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[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the film as "that rarest of big-studio offerings — a movie that is a lot of enjoyable, disposable fun."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/movies/ghostbusters-review-melissa-mccarthy-kristen-wiig.html|title=Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It.|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=June 10, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}</ref> Mike Ryan of ''[[Uproxx]]'' gave the film a positive review, writing: "When ''Ghostbusters'' focuses on the team and the characters (always Feig’s strength), it flourishes. It’s only when it gets bogged down in CGI ghosts that, sometimes, it starts to drag. But, this is 2016 and a summer action movie needs to keep moving."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Mike|url=http://uproxx.com/movies/ghostbusters-review/ |title=The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Will Make Misogynists Mad, Because It’s Pretty Darn Good |website=[[Uproxx]] |date=June 10, 2016|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> J.R. Kinnard of ''[[PopMatters]]'' wrote: "There’s certainly fun to be had at the new Ghostbusters. Feig is a gifted filmmaker and his actors all possess impeccable comic timing. While there isn’t a cynical note in the entire film, it feels like a safe, flavorless recipe prepared from gourmet ingredients."<ref name="PM">{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]]|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/ghostbusters-pays-homage-to-original-fails-its-own-identity/|title='Ghostbusters' Pays Homage to the Original, But Fails to Forge Its Own Identity|first=J.R.|last=Kinnard|date=14 July 2016}}</ref> In ''The Guardian'', Nigel M Smith awarded the film four out of five stars and wrote that: "The new ''Ghostbusters'' is good. Very good, in fact. The mean-spirited reception to the film before anyone had seen it does not seem to have put a dampener on the movie itself. Fun oozes from almost every frame; likewise the energy of a team excited to be revolutionising the blockbuster landscape."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/10/ghostbusters-review-paul-feigs-female-reboot-melissa-mccarthy-kristen-wiig|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Ghostbusters review: call off the trolls – Paul Feig's female reboot is a blast|first=Nigel M|last=Smith|date=10 July 2016}}</ref>
[[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the film as "that rarest of big-studio offerings — a movie that is a lot of enjoyable, disposable fun."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/movies/ghostbusters-review-melissa-mccarthy-kristen-wiig.html|title=Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It.|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=June 10, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=July 15, 2016}}</ref> Mike Ryan of ''[[Uproxx]]'' gave the film a positive review, writing: "When ''Ghostbusters'' focuses on the team and the characters (always Feig’s strength), it flourishes. It’s only when it gets bogged down in CGI ghosts that, sometimes, it starts to drag. But, this is 2016 and a summer action movie needs to keep moving."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Mike|url=http://uproxx.com/movies/ghostbusters-review/ |title=The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Will Make Misogynists Mad, Because It’s Pretty Darn Good |website=[[Uproxx]] |date=June 10, 2016|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> J.R. Kinnard of ''[[PopMatters]]'' wrote: "There’s certainly fun to be had at the new Ghostbusters. Feig is a gifted filmmaker and his actors all possess impeccable comic timing. While there isn’t a cynical note in the entire film, it feels like a safe, flavorless recipe prepared from gourmet ingredients."<ref name="PM">{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]]|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/ghostbusters-pays-homage-to-original-fails-its-own-identity/|title='Ghostbusters' Pays Homage to the Original, But Fails to Forge Its Own Identity|first=J.R.|last=Kinnard|date=14 July 2016}}</ref> In ''The Guardian'', Nigel M Smith awarded the film four out of five stars and wrote that: "The new ''Ghostbusters'' is good. Very good, in fact. The mean-spirited reception to the film before anyone had seen it does not seem to have put a dampener on the movie itself. Fun oozes from almost every frame; likewise the energy of a team excited to be revolutionising the blockbuster landscape."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/10/ghostbusters-review-paul-feigs-female-reboot-melissa-mccarthy-kristen-wiig|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Ghostbusters review: call off the trolls – Paul Feig's female reboot is a blast|first=Nigel M|last=Smith|date=10 July 2016}}</ref>


''The Guardian'' critic [[Mark Kermode]] awarded the film three out of five stars and wrote that "it would have been great to report that the finished film is good enough to shut the bigoted naysayers up once and for all ... The harsh truth is that it isn’t – at least, not quite. Although infinitely more crowd-pleasing than the poisonous trolls had hoped, the new ''Ghostbusters'' is at best a qualified success, an often entertaining, generally likable, but also uneven affair."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/17/ghostbusters-2016-review-misfiring-remake|title=Ghostbusters review – a misfiring remake|last=Kermode|first=Mark|date=2016-07-17|work=The Guardian|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> [[Richard Roeper]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film one out of four stars, criticizing its acting, script, and "cheesy" special effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-reboot-a-horrifying-mess/|title=‘Ghostbusters’ reboot a horrifying mess|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|first=Richard|last=Roeper|authorlink=Richard Roeper|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' said the film "suffers from the anxiety of influence" of the original, but praised the actors.<ref name="GB at VV">{{cite web | title=Busted Flat: All-Too-Normal Activity Dominates the 'Ghostbusters' Remake | date=July 10, 2016 | first=Melissa | last=Anderson | work=The Village Voice | url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/busted-flat-all-too-normal-activity-dominates-the-ghostbusters-remake-8841463 | accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Mara Reinstein of ''[[US Weekly]]'' gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, commending its actors but criticizing its "lazy script that takes forever to get going" and "uninspired" action sequences.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reinstein |first=Mary |date=11 July 2016 |title='Ghostbusters' Review: Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig Save the World — And an 'Uninspired' Script |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/ghostbusters-remake-is-not-ready-for-slime-time-w212383 |publisher=US Weekly |access-date=15 July 2016 }}</ref> Richard Lawson, writing for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', said the film "spends so much time doing battle with its legacy that it forgets to be its own movie, putting a talented cast to waste and marking another disappointment in this dreadful summer movie season."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/ghostbusters-review |title=Ghostbusters Review |date=July 10, 2016 |first1=Richard |last1=Lawson |accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref>
''The Guardian'' critic [[Mark Kermode]] awarded the film three out of five stars and wrote that "it would have been great to report that the finished film is good enough to shut the bigoted naysayers up once and for all ... The harsh truth is that it isn’t – at least, not quite. Although infinitely more crowd-pleasing than the poisonous trolls had hoped, the new ''Ghostbusters'' is at best a qualified success, an often entertaining, generally likable, but also uneven affair."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/17/ghostbusters-2016-review-misfiring-remake|title=Ghostbusters review – a misfiring remake|last=Kermode|first=Mark|date=2016-07-17|work=The Guardian|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> [[Richard Roeper]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film one out of four stars, criticizing its acting, script, and "cheesy" special effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/ghostbusters-reboot-a-horrifying-mess/|title=‘Ghostbusters’ reboot a horrifying mess|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|first=Richard|last=Roeper|authorlink=Richard Roeper|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Village Voice]]'' said the film "suffers from the anxiety of influence" of the original, but praised the actors.<ref name="GB at VV">{{cite web | title=Busted Flat: All-Too-Normal Activity Dominates the 'Ghostbusters' Remake | date=July 10, 2016 | first=Melissa | last=Anderson | work=The Village Voice | url=http://www.villagevoice.com/film/busted-flat-all-too-normal-activity-dominates-the-ghostbusters-remake-8841463 | accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Mara Reinstein of ''[[US Weekly]]'' gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, commending its actors but criticizing its "lazy script that takes forever to get going" and "uninspired" action sequences.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reinstein |first=Mary |date=11 July 2016 |title='Ghostbusters' Review: Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig Save the World — And an 'Uninspired' Script |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/ghostbusters-remake-is-not-ready-for-slime-time-w212383 |publisher=US Weekly |access-date=15 July 2016 }}</ref> Richard Lawson, writing for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', said the film "spends so much time doing battle with its legacy that it forgets to be its own movie, putting a talented cast to waste and marking another disappointment in this dreadful summer movie season."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/ghostbusters-review |title=Ghostbusters Review |date=July 10, 2016 |first1=Richard |last1=Lawson |accessdate=July 16, 2016}}</ref> In their "Half in the Bag" review, Mike Stoklasa of [[RedLetterMedia]] had negative things to say about the film, stating that the film was "pathetic and desperate."


===Controversy===
===Controversy===

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Ghostbusters
File:Ghostbusters 2016 film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Feig
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Yeoman
Edited by
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • July 9, 2016 (2016-07-09) (TCL Chinese Theatre)
  • July 15, 2016 (2016-07-15) (United States)
Running time
116 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$144 million[3]
Box office$79.6 million[4]

Ghostbusters is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Feig and Katie Dippold. The third feature film in the Ghostbusters series, it stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones as four women who start a ghost-catching business in New York City.

A third Ghostbusters film had been in various stages of development following the release of Ghostbusters II in 1989. As a result of original cast member Bill Murray's refusal to commit to the project and the death of fellow cast member Harold Ramis in 2014, Sony decided to reboot the series with much of the original film's cast in cameo roles. The female cast was announced in 2015 and attracted significant controversy.

Distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 9, 2016. It was theatrically released in the United States on July 15, 2016, in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D. Ghostbusters has grossed over $79 million worldwide.

Plot

Dr. Erin Gilbert and Dr. Abby Yates are co-authors of a book which posits the existence of paranormal phenomenon such as ghosts. When the book proves unpopular, Gilbert distances herself and eventually becomes a teacher at Columbia University, while Yates continues to study the paranormal at a technical college with eccentric engineer Dr. Jillian Holtzmann. Years later, Gilbert learns the book has been republished, threatening her reputation in academia and her bid for tenure. Gilbert reunites with Yates and, in exchange for getting the book out of publication, agrees to assist Yates and Holtzmann on a paranormal investigation.

The group witness and document a malevolent ghost, renewing Gilbert's belief in the paranormal, but a video of their investigation is posted online and they are dismissed from their teaching positions. To continue their research, they open the "Department of the Metaphysical Examination" in an office above a Chinese restaurant, hire dim-witted but handsome Kevin Beckman as a receptionist, and start building equipment to study and capture ghosts. Meanwhile, MTA worker Patty Tolan witnesses a ghost in a subway line and contacts the Department. The group investigate, documenting the ghost and successfully testing Holtzmann's proton containment laser, but their proof is again dismissed.

Despite the setbacks, the group continues to develop their ghost containment technology and advertise their services as what pundits are calling "Ghostbusters". Patty joins the team, providing a historic knowledge of New York City and a vehicle dubbed "Ecto-1". Unbeknownst to them, the ghosts are being summoned by devices built by Rowan North, an occultist attempting to bring about the apocalypse. Rowan plants another device at a live music venue, but the Ghostbusters are called in and they capture the dangerous spirit in front of hundreds of people.

When supernatural debunker Dr. Martin Heiss demands proof of the Ghostbusters' claims, Gilbert (who resents being labelled as insane or a liar) releases the ghost from containment, and it throws Heiss out a window before escaping. The Ghostbusters are brought to see Mayor Bradley, who is trying to keep New York's ghost problem a secret, and he publicly denounces the team as frauds. The Ghostbusters realize Rowan is planting his devices along ley lines which intersect at the Mercado Hotel in Times Square, a site with a history of paranormal activity, and discover Rowan building a portal to the ghost dimension in the hotel basement.

Rowan electrocutes himself rather than be captured, and Holtzmann deactivates the portal. Gilbert discovers a copy of her and Yates' book among Rowan's possessions, in which he details his plan to become a ghost and command the undead. Rowan returns as a powerful spirit, first possessing Yates and then Kevin, and returns to the Mercado to open the portal, which releases hundreds of ghosts and throws the city into darkness. The police and Homeland Security attempt to stop Rowan and are quickly subdued, but the Ghostbusters fight through the army of ghosts to reach the portal.

Rowan takes the form of the Ghostbusters' logo, grows to enormous height and starts destroying the city. The team devise a plan to use Ecto-1's nuclear reactor to cause a total protonic reversal, close the portal and return the ghosts to their own dimension. The plan succeeds, but Rowan drags Yates into the portal with him. Gilbert leaps into the portal and rescues Abby, and they both return to Manhattan with prematurely white hair. Afterward, the Mayor's office continues denouncing the Ghostbusters, but privately offers to fund their research and upgrade their headquarters so they can deal with future paranormal threats. Despite the smear campaign, New York lights up with thanks and tributes to the Ghostbusters. In a post-credits scene, Tolan listens to a recording of a ghost encounter and asks the others if they have heard of Zuul.

Cast

Main article: List of Ghostbusters characters
Cameos

Production

Development

Before the reboot, various scripts and ideas for a third film in the Ghostbusters series had long been planned.[5] These ideas included one in which Bill Murray's character was transformed into a ghost, and another in which the Ghostbusters went to hell.[5] Murray's reticence to commit to the project and the death of Harold Ramis resulted in the decision to reboot the franchise instead.[5][6] The project was officially announced in 2014, with Paul Feig slated as the director.[7] Feig has stated that he was partly inspired by the TV series The Walking Dead,[8] adding that his goal was to "tell a story you haven't seen before. Or tell a story you've seen before, but in a way you haven't seen it."[9] Feig tweeted a picture announcing the main cast of Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in January 2015, although it initially was unclear if the cast had been officially decided at that point.[10] Emma Stone was approached to star but declined partly because "a franchise [was] a big commitment."[11] Cecily Strong at one point was also considered for a leading role, and appears in a supporting role in the finished film.[12]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began on June 17, 2015, in Boston.[13][14] Feig and the set dressers Carolyn Lassek and Claudia Bonfe consulted with MIT physicists before shooting.[15] On June 29, 2015, Feig tweeted the costumes of the four Ghostbusters.[16] Filming also took place in Chinatown, Boston for a few days in early July 2015.[17] On August 17, 2015, Hemsworth was spotted filming some scenes on the Ghostbusters bike.[18] After finishing at the old Naval Air Station in South Weymouth, filming began in Tribeca in New York City on September 12.[19][20] On September 15, filming was taking place in Waltham.[21] Filming also took place outside of Columbia University in New York.[20] Filming wrapped on September 19, 2015, in New York City.[22]

Marketing

The first Ghostbusters trailer was released on March 3, 2016. It was viewed 24 million times in 24 hours on Facebook and YouTube,[23] and more than 60 million times across all social media platforms in its first week.[24]

The original cast, including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts, joined the new cast on the June 8, 2016, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which was entirely dedicated to the new film.[25]

Sony partnered with Snapchat to promote "Ghostbusters" movie with 'busting' and sliming features. The filter, which features the famed Ghostbusters logo, lets users attempt to shoot the character Slimer with their front-facing cameras and a virtual proton pack. In addition, Ghostbusters run 10-second video teaser ads within Snapchat’s Discover section. [26]

Release

Ghostbusters premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 9, 2016. It was theatrically released on July 11, 2016, in the United Kingdom[27] and on July 15, 2016, in the United States.[28]

The film will not be released in the Chinese market, with "sources close to the China Film Co." stating, "It's been confirmed that Ghostbusters won't be coming to China, because they think it's not really that attractive to Chinese audiences...Most of the Chinese audience didn't see the first and second movies, so they don't think there's much market for it here."[29]

Reception

Box office

As of July 20, 2016, Ghostbusters has grossed $61.5 million in North America and $18.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $79.6 million, against a production budget of $144 million.[4]

In the United States and Canada, Sony initially projected Ghostbusters to gross $30 million in its opening weekend. However, following favorable reviews and an effective marketing campaign, the studio raised their projection to somewhere around $40 million while still remaining conservative. Most industry projections had the film opening between $40–50 million.[30] The film opened Friday, July 15, across 3,963 theaters, earning $17.2 million on its first day.[31] This includes $3.4 million it made from Thursday preview screenings.[32] The film ended up earning $46 million in its opening weekend from 3,962 theaters, in line with projections, and finished second at the box office behind The Secret Life of Pets ($50.8 million).[33] It scored the biggest opening weekend ever for director Paul Feig and star Melissa McCarthy and was the biggest live-action comedy debut since Pitch Perfect 2 in May 2015.[34]

Outside North America, Ghostbusters earned $19.1 million in its opening weekend from a handful of markets on 3,900 screens. IMAX contributed $1 million from 105 IMAX screens.[35] It had number one openings in the United Kingdom and Ireland ($6.1 million), Australia ($3.7 million) and Brazil ($2.2 million). Key upcoming markets include Russia and Italy (July 28), Germany (August 4), France (August 10), Mexico and Spain (August 12) and Japan (August 19).[35]

Critical response

The film has received generally mixed reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73%, based on 260 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ghostbusters does an impressive job of standing on its own as a freewheeling, marvelously cast supernatural comedy – even if it can't help but pale somewhat in comparison with the classic original."[36] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 52 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[37] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[38]

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times praised the film as "that rarest of big-studio offerings — a movie that is a lot of enjoyable, disposable fun."[39] Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a positive review, writing: "When Ghostbusters focuses on the team and the characters (always Feig’s strength), it flourishes. It’s only when it gets bogged down in CGI ghosts that, sometimes, it starts to drag. But, this is 2016 and a summer action movie needs to keep moving."[40] J.R. Kinnard of PopMatters wrote: "There’s certainly fun to be had at the new Ghostbusters. Feig is a gifted filmmaker and his actors all possess impeccable comic timing. While there isn’t a cynical note in the entire film, it feels like a safe, flavorless recipe prepared from gourmet ingredients."[41] In The Guardian, Nigel M Smith awarded the film four out of five stars and wrote that: "The new Ghostbusters is good. Very good, in fact. The mean-spirited reception to the film before anyone had seen it does not seem to have put a dampener on the movie itself. Fun oozes from almost every frame; likewise the energy of a team excited to be revolutionising the blockbuster landscape."[42]

The Guardian critic Mark Kermode awarded the film three out of five stars and wrote that "it would have been great to report that the finished film is good enough to shut the bigoted naysayers up once and for all ... The harsh truth is that it isn’t – at least, not quite. Although infinitely more crowd-pleasing than the poisonous trolls had hoped, the new Ghostbusters is at best a qualified success, an often entertaining, generally likable, but also uneven affair."[43] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one out of four stars, criticizing its acting, script, and "cheesy" special effects.[44] The Village Voice said the film "suffers from the anxiety of influence" of the original, but praised the actors.[45] Mara Reinstein of US Weekly gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, commending its actors but criticizing its "lazy script that takes forever to get going" and "uninspired" action sequences.[46] Richard Lawson, writing for Vanity Fair, said the film "spends so much time doing battle with its legacy that it forgets to be its own movie, putting a talented cast to waste and marking another disappointment in this dreadful summer movie season."[47] In their "Half in the Bag" review, Mike Stoklasa of RedLetterMedia had negative things to say about the film, stating that the film was "pathetic and desperate."

Controversy

"Haters, attack me all you want but when you attack and insult my cast, you’ve crossed the line"

Director Paul Feig reacting to the controversy surrounding Jones' character in the movie[48]

Ghostbusters has been at the center of controversy since the announcement of the female leads for the film in January 2015, with a significant amount of criticism appearing on social media regarding the female cast. Several media sources, such as The Washington Post and The Atlantic, noted the amount of misogynist and anti-feminist criticism attributed to the cast.[49][50] Wiig was "bummed out" that "there was so much controversy because we were women".[51] Aykroyd responded that he and his family were "delighted by this inheritance of the Ghostbusters torch by these most magnificent women in comedy".[52]

The release of the first trailer in March 2016 led to further criticism. The decision to ignore the events of the previous films and the portrayal of Leslie Jones' character, Patty Tolan, as a "street smart New Yorker" led many to associate it as a stereotype for African Americans, while the other three actresses portrayed the role of scientists.[53][54] Jay Jayson of comicbook.com reported that reaction to the trailer was "mixed, but leaning toward the negative".[55] On the morning of its release, the trailer collected 12,000 "thumbs up" and 13,800 "thumbs down" votes from YouTube viewers, leading David Griner of Ad Week to regard it as "one of the most polarizing in recent memory".[56] By May 2016, the trailer had become the most disliked film trailer on YouTube[57] and the ninth-most disliked video on the site, with 266,000 likes to nearly one million dislikes, with most of the criticism directed at the portrayed humor.[58][59][60] ScreenCrush described the reaction as a concerted campaign "to downvote it into oblivion" by "a certain subset of people on the internet [with] an unhealthy fixation with hating on the Ghostbusters remake".[57][61] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe, however, was critical of the trailer itself, calling it "a startlingly lame trailer, with a droning Wiig voice-over, gags that mostly lie there, and special effects that don’t seem terribly special."[62]

Following the release of the film, Jones became the target of a number of abusive, racist and sexist messages directed at her Twitter account.[63] After a long string of such messages, Jones had considered leaving Twitter, though a number of people, including Feig, showed support and encouraged her to stay while criticizing Twitter for not handling the situation better.[64] Jones subsequently reported abuse of Twitter's service used by Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who had been criticizing Jones; Twitter followed by barring Yiannopoulos from the service on July 19, 2016, among others, due to increased abusive behavior over the previous 48 hours.[65] Jones returned to Twitter following Yiannopoulos' ban.[66]

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer Movie: Comedy Pending
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female Melissa McCarthy Pending
Kristen Wiig Pending
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male Chris Hemsworth Pending

Sequel

After its opening weekend, Sony's president of worldwide distribution, Rory Bruer, told The Wrap that "while nothing has been officially announced, there's no doubt in my mind [a sequel] will happen." He also said that Ghostbusters is expected to become an important Sony franchise.[67]

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