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1989 • PG • 1h 48m • Action, Comedy, Fantasy • Columbia Pictures

Guess who's coming to save the world again?

🍅 57% 61% MC 56 LB 3.21 IMDb 6.6

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$29.50M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$112.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$215.50M
$103.00M international
Domestic legs3.8x
1989 rank#7
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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
ScreenplayHarold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd Produced byIvan Reitman CinematographyMichael Chapman Music byRandy Edelman StudioColumbia Pictures SeriesGhostbusters

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 16-18 1 $29.5M — 2,410 $12,229 $29.5M
2 Jun 23-25 3 $13.9M −53.0% 2,410 $5,749 $58.8M
3 Jun 30-Jul 2 4 $8.8M −36.4% 2,410 $3,655 $73.6M
4 Jul 7-9 4 $5.3M −40.2% 2,315 $2,275 $85.5M
5 Jul 14-16 7 $4.3M −17.7% 1,978 $2,192 $93.2M
6 Jul 21-23 9 $2.9M −33.5% 1,758 $1,640 $98.5M
12 Sep 1-3 20 $656.3K — 518 $1,267 $110.0M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 6 · $2.9M
$29.5M
$13.9M
$8.8M
$5.3M
$4.3M
$2.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 6 · −33.5%
−53.0%
W1→2
−36.4%
W2→3
−40.2%
W3→4
−17.7%
W4→5
−33.5%
W5→6
Steepest −53.0%Best hold −17.7%

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