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    New Tourist Attraction

    Sony to Open Theme-Park With Rides From Ghostbusters to Jumanji



    A water ride at Columbia Pictures’ Aquaverse. Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment
    By Suttinee Yuvejwattana (Bloomberg)

    September 15, 2022 at 3:51 PM GMT+7

    Sony Pictures Entertainment will open a theme and water park based on popular characters from films produced by Columbia Pictures next month in Thailand as it seeks to cash in on a rebound in tourism.

    The Columbia Pictures’ Aquaverse will open on Oct. 11 in partnership with local developer Amazon Falls Co., in Bangsaray, about 90 minutes from Bangkok, according to a joint statement on Thursday. Attractions will include characters from movies ranging from “Ghostbusters” to “Jumanji” to “Hotel Transylvania,” they said.

    The opening of the park, initially scheduled to start operations in phases a year ago, coincides with a revival in global tourism and scrapping of most pandemic-era travel curbs. The Southeast Asian nation expects to attract as many as 10 million tourists this year and about 30 million visitors next year.

    The licensing partnership is a low-risk way for Tokyo-based Sony Corp. to exploit popular characters from its library of movies and TV shows, which include megahits like “Jumanji” and “Men in Black.”

    “The Columbia Pictures’ Aquaverse is the next step in Sony Pictures’ larger global strategy to grow and expand location-based entertainment by utilizing its globally known film and TV brands,” Jeffrey Godsick, an executive vice president at Sony Pictures, said in the statement.

    The 14-acre (5.7-hectare) park, located in an area already home to five-star beach resorts and restaurants popular with tourists, will continue to open new attractions in the future, the companies said.






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    14 acres doesn’t sound very large for a theme park!

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    Ghost busters ? What is this , the 1980's ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Ghost busters ? What is this , the 1980's ?
    What are you on about? Its the new attraction for guys just like you in Pattaya, well actually Jomtien.

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    The last ghost busters movie was 2021.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    The last ghost busters movie was 2021.
    Yeah yeah. That's just a throwback to its original success

    Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984, to critical acclaim and became a cultural phenomenon. It earned $282.2 million during its initial theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1984 in the United States and Canada, and the then-highest-grossing comedy ever. It was the number-one film in theaters for seven consecutive weeks and one of only four films to gross more than $100 million that year. Further theatrical releases have increased the total gross to around $295.2 million, making it one of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s.

    You fool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    You fool.

    Which part of last film was in 2021 did you not get?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Yeah yeah. That's just a throwback to its original success

    Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984, to critical acclaim and became a cultural phenomenon. It earned $282.2 million during its initial theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1984 in the United States and Canada, and the then-highest-grossing comedy ever. It was the number-one film in theaters for seven consecutive weeks and one of only four films to gross more than $100 million that year. Further theatrical releases have increased the total gross to around $295.2 million, making it one of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s.

    You fool.
    1984! I thought it was a few years later, but I still remember watching it at the pictures with my sister and my dad.

    Brilliant film. Rarely a week goes by without me wishing we could go back to the 80s and 90s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Ghost busters ? What is this , the 1980's ?
    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    The last ghost busters movie was 2021.
    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Yeah yeah. That's just a throwback to its original success

    Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984,

    You fool.
    Backspit can make even a simple story about a theme park about hi being a jerk. Well done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    1984! I thought it was a few years later, but I still remember watching it at the pictures with my sister and my dad.

    Brilliant film. Rarely a week goes by without me wishing we could go back to the 80s and 90s.
    You must be a gen Xer eh

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