Female-led Ghostbusters reboot grabs top spot at the box office

Miranda Ward

July 18, 2016 4:41

The Ghostbusters reboot featuring a female-led cast of Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, grabbed the top spot of the weekend box office after raking in $4.702m in its opening weekend.

Since its Australian premiere last Thursday, the comedy, which also stars Chris Hemsworth, has made a total of $4.855m.

It pushed The Legend of Tarzan into second place with a weekend box office of $2.442m across 271 screens.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.

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Female-led Ghostbusters reboot grabs top spot at the box office

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