Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is continuing a negative franchise trend at the box office. The movie, which is the fifth theatrical installment in the franchise, is the second legacy sequel after 2021’s Afterlife, which returned the surviving original characters to the fold after the 2016 reboot introduced an all-female ghostbuster team in a separate universe. In addition to featuring returning original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts, the movie features Afterlife cast members including Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace alongside newcomers such as Patton Oswalt and Kumail Nanjiani.
Per Deadline, the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire box office is currently projected to close out its opening weekend in domestic theaters with a 3-day total between $42 and $44 million. This is roughly the same as the opening weekend for 2021’s Afterlife, which earned $44.01 million. However, both movies failed to gross above the opening weekend of the divisive 2016 reboot, which earned $46 million.
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire continues the story of a new generation of ghost hunters composed of Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Podcast (Logan Kim), who received help from the original team in the previous movie. Paul Rudd returns as Gary Grooberson and franchise co-creator Ivan Reitman returns to write and produce.
- Director
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Gil Kenan
- Release Date
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March 22, 2024
- Studio(s)
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Columbia Pictures
, Bron Creative
, Ghost Corps
, Right of Way Films - Distributor(s)
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Sony Pictures Releasing
- Writers
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Jason Reitman
, Gil Kenan - Cast
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Finn Wolfhard
, Mckenna Grace
, Logan Kim
, Celeste O’Connor
, Carrie Coon
, Paul Rudd
, Bill Murray
, Dan Aykroyd
, Ernie Hudson - Runtime
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115 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
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Ghostbusters
- prequel(s)
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Ghostbusters (1984)
, ghostbusters 2
, Ghostbusters: Afterlife
