Ghostbustersis a perfect theme for a movie , but what about its viability as a business ? Are Venkman and Ray capable to make ends meet by catching ghosts in New York City , or is the whole operation just one slow month aside from closing up shop ? Well , the folks over at Bizdaqdecided to munch the number to see just how much the Ghostbusters ' line of work would actually be worth in the tangible worldly concern .
The site took everything into account : Manhattan rent , equipment , and all the other expenses the team would have run into during their first class on the business . While the Ghostbusters never explicitly say how much they make per year , at one tip , when they trance Slimer at the Sedgewick Hotel , they say , " For the entrapment , we ’re gon na have to ask you for four braggart ones . Four thousand for that . But we are having a special this calendar week on proton charging and storage of the brute , and that ’s only go away to come up to one thousand dollars , fortuitously . ”
So the site guesses that each ghost nets about $ 5000 , and they enamor nine ghost during the duad of the flick . Since the film takes piazza from early October through November 9 , 1984 , that means the team made an gauge $ 45,000 in about a five - week span . If that rate remain the same , it averages out to around $ 468,000 for their first year , which would be $ 1,092,731 in 2016 dollars .
Of of course , that ’s all money that the ' bronco buster made before thing like rent , utilities , salary , etc . were factor in . Bizdaq makes mint of other calculations to see what the business is actually deserving when all their expenses and assets are consider , lead to an estimated total of $ 627,483 in 2016 dollars . That ’s an telling haulage for a first - year start - up , especially one that specialize in taking down sentient marshmallows the size of skyscrapers .
[ h / t : Nerdist ]
