Theater Counts: Death Day Ahead of Pack of Newcomers
October 19, 2017
After delivering an impressive opening weekend last time around, Happy Death Day is adding 147 theaters this weekend, to become the film in widest release. To be fair, 3,296 theaters isn’t all that much to write home about, and the fact that none of the new releases will top that number speaks to the fact that we’re in a time of year where studios are either dumping their duds, or looking for niche audiences. Identifying which films are which is left as an exercise for the reader.
The widest new release this weekend is Geostorm, in 3,246 locations; Only the Brave (which is either timed terribly or brilliantly, depending on how you look at it) debuts in a fairly tepid 2,577 theaters; Boo 2! A Madea Halloween lands in a niche-y 2,388; and Same Kind of Different As Me opens in an even more targeted 1,362. The only new wide release expected to expand much after this weekend is The Snowman, which will be looking for good word of mouth after opening in 1,812 theaters.
Next weekend has a similar jam of new releases, with Jigsaw expected to be the widest opener, in about 2,700 theaters.
Theater Counts for Weekend of October 20-22
Movie | Distributor | Theaters | Previous Theaters | Change |
Happy Death Day | Universal | 3,296 | 3,149 | +147 |
Geostorm | Warner Bros. | 3,246 | | new |
Blade Runner 2049 | Warner Bros. | 3,203 | 4,058 | -855 |
The Mountain Between Us | 20th Century Fox | 3,151 | 3,259 | -108 |
Only the Brave | Sony Pictures | 2,577 | | new |
It | Warner Bros. | 2,560 | 3,176 | -616 |
American Made | Universal | 2,548 | 3,098 | -550 |
The Foreigner | STX Entertainment | 2,515 | 2,515 | 0 |
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Lionsgate | 2,388 | | new |
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | 20th Century Fox | 2,318 | 2,982 | -664 |
My Little Pony: The Movie | Lionsgate | 2,301 | 2,528 | -227 |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | Warner Bros. | 2,102 | 3,053 | -951 |
The Snowman | Universal | 1,812 | | new |
Same Kind of Different As Me | Pure Flix | 1,362 | | new |
Victoria & Abdul | Focus Features | 1,057 | 900 | +157 |
Professor Marston & The Wonder Women | Annapurna Pictures | 959 | 1,229 | -270 |
Marshall | Open Road | 821 | 821 | 0 |
Battle of the Sexes | Fox Searchlight | 545 | 1,394 | -849 |
Flatliners | Sony Pictures | 535 | 1,983 | -1,448 |
Despicable Me 3 | Universal | 334 | 266 | +68 |
American Assassin | Lionsgate | 312 | 820 | -508 |
Dunkirk | Warner Bros. | 188 | 268 | -80 |
The Hitman's Bodyguard | Lionsgate | 172 | 165 | +7 |
Home Again | Open Road | 158 | 361 | -203 |
The Stray | Purdie-Distribution | 139 | 430 | -291 |
Annabelle: Creation | Warner Bros. | 138 | 202 | -64 |
Wind River | Weinstein Co. | 121 | 194 | -73 |
Leap! | Weinstein Co. | 116 | 185 | -69 |
The Florida Project | A24 | 112 | 33 | +79 |
mother! | Paramount Pictures | 106 | 159 | -53 |
Cars 3 | Walt Disney | 94 | 119 | -25 |
Wonder Woman | Warner Bros. | 84 | 118 | -34 |
Stronger | Roadside Attractions | 84 | 174 | -90 |
A Question of Faith | Pure Flix | 72 | 288 | -216 |
Goodbye Christopher Robin | Fox Searchlight | 61 | 9 | +52 |
Friend Request | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | 40 | 50 | -10 |
Take Every Wave | IFC Films | 37 | 24 | +13 |
Kidnap | Aviron | 32 | 61 | -29 |
Walking Out | IFC Films | 32 | 18 | +14 |
Brad's Status | Annapurna Pictures | 17 | 39 | -22 |
Viceroy's House | IFC Films | 14 | 30 | -16 |
Rebel in the Rye | IFC Films | 9 | 16 | -7 |
Tulip Fever | Weinstein Co. | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Menashe | A24 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
The Killing of a Sacred Deer | A24 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
Wonderstruck | Roadside Attractions | 4 | | new |
Hitchcock's Shower Scene | IFC Films | 4 | | new |
Dealt | IFC Films | 1 | | new |
Note: New theater counts are added as studios report throughout the day on Thursday
Estimates for Weekend of October 27
Bruce Nash
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