'Ghostbusters' $46 million opening is a record for Melissa McCarthy

Busting makes Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig and the rest of the cast and crew behind Ghostbusters feel good.
The newly released reboot picked up an estimated $46 million in domestic ticket sales during its opening weekend, good enough for second place at the box office. It's a good-not-great start for a movie said to be budgeted at more than $140 million, but that's just from Sony's perspective.
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For Feig and McCarthy, it's a momentous weeken