Paramount Pictures' Ghost in the Shell opened in theaters this week, but there wasn't much of an audience waiting for it. Ghost in the Shell opened to just $7.7 million across 3,440 locations on Friday and is now tracking for a meager $20 million opening weekend. That's a bad sign for the big budget adaptation of That?s a bad sign for the big budget adaptation of Shirow Masamune's cyberpunk manga and anime, which cost the studio $110 million to make. This has Paramount, DreamWorks Pictures, and Reliance Entertainment hoping for stellar international numbers to offset the weak domestic showing.