Ghostbusters II is a 1989 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. … See more

• Bill Murray as Peter Venkman
• Dan Aykroyd as Raymond Stantz
• Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett See more

Development
After the success of Ghostbusters, a sequel was considered inevitable even though the film had been developed as a stand-alone project. The development of Ghostbusters II was arduous, and the behind-the-scenes … See more

Context
In the late 1980s, film sequels were still quite rare, but the concept of the media franchise had … See more

Five years after saving New York City from destruction by the shapeshifting god Gozer, the Ghostbusters have been sued for the property damage incurred and barred from investigating the supernatural, forcing them out of business. Ray Stantz now owns an occult … See more

As with his work on Ghostbusters, Reitman had little interest in the technical side of his film. For the sequel, he employed special … See more

Performance analysis and aftermath
Financially, Ghostbusters II was a relative success but it failed to meet studio expectations as a sequel to the highest-grossing comedy of … See more