Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Trivia | 60 facts about the new film

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” is the new film in the “Ghostbusters” franchise and the second film with the new cast.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new film in the franchise.

1. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a 2024 American supernatural comedy film
2. It is directed by Gil Kenan
3. From a screenplay he co-wrote with Jason Reitman
4. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
5. And the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise
6. The film stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O’Connor, and Logan Kim reprising their roles from Afterlife
7. Alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton reprising their characters from the earlier films
8. Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Emily Alyn Lind, and James Acaster also join the cast
9. Additionally, Kevin Mangold serves as the puppeteer for Slimer
10. While Ian Whyte serves as the puppeteer for Garraka
11. Set two years after the events of Afterlife, the veteran Ghostbusters must join forces with their new recruits to save the world in New York City from a powerful death-chilling adversary who seeks to build a spectral army
12. Following the success of Afterlife, Sony Pictures announced the sequel in April 2022, with Reitman returning as director
13. Kenan later took over as director from Reitman that December
14. While the rest of the cast reprised their roles
15. New cast members including Nanjiani, Oswalt, Lind, and Acaster were announced in March 2023
16. With principal photography commencing that month and wrapping in June
17. It is the first film in the Ghostbusters franchise to be released following the death of Ivan Reitman
18. Ivan Reitman posthumously receives credit as a producer
19. While the film is dedicated to his memory and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first film
20. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire had its world premiere at the AMC 13 Theater at Lincoln Square in New York City on March 14, 2024
21. It was released in the United States on March 22, by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label
22. The film received mixed reviews from critics
23. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 44% rating
24. Based on 200 critics’ reviews
25. With an average rating of 5.2/10
26. The website’s consensus reads: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire offers a certain amount of nostalgia-fueled fun for fans of the original, but a crowded cast and surprisingly serious tone prevent this sequel from truly sparking”
27. It is the lowest-rated installment in the franchise on the site
28. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100
29. Based on 41 critics
30. Indicating “mixed or average” reviews
31. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
32. While those polled by PostTrak gave it an 80% overall positive score
33. With 64% saying they would definitely recommend the film
34. Following the release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife in November 2021, Dan Aykroyd expressed interest in having the surviving cast of the original Ghostbusters team reprise their roles in up to three sequels
35. In April 2022, it was announced that a sequel to Afterlife was in early development at Sony Pictures
36. In June 2022, the film was confirmed by director Jason Reitman under the working title Firehouse
37. That same month it was announced that the sequel would take place in New York City
38. On October 5, 2022, Mckenna Grace announced that she would reprise her role
39. The following month, Ernie Hudson revealed he read a script for the film
40. In December 2022, it was announced that Gil Kenan would take over as director from Reitman, who still remains as a writer and producer
41. It was also announced that Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, and Carrie Coon would return
42. In March 2023, it was announced that Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, James Acaster and Emily Alyn Lind had been cast in the film
43. According to Nanjiani, the filmmakers drew inspiration from the animated series The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991) for the film, noting they “wanted to make a long episode of the animated series”
44. Principal photography began on March 20, 2023, in London, under the working title Firehouse, with Eric Steelberg serving as the cinematographer
45. On April 25, 2023, Hudson indicated that Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Annie Potts would reprise their roles from previous Ghostbusters movies in the film
46. Aykroyd confirmed he would return for the sequel in June 2023
47. Filming was spotted in New York City where Casey Neistat was caught filming a stunt scene in a video posted on June 7, 2023 while documenting the effects of the 2023 Canadian wildfires in New York City
48. Filming wrapped on June 23
49. On January 18, 2024, Dario Marianelli was confirmed to compose the film’s score, replacing Afterlife composer Rob Simonsen
50. This marked Marianelli’s second collaboration with Gil Kenan after A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
51. He recorded his score on the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage in the newly named John Williams Music Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City
52. Peter Bernstein returned as score consultant, after doing so for Afterlife
53. On March 7, 2024 Japanese girl group Atarashii Gakko! released a track called Ghostbusters: Frozen Summer as a collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japa
54. It samples Ray Parker Jr.’s song
55. In the United States and Canada, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was released alongside Immaculate and Late Night with the Devil
56. The film is projected to gross $43 – 45 million from 4,345 theaters in its opening weekend
57. The film made $16 million on its first day
58. This includes $4.7 million from Thursday night previews
59. Slightly topping Afterlife’s $4.5 million
60. In February 2024, Gil Kenan revealed that ideas for multiple future films in the Ghostbusters franchise were discussed