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Ghostbusters

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

Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good

Compare to other movies
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

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

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPaul Feig
ScreenplayKatie Dippold
StarringMelissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones
StudioColumbia Pictures / Sony
Produced byIvan Reitman, Daniel Cohen