Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City ( read our review), a reboot of the Resident Evil series, managed just $5.27M over the weekend and $8.8M through the 5-day holiday. Unfortunately, Sony Pictures’ other genre release didn’t scare up big numbers. Because of the budget, Afterlife is a hit and should open the door to more ‘busting.
Ghostbusters (2016) was able to muster up $216M, but with the massive $144M budget, lost money in its theatrical run. As of this writing, it also added $28M internationally (with a lot more to come) for a global total of $115M.īased on the first two-week numbers, Ghostbusters: Afterlife will undoubtedly cross $150M and could even hit $200M+. Over the 3-day weekend, Afterlife pulled in an estimated $24.5M, with the 5-day totaling $35.25M. I always celebrate a studio’s ability to show restraint.Īfter blasting the competition in its opening weekend, Ghostbusters: Afterlife nearly captured the top spot at the box office this holiday weekend, just losing out to Disney’s Encanto.
However, the big difference between the two films are the reported budgets, with the Paul Feig-directed reboot topping $140M and Afterlife allegedly in the 70M-80M range. Too bad for them because it not only exceeded expectations, but nearly surpassed that of its predecessor. I saw a lot of this leading up to the release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife ( read our review), with many declaring the fourth film in the franchise a “bust” after its initial box office projections.
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I find it incredibly gross when a professional in the industry hopes that a film will fail.