Ghostbusters II is a 1989 sci-fi comedy film and sequel to Ghostbusters. Produced and directed by Ivan Reitman, Ghostbusters II follows the further adventures of a group of parapsychologists and their organization which combats paranormal activities ("ghostbusting"). The sequel was originally to be called Ghostbusters II: River Of Slime. The sequel had what was, at the time, the biggest three-day opening weekend gross in history ($29,472,894; equivalent to $52,709,710 today), a record that was broken one week later by Batman ($40,505,884)."WEEKEND RECORDS THROUGH THE YEARS", All Time Box Office, retrieved January 10, 2009. Despite the record-breaking opening, the film has received mixed reviews from both critics"Ghostbusters II", metacritic.com, retrieved January 10, 2009. and viewers. "User Comments", retrieved January 10, 2009."Member Reviews", Ghostbusters 2 (1989), Netflix, retrieved January 10, 2009.

Plot

Five years after the events of the first film, the Ghostbusters are undeservedly out of business after being sued by the city for property damage incurred during the battle against Gozer, and have incurred a restraining order preventing them from investigating the supernatural. Ray Stantz owns an occult bookstore and does side-work with Winston Zeddemore as unpopular children's entertainers, Egon Spengler works in a laboratory conducting experiments into human emotion, Peter Venkman hosts a little-watched pseudo-psychic television show, and Dana Barrett works at the Manhattan Museum of Art restoring paintings and raising her infant son Oscar at a new apartment, having broken up with Peter under acrimonious circumstances, but strongly hinted to be from Peter's fear of commitment. After a supernatural incident in which Oscar's baby carriage is controlled by an unseen supernatural force and drawn to a busy junction on First Avenue, Dana turns to the Ghostbusters for help, prompting an awkward reunion between herself and Peter. Meanwhile, Dr. Janosz Poha—Dana's boss at the art gallery—is possessed by the spirit of Vigo the Carpathian, a seventeenth century tyrant trapped within a painting in the gallery. Vigo orders Janosz to locate a child that Vigo can transfer his consciousness into, thus gaining physical form upon the approaching New Year.