History WMG / Ghostbusters2016

...At least as far as it being a subdivision of Sony Entertainment goes. Given that the movie is set to flop pretty badly and that Sony's finances (outside of their UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 sales) are in dire straits, it seems likely that the company could be sold as a way to cover the losses on the film and on the Ghost Corps subdivision as a whole (since the toys are selling badly). Disney would be the most likely buyer if the subdivision files for bankruptcy. Alternately, it'll just end up being another financial flop for the company and they'll have to restructure themselves yet again.

** Whiny? What do you mean by that?

* The film also [[AmericansHateTingle isn't performing well overseas either]]; as of July 31st it's only made $51.7 million with only 7 left to open (not to mention that it's been BannedInChina, the box office powerhouse of the world). That means that unless the film [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff catches fire in one of the remaining territories, such as Japan]], the film will probably barely squeak past $100 million overseas. Combine that with the total domestic gross which will likely end up at around $120-125 million and you have a film that is doing poorly considering its high budget of $144 million (not including marketing) and the fact that it is intended to kickstart a new franchise. Not a Fant4stic level bomb, but still a box office dud that could very easily [[StillbornFranchise send this incarnation of the team back to their graves]] and make it likely that Paul Feig [[CreatorKiller will not be given the keys to a big budget studio film again]].

* He's [[TheAvengers2012 screwing over New York City]] a second time of his own free will but casting an illusion of his brother's face so Thor earns the wrath of untold whiny millions instead of him. Why? ForTheLulz probably. It's [[MadGod Loki!]]

[[WMG: The film is secretly brilliant.]]
The reason the film was such a box office bomb is because it was deliberately designed to fail, to demonstrate why the whole political correctness movement of replacing established characters with female and minority characters solely in the name of diversity and equality is such a bad idea.

* well they bpought She-Ra back

And only some people can shake it off. Obvious victims can't (See also Louis Tully in Ghostbusters, and Dr. Janosz). This would explain why lots of people in Ghostbusters II are Ghost truthers and don't believe what happened in the first film was legit.Now, several decades later, the original team had lost theirs along the way as well (all perhaps becoming John Does) Egon became a professor (and later passed away), Peter became very cynical but still involved with parapsychology, Ray ended up bad and became a cabbie and Winston probably doesn't even remember being hired for a random team in a firestation. This is why Slimer exists, the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man float, the "logo" is around, and most of all [[spoiler: Zuul]]

* well they bpought She-ra back