Editing Ghost (1990 film) (section)

==Release==
Ghost was originally scheduled to be released on July 27, 1990, but its release date was brought forward two weeks early to July 13, 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tyrone-daily-herald-ghost-paramount-succ/159533741/|title='Ghost' Brings Paramount Back To World Of Living|newspaper=Tyrone Daily Herald|page=6|date=August 29, 1990}}</ref> The film became an unexpected box-office success,<ref>{{cite news |title='Ghost' Performing Solidly at the Box Office |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 17, 1990 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-17-ca-143-story.html |access-date=November 8, 2010 |first=Pat H. |last=Broeske}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Ghost': Sentimental Choice as Summer Hit |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 25, 1990 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-25-ca-1224-story.html |access-date=November 8, 2010 |first=Pat H. |last=Broeske}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Ghost' Tops Box Office Again |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 7, 1990 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-07-ca-339-story.html |access-date=November 8, 2010 |first=Pat H. |last=Broeske}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood's Summer of Love : Romantic 'Ghost' Outguns Macho Movies to Become Season's Biggest Hit |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 5, 1990 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-05-ca-528-story.html |access-date=November 8, 2010 |first=Nina J. |last=Easton}}</ref> grossing $505.7 million on a budget of between $22–23 million.<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |title=Ghost (1990) |id=0099653 |access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58522|title = Ghost (1990)|website = [[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|publisher = [[American Film Institute]]|access-date = February 19, 2022}}</ref> The film debuted at number 2 behind ''[[Die Hard 2]]'' during its first weekend, before topping the box office during its second weekend.<ref name=boxofficeghost>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3864364545/weekend/|title=
Ghost - Domestic Weekend|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=August 12, 2024}}</ref> 
The film would routinely hold the number 2 and number 1 box office spots for two months, and would also remain in the top five until November 1990.<ref name=boxofficeghost />

It was the highest-grossing film of the year 1990.<ref name="1990 Worldwide Grosses">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1990&p=.htm |title=1990 Worldwide Grosses |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=November 15, 2013}}</ref> [[Box Office Mojo]] estimates that the film sold over 51.46 million tickets in the US.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=May 31, 2016 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghost.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |title=Ghost (1990) |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> It spent eight consecutive weeks at [[List of 1990 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|number one at the UK box office]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Guinness book of Box Office Hits|page=440|last=Swern|first=Phil|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|year=1995|isbn=0-85112-670-7}}</ref> and became the [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|highest-grossing film of all time in the UK]] surpassing ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' with a gross of £23.3 million. That record would last for three years before getting surpassed by ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' in 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=11 |date=August 16, 1993 |title='Park' leader of summer B.O. pack |last=Groves |first=Don}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=BFI Statistical Yearbook |year=2013 |edition=2012 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |location=London |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |pages=[http://www.emagcloud.com/incorporatedesign/BFI_Statisitical_Yearbook_2013_Digital02/pubData/source/BFI%20Statisitical%20Yearbook%202013%20Digital.pdf#page=22 22] |access-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228060414/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> It also spent six consecutive weeks atop the [[List of 1990 box office number-one films in Australia|Australian box office]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=International B.O.|page=45|date=10 December 1990}}</ref> It was also the [[List of highest-grossing films in Indonesia|highest-grossing film in Indonesia]] at the time with a gross of $3.6 million<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date= November 7, 1994|title=Erratum|page=16}}</ref> and the highest-grossing foreign film in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Ghost' gains triumph of spirits overseas|last=Groves|first=Don |page=46|date=December 10, 1990}}</ref> Together with ''Die Hard 2'', the film would also saw then-married couple [[Demi Moore]], who starred in ''Ghost'', and [[Bruce Willis]], who starred in ''Die Hard 2'', have two respective films which they starred in occupy the number 1 and number 2 spots at the box office, a feat which would not be accomplished again for such couples until ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'' and ''[[It Ends with Us (film)|It Ends with Us]]'' in 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/08/12/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-it-ends-with-us-deadpool-and-wolverine-box-office/74765651007/|title=Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds mark first married couple to top box office in 34 years|first=Kelly|last=Lawler|publisher=USA Today|date=August 12, 2024|accessdate=August 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-are-latest-married-couple-to-top-box-office-since-bruce-willis-demi-moore-1990-8693706|title=Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Are First Married Couple to Top Box Office Since Bruce Willis and Demi Moore in 1990|first=Marina|last=Watts|publisher=People|date=August 11, 2024|accessdate=August 12, 2024}}</ref>

The film was released on video and [[LaserDisc]] in the United States on March 21, 1991, and sold a record 646,000 videos for rental, breaking the record set by ''[[Die Hard 2]]'',<ref name="rentals">{{cite magazine|last=Berman|first=Marc|date=January 6, 1992|title=Rentals Reap Bulk of 1991 Vid Harvest|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=22}}</ref> and a record 66,040 LaserDiscs.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=April 5, 1991|title=Ghost Conjures LaserDisk Record|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|page=2}}</ref> It was the top video rental of 1991 in the United States,<ref>{{cite web|date=December 30, 1991 |title=The top 10 videocassette rentals of 1991 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/12/30/The-top-10-videocassette-rentals-of-1991-compiled-from/5060694069200/ |website=[[UPI]]}}</ref> and generated a gross of $40 million for Paramount. The video went on sale in the fall and generated sales of $25 million.<ref name="rentals" />