Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a 2024 American supernatural comedy film directed by Gil Kenan, and written by Kenan and Jason Reitman. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), the fourth mainline installment, and the fifth overall in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film features Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace reprising their roles from the previous film, with Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts reprising their characters from the earlier films, and Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt joining the cast. It sees the veteran Ghostbusters returning to New York City and collaborating with their successors to save the world from a new ancient evil.

Following the success Afterlife, Sony Pictures announced a sequel in April 2022, with Reitman returning as director. In December, co-writer and executive producer Kenan took over as director, with Reitman remaining as co-writer and co-producer. That same month, Rudd, Coon, Wolfhard, Grace, Hudson, Potts, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd were all confirmed to reprise their roles. New cast members, including Nanjiani and Oswalt, were announced in March 2023, with principal photography commencing that month and wrapping in June. Dario Marianelli composed the film's score. As the first film of the franchise to be released following the death of co-creator and Reitman's father Ivan, who posthumously receives credit as a producer, the film is dedicated to his memory.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire had its premiere at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York City on March 14, 2024, and was released in the United States on March 22 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $202 million on a budget of $100 million.