"And Sony does not like to lose money. It made a lot of money around the world but 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 said.
"He didn't shoot scenes we suggested to him and several scenes that were going to be needed and he said, 'Nah, we don't need them.' Then we tested the movie and they needed them and he had to go back. About $30 to $40 million in reshoots. So he will not be back on the Sony lot any time soon."
Ouch. While Ghostbusters wasn't a spectacular failure - the remake raked in almost a quarter of a billion US dollars in worldwide box office takings - it was still classed as a flop for Sony, having cost a hefty $US144 million, not including marketing spend.
Feig, an experienced comedy director with hits like Bridesmaids, The Heat and Spy under his belt, had admitted the stakes were high even before the film's release.
"A movie like this has to at least get to like $500 million worldwide, and that's probably low," he said.
Variety reported that the film finished with a total loss of around $75 million.
The original Ghostbusters film made almost $300 million worldwide from a budget of just $30 million.
