Ghostbusters (1984) - Box Office Mojo

Ghostbusters

Domestic Total Gross: $229,242,989 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $242,212,467
Distributor: Columbia	Release Date: June 8, 1984
Genre: Horror Comedy	Runtime: 1 hrs. 47 min.
MPAA Rating: PG	Production Budget: $30 million

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Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$242,212,467	82.0%
+ Foreign:	$53,000,000	18.0%

= Worldwide:	$295,212,467

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$13,578,151
(#1 rank, 1,339 theaters, $10,140 average)
% of Total Gross:	5.9%
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Widest Release:

1,506 theaters

The Players

Director:	Ivan Reitman
Writer:	Harold Ramis
Actors:	Bill Murray Sigourney Weaver
Producers:	Joe Medjuck* (associate) Ivan Reitman
Composer:	Elmer Bernstein
* Denotes minor role

1984 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Two Oscars.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Horror Comedy	1

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Ghostbusters	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	124
All Time Adjusted	35
All Time Worldwide	451
Yearly 1984	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 1984	4
Yearly PG Rated 1984	1
Opening Weeks	1,142
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	142
Opening Weekends	1,453
Opening Weekends - June	174
Eleventh Weekends	13
Ninth Weekends	18
Tenth Weekends	16
Twelfth Weekends	7
Twelfth Weekends	12
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	7
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	17
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	8
Consecutive Weekends At #1	11
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	13
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	7
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	161
Independence Day Weekends	104
Fourth Weekends	191
Fifth Weekends	60
Sixth Weekends	46
Seventh Weekends	20
Eighth Weekends	19
Fewest Theaters to Debut at #1	92
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	118
Rated G and PG	44
Rated PG	37
Slowest to $100 million	199
Slowest to $200 million	12
BOM Users' Grades	112
BOM Users' Grades (1984 Releases)	3
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on January 15, 1985)	6
Yearly (Wide) 1984	2
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1984	4
Opening Weeks Adjusted	466
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	139
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	137
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	120
Opening Weekends Adjusted - June	120
Opening Weekends Adjusted	632
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	8
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	9
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	7
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	5
Second Weekends Adjusted	176
Third Weekends Adjusted	66
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	29
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	11
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	10
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	6
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	8
Rated G and PG Adjusted	22
Rated PG Adjusted	12
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	149
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	182