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- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Following the series’ negative trend at the box office.
The film is expected to gross $42-44 million in its opening weekend.
This is about the same as in 2021 afterlifeopening below 2016 split levels Ghostbusters.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Franchise box office continues to trend negative. The film is the fifth theatrical installment in the series and the second traditional sequel following the 2021 release. afterlifeA 2016 reboot brought the surviving original characters back on track and introduced an all-female Ghostbusters team in an alternate universe.In addition to returning original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts, the film also features afterlife The cast includes Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace, as well as newcomers like Patton Oswalt and Kumail Nanjiani.
Every deadlinethis Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Domestic theater opening weekend box office receipts are currently expected to be between $42 and $44 million.That’s about the same as opening weekend in 2021 afterlife, earning $44.01 million. However, neither film grossed more than the 2016 reboot’s $46 million opening weekend.
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Ghostbusters: Ice Empire opening weekend explained
While that’s true, the gap between the opening weekend totals of the last three games is really small. Ghostbusters The result isn’t necessarily good news for movies frozen empire.On the one hand, the fact that it seems incapable of exceeding the sum of afterlife It doesn’t inspire confidence in its financial future. The 2021 film arrives amid a severe pandemic downturn when many audiences are nervous about returning to theaters, so the new film won’t even be able to match its shrinking box office total, which is a bigger deal than it initially seemed. Grim signs.
Another big problem is Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire The film’s production budget is estimated at $100 million, compared to afterlife$75 million.That price tag likely means it would need to make $200 million or more worldwide to break even, which seems unlikely if it continues to trade just below that afterlife, earning only $204.3 million. Below, see how the budgets of all previous films in the series compare to their opening weekends and overall box office totals:
title | Budget | opening weekend | global box office |
|---|---|---|---|
Ghostbusters (1984) | US$30 million | $13.6 million | $295.2 million |
Ghostbusters II (1989) | $40 million | $29.5 million | $215.4 million |
Ghostbusters (2016) | $144 million | $46 million | $229.1 million |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) | $75 million | $44.01 million | $204.3 million |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) | US$100 million | US$42-44 million | To be determined |
Budget issues are the same ones that plagued the 2016 reboot, which was the second-highest-grossing film in the franchise but couldn’t cover its hefty $144 million cost and thus flopped financially.Although there is still a chance Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire can lead afterlife It’s hard to make a profit to avoid the same fate.The path forward for the sequel is currently looking dark, especially with the blockbuster set to hit theaters next weekend Godzilla x Kong: A New Empirewhich may bring fierce competition.
Source: Deadline
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
“Ghostbusters: Ice Empire” continues the new generation of ghost hunters consisting of Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Podcast (Logan King) story, they had help from the original cast of the last film. Paul Rudd returns as Gary Grooberson, and series co-creator Ivan Reitman returns to write and produce.
Director Gil Kennan
Release date March 22, 2024
Studios Columbia Pictures, Bron Creative, Ghost Corps, Right of Way Film
Distributor Sony Pictures
Screenwriters Jason Reitman, Gil Kennan
Running time: 115 minutes