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A brand new Ghostbusters film is bustin’ its means into theaters for an unique interval earlier than finally arriving on streaming, however will that be on Netflix? The reply is sure, however when the film involves Netflix, it’s going to in the end rely upon the place you reside, with some areas resulting from get it later this 12 months and others not for a couple of years.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire serves because the fifth Ghostbusters film and the sequel to the 2021 film Afterlife, with a lot of the principle forged returning, whether or not or not it’s Stranger Thing star Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, and Mckenna Grace. All the OGs are returning, together with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson.
The film opened in theaters on March twenty second, 2024.
Critics’ opinions haven’t been too variety to this point, with it solely having a 44% on RottenTomatoes. Conversely, viewers reception appears far kinder, with that rating presently trending in direction of 90%.
Brian Lowry for CNN stated that Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is “a jam-packed movie that lacks the emotional hook of its predecessor while spending too much time on the wrong characters in a way that yields a rather lifeless, chilly affair.”
When will Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire be on Netflix US?
Let’s start within the United States, the place the film will hit the service in 2024. As a part of the deal Netflix struck again in 2021, most Sony Pictures releases have come to Netflix in what’s generally known as the primary window.
While the deal doesn’t stipulate the variety of days the film might be unique to theaters, we have now seen it round 120 days (or 4 months). That would imply that Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire would arrive on Netflix US round July twentieth, 2024. However, some films arrive barely later, so it could possibly be within the last week of July or early August as a substitute.
The film will then be on Netflix till at the very least January 2026, when it’s going to leap over to Disney, whether or not that be on Hulu or Disney+ (or each, as we suspect would be the case for this film!).
When will Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire be on Netflix Internationally?
Netflix US isn’t the one area of Netflix that will get Sony Pictures films in a well timed vogue. Netflix in India will obtain the movie alongside the US this Summer, and shortly after, areas like Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Africa will stream the film.
In late 2024, we count on to see some European territories, similar to Germany and the Netherlands, decide up the movie alongside Israel.
For these within the United Kingdom, Sky has the primary window rights however will come to Netflix UK round two years after launch, the identical being true for Netflix Canada (~2026).
For all different areas, you’ll seemingly be ready a number of years for the film to drop off on the service the place you reside.
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