https://deadline.com/2021/11/ghostbusters-afterlife-opening-weekend-1234877444/
I know the studio was just predicting 30 million...but studios always under project.
I thought this was going to to overperform @ 100 million +. A sorta "Jurassic World" nostalgia love fest.
Maybe it's covid ravaging the mid-west? ... where it seems likely the film would do great,
Any thoughts?
It's a decent opening weekend. Better than projected. If it takes 200 mil worldwide total, then it may even get a sequel.
shareWhat was the home viewing amount. I can already predict like Jungle Cruise it will get a sequel.And with the director not really having anything lined up he can start right at another movie. With this delayed almost a year I'm sure he and Acroyd have a script already written.
shareThe movie is not available on streaming.
shareWell Jungle Cruise opened at 35 million and it is getting a sequel. The studio will say this will get a sequel next month.
shareNot yet, but it will be, and that's where studios are starting to expect much of their profit. In the past, a film's theatrical run generated the majority of its revenue, with rentals and home video purchases padding those profits down the road. Now the theatrical run is bringing in far less, and studios are allowing films to be streamed sooner-- sometimes simultaneously-- and profiting from that.
So when a film that a few years ago may have opened to $100-200 million only brings in $44 million in its first weekend, studios may still green light a sequel because that same film will bring in another $150 million in streaming revenue.
A good example of this is "Black Widow," which made $80 million in its opening weekend. Pre-covid, that film would certainly have made over $100 million domestically, and over $200 million globally in its opening weekend. "Black Widow" ended up making $184 million domestically, and $380 million globally at the box office, and tacked on another $125 million from paid streaming on Disney+.
On one hand, $525 million is less than the film would likely have made in pre-covid times, but that $125 million is all profit for Disney, while a percentage of the $380 million goes to theaters.
I bought the dvd so add somemore money to that also.
shareIt doesn't look like a film that appeals to the audience that the first one did. They keep trying to make a ghostbuster film that goes after a different demographic with the assumption that the people who enjoyed the first two will automatically go see it. It's like putting a Pepsi sticker on a bottle of V8.
The studio spent decades crafting a billion dollar ghostbuster franchise off of whatever was popular at the time instead of just doing a straight sequel which even if it didn't turn into a franchise would have made more than these last two films.
Over performing expectations by 25% is amazing.
shareWTF! Article says $44m. Will easily gross $120m.
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Fucking liar. Fix the title or STFU!
share44Mill with 75Mill budget is a success. Probably will head to over 200m worldwide overall and that means that will make money.
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I don't know but everywhere I look I see the same numbers ...
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ghostbusters-Afterlife#tab=summary
$100 million seems impossible at this point in time. A large percent of the population is still cowering at home, afraid of covid. Streaming has become normalized as an alternative to going to the movies, as many movies debut simultaneously in theater and online. Even when a film doesn't, like Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the perception is there, and viewers know that they need only wait a few weeks before they can watch at home.
We may say a handful of films buck this trend-- the upcoming Spider-Man seems on that may do so-- but by and large, it seems to me that the future of movie theaters is in jeopardy. In much the same way that the music industry is but a shell of what it once was, as tech companies who don't care one bit about music have taken over, I believe tech is now poised to radically alter the movie industry. It's already started, to be honest, but it's about to go into overdrive.
First it was books, then music. Film is next.
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its 44m , its a good start, i think the Holidays ahead will make it easily profitable , a huge hit in normal times , no , but very healthy during a pandemic
shareI cannot comprehend how people are so incredibly afraid of theaters. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions at this point, of people have been going to college and pro football games this year. Basketball and hockey arenas are full. People are going to wrestling shows for fuck's sake. But people are still scared of theaters? That's just so bizarre.
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