Suspicious of the Ghostbusters, Environmental Protection Agency inspector Walter Peck asks to evaluate their equipment but is rebuffed by Peter. Supernatural activity rapidly increases across the city and the Ghostbusters become famous for their exploits they hire a fourth member, Winston Zeddemore, to cope with the growing demand. They capture the ghost and deposit it in an ecto-containment unit under the firehouse. Having failed to properly test their equipment, Egon warns the group to never cross the energy streams of their proton pack weapons as it could cause a catastrophic explosion. The Ghostbusters are hired to remove a gluttonous ghost, Slimer, from the Sedgewick Hotel. Ray and Egon research Zuul and details of Dana's building while Peter offers to inspect her apartment in a failed attempt to seduce her. She recounts seeing a demonic dog-like creature that uttered a single word: "Zuul". They develop high-tech nuclear-powered equipment to capture and contain ghosts, although business is initially slow.Īfter a paranormal encounter in her apartment, cellist Dana Barrett calls the Ghostbusters.
In response, they establish "Ghostbusters", a paranormal investigation and elimination service operating out of a disused firehouse. Following their first encounter with a ghost manifesting at the New York Public Library, the university dean fires them and dismisses the credibility of their research. Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler are parapsychology professors at Columbia University investigating the paranormal. 8.2 Inequality, immigrants, and pollution.A second sequel to the 1984 film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, was released in November 2021. A 2016 reboot, also called Ghostbusters, was released to mixed reviews and financial failure. Attempts to develop a second sequel paused in 2014 following Ramis's death. Ghostbusters was followed in 1989 by Ghostbusters II, which fared less well financially and critically.
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This included the popular animated television series The Real Ghostbusters (1986), its sequel Extreme Ghostbusters (1997), video games, board games, comic books, clothing, music, and haunted attractions. With its effect on popular culture, and a dedicated fan following, the success of Ghostbusters launched a multi-billion dollar multimedia franchise. Its theme song, " Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr., was also a number-one hit. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. Further theatrical releases have increased the total gross to approximately $295.2 million, making it one of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s. It was the number-one film in theaters for seven consecutive weeks and was one of only four films to gross more than $100 million that year. The film earned $282.2 million during its initial theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1984, and the then-highest-grossing comedy ever. It was well received for its blend of comedy, action, and horror, and Murray's performance was often singled out for praise. Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984, to critical acclaim and became a cultural phenomenon.
Due to competition for special effects studios among various films in development at the time, Richard Edlund used part of the budget to found Boss Film Studios, which employed a combination of practical effects, miniatures, and puppets to deliver the ghoulish visuals. Filming took place from October 1983 to January 1984, in New York City and Los Angeles. Ghostbusters was the first comedy film to employ expensive special effects, and Columbia Pictures was concerned about its relatively high $25–30 million budget and had little faith in its box office potential. Following Belushi's death in 1982, and with Aykroyd's concept deemed financially impractical, Ramis was hired to help rewrite the script to set it in New York City and make it more realistic. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis, and features Annie Potts, William Atherton, and Ernie Hudson in supporting roles.īased on his own fascination with spirituality, Aykroyd conceived Ghostbusters as a project starring himself and John Belushi, in which they would adventure through time and space battling supernatural threats. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, respectively, a trio of eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.