Ghostbusters Would Have Caused Tens Of Millions In Damages
Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, specter, or ghost? Who, pray tell, are you gonna call? The answer seems obvious, but before you go dialing the Ghostbusters, you might want to make sure your insurance is paid up to date.
Venkman, Spengler, Stantz, and Zeddemore may get the job done, but there’s a good chance they’ll burn down your house in the process.
So how much damage should you expect the Ghostbusters to tally up in the process of exorcising your home or workplace?
The folks over at CinemaSins — best known for their “Everything Wrong With [Insert Movie Title Here]” videos — have watched through Ghostbusters and estimated the dollar value of all the damage caused during the film.
They did a really good job, too, taking account of not just the obvious stuff like proton-pack scorch marks, building damage, and the cost of cleaning up all that marshmallow fluff. But they also factored in things like the cost of refiling all those catalog cards from the library sequence or reupholstering Dana’s couch after all the demonic arms rip out of it.
Okay, so some of them are a bit of a stretch (“Peck’s dick operation”), but they’re funny stretches, so we’re going to allow it.
The grand total? $10,511,175. Adjusted for inflation since Ghostbusters’ 1984 release, that works out to around $23,578,689 (in 2014). Ouch. I mean, it’s not Man of Steel levels of destruction, but I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be the one getting that bill. Maybe it’s time to consider franchising their brand after all.
In all, it makes sense that ghosts ravaging a city would really end up racking up the bills. How could it not? The Ghostbusters were just doing their best. Should they have to pay the tab for saving everyone? We don’t think so.
