Theater Counts: Ready Player One Debuts in Blockbusting 4,234 Theaters
March 29, 2018
Ready Player One will open in a monster 4,234 theaters this weekend, according to Warner Bros. Thursday count, making it the 31st-widest opening of all time, and the third-widest release in March, fractionally behind Men in Black 3 (4,248) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (4,242). It’s expected to open much closer to MiB 3’s $54.6 million than BvS’s $166 million.
Theater Counts for Weekend of March 30-April 1
| Movie | Distributor | Theaters | Previous
Theaters | Change |
|---|
| Ready Player One | Warner Bros. | 4,234 | | new |
| Pacific Rim: Uprising | Universal | 3,708 | 3,708 | 0 |
| Sherlock Gnomes | Paramount Pictures | 3,662 | 3,662 | 0 |
| Black Panther | Walt Disney | 2,988 | 3,370 | -382 |
| Tomb Raider | Warner Bros. | 2,788 | 3,854 | -1,066 |
| I Can Only Imagine | Roadside Attractions | 2,648 | 2,253 | +395 |
| A Wrinkle in Time | Walt Disney | 2,367 | 3,423 | -1,056 |
| Midnight Sun | Open Road | 2,128 | 2,178 | -50 |
| Love, Simon | 20th Century Fox | 2,024 | 2,434 | -410 |
| Acrimony | Lionsgate | 2,006 | | new |
| God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness | Pure Flix | 1,693 | | new |
| Peter Rabbit | Sony Pictures | 1,667 | 2,071 | -404 |
| Paul, Apostle of Christ | Sony Pictures | 1,473 | 1,473 | 0 |
| Game Night | Warner Bros. | 1,335 | 1,866 | -531 |
| Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony Pictures | 783 | 1,022 | -239 |
| The Greatest Showman | 20th Century Fox | 764 | 478 | +286 |
| The Strangers: Prey at Night | Aviron | 537 | 1,481 | -944 |
| Red Sparrow | 20th Century Fox | 508 | 1,482 | -974 |
| The Death of Stalin | IFC Films | 487 | 140 | +347 |
| Death Wish | MGM | 407 | 1,304 | -897 |
| Annihilation | Paramount Pictures | 243 | 478 | -235 |
| Fifty Shades Freed | Universal | 170 | 509 | -339 |
| Isle of Dogs | Fox Searchlight | 165 | 27 | +138 |
| Baaghi 2 | FIP | 123 | | new |
| Coco | Walt Disney | 120 | 144 | -24 |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Walt Disney | 109 | 150 | -41 |
| The 15:17 to Paris | Warner Bros. | 108 | 146 | -38 |
| I, Tonya | Neon | 57 | 102 | -45 |
| Hostiles | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | 53 | 44 | +9 |
| The Hurricane Heist | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures | 36 | 128 | -92 |
| Gringo | STX Entertainment | 35 | 117 | -82 |
| The Party | Roadside Attractions | 35 | 70 | -35 |
| Samson | Pure Flix | 22 | 36 | -14 |
| Lady Bird | A24 | 19 | 46 | -27 |
| Forever My Girl | Roadside Attractions | 16 | 25 | -9 |
| Finding Your Feet | Roadside Attractions | 14 | | new |
| The Last Movie Star | A24 | 2 | | new |
| Love After Love | IFC Films | 1 | | new |
Note: New theater counts are added and updated as studios report on Thursday and Friday
Estimates for Weekend of April 6
Bruce Nash
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