Ghostbusters (1984) - Box Office Mojo

Ghostbusters

Domestic Total Gross: $229,242,989 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $238,632,124
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:	$238,632,124	81.8%
+ Foreign:	$53,000,000	18.2%

= Worldwide:	$291,632,124

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
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

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	84
All Time Adjusted	33
All Time Worldwide	307
Yearly 1984	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 1984	4
Yearly PG Rated 1984	1
Opening Weeks	847
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	107
Opening Weekends	1,102
Opening Weekends - June	138
Eleventh Weekends	12
Ninth Weekends	16
Tenth Weekends	15
Twelfth Weekends	11
Twelfth Weekends	7
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	130
Independence Day Weekends	80
Fourth Weekends	133
Fifth Weekends	40
Sixth Weekends	32
Seventh Weekends	16
Eighth Weekends	16
Fewest Theaters to Debut at #1	92
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	100
Rated G and PG	32
Rated PG	26
Slowest to $100 million	173
Slowest to $200 million	11
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	364
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	113
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	112
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	96
Opening Weekends Adjusted - June	99
Opening Weekends Adjusted	495
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	8
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	9
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	7
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	5
Second Weekends Adjusted	134
Third Weekends Adjusted	52
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	26
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	10
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	10
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	6
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	8
Rated G and PG Adjusted	23
Rated PG Adjusted	13
Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	121
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	150