Theater Counts: Harry Flies into 3,858 Theaters
November 17, 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will open in 3,858 theaters according to studio reports released Thursday.
That's a record for the franchise (beating Prisoner of Azkaban's 3,855), and the equal-seventh widest release of all time.
The big question for the weekend, however, is whether Goblet of Fire can break the franchise opening weekend record of $93,687,367, held by Prisoner of Azkaban.
Like the first two movies in the franchise, this will be a pre-Thanksgiving opening, which makes record setting a challenge.
Adding to its task is a PG-13 rating from the MPAA - more restrictive than the PG rating received by previous movies.
On the plus side, generally excellent reviews might broaden its audience, and, as Revenge of the Sith showed earlier in the year, event movies can still generate huge business.
We'll be tracking the movie's progress throughout the weekend.
Rank Movie Theaters Change Weeks in
ReleaseDistributor
1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 3,858 New 1 Warner Bros.
2 Chicken Little 3,514 -144 3 Buena Vista
3 Zathura 3,232 +9 2 Sony
4 Walk the Line 2,961 New 1 Fox
5 Derailed 2,447 +6 2 Weinstein Co.
6 Jarhead 2,414 -34 3 Universal
7 Saw II 2,257 -692 4 Lions Gate
8 Legend of Zorro 2,150 -903 4 Sony
9 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 1,666 +14 2 Paramount
10 Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story 1,543 -1,192 5 Dreamworks
39 Taj Mahal 26 New 1 Rainbow Films
40 Aryan Couple, The 18 New 1 Slowhand Releasing
42 Breakfast on Pluto 3 New 1 Sony Classics
44 Zizek! 1 New 1 Zeitgeist
45 Blackmail Boy 1 New 1 Picture This! Entertainment
47 Private 1 New 1 Typecast Releasing
48 Classe Tous Risques 1 New 1 Rialto
49 Femme de Gilles, La 1 New 1 Cinema Guild
50 Unveiled 1 New 1 Wolfe Releasing
Estimated Theater Counts for Next Week's Openers
Movie Theaters Distributor
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) 3,000 Paramount
Rent 2,100 Sony
Just Friends 2,000 New Line
Ice Harvest, The 1,400 Focus
In the Mix 1,400 Lions Gate
Deewane Huye Paagal 46 UTV
Syriana 5 Warner Bros.
Down to the Bone 2 Laemmle/Zeller Films
Libertine, The 2 Weinstein Co.
39 Pounds of Love 1 Balcony Releasing
Streets of Legend 1 Lions Gate
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