Starring McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones, the all-female reboot received mixed reviews from both fans and critics. The negative commercial reaction contributed to a box-office bomb, with the film grossing only $222.9 million, marking a $70 million loss.
The original Ghostbusters was one of the most successful movies made in its day, earning $295.5 million, with Ghostbusters 2, the 2016 Ghostbusters, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife each earning $215.4 million, $229.1 million, and $204.4 million respectively.
However, the film did not live up to its hype - fans of the original movie were not impressed and it earned $370 million worldwide at the box office. According to Variety, the film's distributor Sony Pictures lost up to $80 million (US$50 million).
Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been a hit at the box office, yet it actually repeats the same mistake as the original sequel. Following on from the event's of the 80's classic, Egon's estranged family and their offbeat friends take over the mantle from him and his old friends Peter, Winston and Ray.
It was praised for its blend of comedy, action, and horror, and Murray's performance was often singled out for praise. It earned $282.2 million during its initial theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1984 in the United States and Canada, and the then-highest-grossing comedy ever.
Plans for a third Ghostbusters film began during filming of the second one, but Harold Ramis was unsure about it because of the main cast's ages and how difficult it was to get them all together. In addition to that, Bill Murray wasn't interested in coming back for another film.
The film grossed $229.1 million worldwide against a $144 million production budget, making it a box-office bomb with losses of over $70 million following theaters taking their revenue cut. Sony abandoned plans for a sequel, opting instead to continue the original film canon with Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).
At least the second film had a new antagonist. Also, for a comedy series this movie didn't even have much comedy, and the main draw, seeing the original cast, wasn't even utilized well as they showed up for a 5 minute cameo.
"No, Ghostbusters II, definitely canon," Reitman said. "There are references to Ghostbusters II in Afterlife. We meet Ray working at Ray's Occult. The toaster from Ghostbusters II is in the kitchen in the farmhouse.
Some fail by being too different from the source material, while others suffer because they're not different enough. While Ghostbusters tried to tell a new story within this world, the sexist backlash towards the all-female cast doomed the movie to failure.
In Chinese culture, spirits and ghosts played a huge part and were highly revered and respected. However, with the arrival of Communism in China, secularism was enforced and any depiction of ghosts or spirits was expressly forbidden.
Leslie Jones Says She Was Offered 1% of Melissa McCarthy's Salary on 'Ghostbusters' The "SNL" alum made $150,000 compared to McCarthy's $14 million. The film was "one big-ass controversy," Jones said.
Almost none of the scenes were filmed as scripted, most had at least one ad-lib. Most of Bill Murray's lines are ad-libs. When Louis Tully mingles with his party guests (commenting on the price of the salmon, and so on), the scene is one continuous shot, and almost entirely improvised.
62% of critics currently liked Ghostbusters: Afterlife, while 96% of viewers liked it. That's still “fresh” but only by a hair. Meanwhile, the 2016 reboot was mostly reviled by audiences, who gave it a 49% compared to critics' 74%—a much more solid “fresh” than this film.
Why does Egon not speak in Ghostbusters: Afterlife?
Being a ghost in the realm of the living could also take a certain amount of energy. Whatever spectral energy he used to make himself visible to others, interact with objects, and remain in the living world for as long as he did probably prevented him from also speaking.
Is Ghostbusters: Afterlife better than the original?
In comparison to the original Ghostbusters, neither Afterlife or Answer the Call are perfect films, but they each succeed and fail the franchise in different ways. Afterlife is a solid blockbuster overall, but scarcely resembles the kind of film the original wanted to be.
In 1989, Trump appeared in the music video for Bobby Brown's single "On Our Own", which was featured in the movie Ghostbusters II. In 1991, Trump originally made an appearance in the music video for Precious Metal's cover of Janet Robin's song, "Mr. Big Stuff".
Parents need to know that Ghostbusters II is the 1989 sequel to Ghostbusters. Amid the scenes of ghosts and slimes, there are some scenes of demonic imagery, including a scene in which dozens of decapitated cadaver heads are on stakes. Profanity is infrequent ("a--hole" and "s--t") and there's some…
Cameo. Brian Doyle-Murray: The psychiatrist at the mental hospital is played by Bill Murray's brother. Bobby Brown: The doorman at Gracie Mansion when the Ghostbusters meet with the Mayor.
There were reports that it got so bad during filming that Ramis slammed Murray up against a wall at one point. “They were like two brothers who weren't getting along,” Rubin told The New Yorker.
In the 1999 GB DVD, both he and Weaver state that the father of Dana's child is the violinist from GB1, the guy with the long hair whom you see her walk with, the one whom Venkman refers to as the stiff.
Did Bill Murray and Harold Ramis become friends again?
Murray "wanted it to be more philosophical, and Harold kept reminding him it was a comedy," the screenwriter said. Though Groundhog Day ultimately proved a success, Murray and Ramis did not speak for years after they made the movie. The duo only reunited months before Ramis' death in 2014, according to Variety.
