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2021 • PG • 2h 4m • Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy • Sony Pictures

Who you gonna call?

🍅 63% 96%

45

3.18

7.0

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$44.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$129.40M

Final

Worldwide total

$203.00M

$204,300,000 global

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$75M

2021 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Reitman filmography

Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman Director

Finn Wolfhard

Finn Wolfhard Starring

Mckenna Grace

Mckenna Grace Starring

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd Starring

ScreenplayJason Reitman, Gil Kenan Produced byIvan Reitman, Patrice Avery CinematographyLaxman Pandey MusicRob Simonsen Prod. DesignCurt Beech SeriesGhostbusters

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 19-21 (opening) 1 $44.0M — 4,315 $10,198 $44.0M

2 Nov 26-28 2 $24.2M −45.0% 4,315 $5,608 $87.5M

3 Dec 3-5 2 $10.4M −57.2% 4,059 $2,551 $102.2M

4 Dec 10-12 3 $7.1M −31.4% 3,815 $1,861 $112.0M

5 Dec 17-19 5 $3.4M −51.9% 3,282 $1,040 $117.3M

6 Dec 24-26 — $1.2M −64.4% 1,728 $704 $120.4M

7 Dec 31-2 7 $1.5M +21.3% 1,645 $897 $123.4M

8 Jan 7-9 9 $1.1M −24.5% 1,501 $743 $125.0M

9 Jan 14-16 12 $765.3K −31.4% 1,202 $636 $126.1M

10 Jan 21-23 12 $654.0K −14.5% 1,061 $616 $127.1M

11 Jan 28-30 9 $776.5K +18.7% 1,170 $663 $128.1M

12 Feb 4-6 12 $523.4K −32.6% 954 $548 $128.8M

13 Feb 11-13 — $177.7K −66.0% 460 $386 $129.1M

14 Feb 18-20 — $90.5K −49.1% 207 $437 $129.2M

15 Feb 25-27 — $58.6K −35.3% 138 $424 $129.3M

16 Mar 4-6 — $21.1K −64.0% 73 $288 $129.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 18 #P $4.5M — $4.5M 0 $0 -1

Fri Nov 19 #1 $16.7M — $16.7M 4,315 $3,859 1

Sat Nov 20 #1 $16.4M −1% $33.1M 4,315 $3,809 2

Sun Nov 21 #1 $10.9M −34% $44.0M 4,315 $2,530 3

Mon Nov 22 #1 $3.8M −65% $47.9M 4,315 $891 4

Tue Nov 23 #1 $4.7M +21% $52.5M 4,315 $1,078 5

Wed Nov 24 #2 $5.5M +18% $58.0M 4,315 $1,270 6

Thu Nov 25 #2 $5.3M −3% $63.3M 4,315 $1,233 7

Fri Nov 26 #2 $9.7M +83% −42% $73.0M 4,315 $2,254 8

Sat Nov 27 #2 $9.3M −4% −43% $82.4M 4,315 $2,162 9

Sun Nov 28 #2 $5.1M −45% −53% $87.5M 4,315 $1,191 10

Mon Nov 29 #3 $1.1M −79% −72% $88.6M 4,315 $249 11

Tue Nov 30 #3 $1.4M +26% −71% $90.0M 4,315 $315 12

Wed Dec 1 #4 $951.4K −30% −83% $90.9M 4,315 $220 13

Thu Dec 2 #4 $940.1K −1% −82% $91.8M 4,315 $217 14

Fri Dec 3 #2 $2.7M +188% −72% $94.5M 4,059 $665 15

Sat Dec 4 #2 $4.7M +75% −49% $99.3M 4,059 $1,168 16

Sun Dec 5 #2 $2.9M −39% −43% $102.2M 4,059 $717 17

Mon Dec 6 #4 $622.4K −79% −42% $102.8M 4,059 $153 18

Tue Dec 7 #3 $850.9K +37% −37% $103.7M 4,059 $209 19

Wed Dec 8 #4 $635.5K −25% −33% $104.3M 4,059 $156 20

Thu Dec 9 #4 $595.4K −6% −37% $104.9M 4,059 $146 21

Fri Dec 10 #3 $1.7M +193% −36% $106.6M 3,815 $456 22

Sat Dec 11 #3 $3.4M +95% −28% $110.0M 3,815 $891 23

Sun Dec 12 #3 $2.0M −42% −33% $112.0M 3,815 $513 24

Mon Dec 13 #4 $450.6K −77% −28% $112.5M 3,815 $118 25

Tue Dec 14 #4 $585.4K +30% −31% $113.0M 3,815 $153 26

Wed Dec 15 #4 $475.9K −19% −25% $113.5M 3,815 $124 27

Thu Dec 16 #4 $331.5K −30% −44% $113.8M 3,815 $86 28

Fri Dec 17 #5 $941.8K +184% −46% $114.8M 3,282 $286 29

Sat Dec 18 #3 $1.4M +50% −58% $116.2M 3,282 $431 30

Sun Dec 19 #4 $1.1M −25% −46% $117.3M 3,282 $321 31

Mon Dec 20 #4 $524.8K −50% +16% $117.8M 3,282 $159 32

Tue Dec 21 #4 $620.9K +18% +6% $118.4M 3,282 $189 33

Wed Dec 22 #— $385.6K −38% −19% $118.8M 3,282 $117 34

Thu Dec 23 #— $430.1K +12% +30% $119.2M 1,855 $231 35

Fri Dec 24 #— $265.1K −38% −72% $119.5M 1,728 $153 36

Sat Dec 25 #— $500.1K +89% −65% $120.0M 1,728 $289 37

Sun Dec 26 #— $451.6K −10% −57% $120.4M 1,728 $261 38

Mon Dec 27 #— $358.4K −21% −32% $120.8M 1,728 $207 39

Tue Dec 28 #— $378.1K +6% −39% $121.2M 1,728 $218 40

Wed Dec 29 #— $369.6K −2% −4% $121.5M 1,728 $213 41

Thu Dec 30 #— $395.4K +7% −8% $121.9M 1,728 $228 42

Fri Dec 31 #7 $435.5K +10% +64% $122.4M 1,645 $264 43

Sat Jan 1 #7 $630.9K +45% +26% $123.0M 1,645 $383 44

Sun Jan 2 #7 $410.2K −35% −9% $123.4M 1,645 $249 45

Mon Jan 3 #8 $185.1K −55% −48% $123.6M 1,645 $112 46

Tue Jan 4 #10 $140.5K −24% −63% $123.7M 1,645 $85 47

Wed Jan 5 #12 $95.5K −32% −74% $123.8M 1,645 $58 48

Thu Jan 6 #12 $82.9K −13% −79% $123.9M 1,645 $50 49

Fri Jan 7 #9 $266.8K +222% −39% $124.2M 1,501 $177 50

Sat Jan 8 #8 $545.7K +105% −13% $124.7M 1,501 $363 51

Sun Jan 9 #8 $303.0K −44% −26% $125.0M 1,501 $201 52

Mon Jan 10 #9 $70.3K −77% −62% $125.1M 1,501 $46 53

Tue Jan 11 #9 $96.3K +37% −31% $125.2M 1,501 $64 54

Wed Jan 12 #11 $72.1K −25% −25% $125.3M 1,501 $48 55

Thu Jan 13 #11 $60.9K −15% −27% $125.3M 1,501 $40 56

Fri Jan 14 #12 $175.3K +188% −34% $125.5M 1,202 $145 57

Sat Jan 15 #10 $349.6K +99% −36% $125.9M 1,202 $290 58

Sun Jan 16 #11 $240.4K −31% −21% $126.1M 1,202 $199 59

Mon Jan 17 #10 $185.5K −23% +164% $126.3M 1,202 $154 60

Tue Jan 18 #12 $65.2K −65% −32% $126.4M 1,202 $54 61

Wed Jan 19 #12 $50.1K −23% −31% $126.4M 1,202 $41 62

Thu Jan 20 #12 $47.2K −6% −22% $126.5M 1,202 $39 63

Fri Jan 21 #12 $154.9K +228% −12% $126.6M 1,061 $146 64

Sat Jan 22 #9 $323.7K +109% −7% $126.9M 1,061 $305 65

Sun Jan 23 #11 $175.4K −46% −27% $127.1M 1,061 $165 66

Mon Jan 24 #14 $40.7K −77% −78% $127.1M 1,061 $38 67

Tue Jan 25 #13 $53.3K +31% −18% $127.2M 1,061 $50 68

Wed Jan 26 #14 $41.2K −23% −18% $127.2M 1,061 $38 69

Thu Jan 27 #— $47.1K +14% n/c $127.3M 1,061 $44 70

Fri Jan 28 #9 $179.1K +280% +16% $127.5M 1,170 $153 71

Sat Jan 29 #8 $402.2K +125% +24% $127.9M 1,170 $343 72

Sun Jan 30 #8 $195.1K −51% +11% $128.1M 1,170 $166 73

Mon Jan 31 #12 $45.2K −77% +11% $128.1M 1,170 $38 74

Tue Feb 1 #13 $63.4K +40% +19% $128.2M 1,170 $54 75

Wed Feb 2 #12 $39.8K −37% −3% $128.2M 1,170 $34 76

Thu Feb 3 #— $34.0K −15% −28% $128.2M 1,170 $29 77

Fri Feb 4 #12 $110.1K +224% −39% $128.4M 954 $115 78

Sat Feb 5 #— $271.4K +147% −33% $128.6M 954 $284 79

Sun Feb 6 #— $141.9K −48% −27% $128.8M 954 $148 80

Mon Feb 7 #— $26.6K −81% −41% $128.8M 954 $27 81

Tue Feb 8 #— $37.0K +39% −42% $128.8M 954 $38 82

Wed Feb 9 #— $28.0K −24% −30% $128.9M 954 $29 83

Thu Feb 10 #— $22.6K −19% −33% $128.9M 954 $23 84

Fri Feb 11 #— $40.4K +79% −63% $128.9M 460 $87 85

Sat Feb 12 #— $102.5K +154% −62% $129.0M 460 $222 86

Sun Feb 13 #— $34.8K −66% −75% $129.1M 460 $75 87

Mon Feb 14 #— $31.6K −9% +19% $129.1M 460 $68 88

Tue Feb 15 #— $13.2K −58% −64% $129.1M 460 $28 89

Wed Feb 16 #— $11.5K −13% −59% $129.1M 460 $25 90

Thu Feb 17 #— $7.3K −36% −68% $129.1M 460 $15 91

Fri Feb 18 #— $21.6K +194% −47% $129.1M 207 $104 92

Sat Feb 19 #— $41.3K +91% −60% $129.2M 207 $199 93

Sun Feb 20 #— $27.7K −33% −20% $129.2M 207 $133 94

Mon Feb 21 #— $19.3K −30% −39% $129.2M 207 $93 95

Tue Feb 22 #— $6.9K −64% −48% $129.2M 207 $33 96

Wed Feb 23 #— $6.8K −1% −41% $129.3M 207 $32 97

Thu Feb 24 #— $5.6K −17% −23% $129.3M 207 $27 98

Fri Feb 25 #— $15.6K +175% −28% $129.3M 138 $112 99

Sat Feb 26 #— $28.7K +84% −31% $129.3M 138 $207 100

Sun Feb 27 #— $14.4K −50% −48% $129.3M 138 $104 101

Mon Feb 28 #— $3.1K −78% −84% $129.3M 138 $22 102

Tue Mar 1 #— $4.3K +38% −38% $129.3M 138 $31 103

Wed Mar 2 #— $4.7K +10% −30% $129.3M 138 $34 104

Thu Mar 3 #— $4.7K −1% −17% $129.3M 138 $34 105

Fri Mar 4 #— $5.1K +8% −67% $129.3M 73 $69 106

Sat Mar 5 #— $10.5K +107% −63% $129.3M 73 $144 107

Sun Mar 6 #— $5.5K −48% −62% $129.4M 73 $75 108

Mon Mar 7 #— $1.1K −79% −64% $129.4M 73 $15 109

Tue Mar 8 #— $1.4K +24% −67% $129.4M 73 $19 110

Wed Mar 9 #— $2.1K +52% −55% $129.4M 73 $29 111

Thu Mar 10 #— $3.4K +61% −27% $129.4M 73 $47 112

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

Cumulative total$127.3M

Nov 18Dec 6Dec 23Jan 10Jan 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $654.0K

$44.0M

$24.2M

$10.4M

$7.1M

$3.4M

$1.2M

$1.5M

$1.1M

$765.3K

$654.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,315 → 1,061 −75.4%

4,315 open1,061 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −14.5%

−45.0%

W1→2

−57.2%

W2→3

−31.4%

W3→4

−51.9%

W4→5

−64.4%

W5→6

+21.3%

W6→7

−24.5%

W7→8

−31.4%

W8→9

−14.5%

W9→10

Steepest −64.4%Biggest gain +21.3%

Run milestones

$100M in 17 days

$100M

Day 17

Dec 5

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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