Theater Counts: Blair Witch Leads Openers
September 15, 2016
Blair Witch takes the crown as the widest new release this weekend, as it launches in 3,121 theaters. With quite a lot of competition coming up on the horror front, perhaps opening six weeks before Halloween is a smart move, but it does seem a little early for that. We’ll have to wait and see how it performs. Likewise with Bridget Jones’s Baby, which debuts in 2,927 locations. Neither film is expected to topple Sully at the box office, and that film remains in widest release, in 3,525 theaters. Two movies will open wider than that next weekend, which will make things interesting at the top.
Those two films are Storks, which Warner Bros. says will open in about 3,800 theaters, and The Magnificent Seven, which Sony expects to debut in 3,600 venues. Both are impressively wide releases for September, and will test the theory that films can open big at any time of the year these days.
Theater Counts for Weekend of September 16
Movie | Distributor | Theaters | Previous Theaters | Change |
Sully | Warner Bros. | 3,525 | 3,525 | 0 |
Don't Breathe | Sony Pictures | 3,208 | 3,384 | -176 |
Blair Witch | Lionsgate | 3,121 | | new |
Bridget Jones's Baby | Universal | 2,927 | | new |
Suicide Squad | Warner Bros. | 2,740 | 3,103 | -363 |
The Wild Life | Lionsgate | 2,493 | 2,493 | 0 |
Snowden | Open Road | 2,443 | | new |
When the Bough Breaks | Sony Pictures | 2,246 | 2,246 | 0 |
Pete's Dragon | Walt Disney | 1,948 | 2,685 | -737 |
Kubo and the Two Strings | Focus Features | 1,757 | 2,335 | -578 |
The Disappointments Room | Relativity | 1,554 | 1,554 | 0 |
Hell or High Water | Lionsgate | 1,505 | 1,445 | +60 |
Bad Moms | STX Entertainment | 1,486 | 1,888 | -402 |
Sausage Party | Sony Pictures | 1,181 | 2,071 | -890 |
The Light Between Oceans | Walt Disney | 1,133 | 1,500 | -367 |
Jason Bourne | Universal | 1,005 | 1,510 | -505 |
The Secret Life of Pets | Universal | 998 | 1,410 | -412 |
Mechanic: Resurrection | Lionsgate | 958 | 1,901 | -943 |
War Dogs | Warner Bros. | 902 | 1,781 | -879 |
Florence Foster Jenkins | Paramount Pictures | 567 | 1,062 | -495 |
Star Trek Beyond | Paramount Pictures | 508 | 748 | -240 |
No Manches Frida | Lionsgate | 456 | 465 | -9 |
Ben Hur | Paramount Pictures | 438 | 974 | -536 |
Finding Dory | Walt Disney | 292 | 490 | -198 |
Lights Out | Warner Bros. | 282 | 348 | -66 |
Nerve | Lionsgate | 244 | 213 | +31 |
Ice Age: Collision Course | 20th Century Fox | 239 | 309 | -70 |
Nine Lives | EuropaCorp | 193 | 267 | -74 |
The BFG | Walt Disney | 179 | 211 | -32 |
Southside with You | Roadside Attractions | 114 | 444 | -330 |
Hands of Stone | Weinstein Co. | 105 | 1,103 | -998 |
Wild Oats | Weinstein Co. | 100 | | new |
Morgan | 20th Century Fox | 99 | 2,020 | -1,921 |
Café Society | Lionsgate | 89 | 142 | -53 |
Kicks | Focus Features | 65 | 3 | +62 |
The Jungle Book | Walt Disney | 57 | 87 | -30 |
Indignation | Roadside Attractions | 36 | 59 | -23 |
Captain America: Civil War | Walt Disney | 34 | 54 | -20 |
A Tale of Love and Darkness | Focus World | 33 | 64 | -31 |
Love & Friendship | Roadside Attractions | 4 | 12 | -8 |
Miss Stevens | The Orchard | 0 | | new |
Hunt for the Wilderpeople | The Orchard | 0 | 86 | -86 |
Demon | The Orchard | 0 | 3 | -3 |
Note: New theater counts are added as studios report throughout the day on Thursday
Estimates for Weekend of September 23
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