Theater Counts: Blade Runner Cracks 4,000 Theaters
October 5, 2017
It certainly isn’t as hard as it used to be, but anyone hoping for a record-breaking weekend for Blade Runner 2049 will be pleased to see the film crack 4,000 theaters this weekend. Warner Bros. reports it will play in 4,058 locations starting on Friday, which actually breaks one record already: it’s the widest October opening, ahead of (surprisingly) Shark Tale, which debuted in 4,016 theaters way back in 2004.
Also opening wide this weekend, The Mountain Between Us will play in 3,088 theaters, and My Little Pony trots into 2,528 stables. Not quite wide, The Stray will open in 639 movie houses, just a few fewer than Victoria & Abdul’s expansion into 732.
Theater Counts for Weekend of October 6-8
Movie | Distributor | Theaters | Previous Theaters | Change |
Blade Runner 2049 | Warner Bros. | 4,058 | | new |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | Warner Bros. | 3,611 | 4,047 | -436 |
It | Warner Bros. | 3,605 | 3,917 | -312 |
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | 20th Century Fox | 3,488 | 4,038 | -550 |
The Mountain Between Us | 20th Century Fox | 3,088 | | new |
American Made | Universal | 3,031 | 3,024 | +7 |
Flatliners | Sony Pictures | 2,552 | 2,552 | 0 |
My Little Pony: The Movie | Lionsgate | 2,528 | | new |
Battle of the Sexes | Fox Searchlight | 1,822 | 1,213 | +609 |
American Assassin | Lionsgate | 1,656 | 3,020 | -1,364 |
Home Again | Open Road | 1,003 | 2,370 | -1,367 |
Victoria & Abdul | Focus Features | 732 | 77 | +655 |
The Stray | Purdie-Distribution | 639 | | new |
mother! | Paramount Pictures | 481 | 1,840 | -1,359 |
Leap! | Weinstein Co. | 401 | 730 | -329 |
Wind River | Weinstein Co. | 356 | 892 | -536 |
Stronger | Roadside Attractions | 335 | 645 | -310 |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony Pictures | 326 | 679 | -353 |
The Hitman's Bodyguard | Lionsgate | 314 | 1,119 | -805 |
Dunkirk | Warner Bros. | 313 | 401 | -88 |
Despicable Me 3 | Universal | 298 | 419 | -121 |
Brad's Status | Annapurna Pictures | 247 | 453 | -206 |
Judwaa 2 | FIP | 192 | 192 | 0 |
Annabelle: Creation | Warner Bros. | 188 | 385 | -197 |
Wonder Woman | Warner Bros. | 155 | 261 | -106 |
Friend Request | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | 154 | 2,081 | -1,927 |
Cars 3 | Walt Disney | 131 | 88 | +43 |
The Glass Castle | Lionsgate | 113 | 136 | -23 |
Girls Trip | Universal | 91 | 179 | -88 |
Kidnap | Aviron | 77 | 68 | +9 |
Viceroy's House | IFC Films | 74 | 105 | -31 |
Rebel in the Rye | IFC Films | 34 | 71 | -37 |
The Big Sick | Lionsgate | 34 | 81 | -47 |
The Trip to Spain | IFC Films | 12 | 30 | -18 |
Take Every Wave | IFC Films | 12 | 1 | +11 |
Tulip Fever | Weinstein Co. | 12 | 42 | -30 |
Menashe | A24 | 11 | 29 | -18 |
Detroit | Annapurna Pictures | 11 | 21 | -10 |
The Unknown Girl | IFC Films | 10 | 29 | -19 |
Woodshock | A24 | 9 | 39 | -30 |
47 Meters Down | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | 7 | 28 | -21 |
Good Time | A24 | 6 | 13 | -7 |
The Florida Project | A24 | 4 | | new |
Walking Out | IFC Films | 2 | | new |
Note: New theater counts are added as studios report throughout the day on Thursday
Estimates for Weekend of October 13
Bruce Nash
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