[mrmichaelt]

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Digital release date: May 7, 2024

4K/Blu-ray/DVD release date: June 25, 2024

Streaming: July 22, 2024 (Netflix)

Pre-orders are up on Amazon, Walmart, and Zavvi.

1. Standard 4K/Blu-ray/Digital combo
https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Fro ... 0CWLS98SX/

2. Steelbook 4K/Blu-ray/Digital combo
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWLT1FQ1
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ghostbusters ... 352547973?

3. Blu-ray/DVD/Digital
https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Fro ... 0CWLRZ9VH/

5. DVD/Digital
https://www.amazon.com/Ghostbusters-Fro ... 0CWLSDYJN/

6. Walmart exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD/Digital combo
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ghostbusters ... 493766298?

7. Walmart limited edition Afterlife-Frozen Empire 4K/Blu-ray/Digital combo set with Ice Mold
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ghostbusters ... 512318571?

8. Walmart Exclusive 4K/Blu-Ray/Digital with Extremely Limited Wall Art Skateboard
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ghostbusters ... 493766297?

9. Zavvi Steelbook 4K/Blu-ray
https://www.zavvi.com/4k/ghostbusters-f ... 9112.html?

[tylergfoster]

Preordered the Zavvi Steelbook. Would prefer it if Walmart were offering it in the US in UHD; I technically could buy the BD Steelbook and then wait and snag a 4K copy later and just swap it out, since there will probably be no Blu-ray logos or anything on the Steelbook itself so the exact same one can be printed in the US for BD and in the UK for UHD, but that sounds like more work than it's worth.

[mrmichaelt]

Preordered the Zavvi Steelbook. Would prefer it if Walmart were offering it in the US in UHD; I technically could buy the BD Steelbook and then wait and snag a 4K copy later and just swap it out, since there will probably be no Blu-ray logos or anything on the Steelbook itself so the exact same one can be printed in the US for BD and in the UK for UHD, but that sounds like more work than it's worth.

That was rather odd Walmart's Steelbook was only up to Blu-ray and no 4K.

[hutto]

Did they make a steelbook for Afterlife that matched the Best Buy ones?

[tylergfoster]

Did they make a steelbook for Afterlife that matched the Best Buy ones?

Nope. They did for the 2016 movie (they literally hired the same artist, Dan Mumford) and now this one for Frozen Empire (which does not look like Mumford to me), but not Afterlife. The two Steelbooks for Afterlife were the one of the car from the back with the silhouettes to the side of it looking at the sky beam going up, and one of the Ecto in the wheat field.

[mrmichaelt]

The Walmart and Zavvi Steelbook art was by Bella Grace.
https://twitter.com/bellagraceart/statu ... 2185750927

[Chicken, He Clucked]

Zavvi 4K steelbook sold out.

[tylergfoster]

Zavvi 4K steelbook sold out.

Glad I preordered it. Although, as previously mentioned, if one has money to spare and really wants the Steelbook, it is almost certainly identical to Walmart's US exclusive and both will hold two discs, so anyone could just get that one and swap the 4K/BD discs into it.

[tylergfoster]

Looked for another place to put this, but I couldn't bring up a general home video thread anywhere, so:

Yesterday, Sony announced a new 40th Anniversary edition of The Karate Kid on 4K. It comes with new "retro" cover art designed to evoke the old Columbia VHS tapes with the red border and black backdrop. The Blu-ray.com news post about it is here: https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34252

Wouldn't be shocked if Sony, who rarely misses a chance to double-dip on Ghostbusters, will prep a new 4K UHD release for the original movie (and perhaps Ghostbusters II) this year in the same line with the retro cover art. It would be an opportunity for them to release the upgraded Dolby Vision transfers from the Ultimate Collection in wide release, as well as potentially reorganize the bonus features so they're on film-specific releases instead of bonus discs. The real question would be whether or not they try and dredge up even more new content out of the archives to entice yet another purchase from people who already own the movie. Of course, this is just speculation, but...

[mrmichaelt]

Back and inside of the Steelbooks.
https://twitter.com/PhysicalMedia_/stat ... 3720051793

[mrmichaelt]

Cryssy Cheung did the standard Steelbook art.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C5ETA6PJmSr/

[tylergfoster]

Obviously, as a fan, I don't want to be comparing the financial success of Frozen Empire to Madame Web, but it was the easiest Sony analogue. That film was available for home viewing on digital streaming services 1 month from its theatrical debut, so I'm wondering if we'll see this available digitally on April 23rd.

[Bison256]

How different is that than more successful films? I realize that's a relative term post COVID.

[tylergfoster]

How different is that than more successful films? I realize that's a relative term post COVID.

Every studio has a different system. Universal pushes everything they can to VOD when it meets some internal metric that they have not revealed. It seems quite mercenary but it must be working for them, because they adopted this system in 2020 after winning their battle with AMC over the 17-day theatrical window. In their case, the movies they push to home release are "premium VOD," which means a $19.99 rental price tag. A current example would be Ethan Coen's Drive Away Dolls, which you can rent for $19.99 or purchase for $29.99. The obvious exception to this practice was Oppenheimer, for which Nolan negotiated a lengthy theatrical-only window, which was then lengthened further because the movie was making so much money in theaters. I think the bare minimum on that film was something like 120 days. Madame Web is currently PVOD as well: $24.99 to buy, $19.99 to rent.

Looking up Sony's last major hit, Anyone But You, the movie released theatrically on December 22nd, and wasn't available on VOD until February 20th, which is roughly double the window. Also, Madame Web is hitting physical media at the end of April, so if Frozen Empire reaches digital around March 23rd, then we could guesstimate the physical release would potentially land on May 21st or 28th.

[Chicken, He Clucked]

Hopefully we won't have to wait long for details on the release.

I do think it's a misstep not to do an extended cut. It draws people back in for another watch and worked great for ATC - though there's an elusive definitive cut to be found there.

[tylergfoster]

My guess is that we could hear right after the film crosses $100m at the US box office.

[mrmichaelt]

Minor note, but doesn't look like digital is out in May. Amazon Prime released it's list of May premiered. No GB.
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/pri ... ng-amazon/

But I did see a Prime commercial the other day that included Nadeem's "I think we're all going to die" line.

So maybe digital in June and discs in July.

[tylergfoster]

Minor note, but doesn't look like digital is out in May. Amazon Prime released it's list of May premiered. No GB.
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/pri ... ng-amazon/

But I did see a Prime commercial the other day that included Nadeem's "I think we're all going to die" line.

So maybe digital in June and discs in July.

The Amazon list is for movies that will be streaming in May for "free" with a Prime subscription, which I doubt will happen with Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire for months. That doesn't mean the movie won't be available for paid rental and purchase digitally in May.

[pda4ever]

As for streaming…According to ign.com yesterday…

[tylergfoster]

As deadderek mentioned in the talkback thread, the digital release date is next Tuesday, May 7th. Would expect the physical to follow about a month after, which also makes sense because June 8th would be Ghostbusters Day, so probably June 4th.

[mrmichaelt]

As deadderek mentioned in the talkback thread, the digital release date is next Tuesday, May 7th. Would expect the physical to follow about a month after, which also makes sense because June 8th would be Ghostbusters Day, so probably June 4th.

Jason on GB News deleted his article about the digital date so maybe not.

[tylergfoster]

Given there's an article on the home page, people must know, but my account just got charged for the preorder and it finally says "Available May 7th" on the landing page, so tomorrow is indeed the day.

[mrmichaelt]

GBNews's article about the special features
https://ghostbustersnews.com/2024/05/06 ... ed-scenes/

[tylergfoster]

Additional update: iTunes version has an audio commentary by Gil Kenan. Note that this is not available among the extras on MoviesAnywhere and may be an Apple exclusive -- they get quite a few exclusive commentaries.

EDIT: additional additional update: a user at the Blu-ray dot com forums says Target just updated his preorder with a May 21st release date.

[gbraider82]

Additional update: iTunes version has an audio commentary by Gil Kenan. Note that this is not available among the extras on MoviesAnywhere and may be an Apple exclusive -- they get quite a few exclusive commentaries.

EDIT: additional additional update: a user at the Blu-ray dot com forums says Target just updated his preorder with a May 21st release date.

Thanks, dude. I was about to get upset. It feels like a cheap money grab waiting for the physical release date just so the movie can pass $200 million. Like just release the date already, but I can wait till the 21st.

[doney84]

Can anyone confirm that these extras are available if purchased through Google TV as I don't see them mentioned on the app? I'm in Ireland if that makes any difference, maybe they're region specific?

[tylergfoster]

Can anyone confirm that these extras are available if purchased through Google TV as I don't see them mentioned on the app? I'm in Ireland if that makes any difference, maybe they're region specific?

Are you in America? Sony is part of the Movies Anywhere network, which is a free service that connects VUDU/Fandango, iTunes, Amazon, YouTube/Google, and some other TV services like Verizon and DirecTV. If you're in the US, sign up for a free MA account and purchase the movie on any one of those connected services and it will enter your library on all of them, guaranteeing you can see the extras via one of the various options.

[doney84]

Thanks for the info but I'm not in the US. I might just wait and get it on disc as that should include all the extra features.

[Bison256]

I'm sure they'll end up on YouTube eventually.

[mrmichaelt]

Ooo, was reading the press release and there's a Gil Kenan commentary, too!
https://www.spookcentral.tk/2024/05/07/ ... ss-release

Here's the special features preview: