The 32-year-old movie, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver, made $242.2 million in lifetime grosses domestically and more than $295 million worldwide. The film should eventually unseat the 1984 “Ghostbusters” as the highest grossing horror comedy of all time. Made on a production budget of $144 million, the Sony reboot revolves around the lead Ghostbusters tackling a whole new haunting in New York City.Īlso Read: Leslie Jones Blasts 'Ghostbusters' Haters' 'Sexist, 'Racist' 'Bullsh-t' on Twitter The reboot grossed $17.2 million to lead the box office on Friday. But that wasn’t quite enough to propel it to a weekend win as Illumination-Universal’s “The Secret Life of Pets” came in ahead with $50.6 million in domestic grosses. It represents the biggest film in which director Feig and McCarthy have collaborated and is the highest grossing live-action comedy in more than a year - easily topping the $33.5 million opening by Universal’s “Ted 2” in June of last year. “Ghostbusters” came in second place during its first weekend in theaters, grossing an estimated $46 million from 3,963 screens.Īlso Read: 'Ghostbusters' Writer on Kate McKinnon's Maybe-Gay Scientist, Handling Haters Whether that would mean Feig and all four leading ladies return to the series is not yet clear - though there’s no indication it wouldn’t. ![]() ![]() “While nothing has been officially announced yet, there’s no doubt in my mind it will happen,” he added. “I expect ‘Ghostbusters’ to become an important brand and franchise,” he told TheWrap on Sunday.Īlso Read: 'Ghostbusters' Can't Knock 'The Secret Life of Pets' From No. “The ‘Ghostbusters’ world is alive and well,” said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution at the studio. ![]() Plans for a sequel to Paul Feig‘s female-led reboot starring Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon are all but official, TheWrap has learned. Who’s Sony gonna call … again? “Ghostbusters!”
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