Theater Counts: Smurfs Open in 3,610 Theaters

April 7, 2017

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Smurfs: The Lost Village is the widest new release this weekend, but, just as it’s struggling to get out the gate at the box office, it also struggled to win over theater owners faced with the choice of pushing Beauty and the Beast and The Boss Baby off their biggest screens, or out of the theater entirely. Beauty remains the widest release for the third straight weekend, and plays in 3,969 venues this time around. Boss Baby expands in its second weekend to 3,829. That makes for a daunting task for Smurfs to break out.

Going in Style starts out in a strong 3,061 theaters, and could end up the best new release. We haven’t received a theater count number for The Case for Christ from Pure Flix.

Gifted opens in 56 theaters for Fox Searchlight, and the distributor plans to expand it aggressively, with an increase to about 850 theaters on Wednesday next week, and 1,000 theaters on Friday.

Even if Gifted picks up some momentum, nothing will compare to The Fate of the Furious, which is essentially the first tentpole of the Summer. It will open in an estimated 4,200 theaters, which is even more than the 4,004 theaters that Furious 7 debuted in two years ago, on its way to a $147 million opening weekend.

Theater Counts for Weekend of April 7-9

MovieDistributorTheatersPrevious
Theaters
Change
Beauty and the BeastWalt Disney3,9694,210-241
The Boss Baby20th Century Fox3,8293,773+56
Smurfs: The Lost VillageSony Pictures3,610new
Ghost in the ShellParamount Pictures3,4403,4400
Going in StyleWarner Bros.3,061new
Power RangersLionsgate2,9783,693-715
Kong: Skull IslandWarner Bros.2,7533,141-388
Logan20th Century Fox1,9492,323-374
LifeSony Pictures1,7883,146-1,358
Get OutUniversal1,5741,844-270
ChipsWarner Bros.1,3512,464-1,113
The Zookeeper's WifeFocus Features806541+265
The Lego Batman MovieWarner Bros.345812-467
Hidden Figures20th Century Fox288352-64
Before I FallOpen Road26898+170
La La LandLionsgate224143+81
LionWeinstein Co.203175+28
The Belko ExperimentBH Tilt186473-287
SingUniversal179202-23
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryWalt Disney177224-47
A Dog's PurposeUniversal175189-14
John Wick: Chapter TwoLionsgate162210-48
T2: TrainspottingSony Pictures157140+17
Personal ShopperIFC Films141150-9
Fist FightWarner Bros.125172-47
SplitUniversal121141-20
MoanaWalt Disney120175-55
The ShackLionsgate1061,430-1,324
Rock DogLionsgate106133-27
GiftedFox Searchlight56new
RawFocus World4542+3
Song to SongBroad Green Pictures4495-51
The Sense of an EndingCBS Films2988-59
MoonlightA242869-41
The FounderWeinstein Co.2531-6
20th Century WomenA241215-3
Manchester by the SeaRoadside Attractions710-3
The Blackcoat's DaughterA24526-21
Their FinestSTX Entertainment4new
GraduationIFC Films2new
Tim Timmerman: Hope of AmericaPurdie Distribution21+1
MineWell Go USA26new
Note: New theater counts are added as studios report throughout the day on Thursday on Friday



Estimates for Weekend of April 14

MovieDistributorEstimated
Theaters
The Fate of the FuriousUniversal4,200
TomorrowUnder the Milky Way4
Finding OscarFilmRise1

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