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I get that concept. It seems natural for them. But an awards release only needs something like a dozen screen in 2 states (NY and LA usually).
Dead Man I thought got a wide release. But not realy. I just got lucky with my local theater. It's only a money question. If they think they can make enough with theater releases, they'd do them. If Dead Man made $100M off 600 screens that might be enough to cause them to reconcider.
Becomes a chicken and an egg situation thigh of they never actually fully commit to a long enough wide release. Not everyone watches a film the guest week so you need time for word of mouth to spread and then there need to be screenings near those people. Normies that hear good things about a film aren't going to go further than their local to see it.