Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is continuing a negative franchise trend at the box office. The movie, which is the fifth theatrical installment in the franchise, is the second legacy sequel after 2021’s Afterlife, which returned the surviving original characters to the fold after the 2016 reboot introduced an all-female ghostbuster team in a separate universe. In addition to featuring returning original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts, the movie features Afterlife cast members including Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace alongside newcomers such as Patton Oswalt and Kumail Nanjiani.
