‘Ghostbusters: Ice Empire’ dominates box office with $45 million

The latest installment in the beloved Ghostbusters series, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, The weekend box office exceeded initial forecasts.

The action-adventure film opened in 4,345 theaters in North America and grossed $45.2 million, exceeding its opening estimate of $42 million.

The film stars new and original actors including McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts The cast also performed well internationally, grossing $16.4 million at the box office.

at the same time, Dune: Part 2, The film starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Florence Pugh came in second with $17.6 million.

Three weeks later, the sci-fi epic has grossed $233 million domestically and $574 million worldwide.

Kung-Fu Panda 4 It slipped to third place with $16.8 million, bringing its domestic revenue to $133 million and global revenue to $268 million.

Sidney Sweeney’s horror films flawless It ranked fourth with $5.3 million from 2,354 theaters.

David A. Gross explains that horror movie audiences are more attracted to compelling suspense, but he thinks this may not be entirely clear in “Scary.” Flawless.