Q. What is the most playdates a studio has had on a single weekend?
Warner Bros. set a new record for the most playdates booked by a single studio at one time for the weekend of Aug. 5, 2005. Six movies from Warner Bros. and sub-division, Warner Independent Pictures, amassed 13,342 playdates, topping the previous high of 11,580 that Sony posted on Aug. 9, 2002. Warner Bros.' mega-wide weekend was fueled in part by the debut of The Dukes of Hazzard at 3,785 theaters and the expansion of March of the Penguins to 1,867 theaters.
Below is the top 12 list of the most playdates booked by a single studio in a given weekend:
| Rank |
Weekend |
Studio |
Total Playdates |
# Movies |
| 1 |
Aug. 5–7, 2005 |
Warner Bros. |
13,342 |
6 |
| 2 |
Aug. 9–11, 2002 |
Sony |
11,580 |
19 |
| 3 |
Aug. 2–4, 2002 |
Sony |
10,987 |
19 |
| 4 |
Feb. 25–27, 2005 |
Sony |
10,891 |
11 |
| 5 |
Jul. 8–10, 2005 |
20th Century Fox |
10,540 |
8 |
| 6 |
Jun. 16–18, 2000 |
Buena Vista |
10,365 |
9 |
| 7 |
Jul. 19–21, 2002 |
Sony |
10,197 |
17 |
| 8 |
Dec. 21–23, 2001 |
Warner Bros. |
10,103 |
6 |
| 9 |
Mar. 26–28, 2004 |
Warner Bros. |
9,961 |
8 |
| 10 |
Feb. 11–13, 2005 |
Sony |
9,959 |
9 |
| 11 |
Apr. 23–25, 1999 |
Warner Bros. |
9,956 |
8 |
| 12 |
Aug. 25–27, 2000 |
Warner Bros. |
9,885 |
5 |
Filed by Brandon Gray on August 4, 2005
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