Many were simply upset that a reboot was happening at all, feeling that the movie was somehow untouchable.
It’s likely that Paul Feig learned the same thing that everybody else does when you engage the trolls.
The film eventually did over $200 million at the global box office, although, due to the film’s high production cost, the final numbers were disappointing.
Whatever the reason for the furor, the Ghostbusters remake became a target like no movie in recent memory.