If we ignore the fact that March has been carried by franchise films, it's been doing very well so far. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire hitting $45M in its opening just proves that. I was getting worried that this wasn't going to hit $40M, but it ended up right at the high end of predictions. Obviously, the budget is $25M higher than Afterlife, but that's still not a bad opening. Was pleasantly surprised to see it just open above Afterlife. If it doesn't get destroyed by Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire next weekend, $100M domestically is all but guaranteed.
If I were Sony, I'd say make at least one more installment in this franchise. Not just so they can have a trilogy, but they can try to do what was originally supposed to be done with Frozen Empire. Release it in December and have those great holiday season legs.
I don't know what Sony will do, but this opening must be an encouraging sign to them that Ghostbusters is far from a dead franchise. I still don't think it was the best idea to make a sequel on a significantly higher budget when the previous film barely made more than $200M worldwide, but I won't rule out that this one could potentially break even after this start.
If we ignore the fact that March has been carried by franchise films, it's been doing very well so far. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire hitting $45M in its opening just proves that. I was getting worried that this wasn't going to hit $40M, but it ended up right at the high end of predictions. Obviously, the budget is $25M higher than Afterlife, but that's still not a bad opening. Was pleasantly surprised to see it just open above Afterlife. If it doesn't get destroyed by Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire next weekend, $100M domestically is all but guaranteed.
If I were Sony, I'd say make at least one more installment in this franchise. Not just so they can have a trilogy, but they can try to do what was originally supposed to be done with Frozen Empire. Release it in December and have those great holiday season legs.
I don't know what Sony will do, but this opening must be an encouraging sign to them that Ghostbusters is far from a dead franchise. I still don't think it was the best idea to make a sequel on a significantly higher budget when the previous film barely made more than $200M worldwide, but I won't rule out that this one could potentially break even after this start.
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