Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Difference between revisions

== Reception ==

===Box office===

 

In the United States and Canada, ''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire'' was released alongside ''[[Immaculate (2024 film)|Immaculate]]'' and ''[[Late Night with the Devil]]'', and was projected to gross $43–45 million from 4,345 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref name=Variety-Proj/> The film made $16 million on its first day, including $4.7 million from Thursday night previews, slightly topping ''Afterlife''{{'}}s $4.5 million. It went on to debut at $45 million, landing between the opening weekends of ''[[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|Ghostbusters]]'' ($46 million in 2016) and ''Afterlife'' ($44 million in 2021), topping the box office, and pushing the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise past the $1 billion mark. ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' credited Sony's marketing efforts for boosting the opening weekend, but suggested that the franchise would perform better if it returned to the original movie's focus on "wall-to-wall humor" and "big comedy stars."<ref name="opening">{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 24, 2024 |title='Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Propels Franchise Past $1B As Sequel Opens To $45M+ – Sunday AM Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-1235865730/ |access-date=May 7, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324171325/https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-1235865730/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In its second weekend the film made $15.7 million (a drop of 65%), finishing second behind newcomer ''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=They Have Risen: 'Godzilla x Kong' Conquers Easter Box Office With $80M Opening; Legendary Monster verse Franchise Crosses $2 Billion – Sunday AM Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-1235871440/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=March 31, 2024 |date=March 31, 2024 |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330023616/https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-1235871440/ |url-status=live }}</ref>