Ghost have revealed plans for a new live movie titled 2 Big To Rig, which will arrive in cinemas and IMAX locations around the world next month.
The film documents the masked metal group’s massive ‘Skeletour’ world tour, which finished earlier this year. It follows Tobias Forge and his bandmates’ first movie, 2024’s Rite Here Rite Now.
2 Big To Rig is Ghost’s second project with Trafalgar Releasing. The full length production was recorded on 16mm film during the band’s two sold out performances at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City last autumn.
According to a press statement, audiences will be carried “through time and space to a spot in the crowd of nearly 40,000 who witnessed those darkly magical nights”.
The cinema release centres on Ghost’s “live ritual” and includes behind the scenes segments featuring crew members working to realise the group’s dramatic stage production. It will also contain the only professionally filmed material of Papa V Perpetua and the band performing during their phone free tour.
Described as “the definitive document of Ghost’s unforgettable ‘Skeletour’ world tour”, 2 Big To Rig will receive a limited worldwide release in cinemas and IMAX on Wednesday August 26.
Tickets will become available next Thursday, July 23, and can be purchased here. Further details about screenings and showtimes, along with an option to register for updates, are available here.
The title refers to Ghost ending the ‘Skeletour’ in February after completing 70 concerts throughout North America, the UK and Europe. The movie was produced to bring the live show to supporters beyond those regions. It will also give the experience to fans who held tickets for the first of three scheduled Mexico City dates, which was cancelled because of illness, reducing the run to two nights.
Kymberli Frueh, EVP Content Acquisitions & Programming at Trafalgar Releasing, said: “Ghost captured the final nights of the legendary Skeletour’s first leg on 16mm film in Mexico City – creating a nostalgic experience and a fitting farewell to an era for fans.
“We’re proud to share it with cinema audiences worldwide before Ghost takes a well-publicised break. It’s the perfect way to close such a significant chapter in the band’s history and give fans a chance to relive this moment together.”
Earlier this year, Tobias Forge revealed that he wanted to take a “step away” from live performances once Ghost’s ‘Skeletour’ ended. “I need to be home. [My kids are] 17; they’re not gonna be around for an eon,” he explained at the time.
He had previously described the phone ban at the ‘Skeletour’ concerts as “life-changing”, adding: “Just walking off stage [on the] first night was just, like, ‘This has completely changed the entire outlook of how this feels’.”
Last October, Forge spoke about suffering a serious panic attack onstage that affected his performance.
Speaking with NME last year, he discussed his desire to conclude Ghost’s ongoing “lore” as he considered the group’s next chapter.
“I think that there might be an end to the storytelling because it’s not productive to have this endless soap opera,” he told us. “If fans need the lore in order to like the band, then that element will probably be over quite soon.”
Forge also discussed Ghost’s sixth and most recent studio record, 2025’s ‘Skeletá’. He called the album “10 songs of hopefully healing joy”, before adding: “I’ve always tried to do something different from the previous one, so this time, I wanted to make a record that was based on introspection.”
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