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Sony‘s sequel to Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, took in $4.7M from previews final night time that started at 2PM at 3,561 theaters.
That amount of cash is near the $4.5M previews of Ghostbusters: Afterlife which opened heading into the pre-Thanksgiving 2021 body when audiences have been nonetheless shaking off Covid fears. Final night time’s money can be greater than the previews of Paul Feig’s 2016 all feminine Ghostbusters which did $3.4M (and opened to $46M). These showtimes started at 4PM and resulted in a $16.6M Friday, $44M opening weekend. I’m instructed from sources that Frozen Empire would require plenty of walk-up enterprise to get to that stage as presales for some exhibitors have been low.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire obtained 4 stars from the Thursday night time viewers, which is all the time stuffed with die-hard followers, 80% constructive and a 66% particular suggest. Largely males who confirmed up at 55%, who have been the pic’s harshest critics at 76% constructive, with girls at 45% with a greater 85% grade. On Afterlife, households and the center of the nation propped grosses. Near a 3rd of the viewers of Afterlife have been households with dad and mom awarding that film 5 stars with youngsters below 12 at 4 1/2. Rotten Tomatoes critics gave Afterlife, which was directed by Jason Reitman, 64% constructive whereas audiences graded it 94%. Frozen Empire out of the gate is decrease with 45% Rotten in opinions, and 86% with RT audiences.
Directed by Gil Kenan, the author of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the sequel price a $100M. This Ghostbusters will simply put the franchise, now at 5 motion pictures, over $1 billion. That will or might not be this weekend as Frozen Empire may underperform.
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