There’s a dispiriting finality to the latest and perhaps least of the “Ghostbusters” movies, a sense of “deja vu all over again” in the situations, ghosts/villains battled, the stakes involved and all that.

It really does feel as if they’d done all they can do with the franchise, now that Bill Murray’s collected one more big fat check from Sony. And for what? He’s not the least bit funny here.

The over-stuffed cast adds characters and comical players, with nothing funny to say or do. It’s got an anachronistic deceased hottie for our teen leading lady character to connect with. Representation is supposed to add an audience to a movie, but in the cases of franchises, that rarely happens.

Reviews haven’t been kind. Even in the Land of the Lightweights and critics-come-lately, Rotten Tomatoes, it’s easily the worst-reviewed film in the decades-old franchise. It’s as bad-or-worse on the more seasoned critics’ aggregator site Metacritic.

I thought it sucked. “A ghost bust,” to pick a low-hanging fruit line.

Deadline.com is still projecting a $42-43 million opening for “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.” But last week they were flinging the number $52 up there. As late as Friday AM they were projecting $45.

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” did a brisk(ish) $4.7 million Thursday night, slightly better than the previous film’s preview Thursday, and about $16 Friday (less than “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” managed $16.6 million back in 2021).

With the film opening on 4300 screens, IMAX included (how I watched it), with Sydney Sweeney as a nun facing horror (“Immaculate”) as the only real competition, and heading into an Easter (second) weekend only a “Kong vs. Godzilla” thing as competition, the table seems set for a blockbuster. Will it happen?

Is the talk of a third film in the franchise further down the development line, on its way to inevitability? God, I hope not.

Meanwhile, “It” bombshell Sydney Sweeney’s horrors of being a nun thriller “Immaculate” is seriously underwhelming as far as ticket sales go. I guess the thought of watching her act and not wear a skimpy swimsuit isn’t as appealing. $5 million is less than half of what a weak horrror title usually manages on its opening weekend. It’s not on many thousands of screens, but still, that’s underwhelming.

“Dune 2” is chalking up another $16-17 million, and another second place finish. It’ll be well over $230 million by midnight Sunday.

“Kung Fu Panda 4” finally relinquishes the top spot to fall to third, with a still-healthy $15 million and change take. It’s over $130 domestically, or will be by weekend’s end. Doing well overseas, well enough in China. Moderate-sized hit.

“Arthur the King” isn’t showing “legs,” tumbling from a weak opening to a lousy $4 million second weekend. No, the great Mark Wahlberg comeback isn’t happening.

“Late Night with the Devil” is the third wide (ish) release opening this weekend, a horror tale with mostly good or at least decent reviews, and just enough screens to pull in $3 million. It should pick up with word of mouth, even if I wasn’t as impressed with it as some.

UPDATED:  The final “estimated top five take Sunday afternoon via @BOXofficepro.