“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” fired up the box office this weekend, and the whole franchise passed an impressive milestone … but some are saying producers shouldn’t count their ghosts before they materialize.
According to reports, ‘Ghostbusters’ is projected to make $45.2 million in its opening weekend domestically — taking the top spot by a wide margin over some incumbent champions of the theater.
Meanwhile, the movie got off to a mediocre start internationally … taking home just $16.1 million in 25 global markets — still, enough for an impressive opening weekend total of $61 million.
‘GFE’ fought off both “Dune: Part Two” and “Kung Fu Panda 4” for the top spot this week — there are certain indicators the film may not be a total box office smash.
For one thing, ‘Frozen Empire’ is only slightly outperforming the last film in the franchise — “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — by about $1 million domestically … and that was significantly cheaper to make with reports saying it cost $75 million to the new movie’s $100 million budget.
And, “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” has got some mighty competition at next weekend’s box office — with the combined forces of Godzilla and King Kong slated to premiere.
BTW … critics and audiences have very different opinions on the movie. It’s got a critics score of 43% on Rotten Tomatoes but an audience score of 84%. So, maybe not a cinematic masterpiece, but probably one hell of a fun ride!
Ghostbusters sure ain’t afraid of no ghosts … but, the film’s producers might be terrified of the box office numbers to come!
