Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Sony PG-13 1h 55m Released Mar 22, 2024 Discussed 2024
Opening weekend
$45.0M
4,345 theaters
Per-theater average
$10,358
opening weekend
Domestic total
$113.4M
2.5× its opening
Worldwide total
$199.9M
57% domestic
Production budget
$100.0M
2.0× worldwide
RT critics
41%
RT audience
81%
+40 vs critics
Metacritic
46
Where it turns up
Friday, March 22, 2024 Fourth weekend of March 2024
On the chart Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (opening): $45.0M
Expected 'Say it's around $40 million': with upside if audiences override reviews Actual: $45.0M
In the note
Plus I’m driving a lot today for some life stuff. Anyway, with the same expected accuracy and thoroughness of a Shohei Ohtani background check, here are some thoughts on the weekend box-office. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Sequels are so tricky.
Friday, March 29, 2024 Easter weekend 2024
On the chart Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (wk 2): $15.6M, -65%
Expected 'Down 60% for a weekend in the high teens' Actual: $15.6M, -65%
In the note
They get it, and they are all business. Last weekend, Immaculate opened to decent reviews, but the exits were really bad; and the two other films that weekend, Ghostbusters and Late Night with the Devil had really good exits.
Friday, June 7, 2024 First weekend of June 2024
In the note
Same with other franchisees like Star Wars, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, the list goes on and on.
Friday, June 14, 2024 Father's Day weekend 2024
In the note
The consumer keeps leaving a trail of breadcrumbs outside the theaters that tell us they want to laugh and smile, and maybe the success of the IP + Comedy equation of Bad Boys, Ghostbusters or Garfield alongside the IP free Anyone But You can open the door for the next Anyone But You. But that's not going to happen unless Comedy as a genre gets added to the ‘what are you looking for?’ response agencies get when they talk to a studio.