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Ghostbusters

2016 PG-13 1h 56m Action, Comedy, Science Fiction Columbia Pictures / Sony

Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$128.4M
Final
Opening Weekend
$46.0M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.79x
Opening → Total
Budget
$144M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$229.3M
$100.9M international
2016 Rank
#21
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 15-17 2 $46.0M $46.0M 3,963 $12K 1
Jul 22-24 5 $21.0M -54.3% $86.3M 3,963 $5K 2
Jul 29-31 7 $10.1M -51.8% $106.5M 3,052 $3K 3
Aug 5-7 9 $4.7M -53.8% $116.6M 2,545 $2K 4
Aug 12-14 12 $2.3M -51.4% $121.7M 1,437 $2K 5
Aug 19-21 16 $1.1M -52.8% $123.9M 788 $1K 6
Aug 26-28 20 $554K -48.4% $125.0M 434 $1K 7
Sep 2-4 21 $1.1M +95.5% $126.3M 1,091 $992 8
Sep 9-11 27 $282K -74.0% $127.0M 356 $791 9
Sep 16-18 30 $205K -27.4% $127.3M 225 $909 10
Sep 23-25 32 $132K -35.4% $127.4M 165 $801 11
Sep 30-Oct 2 23 $227K +71.8% $127.7M 202 $1K 12
Oct 7-9 29 $177K -22.1% $128.0M 171 $1K 13
Oct 14-16 34 $117K -33.7% $128.2M 145 $809 14
Oct 21-23 46 $71K -39.9% $128.3M 117 $603 15
Oct 28-30 52 $40K -43.3% $128.3M 91 $440 16
Nov 4-6 53 $19K -52.6% $128.3M 47 $404 17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul Feig
ScreenplayKatie Dippold
Produced byIvan Reitman, Daniel Cohen
CinematographyRobert Yeoman
MusicTheodore Shapiro
Prod. DesignJefferson Sage
StarringMelissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones
StudioColumbia Pictures / Sony