Theater Counts [Updated]: Six New Wide Releases Battle it Out Over Christmas Weekend
December 21, 2017
Christmas Day falling on a Monday makes for a crush of films opening in theaters over a very extended weekend. Studios have spread the releases out six days, but that still means we’re averaging one new wide release a day. Jumanji and The Greatest Showman already started out on Wednesday, and Jumanji will be the widest opener of all for the weekend, but we will get three new wide releases on Friday, and another on Monday, making for a very crowded calendar for the dedicated moviegoer.
Pitch Perfect 3 is the biggest release on Friday, opening in 3,447 theaters, well ahead of Father Figures in 2,902. Downsizing, which is perhaps the most interesting new release on paper, gets a modest 2,668 locations to call its home. Whether it will get lost in the crush remains to be seen.
All the Money in the World carves out a little bit of space for itself by launching on Monday, but has only found 2,068 theaters to play in. Promising reviews, and some curiosity about its unusual path into theaters, could give it a decent theater average, and it is likely to outlast quite a few other holiday outings.
That counts double for Phantom Thread, which launches in four theaters on Christmas Day. Molly’s Game is also worth keeping an eye on: it sets out in 271 theaters on the same day.
Theater Counts for Weekend of December 20-25
| Movie | Distributor | Wed. Theaters | Fri. Theaters | 12/25 Theaters | Previous
Theaters | Change |
|---|
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Walt Disney | 4,232 | 4,232 | 4,232 | 4,232 | 0 |
| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony Pictures | 3,765 | 3,765 | 3,765 | | new |
| Ferdinand | 20th Century Fox | 3,621 | 3,630 | 3,630 | 3,621 | 0 |
| Pitch Perfect 3 | Universal | 0 | 3,447 | 3,447 | | new |
| The Greatest Showman | 20th Century Fox | 3,006 | 3,006 | 3,006 | | new |
| Father Figures | Warner Bros. | 0 | 2,902 | 2,902 | | new |
| Wonder | Lionsgate | 2,676 | 1,130 | 794 | 3,047 | -371 |
| Downsizing | Paramount Pictures | 0 | 2,668 | 2,668 | | new |
| Coco | Walt Disney | 2,876 | 2,111 | 2,111 | 3,155 | -279 |
| All the Money in the World | Sony Pictures | 0 | 0 | 2,068 | | new |
| The Star | Sony Pictures | 0 | 1,106 | 1,106 | 1,936 | -1,936 |
| Justice League | Warner Bros. | 2,208 | 1,101 | 1,101 | 2,702 | -494 |
| Daddy's Home 2 | Paramount Pictures | 2,019 | 1,073 | 1,073 | 2,493 | -474 |
| Darkest Hour | Focus Features | 0 | 805 | 805 | 84 | -84 |
| The Shape of Water | Fox Searchlight | 158 | 726 | 730 | 158 | 0 |
| Thor: Ragnarok | Walt Disney | 1,573 | 701 | 701 | 1,895 | -322 |
| The Disaster Artist | A24 | 1,010 | 517 | 488 | 1,010 | 0 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | 20th Century Fox | 1,200 | 447 | 361 | 1,923 | -723 |
| Lady Bird | A24 | 947 | 402 | 372 | 947 | 0 |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Fox Searchlight | 707 | 307 | 264 | 944 | -237 |
| A Bad Moms Christmas | STX Entertainment | 0 | 275 | 275 | 1,038 | -1,038 |
| Molly's Game | STX Entertainment | 0 | 0 | 271 | | new |
| Jigsaw | Lionsgate | 151 | 151 | 151 | 181 | -30 |
| Geostorm | Warner Bros. | 165 | 110 | 110 | 161 | +4 |
| Blade Runner 2049 | Warner Bros. | 100 | 75 | 75 | 121 | -21 |
| Marshall | Open Road | 341 | 58 | 58 | 341 | 0 |
| Same Kind of Different As Me | Pure Flix | 0 | 45 | 45 | 7 | -7 |
| The Florida Project | A24 | 66 | 43 | 43 | 66 | 0 |
| Victoria & Abdul | Focus Features | 0 | 24 | 24 | 56 | -56 |
| The Post | 20th Century Fox | 0 | 9 | 9 | | new |
| Last Flag Flying | Lionsgate | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -9 |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | A24 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 0 |
| Hostiles | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | 0 | 3 | 5 | | new |
| Phantom Thread | Focus Features | 0 | 0 | 4 | | new |
Note: New theater counts are added and updated as studios report on Thursday and Friday
Bruce Nash
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