Theater counts: Cruella takes command as this week’s widest release

May 27, 2021

After having only one wide release debut last week (Bleecker Street’s Dream Horse in 1,254 locations), this week we see the arrival of two highly-anticipated films. The widest release will be Walt-Disney’s Cruella, which tells the story of the infamous “Cruella de Vil” of 101 Dalmatians fame. The crime comedy starring Emma Stone as the title villainess opens in 3,892 theaters. Coming in second this week with 3,726 theaters is the release of Paramount Pictures’s A Quiet Place: Part II, returning Emily Blunt as Evelyn Abbott and helmed by off-screen husband John Krasinski. The original movie collected $335 million worldwide.

Looking ahead to next week we see the arrival of three new wide releases in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Samaritan and Universal Pictures’ Spirit Untamed; the latter is estimated to be in 3,100+ theaters per the studio.

Another film worthy of mention is the June 11th release of Queen Bees. The film, which has an all-star ensemble cast is being released by Gravitas Ventures in an estimated 500 theaters.

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

Theater Counts for May 28 - May 30

Estimates for June 4

Estimates for June 11

Bruce Nash

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