quinn | 11 |
9 | Spider-Man | 10 |
10 | Batman | 9 |
The search period was filtered to a 30-day span within North Carolina on October 1, 2024. Donât forget to turn to BetCarolina.com for the best North Carolina sportsbook promo codes all year round.
Weâre projecting the most popular 2024 Halloween costume in North Carolina to be Wednesday Addams, the youngest daughter of the creepy and kooky Addams Family. Created by cartoonist Charles Addams, the macabre Addams clan first appeared in the pages of The New Yorker magazine in 1938. But it was their 1960s TV series that made Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley and Wednesday Addams international icons. Netflixâs 2022 teen drama âWednesday,â starring Jenna Ortega, has put the Addams Family back in the limelight once more â inspiring a wave of wannabe goths to dig up their blackest attire for Halloween 2024.
Second on our list of popular 2024 Halloween costumes is Beetlejuice, another goth making a comeback this year. âBeetlejuice Beetlejuice,â the sequel to the 1988 dark comedy from director Tim Burton, hit theatres in September. The new movie has already grossed over $300 million internationally at the box office, so itâs no surprise to see Beetlejuiceâs characteristic black-and-white pinstripe costume also making a comeback during Halloween 2024. Whatâs more, the new film features âWednesdayâ lead actress Ortega as the daughter of Winona Ryderâs character from the first film.
Expect to also see plenty of comic book representation across North Carolina this Halloween as well. Deadpool (tied for fourth on our list), Harley Quinn (T7th), Spider-Man (ninth), and Batman (10th) are all slated to be among the most popular costumes in 2024.
Of course, Deadpool also made bank at the box office this year, with âDeadpool & Wolverineâ exceeding $1 billion in global ticket sales. Expect Harley Quinn to make a splash on the big screen this October too. Lady Gaga will star as the cult comic book character from the Batman universe in âJoker: Folie Ă Deuxâ alongside Joaquin Phoenix. The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2019 origin story of Gothamâs Clown Prince of Crime hits theatres Oct. 4.
Pop culture figures dominate our list, but we still expect plenty of timeless classics to be among the most popular costumes worn for trick-or-treat night. Expect to see plenty of princesses (third), witches (T4th), ghosts (sixth) and pirates (T7th) hunting for candy across North Carolina in 2024.
Check out our story on autumn season excitement in North Carolina to find out where the state ranks on that measure.
USA Today photo by Dan MacMedan
Author
Jeff Parker is a writer for BetCarolina.com. A writer for film, television and the internet, Jeff is a life long movie buff, with an actual Masters Degree in Popular Culture. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he works full time as documentary filmmaker and producer.
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