Theater counts: Those Who Wish Me Dead remains the widest release

May 20, 2021

The top three films in theaters this week are somewhat of an anomaly in terms of their box office results versus their theater counts. The widest release of the week is Warner Bros.’, Those Who Wish Me Dead, which opened in 3,188 locations, and likely play in something similar this weekend, but took in the least at the box office ($2.83 million). Another newcomer, Spiral, took the top spot at the box office with $8.75 million, but had the lowest theater count of the three at 2,811. It will gain 185 new venues this week. In the middle was Wrath of Man, which pulled in $3.7 million from 3,007 locations and remains in those theaters for a second weekend. Those films will go largely unchallenged this week as the only new wide release is Bleecker Street’s Dream Horse. The film based on a true story and starring Toni Collette and Damian Lewis opens in 1,256 locations...

Opening in limited release this week is Final Account. The documentary from Focus Features about the last generation of everyday people to participate in the Third Reich opens in 308 movie houses. Also making its way into theaters this week is The Dry. The thriller starring Eric Bana opens in 186 locations.

Looking ahead to next week we see the debut of Walt-Disney’s Cruella and Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place: Part II. The latter’s original film earned over $335 million worldwide. With both films currently estimated to open in 3,700 theaters, it will be anyone’s guess which will take the top spot on our theater count list next weekend.

Here are this weekend’s theater counts (Warner Bros. and Funimation titles’ counts are estimates).

Theater Counts for May 21 - May 23

Estimates for May 28

Bruce Nash

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