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1984 • PG • 1h 47m • Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi • Columbia Pictures

They're here to save the world.

🍅 95% 88% MC 71 LB 3.7 IMDb 7.8

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$13.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$242.60M
Original 1984 release
Domestic legs16.8x
Budget$30M
1984 rank#1
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Cast & crew

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Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman Director Bill Murray Bill Murray Starring Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd Starring Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver Starring Harold Ramis Harold Ramis Starring Rick Moranis Rick Moranis Starring
Written byDan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis Produced byIvan Reitman CinematographyLászló Kovács Music byElmer Bernstein StudioColumbia Pictures SeriesGhostbusters

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 8-10 1 $13.6M — 1,339 $10,166 $13.6M
2 Jun 15-17 1 $15.3M +12.3% 1,479 $10,336 $38.3M
3 Jun 22-24 1 $13.4M −12.6% 1,506 $8,867 $61.6M
4 Jun 29-Jul 1 1 $11.2M −16.1% 1,464 $7,651 $80.5M
5 Jul 6-8 1 $11.3M +0.5% 1,469 $7,662 $99.8M
6 Jul 13-15 1 $10.0M −11.0% 1,470 $6,818 $115.7M
7 Jul 20-22 1 $8.7M −12.8% 1,468 $5,950 $130.0M
8 Jul 27-29 2 $7.7M −12.0% 1,460 $5,265 $142.7M
9 Aug 3-5 1 $6.5M −15.1% 1,439 $4,537 $153.0M
10 Aug 10-12 2 $5.9M −9.2% 1,423 $4,167 $162.7M
11 Aug 17-19 3 $5.6M −5.9% 1,400 $3,987 $171.7M
12 Aug 24-26 2 $4.9M −12.7% 1,391 $3,505 $179.4M
13 Aug 31-Sep 2 2 $6.8M +40.0% 1,368 $4,989 $188.6M
14 Sep 7-9 2 $3.9M −43.4% 1,435 $2,691 $193.0M
15 Sep 14-16 2 $3.3M −15.4% 1,437 $2,275 $197.0M
16 Sep 21-23 3 $2.9M −12.1% 1,389 $2,068 $200.9M
17 Sep 28-30 5 $2.4M −16.4% 1,263 $1,902 $204.1M
18 Oct 5-7 5 $2.3M −5.0% 1,183 $1,930 $206.9M
19 Oct 12-14 5 $1.7M −23.5% 1,107 $1,577 $209.0M
20 Oct 19-21 8 $1.5M −13.3% 890 $1,701 $211.1M
21 Oct 26-28 13 $1.0M −32.2% 753 $1,363 $212.5M
22 Nov 2-4 11 $1.2M +15.9% 780 $1,525 $214.1M
23 Nov 9-11 13 $1.1M −9.5% 375 $2,869 $215.6M
24 Nov 16-18 14 $736.6K −31.5% 566 $1,301 $216.6M
25 Nov 23-25 13 $884.9K +20.1% 609 $1,453 $217.8M
26 Nov 30-Dec 2 12 $686.4K −22.4% 510 $1,346 $218.9M
27 Dec 7-9 14 $336.0K −51.0% 431 $780 $219.3M
28 Dec 14-16 17 $223.2K −33.6% 329 $678 $219.6M
29 Dec 21-23 19 $286.0K +28.1% 229 $1,249 $220.1M
30 Dec 28-30 16 $636.2K +122.5% 217 $2,932 $220.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $5.9M
$13.6M
$15.3M
$13.4M
$11.2M
$11.3M
$10.0M
$8.7M
$7.7M
$6.5M
$5.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −9.2%
+12.3%
W1→2
−12.6%
W2→3
−16.1%
W3→4
+0.5%
W4→5
−11.0%
W5→6
−12.8%
W6→7
−12.0%
W7→8
−15.1%
W8→9
−9.2%
W9→10
Steepest −16.1%Biggest gain +12.3%

Records held

All records
#7 Most weeks at #1All-time 10 weeks #18 Most weekends in the top 10All-time 20 weekends

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