'Ghostbusters' eyes to solid opening weekend

The rebooted “Ghostbusters” is heading for a solid-but-not-stellar $45 million     opening weekend for second place at the U.S. box office. “The Secret Life of Pets”     will be the winner with around $50 million at 4,381 sites this weekend as the     animated comedy's 10-day total will be over $200 million by the end of Sunday.

    Sony has maintained that the all-female “Ghostbusters” will finish in the $40 million range at 3,963 locations but box office trackers have been projecting in recent days that the action-comedy would take in between $45 million and $50 million. Its opening day on Friday hit about $18 million, topping “Pets” by about $3 million.

 “Ghostbusters,” is coming into the market with massive awareness among  moviegoers, thanks to good will from the iconic 1984 original. Reviews have been    mostly positive with a 73% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The new film stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie     Jones in the roles originated by Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.

Source: Variety