Ghostbusters Director Thinks ‘Anti-Hillary Movement’ Had To Do With Female Reboot’s Failure

What went on was that the movie was made for $144 million (which is a pretty big budget), but it went on to make only a little over $229 million worldwide. Thus after splitting profit with theaters it was considered a flop. Although it garnered decent reviews with critics (74% on Rotten Tomatoes), the audience scores for the film have also been lower at 50%.