That figure put it within the top ten highest-grossing films of all-time.
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The movie went on to gross about $229 million at the domestic box-office, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1984, behind only Beverly Hills Cop.
Then came a reversal of direction in the box-office race: Ghostbusters regained the top spot the following week. But by then it had grossed $142.6 million, second only to Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom as the year's top moneymaker. After seven weeks at the top of the leader board, it was finally knocked to second place by the debut of Prince's Purple Rain. Specifically: a $13.6 million take on opening weekend, a studio record of $23 million in its first week, a #1 position at the box-office for five consecutive weeks, grossing $99.8 million in that time. What will the weekend and beyond hold in store? Only half the paranormal-exterminating team was familiar to audiences, so would anything change in 1984 with an action-comedy mesh? Let’s visit the weekend after Ghostbusters’ release day: June 8, 1984. Add to that, Columbia Pictures hadn’t had a hit since 1982’s Tootsie. Sure, it was a movie not closed off to segments of the market, as all ages could enjoy the movie, but there was a consensus with critics that big effects largely ruined comedies. Goizueta, the then chairman of Coca-Cola, which owned the studio, was skeptical of Ghostbusters digging itself into a gold mine after a cost of $30 million. So with all that, could anyone have confidently predicted which way the movie would go with moviegoers? It did well with test audiences, but it’s always the box-office that is the final and ultimate test. All came together when the film score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, notable for his use of synthesizers and, his 1980’s staple, the ondes Martenot. Over in the storyboarding room, the Ghostbusters wore SWAT-like outfits and riot squad helmets with movable transparent visors, and used wands instead of Proton Packs to fight the ghosts. The changes and polishing of the plan for the movie didn’t stop in the casting department. The demonic voice of Gozer was provided by Paddi Edwards in the final cut. But while Jovan triumphed with her figure, her voice and accent didn’t cut it.
Gozer would end up being filled by a skin-tight-costumed Yugoslav model by the name of Slavitza Jovan, replacing the original plan of Ivo Shandor as a slender man in a suit played by Paul Reubens. As for Louis Tully, who was originally conceived as a conservative man in a business suit played by comedian John Candy, commitment issues lead the way for Rick Moranis to step in and provide a new beat of nervous, geeky comic humor.
Rising star Eddie Murphy ended up being too busy with Beverly Hills Cop to put in any teamwork on Ghostbusters. With Belushi dead, the role of Peter Venkman went to former Saturday Night Live cast member and current rising star Bill Murray, who Retiman had earlier worked with on 1979’s Meatballs. “We’re ready to believe you." - The GhostbustersĬasting had to be set. It had to go on as ideas of passion never loosen their grip. The news hit fans, friends and family hard. Belushi’s character when he received the call: his dear soul man was dead in Los Angeles. Akyroyd was sitting in a production office, at 150 Fifth Avenue on March 5, 1982, writing a line for Mr. Tragedy struck early on to curtail that plan. The concept was inspired by Dan Aykroyd's own fascination with the paranormal and it was conceived as a vehicle for himself and friend John Belushi, another fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus and the other half of The Blues Brothers. It was based on something a little rarer: original material. Ghostbusters wasn’t based on any source material. If it was circa 1984, it would be officially known: a) that George Orwell was a little too pessimistic when writing his signature book and b) that as of today it is exactly a month until Ghostbustersarrives in theaters. It’s May 8, 2013, as I begin to write this.
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