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Deadline: Opening Box office at just 40 million.


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?

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No Time to Die made 55 million domestic it's first weekend but this only made 40-45 million?
NGL this is a bad sign, the only thing that stuck out for me was I didn't see a lot of promotion or buzz in the weeks before Afterlife's release. NTTD had 5 TIMES the promotion and I've got to admit it worked for EON.

I fault the studio they didn't go ALL IN on GB: Afterlife..instead, they just half-assed it.

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60 million now. It will do fine till Spiderman comes out.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl319391233/

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Theaters are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic, these are actually amazing numbers for this franchise.

Sony only spent 75 million to make this movie, a safe bet.

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