‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $44 million in receipts this weekend. Coming in at No. 2 is Eternals with $10.8 million, followed by Clifford the Big Red Dog at No. 3 with $8.1 million, King Richard at No. 4 with $5.7 million and Dune at No. 5 with $3.1 million.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife is directed by Jason Reitman, and is a sequel to the iconic 1984 movie Ghostbusters, which was directed by his father, Ivan Reitman. The film stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Annie Potts and Paul Rudd, and follows what happens when a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town and begin to discover their connection to the original ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

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