Ghostbusters is a box office bomb.

[Lord Tony®]

So apparently ghostbusters isn't doing well. Theaters are having absolutely zero people inside them watching the film.

Turns out making a movie that alienates the previous target audience in favor of a new target audience that most likely won't see the film to begin with wasn't a good idea.

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[News]

it's only two days in, seriously
it'll probably make financial success by friday

[LeisureSuit912]

The movie earned $46 million on it's first weekend, coming in second.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

Not a huge success, but hardly a "bomb."

[e-maxx]

the OG ghostbusters only made 13 million in the first weekend

[Refticus]

where's your source tony

is it google again.

[Lord Tony®]

where's your source tony

is it google again.

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/17/ghostbusters-opens-empty-theatres/

Here's a source that you people will probably discredit because it doesn't fit your criteria of source.

[Ipquarx]

It hasn't bombed. But it certainly isn't a raging success either. They'll probably make back their money.

the OG ghostbusters only made 13 million in the first weekend

Note that in 2016 money, that's around 30 million.
(Source: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl)

[Bisjac]

Success is the cost to make : earned (mostly opening weekend) ratio.

Not just total dollars. All movies earn money weeks along. If they dont earn like 10 times what they cost to make, opening weekend, they basically bombed.

[Drydess]

really??????
i couldn't have seen this coming at all!

[Lord Tony®]

Success is the cost to make : earned (mostly opening weekend) ratio.

Not just total dollars. All movies earn money weeks along. If they dont earn like 10 times what they cost to make, opening weekend, they basically bombed.

Also not counting sold toys too.

[Drydess]

so does this contain any information that all the other threads don't or

edit oh whoops meant to modify this into the last post

[LeisureSuit912]

Success is the cost to make : earned (mostly opening weekend) ratio.

Not just total dollars. All movies earn money weeks along. If they dont earn like 10 times what they cost to make, opening weekend, they basically bombed.

It's actually only double the production cost to break even and make a profit.

[LeisureSuit912]

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/17/ghostbusters-opens-empty-theatres/

Here's a source that you people will probably discredit because it doesn't fit your criteria of source.

But that's just anecdotal evidence that the numbers don't support.

[Bisjac]

It's actually only double the production cost to break even and make a profit.

Thats not enough.
They need far more to be considered a successful movie.

The real world, the business world, isnt trying to JUST profit.
They have investors to please. They have percentage goals to make.

If it dosnt make enough, producers and directors suffer for it and may not get future work.

[Niblic²]