Theater Counts (updated): Fantastic Beasts and Moana Still Widest Releases, La La Land Looms

December 1, 2016

Moana

With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Moana dominating at the box office, there’s not much room for new releases this weekend, although we do have one wide-ish one, and one limited release debuting in over 500 locations. Fantastic Beasts will remain the film widest release, although it drops 156 theaters this weekend to play in 3,988, just a smidgeon ahead of Moana, which stays in 3,875 movie houses.

The widest new release is Incarnate from High Top Releasing, which debuts in 1,737 theaters. Believe will be starting out in 639 theaters for Smith Global Media. Neither film is expected to do huge business.

Looking ahead to next weekend, Office Christmas Party will open in about 2,800 theaters, per Paramount. Miss Sloane expands into 1,600 theaters for EuropaCorp. Noctural Animals is also due to expand, although no official numbers have been announced for it yet. And early Oscar favorite La La Land will be one to watch as it opens in five theaters.

Update: Friday 9.20am, with Miss Sloane numbers.

Theater Counts for Weekend of December 2–4

MovieDistributorTheatersPrevious
Theaters		Change
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemWarner Bros.3,9884,144-156
MoanaWalt Disney3,8753,8750
AlliedParamount Pictures3,1603,1600
Trolls20th Century Fox3,1563,322-166
Bad Santa 2Broad Green Pictures2,9452,920+25
Doctor StrangeWalt Disney2,9353,008-73
ArrivalParamount Pictures2,9152,442+473
Hacksaw RidgeLionsgate2,4942,332+162
Rules Don't Apply20th Century Fox2,3862,382+4
IncarnateHigh Top Releasing1,737new
The Edge of SeventeenSTX Entertainment1,6081,945-337
Almost ChristmasUniversal1,5541,769-215
Bleed for ThisOpen Road6491,549-900
BelieveSmith Global Media639new
The AccountantWarner Bros.608556+52
LovingFocus Features446421+25
Jack Reacher: Never Go BackParamount Pictures298345-47
StorksWarner Bros.262174+88
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea HalloweenLionsgate235339-104
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children20th Century Fox233215+18
SullyWarner Bros.202253-51
The Secret Life of PetsUniversal188209-21
The Girl on the TrainUniversal177187-10
Deepwater HorizonLionsgate166187-21
Manchester by the SeaRoadside Attractions15648+108
Nocturnal AnimalsFocus Features1271270
Shut InEuropaCorp121277-156
Pete's DragonWalt Disney86127-41
Finding DoryWalt Disney3478-44
Queen of KatweWalt Disney2730-3
Certain WomenIFC Films1619-3
LionWeinstein Co.74+3
JackieFox Searchlight5new
EvolutionIFC Films53+2
Miss SloaneEuropaCorp43+1
PricelessRoadside Attractions4new
King CobraIFC Films32+1
Things to ComeIFC Films3new
Note: New theater counts are added as studios report throughout the day on Thursday



Estimates for Weekend of December 9

MovieDistributorEstimated
Theaters
Office Christmas PartyParamount Pictures2,800
Miss SloaneEuropaCorp1,600
La La LandLionsgate5

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