Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire opened in theaters on March 22 and, despite mixed reviews, quickly became that weekend’s box office champ with a $45 million profit. To date, it’s garnered $78.5 million domestically, bringing collective franchise revenue over the billion-dollar threshold and proving that the 40-year-old brand is still a crowd-pleaser after five successful films. Frozen Empire not only reunites the Ghostbusters franchise with the Reitman family — Jason Reitman, whose late father, Ivan, directed the original 1984 film and Ghostbusters II , co-wrote Frozen Empire ’s script with director Gil Kenan — but also brings back most of the characters introduced in the first film: Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts), and Walter Peck (William Atherton). The film also reintroduces the family members of Egon Spengler (the character played by the late Harold Ramis in the flagship film) who […]
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