By Wonderwall.com Editors
6:00pm PDT, Mar 31, 2024
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In 1984, a crack team of paranormal activity fighters called the "Ghostbusters" saved the mean streets of New York City — and then the world — from impending doom. With "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" topping the box office after a $45.2 million opening weekend in March 2024 — and going on to bank more than $100 million within its first two weeks — we're taking a look back at the best photos of the original "Ghostbusters" stars from when they were young, starting with this shot…
The 1984 classic and 1989's "Ghostbusters II" starred (left to right): the late Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler, Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore, Bill Murray as Peter Venkman and Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz.
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Bill Murray appears in the film "Ghostbusters" in 1984.
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Dan Aykroyd appears in a scene from 1984's "Ghostbusters."
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Bill Murray appears in the 1989 sequel film "Ghostbusters II."
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Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray appear in a scene from the 1984 film "Ghostbusters," which Ivan Reitman directed.
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Actress Annie Potts and son Clay Potts attended the premiere of "Ghostbusters II" at the Mann Chinese Theater in Hollywood on June 15, 1989. In the original movie, Annie played Janine Melnitz, the Ghostbusters' receptionist at the crew's firehouse headquarters.
She went on to star in the long-running sitcom "Designing Women," which aired from 1986 to 1993.
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Rick Moranis (seen here attending an event in Las Vegas on March 10, 1994) also appeared in the first two "Ghostbusters" films, playing nerdy accountant Louis Tully.
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Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd attended the premiere of "Ghostbusters" at the Avco Cinema Theater in Los Angeles on June 7, 1984.
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Ernie Hudson is seen attending a Pro-Peace Luncheon in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 1985.
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Harold Ramis is seen in 1984's "Ghostbusters." The actor and director passed away at 69 in 2014.
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Dan Aykroyd and his "Saturday NIght Live" co-star and friend John Belushi also appeared regularly as "The Blues Brothers." They're seen here circa 1978.
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Sigourney Weaver got her paranormal movie start as Ellen Ripley in 1979's "Alien."
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A few years before he starred in "Ghostbusters," Bill Murray headlined another comedy co-written by frequent collaborator Harold Ramis: 1980's "Caddyshack," which marked the actor-filmmaker's feature film directorial debut.
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Dan Aykroyd got his start on "Saturday Night Live." In this famous shot from the show in 1976, the comic prepares to demonstrate the "Super Bass-O-Matic."
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Sigourney Weaver attended the 53rd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 31, 1981, three years before her "Ghostbusters" tenure began.
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Rick Moranis appears in a scene from 1995's "Big Bully."
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Actor Ernie Hudson and wife Linda Kingsberg attended a screening of "Sugar Hill" at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Feb. 24, 1994.
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Actor-director Harold Ramis attended the 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills on Jan. 26, 1985.
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Sigourney Weaver joined "Ghostbusters II" director-producer Ivan Reitman, plus Ivan's wife, Genevieve Robert, and Sigourney's husband, Jim Simpson, at the "Ghostbusters II" premiere at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on June 15, 1989.
