Ghostbusters 2021 weekend Nov 19-21: Afterlife $44M OW | E: $10.8m | RD: $8.1m

[Ryan Reynolds]

2 minutes ago, Nikostar said:

Not good. 

its decent though , and the holiday ahead it will do alright , overseas may be the issue

[Legion Again]

That would be a yikes, gotta wonder how much rounding went into the secondhand “around 15” though.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

Anything about King Richard?

 

those would be underhelming for Ghostbusters considering the tracking but those numbers are what I originally expected

[charlie Jatinder]

If its any good +40% SAT 🤷‍♂️

[TwoMisfits]

41 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

 

 

So a total DOM BO between $100M and Free Guy...yeah, not disappointing:).  That's a good result!

 

Edit to add: Especially b/c I predicted it, what 2 months ago now?:)...

Edited November 20, 2021 by TwoMisfits

[RRA]

29 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

its decent though , and the holiday ahead it will do alright , overseas may be the issue

This IP was never big OS and ‘16 partially reflected that. 

[marveldcfox]

People need to remember it is based on an IP that in today's climate doesn't appeal to moviegoers. It was always going to be frontloaded. Won't be shocked if it does under Free Guy, which is an original movie, hence better chances of legs. A movie like FG could easily do 180+ if released on Christmas like NATM.

I feel ghostbusters is more suited for a Netflix or amazon prime show. Amazon could use it to create their Stranger Things or maybe Netflix will need something like ST after season 4 finale.

Edited November 20, 2021 by marveldcfox

[keysersoze123]

Thinking it could go slightly higher than what Gitesh is saying. But not lot more. Hope west coast overperforms(not crazy considering MTC2 is overperforming).

[efialtes76]

Maybe 11.5M+4.5M.

 

[Legion Again]

Could be a close race with Dune OW here

[budice]

Sounds like we're still talking a 40 ceiling at the end of the day.

 

Ghostbusters is beloved IP. Still have options for Spinoffs and

renewed Animation for kids.  Much like with the prior one,

not a movie sequel people were clamoring for.  Perhaps Better Timing,

little more buzz leading up to it, even better result.

Edited November 20, 2021 by budice

[Pinacolada]

Can't forget next week is Thanksgiving. Should have a soft drop next week. $35m+ OW sounds fine

[filmlover]

If Sony is truly adamant about reviving Ghostbusters and seeing a nice profit from it, it might be ideal to keep it a modestly-budgeted effort (as in, $40M or less) ala the Zombielands. And perhaps release around October/Halloween to take advantage of spooky season for maximum potential (instead of prime summer/holiday release spots). This IP being the nostalgia-driven, multi-generational mega-event that has long lines of people in the GB costumes waiting in excitement to enter the theater that the studio obviously wishes it was is clearly just not meant to be.

Edited November 20, 2021 by filmlover

[excel1]

Ghostbusters the brand have-not been popular since the 80s. The kids who liked it back then are now in their mid 40s. A little different than say, Jurassic World blowing 22 years after the original. 

[titanic2187]

15m Friday is a terrible number and almost for sure the whole weekend the total market can hit 100m in total. A terrible pre-Thanksgiving weekend.

[ViewerAnon]

In the event it performs well on the West Coast due to MTC2 indicators...

 

$4.5M Previews

$11.5M True Friday

$15.5M Saturday (+35%)

$10.3M Sunday (-33%)

 

So around $40-42M weekend, that sound reasonable?

[charlie Jatinder]

Just now, ViewerAnon said:

$4.5M Previews

$11.5M True Friday

you are onto something here.

[Legion Again]

4 minutes ago, ViewerAnon said:

In the event it performs well on the West Coast due to MTC2 indicators...

 

$4.5M Previews

$11.5M True Friday

$15.5M Saturday (+35%)

$10.3M Sunday (-33%)

 

So around $40-42M weekend, that sound reasonable?

 

1 hour ago, Eternal Legion said:

Could be a close race with Dune OW here

This is almost exactly the trajectory I had in mind with this comment 

[DAJK]

Either King Richard is underperforming BIG TIME in Canada, or this thing is looking at less than a 2M OD...

 

With regards to Ghostbusters, WC numbers in the great white north are okay, but it seems to be playing particularly strong in the prairies...

[YM!]

6 hours ago, keysersoze123 said:

Encanto will win next weekend for sure. Plus I am not sure if GB will even hit 45m. Its not doing that great in big markets. Its overperforming in MTC2 but we have to wait and see. But if WOM is strong it can still have good holds to comfortably gross over 100m which would be very good. 

Any idea on what Encanto is looking at OW, I’m hoping enough for a total to get it to 100m.