Ghostbusters

Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.

Grosses

Domestic (99.9%)
$229,242,989
Summary Details
DistributorColumbia Pictures
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Opening$13,578,151
1,339 theaters
Budget$30,000,000
Release DateJun 8, 1984
Running Time1 hr 45 min
GenresAction Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi
In Release572 days/81 weeks
Widest Release1,506 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Jun 8-141$23,167,337-1,339-$17,301$23,167,3371
Jun 15-211$25,254,586+9%1,479+140$17,075$48,421,9232
Jun 22-281$21,065,996-16.6%1,506+27$13,988$69,487,9193
Jun 29-Jul 51$19,027,192-9.7%1,464-42$12,996$88,515,1114
Jul 6-121$17,359,007-8.8%1,469+5$11,816$105,874,1185
Jul 13-191$15,767,165-9.2%1,470+1$10,725$121,641,2836
Jul 20-261$13,365,390-15.2%1,468-2$9,104$135,006,6737
Jul 27-Aug 22$11,534,948-13.7%1,458-10$7,911$146,541,6218
Aug 3-91$10,266,152-11%1,439-19$7,134$156,807,7739
Aug 10-162$9,277,657-9.6%1,423-16$6,519$166,085,43010
Aug 17-232$8,613,533-7.2%1,400-23$6,152$174,698,96311
Aug 24-302$7,000,313-18.7%1,391-9$5,032$181,699,27612
Aug 31-Sep 62$7,416,330+5.9%1,368-23$5,421$189,115,60613
Sep 7-132$4,705,905-36.5%1,435+67$3,279$193,821,51114
Sep 14-201$4,364,234-7.3%1,437+2$3,037$198,185,74515
Sep 21-273$3,520,885-19.3%1,389-48$2,534$201,706,63016
Sep 28-Oct 45$2,985,501-15.2%1,263-126$2,363$204,692,13117
Oct 5-115$2,660,410-10.9%1,183-80$2,248$207,352,54118
Oct 12-185$2,207,367-17%1,107-76$1,994$209,559,90819
Oct 19-258$2,022,880-8.4%890-217$2,272$211,582,78820
Oct 26-Nov 113$1,392,185-31.2%753-137$1,848$212,974,97321
Nov 2-811$1,545,916+11%780+27$1,981$214,520,88922
Nov 9-1511$1,429,283-7.5%675-105$2,117$215,950,17223
Nov 16-2213$1,081,972-24.3%566-109$1,911$217,032,14424
Nov 23-2912$1,154,178+6.7%609+43$1,895$218,186,32225
Nov 30-Dec 613$829,631-28.1%510-99$1,626$219,015,95326
Dec 7-1313$462,506-44.3%431-79$1,073$219,478,45927
Dec 14-2013$330,659-28.5%329-102$1,005$219,809,11828
Dec 21-2717$563,688+70.5%229-100$2,461$220,372,80629
Dec 28-Jan 3, 198515$699,366+24.1%217-12$3,222$221,072,17230