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Dan Aykroyd blames Paul Feig for the disappointing Box Office performance of "Ghostbusters (2016)". Appearing on British talk show "Sunday Brunch", the actor who starred in the original 1984 "Ghostbusters" said there wouldn't be a sequel to the reboot because Feig made it "economically not feasible" after spending too much money on the movie.

"The girls are great in it. Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig - what a wonderful, wonderful players they are - and Leslie Jones," Aykroyd praised the cast. "I was really happy with the movie, but it cost too much."

He added, "And Sony does not like to lose money. It made a lot of money around the world but it just cost too much, making it economically not feasible to do another one. So that's too bad - the director, he spent too much on it. He didn't shoot scenes we suggested to him, several scenes that were going to be needed, and he said, 'No, we don't need them,' and then we tested the movie and they needed them and he had to go back - about $30 to $40 million in reshoots. So, yeah, he will not be back on the Sony lot anytime soon."

The "Ghostbusters" reboot reportedly cost more than $140 million to make and grossed just $229.1 million worldwide. The movie earned additional $36 million in U.S. home entertainment sales.

Sony, however, has corrected Aykroyd's remark about the cost of the reshoots, saying that the reshoots actually cost between $3 million and $4 million, and not the $30 million to $40 million he initially claimed. "The budget and additional visual effects shoots were previously reported, and the studio had an incredible relationship with the director who was first rate," says a source close to the production.