While a lot of the replies to her tweet mentioned that the omission of the all-woman reboot was an “obvious” choice based on its failure and recalled the sexist commentary that surrounded its initial release, the numbers say otherwise. According to The Hollywood Reporter , the 2016 movie has 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is higher than the Ghostbusters II rating, and grossed $229 million worldwide. Domestically, it has outearned 2016’s Bad Moms, which got a sequel, and paced just below the 2016 awards season darling La La Land.