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BOX OFFICE: Ghostbusters finishes below cartoon in weekend for... #2

posted 3 years ago by space1999 (725)
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https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed4252042244:

Finishing in the runner-up spot was Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife with $24.5 million over the weekend and just a hair under $35.3 million during the five-day frame. The fourth and latest entry in the specter-hunting franchise starring Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon, and a few old, familiar faces in cameo roles, slipped a very respectable -44.3% from last weekend and earned a $5,677 per-screen average in 4,315 locations. After two weeks, the PG-13-rated title has scared up $87.8 million domestically and another $28 million from abroad. Its two-week global cume now stands at $115.8 million.

Down almost 50% from last weekend (this includes turkey day)

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I wonder what went wrong...

[–] sokar (2098) 3 years ago

I wonder what went wrong...

Covid

[–] Satan2016 (25525) 3 years ago

What a moron. Of course the #1 spot goes to the new movie.

[–] space1999 (725) 3 years ago

No it doesn't.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

This movie is underperforming barely edged out the "woke" movie. lol

[–] Guitar King (4893) 3 years ago

The woke movie cost TWICE as much to make, though. Why is movie math so hard for some people?

[–] MickyMac (3172) 3 years ago

2016 needed 300 million to break even and half a billion to be considered a success, so it lost over 70 million.

[–] FilmBuff (7235) 3 years ago

Everyone here just making up numbers to suit their opinion

[–] asom (6832) 3 years ago

Not sure who's making up numbers:

"Box office — Box office[edit]. Ghostbusters grossed $128.3 million in North America and $100.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $229.1 ..."

"The film grossed $229 million worldwide against its $144 million budget, but because of its combined production, marketing and other costs, it became a box office bomb, with losses of over $70 million. Columbia Pictures abandoned plans for a sequel,[10] opting instead to continue the original series with Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters_(2016_film)

[–] kukuxu (5409) 3 years ago

2016 needed 300 million to break even and half a billion to be considered a success, so it lost over 70 million.

Is that a joke?

Ghostbusters 2016 had a $150M production budget. Add to that $100M of marketing (the rule of thumb for big budget movies is marketing being as expensive as the movie itself, so I'm rounding down here).

Box office was $230M. Movie theaters get 50%, so you have around $120M remaining to pay budget+marketing costs. The movie lost more than $100M.

[–] MickyMac (3172) 3 years ago

https://ghostbustersnews.com/2021/11/28/ghostbusters-afterlife-surpasses-115m-at-the-box-office-has-a-strong-second-weekend/

[–] TearofLys (2643) 3 years ago

Only cost 75 million to make, so it is going to be a money-maker. Find fault with the movie all you like, but in the end, it will be a financial success.

[–] crc32 (2584) 3 years ago

Down almost 50% from last weekend (this includes turkey day)

Aww thats not cool. Your gonna say all that with out telling me the cartoon that outperformed ghostbusters. Now I got to click the link too???

[–] crc32 (2584) 3 years ago

Ok I caved and clicked the link. Thats pretty bad cause I hadent heard of encanto yet it beat out ghostbusters?