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Business News/ Industry / Media/  Sony Pictures to release ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ on 19 November
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Sony Pictures to release ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ on 19 November

Sony had also recently announced that its superhero flick ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ will release in India on 17 December

'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' has been directed by Jason Reitman and stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd,Premium
'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' has been directed by Jason Reitman and stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd,

NEW DELHI : Sony Pictures Entertainment India will release supernatural comedy Ghostbusters: Afterlife in Indian cinemas on 19 November. The film has been directed by Jason Reitman and stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd, while Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts who reprise their roles from the original films. 

It is the sequel to Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) and the fourth film overall in the Ghostbusters franchise.

Sony had also recently announced that its superhero flick Spider-Man: No Way Home will release in India on 17 December.

To be sure, with the gradual opening up of theatres across the country, including Maharashtra that will come on board by 22 October, Hollywood studios are looking at making up for lost time in India by bringing a bunch of movie titles already released in other parts of the world.

Warner Bros brought out movies like Fast and Furious 9 in September while Sony Pictures has Venom, Peter Rabbit 2 and Escape Room 2 which can fill the gap in theatres in the initial weeks when there are fewer Indian films available. Film trade experts said the opening of top metros especially in the south should pave the way for these films whose major markets are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

In 2019, Hollywood, with a combination of spectacular superhero movies and smaller budget, softer films, notched up box office collections of nearly Rs. 1,225 crore in India which was higher than Rs. 900-950 crore it earned in 2018. Dubbing these films in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu apart from exhaustive marketing and localization campaigns by Hollywood studios has added much to their appeal in the country. Presuming sentiments remain subdued and people wary of visiting theatres over the next couple of months, the first batch of Hollywood titles could help restart recovery for the exhibition business, film industry experts said.

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Published: 29 Sep 2021, 10:22 AM IST
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