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$0You may have missed this but yesterday, June 8th, is considered by fans of the series as Ghostbusters day, marked on that day as the original movie was released on this day in North America.
Jason Reitman, director of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and son of the original director Ivan Reitman, during a celebration marking the event, announced officially that a fourth (or fifth depending how you count!) is in the works.
The movie will be code named Firehouse, and who knows this could be the title eventually, after in infamous HQ of the Ghostbusters in the original movie, which can be seen being bought by Ernie Hudsons character Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
�The last time we saw Ecto-1, it was driving back into Manhattan: the home of Ghostbusters. That�s where our story begins. The code name is FIREHOUSE.� -@JasonReitman, @GilKenan #GhostbustersDay pic.twitter.com/P3QRild2Vs
— Ghostbusters (@Ghostbusters) June 9, 2022
At an event on Wednesday Reitman said he has just started working on a script with Gil Kenan, his co-writer on Afterlife.
Here are the highlights of the announcement
No word yet on any other returning characters but Dan Aykroyd praised Afterlife a lot so an appearance from him is likely and Bill Murray seems to have buried him Ghostbusters demons so thats also likely.
Sigourney Weaver appeared in a weird cameo in Afterlife so its likely she may return, and Annie Potts could do with wrapping her story up, and even a cameo from Rick Moranis would be a treat.
No word on release or production dates but no doubt were looking at something like June 2024 which would nicely tie in with the 40th anniversary of the original Ghostbusters.
Now where is that sequel to the 2016 Ghostbusters~2016 movie we are all waiting for!
All change at the top as the stunts go too far movie series Jackass makes its return to cinemas in the shape of Jackass Forever and makes its debut at the top of the US box office.
Also making its debut, and a long way behind, is the event movie Moonfall which comes in at 2 while outside the top 10 The Wolf and the Lion is new at number 11 with $641,845.
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US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 4th - 6th February 2022
12 years after the last cinematic outing for the Jackass crew director Jeff Tremaine and long time star Johnny Knoxville return in another round of stupid pranks and 'hilarious' extreme stunts to try and shock audiences.
The movie opens at the top of the US box office with $23.1 Million, half that of 2010's Jackass 3D but we are still in the middle of a pandemic.
The movie put an end run of Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the movie has instantly become the 10th top movie of 2022.
Landing at number 2 this weekend is the mega budget event movie directed by Roland Emmerich who is no stranger to this kind of movie.
With a debut of $9.8 Million the studio will be a little disappointed, and with unfavourable reviews from critics and audiences this movie could have a short box office shelf life.
There is still no slowing down for the web slinger as the movie notches up an 8th weekend on the top 3 with $9.5 Million, a very low 14% drop over last weekend.
The movie actually was only just beaten by Moonfall into the runner up spot which shows the strength the movie still has and is getting repeated viewings from fans.
The movie is the top film of 2022 with $21.9 Million taken this year, and it is still the 4th top movie ever in the US with $735.8 Million as it closes in on Avatar.
Most likely having its last weekend on the top 5, the fifth film in the Scream series falls to number 4 with $4.7 Million, a 34% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $68.9 Million over 4 weeks making it the 4th top movie of 2022.
A sequel to this movie, the 6th in the series, has just been green lit so the end has not happend yet for the team who seem to always put themselves in harms way!
Falling to number 5 this week is the animated sequel which takes $4.2 Million over the weekend, a very low 10% drop from last week, giving the movie a fantastic $139.6 Million over its 7 week release, and its the 2nd top movie of 2022.
Once again Spider-Man: No Way Home tops the US box office as its total gross heads towards the $750 Million milestone, and with no new releases its a totally static top 5, in fact the top 7 movies are all in the same place as last weekend!
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US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 28th - 30th January 2022
The Marvel/Sony Spider-Man movie spends its 6th weekend at the top of the US box office and has now taken $735.8 Million, a low 21% drop over last weekend, over its 7 week run.
This has been a phenomenal run for the web slinger which is the 4th top grossing movie ever in the US and it has the number 3 movie, Avatar, which is at $760.5 Million.
The movie is naturally the top grossing film in 2022 with $122.2 Million taken this year.
The horror franchise movie is at number 2 this weekend with $7.3 Million, a substantial 40% drop, giving the movie a total US gross of $62.1 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The animated sequel movie is at number 3 this weekend with $4.8 Million, only 17% down from last weekend, the movie has now taken an excellent $134,5 Million over 6 weeks of release.
The D.J. Caruso directed love story takes $1.8 Million on its second weekend, a 48% drop, giving the movie a total US gross of $6.5 Million.
Six weeks on for the prequel movie which this week takes $1.75 Million, a very low 2% drop, which pushes the total gross for the movie to $34 Million from its 6 week run.
Spider-Man: No Way Home successfully fought off the Keneth Branagh directed Belfast to remain at the top of the UK box office for a 6th straight weekend while the afore mentioned Belfast came in at number 2.
Also making its debut this weekend is Nightmare Alley from director Guillermo del Toro which came in at 4 while the Denzel Washington directed A Journal For Jordan is new at 14 with £50,511.
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UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 21st - 23rd January 2022.
6 weeks at the top now for the Marvel and Sony web slinger as the mega smash movie starring Tom Holland and Benedict Cumberbatch takes £2.3 Million over its 6th weekend of release, a good 27% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken an amazing £87.4 Million total in the UK, and it is the top movie of 2022 with £17.6 Million taken this year.
It is also the second top movie released in 2021 with only No Time To Die having taken more and to top it all off it is the 7th top movie of all time in the UK.
There is every possibility that the movie could stay at the top of another weekend, although with the release of animated sequel Sing 2 on Friday it has its work cut out, and this weeks top new movie Belfast is pulling in the audiences as word of mouth is hyping the film.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Caitriona Balfe and Judi Dench this Irish movie is the highest debut of the weekend with £2.3 Million.
The movie actually topped the Irish and Scottish box office this week doing better than Spider-Man: No Way Home in those territories, but when combined it has to make do with a very strong number 2 debut.
With this successful UK launch the movie is the 5th top movie of 2022.
It has its work cut out, but the mid week chart has the movie as the top film of the week.
After making its debut at number 2 last week the movie drops to number 3 on its sophomore weekend with a take of £1.2 Million, a large 49% drop.
The movie has now taken £4.7 Million in total and is the 2nd top movie of 2022 so far.
Horror master Guillermo del Toro brings his latest movie to the big screen in the shape of a drama starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett which makes its debut with £550,868.
The movie has got good reviews and word of mouth but seems to have not made an impact on the movies box office showing and which could result in the film disappearing in a short amount of time.
Seven weeks on now for the live action version of the animated series as the movie drops to number 5 with £389,508, a low 38% drop over last weekend.
This gives the film a total UK gross of £4.1 Million, it is now the 4th top movie of 2022 with £2.5 Million of that taken this year.
Spider-Man: No Way Home goes back to the top of the North American box office as last weeks top movie, Scream slips to number 2 on its second weekend of release.
Highest new movie of the weekend is Redeeming Love from director D.J. Caruso which makes its debut at number 4, and its the only new movie on the top 15.
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North American box office breakdown weekend 21st - 23rd January 2022.
Climbing back to the top of the US box office this weekend is the Marvel/Sony Spider-Man movie which dipped to number 2 last week to allow Scream to have a week at the top but regains the crown on its 6th weekend of release.
The movie takes an amazing $14.1 Million on its 6th weekend of release which is a 30% decrease from last weekend.
The movie has now taken $721 Million in the US, this makes it already by far the top grossing movie of 2022 in America, but its also now the 5th top movie of all time.
By the time you read this is will have overtaken Black Panther to be the 4th top movie in America as it looks at the $760.5 Million taken by Avatar to enter the top 3.
The movie made a brave move last weekend and displaced Spider-Man: No Way Home for a weekend, but this week it falls to number 2 with a weekend take of $12.4 Million, a relatively large 59% drop over its debut.
This gives the movie a 2 weekend total of $51.3 Million and is the second top movie of 2022 in North America.
The smash hit animated sequel movie stays at number 3 with $5.7 Million on its 5th weekend of release, a small 28% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken $128.4 Million and is the 3rd top movie of 2022, in comparison to the 2017 original Sing its running at about half that movies gross.
The highest new movie of the weekend is from director D.J. Caruso and starring Abigail Cowen in this love story which makes its debut at number 4 with $3.7 Million.
The directors last movie was in 2017 when he directed the action movie xXx - Return of Xander Cage which debuted at number 2 with $20 Million.
This movie has proved to be a bit of a slow burner as it remains at number 5 this weekend with $1.7 Million, a small 20% drop, giving the movie a $31 Million total gross after 5 weeks and is the 4th top movie of 2022.