'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Netflix Streaming Release -- Here's Everything You Need To Know Staff, 7/22/2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is now streaming on Netflix, following its theatrical release in March 2024. Featuring original and new cast members, the film explores an eerie ghostly uprising. Despite mixed reviews, it promises nostalgic thrills for fans of the franchise. Stream it now before it moves to Disney in 2026! Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is the direct sequel to 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and features even more of the original film's cast including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts.
The stars of Afterlife return as well, with Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon and Mckenna Grace taking up their Proton Beams alongside their more aged counterparts to take down a very chilly legion of ghosts. The movie opened in theaters on March 22nd, 2024 and grossed $201 million globally at the box office. It released on digital VOD on May 7th and on Blu-Ray on June 25th.
Once again, the film has fared much better with audiences than with critics. Afterlife (which I liked a lot) received a 94% Rotten Tomatoes audience score, but only 63% from critics. Frozen Empire performed a bit worse with both fans and reviewers, nabbing an 83% from audiences and 42% from critics.
The film takes place three years after the events of Afterlife. The trailer's ominous tagline reads: "Every ghost they've ever caught is about to be unleashed." But hey, I ain't afraid of no ghosts.
Now, Frozen Empire is finally streaming, making its streaming debut on Netflix at 12am PT / 3am ET on Monday, July 22nd. That means that if you're in the US you can stream the movie right now. The movie will remain on Netflix until at least January of 2026 before migrating to Disney and/or Hulu.
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If you're not in the US or India where the film is also out this summer, the Netflix release date is coming a bit later. In Canada, the movie lands on Netflix on Friday, July 26th. Several regions, including Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Africa will get the movie soon after, followed by some European territories and Israel in late 2024. In the UK, the film will stream on Sky and won't come to Netflix until 2026.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was directed by Gil Kenan and written by Kenan and Jason Reitman, who directed Afterlife.
I didn't catch this one in theaters but I'm excited to watch it now that it's out on Netflix! Looks like good old-fashioned 80s cinema to me!
