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Ghostbusters

2016 film by Paul Feig
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Summary

Ghostbusters is a film[1]. Ghostbusters ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,579 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie[3]
  • Director: Paul Feig[4]
  • Screenwriter: Katie Dippold[5], Paul Feig[6]
  • Composer: Theodore Shapiro[7]
  • Genre: comedy horror[8], fantasy film[9], science fiction film[10], female buddy film[11], ghost film[12]
  • Follows: Ghostbusters II[13]
  • Followed by: Ghostbusters: Afterlife[14]
  • Cast member: Kristen Wiig[15], Melissa McCarthy[16], Kate McKinnon[17], Leslie Jones[18], Chris Hemsworth[19], Bill Murray[20], Sigourney Weaver[21], Dan Aykroyd[22], Ernie Hudson[23], Andy Garcia[24], Michael K. Williams[25], Charles Dance[26], Ed Begley, Jr.[27], Matt Walsh[28]
  • Producer: Amy Pascal[29]
  • Production company: Sony Pictures[30]
  • Director of photography: Robert Yeoman[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32]
  • Commons category: Ghostbusters (2016 film)[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 6.5/10[35], 74%[36], 60/100[37]
  • Color: color[38]
  • Country of origin: United States[39], Australia[40]
  • Publication date: July 15, 2016[41], July 28, 2016[42]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[43], InterCom[44], Netflix[45]
  • Narrative location: New York City[46]
  • Official website: http://www.Ghostbusters.com/[47]
  • Filming location: New York City[48], Boston[49]
  • Film editor: Brent White[50]
  • Executive producer: Dan Aykroyd[51]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Ghostbusters universe[52]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[53]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[54]

  • First release date: 2016-07-08[55]

  • Community tags: score[56]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 330c9947-62fc-483a-ba3e-2ef2cdba1322[57]

Why It Matters

Ghostbusters has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Ghostbusters is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

FAQs

What awards did Ghostbusters receive?

Honors received include Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie[3].

Related Entities

Andy Garcia Annie Potts Australia Bill Murray Charles Dance Chris Hemsworth Dan Aykroyd Ed Begley, Jr. Elizabeth Perkins Ernie Hudson film Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ghostbusters II Kristen Wiig Melissa McCarthy Michael K. Williams Netflix New York City Sigourney Weaver United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1289401
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  2. 9w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14710 → F01915
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  4. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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