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Ghostbusters II

“Guess who's coming to save the world again?”

19891h 48m★ 6.6

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

IMDB
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6.6/10
Rating
5,091
Votes
$37.0M
Budget
$215.4M
Revenue

In the Series

How Ghostbusters II compares

Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Ghostbusters, not taken from this film’s own record.

#3 of 4
Rank in the series by rating

Ghostbusters II (1989) ranks 3rd of the 4 rated films in the Ghostbusters series, at 6.6/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.9/10.

5 years
Wait since the previous film

It arrived 5 years after Ghostbusters (1984).

22%
Share of the series audience

Its 5,091 TMDB ratings are 22% of the 23,063 cast across the series.

Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Ghostbusters, comparing all 4 released films in the series. Last recalculated November 2026.

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In Release Order

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