Ghostbusters: Afterlife Exceeds Box Office Expectations, $40.5 Million Opening Weekend Anticipated

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Jason Reitman’s direct sequel to the original Ghostbusters films is doing great at the box office. According to a Saturday morning update from Deadline, the film is on track to make $40.5 million in its opening weekend, which is quite a bit better than initial expectations ($30 to $35 million). Ghostbusters: Afterlife’s success is notable for at least two reasons: 1) cinema attendance is still being held back from coronavirus, and 2) Sony barely advertised one of the film’s biggest draws, the return of the original Ghostbusters and other key characters (e.g., Sigourney Weaver’s Dana Barrett).









Deadline’s roundup of the film’s positive reception thus far:



Ghostbusters: Afterlife received an A- CinemaScore, slightly higher than Paul Feig’s all-femme 2016 Ghostbusters, which was graded with a B+. PostTrak has a good...

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[Grimlakin]

My friend who has similar taste in movies as I do really enjoyed it. I expect I will as well.

 

[Brian_B]

I will really enjoy it when I can stream it at home.