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box office: week of April 17

indiewire's weekly box office recap:

Title Distributor Locations Gross Per Location Overall Gross
HereStrand Releasing1$7,927$7,927$7,927
Hit So HardVariance Films1$6,500$6,500$6,500
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th DayCode Black Entertainment102$641,542$6,290$641,542
How To Grow A BandInternational Film Circuit1$5,705$5,705$5,705
A Simple LifeChina Lion Entertainment9$43,372$4,819$43,372
Turn Me On, Dammit!New Yorker1$4,403$4,403$30,281
Monsieur LazharMusic Box Films29$126,940$4,377$3,943,443
Damsels In DistressSony Pictures Classics22$82,411$3,746$167,644
We Have A PopeIFC Films15$54,000$3,600$49,503
BullyThe Weinstein Company158$535,433$3,389$814,635
The HunterMagnolia Pictures9$27,202$3,022$54,982
LockoutFilmDistrict2308$6,231,836$2,700$6,231,836
Jiro Dreams of SushiMagnolia Pictures79$198,430$2,512$1,280,454
Kid With A Bike, TheIFC Films70$175,000$2,500$651,941
Post MortemKino Lorber1$2,406$2,406$3,576
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's HopeWrekin Hill4$9,609$2,402$18,987
Housefull 2Eros Entertainment121$286,735$2,370$1,339,391
FootnoteSony Pictures Classics84$195,124$2,323$1,099,525
Extraordinary VoyageIndependent1$2,291$2,291$39,401
Salmon Fishing in the YemenCBS Films435$888,546$2,043$6,064,937
The Turin HorseCinema Guild2$3,863$1,932$39,613
Blue Like JazzRoadside Attractions136$258,653$1,902$258,653
Le HavreJanus Films1$1,864$1,864$610,162
The Deep Blue SeaMusic Box Films53$89,565$1,690$640,636
Salt Of LifeZeitgeist11$17,868$1,624$214,750
October BabyIDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films362$543,114$1,500$4,520,744
HipstersIndependent1$1,480$1,480$22,501
Gerhard Richter PaintingKino Lorber5$7,396$1,479$112,173
Once Upon A Time In AnatoliaCinema Guild2$2,892$1,446$112,192
Flowers Of WarWrekin Hill3$4,127$1,376$303,833
This Is Not A FilmIndependent5$6,791$1,358$51,934
TouchbackAnchor Bay50$66,993$1,340$66,993
L!fe HappensPMK*BNC16$20,186$1,262$20,186
BoyPaladin18$20,970$1,165$173,463
Jeff Who Lives At HomeParamount Vantage183$212,317$1,160$3,822,961
CoriolanusThe Weinstein Company18$20,609$1,145$665,676
Women on the 6th Floor, TheStrand Releasing6$6,741$1,124$1,256,993
Friends with KidsRoadside Attractions114$125,937$1,105$6,967,888
The Raid: RedemptionSony Pictures Classics881$961,454$1,091$2,526,072
ShameFox Searchlight4$4,255$1,064$3,992,045
UndefeatedThe Weinstein Company17$17,466$1,027$487,751
W.E.The Weinstein Company17$14,885$876$546,216
A SeparationSony Pictures Classics91$78,322$861$6,838,803
Love In The BuffChina Lion Entertainment14$11,843$846$243,539
The Island PresidentIDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films5$4,186$837$47,459
The ArtistThe Weinstein Company121$100,098$827$44,048,633
Free MenFilm Movement2$1,645$823$41,316
In DarknessSony Pictures Classics40$32,645$816$959,194
On the IcePMK*BNC2$1,607$804$66,356
Natural SelectionCinema Guild3$2,366$789$31,757
AttenbergStrand Releasing2$1,576$788$15,255
Thin IceIDP/ATO16$12,402$775$760,420
We Need to Talk About KevinOscilloscope Pictures55$40,480$736$1,638,439
The Iron LadyThe Weinstein Company146$97,462$668$29,837,307
KeyholeMonterey Media6$3,884$647$9,600
RampartMillennium Entertainment21$11,554$550$901,849
Musical ChairsPaladin1$528$528$31,316
GoonMagnolia Pictures16$8,193$512$4,107,659
The DescendantsFox Searchlight41$20,703$505$82,570,653
The FPDrafthouse Films1$481$481$37,396
Surviving ProgressFirst Run1$434$434$129,538
Albert NobbsRoadside Attractions12$5,121$427$2,977,338
A Dangerous MethodSony Pictures Classics8$3,266$408$5,695,841
Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar MovieMagnolia Pictures6$2,244$374$200,803
CarnageSony Pictures Classics6$1,686$281$2,544,112
Fairy, TheKino Lorber1$214$214$8,537
Take Me HomeMonterey Media2$379$190$1,970
Pruitt-Igoee MythFirst Run1$108$108$42,405
The Beat HotelFirst Run1$83$83$3,868
Agent VinodEros Entertainment122$3,587$29$698,210

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    Melissa McCarthy Dominates Weekend Box Office

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    Arthouse Audit: 'Lore' and 'Charles Swan' Modest Openers, Holdovers Stay Strong

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    Specialty Box Office: 'Gatekeepers,' 'Koch,' Oscar Shorts Off To Strong Starts; 'Quartet' and 'Amour' Keep Growing

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