Tim Burton Film Festival, held from May 12 to 24, 2010 in Cannes, France. Burton has stated that his favorite films are "Dracula A.D. 1972", "The Wicker Man", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "The War of the Gargantuas" and "The Omega Man". On May 20, 2017, a Tim Burton-themed bar named Beetle House LA opened in Hollywood, California. Burton regularly casts the same actors in his film projects. Johnny Depp has been in nine of his films, while ex-partner Helena Bonham Carter has been in seven and Christopher Lee in six. From November 22, 2009 to April 26, 2010, Burton had a
Tim Burton of his popular character Pee-wee Herman. Pee-wee Herman gained mainstream popularity with a successful stage show at The Groundlings and the Roxy which was later turned into an HBO special. The film, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure", was made on a budget of $8 million and grossed more than $40 million at the North American box office. Burton, a fan of the eccentric musical group Oingo Boingo, asked songwriter Danny Elfman to provide the music for the film. Since then, Elfman has scored every film that Tim Burton has directed, except for "Ed Wood" (because of a falling out that they had),