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2016 • PG-13 • 1h 56m • Action, Comedy, Science Fiction • Columbia Pictures / Sony

Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good

🍅 73% 49%

56

2.6

6.8

CS B

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$46.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$128.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$229.00M

$100.70M international

Domestic legs2.79x

Budget$144M

2016 rank#21

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Cast & crew

Full Feig filmography

Paul Feig

Paul Feig Director

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy Starring

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig Starring

Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon Starring

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth Starring

ScreenplayKatie Dippold Produced byIvan Reitman, Daniel Cohen CinematographyRobert Yeoman MusicTheodore Shapiro Prod. DesignJefferson Sage StudioColumbia Pictures SeriesGhostbusters

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 15-17 2 $46.0M — 3,963 $11,612 $46.0M

2 Jul 22-24 5 $21.0M −54.3% 3,963 $5,301 $86.3M

3 Jul 29-31 7 $10.1M −51.8% 3,052 $3,318 $106.5M

4 Aug 5-7 9 $4.7M −53.8% 2,545 $1,837 $116.6M

5 Aug 12-14 12 $2.3M −51.4% 1,437 $1,581 $121.7M

6 Aug 19-21 16 $1.1M −52.8% 788 $1,361 $123.9M

7 Aug 26-28 20 $553.5K −48.4% 434 $1,275 $125.0M

8 Sep 2-4 21 $1.1M +95.5% 1,091 $992 $126.3M

9 Sep 9-11 27 $281.8K −74.0% 356 $791 $127.0M

10 Sep 16-18 30 $204.5K −27.4% 225 $909 $127.3M

11 Sep 23-25 32 $132.2K −35.4% 165 $801 $127.4M

12 Sep 30-Oct 2 23 $227.1K +71.8% 202 $1,124 $127.7M

13 Oct 7-9 29 $176.9K −22.1% 171 $1,034 $128.0M

14 Oct 14-16 34 $117.2K −33.7% 145 $809 $128.2M

15 Oct 21-23 46 $70.5K −39.9% 117 $603 $128.3M

16 Oct 28-30 52 $40.0K −43.3% 91 $440 $128.3M

17 Nov 4-6 53 $19.0K −52.6% 47 $404 $128.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 14 #P $3.4M — $3.4M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jul 15 #1 $17.1M — $17.1M 3,963 $4,322 1

Sat Jul 16 #2 $16.4M −4.3% $33.5M 3,963 $4,137 2

Sun Jul 17 #2 $12.5M −23.8% $46.0M 3,963 $3,153 3

Mon Jul 18 #2 $4.9M −60.7% $50.9M 3,963 $1,238 4

Tue Jul 19 #2 $6.3M +28.8% $57.2M 3,963 $1,595 5

Wed Jul 20 #2 $4.3M −32.7% $61.5M 3,963 $1,073 6

Thu Jul 21 #2 $3.8M −11.6% $65.3M 3,963 $948 7

Fri Jul 22 #5 $6.2M +66.1% −63.6% $71.5M 3,963 $1,575 8

Sat Jul 23 #3 $8.6M +37.3% −47.7% $80.1M 3,963 $2,162 9

Sun Jul 24 #3 $6.2M −27.7% −50.4% $86.3M 3,963 $1,564 10

Mon Jul 25 #5 $2.5M −58.9% −48.1% $88.8M 3,963 $643 11

Tue Jul 26 #4 $3.3M +27.6% −48.6% $92.1M 3,963 $820 12

Wed Jul 27 #4 $2.3M −30.7% −47.1% $94.3M 3,963 $568 13

Thu Jul 28 #6 $2.1M −8.8% −45.4% $96.4M 3,963 $518 14

Fri Jul 29 #8 $2.9M +43.6% −52.8% $99.3M 3,052 $966 15

Sat Jul 30 #7 $4.0M +35.5% −53.4% $103.3M 3,052 $1,309 16

Sun Jul 31 #6 $3.2M −20.4% −48.7% $106.5M 3,052 $1,042 17

Mon Aug 1 #8 $1.4M −56.5% −45.7% $107.9M 3,052 $454 18

Tue Aug 2 #8 $1.7M +25.8% −46.4% $109.6M 3,052 $571 19

Wed Aug 3 #8 $1.3M −27.9% −44.2% $110.9M 3,052 $412 20

Thu Aug 4 #7 $1.0M −18.0% −49.8% $111.9M 3,052 $338 21

Fri Aug 5 #9 $1.3M +29.9% −54.6% $113.3M 2,545 $526 22

Sat Aug 6 #8 $2.0M +47.8% −50.5% $115.2M 2,545 $777 23

Sun Aug 7 #9 $1.4M −31.3% −57.3% $116.6M 2,545 $534 24

Mon Aug 8 #10 $651.8K −52.0% −52.9% $117.2M 2,545 $256 25

Tue Aug 9 #10 $859.7K +31.9% −50.7% $118.1M 2,545 $338 26

Wed Aug 10 #10 $714.4K −16.9% −43.2% $118.8M 2,545 $281 27

Thu Aug 11 #10 $595.0K −16.7% −42.3% $119.4M 2,545 $234 28

Fri Aug 12 #12 $646.6K +8.7% −51.7% $120.1M 1,437 $450 29

Sat Aug 13 #12 $982.8K +52.0% −50.3% $121.0M 1,437 $684 30

Sun Aug 14 #13 $642.9K −34.6% −52.7% $121.7M 1,437 $447 31

Mon Aug 15 #12 $303.6K −52.8% −53.4% $122.0M 1,437 $211 32

Tue Aug 16 #13 $390.4K +28.6% −54.6% $122.4M 1,437 $272 33

Wed Aug 17 #12 $272.1K −30.3% −61.9% $122.6M 1,437 $189 34

Thu Aug 18 #12 $213.2K −21.6% −64.2% $122.9M 1,437 $148 35

Fri Aug 19 #- $314.1K +47.3% −51.4% $123.2M 788 $399 36

Sat Aug 20 #- $477.9K +52.1% −51.4% $123.7M 788 $607 37

Sun Aug 21 #- $280.6K −41.3% −56.4% $123.9M 788 $356 38

Mon Aug 22 #- $117.0K −58.3% −61.5% $124.1M 788 $148 39

Tue Aug 23 #- $142.7K +22.0% −63.4% $124.2M 788 $181 40

Wed Aug 24 #- $111.7K −21.7% −58.9% $124.3M 788 $142 41

Thu Aug 25 #15 $98.2K −12.1% −54.0% $124.4M 788 $125 42

Fri Aug 26 #- $152.8K +55.7% −51.4% $124.6M 434 $352 43

Sat Aug 27 #- $252.6K +65.3% −47.1% $124.8M 434 $582 44

Sun Aug 28 #- $148.1K −41.4% −47.2% $125.0M 434 $341 45

Mon Aug 29 #- $52.6K −64.5% −55.0% $125.0M 434 $121 46

Tue Aug 30 #- $62.8K +19.5% −56.0% $125.1M 434 $145 47

Wed Aug 31 #- $53.3K −15.1% −52.3% $125.1M 434 $123 48

Thu Sep 1 #- $49.7K −6.7% −49.3% $125.2M 434 $115 49

Fri Sep 2 #- $251.7K +405.9% +64.7% $125.4M 1,091 $231 50

Sat Sep 3 #- $423.4K +68.2% +67.6% $125.8M 1,091 $388 51

Sun Sep 4 #- $406.9K −3.9% +174.8% $126.3M 1,091 $373 52

Mon Sep 5 #- $283.5K −30.3% +439.2% $126.5M 1,091 $260 53

Tue Sep 6 #- $66.4K −76.6% +5.7% $126.6M 1,091 $61 54

Wed Sep 7 #- $48.3K −27.2% −9.3% $126.7M 1,091 $44 55

Thu Sep 8 #- $48.0K −0.6% −3.5% $126.7M 1,091 $44 56

Fri Sep 9 #- $73.4K +52.9% −70.8% $126.8M 356 $206 57

Sat Sep 10 #- $140.6K +91.6% −66.8% $126.9M 356 $395 58

Sun Sep 11 #- $67.7K −51.8% −83.4% $127.0M 356 $190 59

Mon Sep 12 #- $18.2K −73.2% −93.6% $127.0M 356 $51 60

Tue Sep 13 #- $22.3K +22.7% −66.4% $127.0M 356 $63 61

Wed Sep 14 #- $18.3K −18.0% −62.2% $127.0M 356 $51 62

Thu Sep 15 #- $16.2K −11.7% −66.4% $127.1M 356 $45 63

Fri Sep 16 #- $54.1K +234.8% −26.3% $127.1M 225 $240 64

Sat Sep 17 #- $98.6K +82.2% −29.9% $127.2M 225 $438 65

Sun Sep 18 #- $51.9K −47.4% −23.4% $127.3M 225 $231 66

Mon Sep 19 #- $11.9K −77.0% −34.5% $127.3M 225 $53 67

Tue Sep 20 #- $14.9K +25.4% −33.1% $127.3M 225 $66 68

Wed Sep 21 #- $13.0K −12.8% −28.8% $127.3M 225 $58 69

Thu Sep 22 #- $12.0K −7.7% −25.6% $127.3M 225 $53 70

Fri Sep 23 #- $36.5K +203.9% −32.5% $127.4M 165 $221 71

Sat Sep 24 #- $62.2K +70.2% −36.9% $127.4M 165 $377 72

Sun Sep 25 #- $33.5K −46.1% −35.4% $127.4M 165 $203 73

Mon Sep 26 #- $8.2K −75.5% −31.2% $127.5M 165 $50 74

Tue Sep 27 #- $10.1K +22.7% −32.7% $127.5M 165 $61 75

Wed Sep 28 #- $9.5K −5.3% −26.9% $127.5M 165 $58 76

Thu Sep 29 #- $8.3K −13.0% −31.1% $127.5M 165 $50 77

Fri Sep 30 #- $54.7K +560.4% +49.7% $127.5M 202 $271 78

Sat Oct 1 #- $106.7K +95.1% +71.6% $127.6M 202 $528 79

Sun Oct 2 #- $65.7K −38.4% +96.2% $127.7M 202 $325 80

Mon Oct 3 #- $16.5K −74.9% +101.6% $127.7M 202 $82 81

Tue Oct 4 #- $19.6K +18.9% +95.4% $127.7M 202 $97 82

Wed Oct 5 #- $16.9K −14.2% +77.1% $127.8M 202 $83 83

Thu Oct 6 #- $19.4K +15.2% +134.5% $127.8M 202 $96 84

Fri Oct 7 #- $45.9K +136.4% −16.0% $127.8M 171 $268 85

Sat Oct 8 #- $78.8K +71.7% −26.1% $127.9M 171 $461 86

Sun Oct 9 #- $52.1K −33.9% −20.7% $128.0M 171 $305 87

Fri Oct 14 #- $30.3K −41.9% −34.0% $128.1M 145 $209 92

Sat Oct 15 #- $53.4K +76.1% −32.3% $128.1M 145 $368 93

Sun Oct 16 #- $33.6K −37.1% −35.6% $128.2M 145 $232 94

Mon Oct 17 #- $8.0K −76.2% $128.2M 145 $55 95

Tue Oct 18 #- $8.5K +6.5% $128.2M 145 $59 96

Wed Oct 19 #- $7.1K −16.6% $128.2M 145 $49 97

Thu Oct 20 #- $9.8K +37.2% $128.2M 145 $67 98

Fri Oct 21 #- $18.3K +87.6% −39.6% $128.2M 117 $156 99

Sat Oct 22 #- $32.2K +76.0% −39.7% $128.2M 117 $275 100

Sun Oct 23 #- $20.0K −37.7% −40.3% $128.3M 117 $171 101

Mon Oct 24 #- $4.2K −79.3% −48.1% $128.3M 117 $35 102

Tue Oct 25 #- $5.1K +23.1% −40.0% $128.3M 117 $44 103

Wed Oct 26 #- $4.4K −14.7% −38.7% $128.3M 117 $37 104

Thu Oct 27 #- $4.7K +6.8% −52.3% $128.3M 117 $40 105

Fri Oct 28 #- $10.7K +129.8% −41.6% $128.3M 91 $117 106

Sat Oct 29 #- $17.9K +67.4% −44.4% $128.3M 91 $197 107

Sun Oct 30 #- $11.4K −36.2% −43.0% $128.3M 91 $126 108

Mon Oct 31 #- $4.3K −62.7% +2.6% $128.3M 91 $47 109

Tue Nov 1 #- $3.0K −29.2% −41.0% $128.3M 91 $33 110

Wed Nov 2 #- $2.4K −19.1% −44.0% $128.3M 91 $27 111

Thu Nov 3 #- $2.6K +8.0% −43.3% $128.3M 91 $29 112

Fri Nov 4 #- $4.3K +64.8% −59.4% $128.3M 47 $92 113

Sat Nov 5 #- $9.1K +109.4% −49.2% $128.3M 47 $194 114

Sun Nov 6 #- $5.5K −39.1% −51.5% $128.3M 47 $118 115

Mon Nov 7 #- $1.1K −79.9% −73.8% $128.3M 47 $24 116

Tue Nov 8 #- $1.5K +36.3% −49.6% $128.3M 47 $32 117

Wed Nov 9 #- $997 −34.4% −59.1% $128.3M 47 $21 118

Thu Nov 10 #- $2.9K +186.2% +8.2% $128.4M 47 $61 119

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$127.3M

Jul 14Aug 1Aug 18Sep 5Sep 22

Weekend grossWk 10 · $204.5K

$46.0M

$21.0M

$10.1M

$4.7M

$2.3M

$1.1M

$553.5K

$1.1M

$281.8K

$204.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,963 → 225 −94.3%

3,963 open225 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.4%

−54.3%

W1→2

−51.8%

W2→3

−53.8%

W3→4

−51.4%

W4→5

−52.8%

W5→6

−48.4%

W6→7

+95.5%

W7→8

−74.0%

W8→9

−27.4%

W9→10

Steepest −74.0%Biggest gain +95.5%

Run milestones

$100M in 16 days

$100M

Day 16

Jul 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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