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| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darling Companion | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $39,962 | $9,991 | $39,962 |
| Marley | Magnolia Pictures | 42 | $262,004 | $6,238 | $262,004 |
| Turn Me On, Dammit! | New Yorker | 1 | $6,170 | $6,170 | $38,633 |
| Goodbye First Love | IFC Films | 4 | $21,077 | $5,269 | $21,077 |
| Monsieur Lazhar | Music Box Films | 33 | $152,098 | $4,609 | $4,122,255 |
| A Simple Life | China Lion Entertainment | 13 | $49,012 | $3,770 | $118,441 |
| Downtown Express | International Film Circuit | 1 | $3,474 | $3,474 | $3,474 |
| Vicky Donor | Eros Entertainment | 50 | $169,209 | $3,384 | $169,209 |
| The Day He Arrives | Cinema Guild | 1 | $3,311 | $3,311 | $3,311 |
| The Island President | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 2 | $6,549 | $3,275 | $55,836 |
| The Devil, Probably | The Film Desk | 1 | $3,204 | $3,204 | $13,146 |
| Jesus Henry Christ | Entertainment One Films | 3 | $8,065 | $2,688 | $8,065 |
| Damsels In Distress | Sony Pictures Classics | 46 | $114,335 | $2,486 | $311,623 |
| We Have A Pope | IFC Films | 19 | $44,505 | $2,342 | $164,661 |
| Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Magnolia Pictures | 77 | $179,887 | $2,336 | $1,564,516 |
| The Hunter | Magnolia Pictures | 13 | $29,193 | $2,246 | $96,170 |
| Footnote | Sony Pictures Classics | 93 | $187,326 | $2,014 | $1,353,047 |
| Bully | The Weinstein Company | 263 | $513,059 | $1,951 | $1,537,670 |
| The Flowers of War | Wrekin Hill | 1 | $1,853 | $1,853 | $309,884 |
| The Kid With a Bike | IFC Films | 86 | $151,421 | $1,761 | $942,734 |
| Surviving Progress | First Run | 6 | $9,817 | $1,636 | $139,644 |
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | CBS Films | 445 | $688,465 | $1,547 | $7,077,214 |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Music Box Films | 55 | $83,947 | $1,526 | $761,956 |
| Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | Code Black Entertainment | 106 | $158,695 | $1,497 | $936,529 |
| Falling Away | Indican Pictures | 1 | $1,495 | $1,495 | $13,157 |
| Lockout | FilmDistrict | 2335 | $3,250,588 | $1,392 | $11,219,620 |
| Pina | IFC Films | 10 | $13,007 | $1,301 | $3,483,837 |
| Salt Of Life | Zeitgeist | 16 | $20,474 | $1,280 | $242,195 |
| Kahaani | Viva Entertainment | 7 | $8,480 | $1,211 | $1,030,319 |
| The Moth Diaries | IFC Films | 2 | $2,276 | $1,138 | $2,276 |
| On the Ice | PMK*BNC | 1 | $1,138 | $1,138 | $68,864 |
| Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | Wrekin Hill | 6 | $6,589 | $1,098 | $27,635 |
| Once Upon A Time In Anatolia | Cinema Guild | 1 | $1,097 | $1,097 | $115,376 |
| Jeff Who Lives At Home | Paramount Vantage | 122 | $129,067 | $1,058 | $4,029,708 |
| Blue Like Jazz | Roadside Attractions | 126 | $130,529 | $1,036 | $468,088 |
| Shame | Fox Searchlight | 7 | $6,357 | $908 | $4,000,304 |
| Ranchero | Indican Pictures | 1 | $902 | $902 | $23,449 |
| Friends with Kids | Roadside Attractions | 82 | $70,902 | $865 | $7,089,135 |
| The Raid: Redemption | Sony Pictures Classics | 548 | $473,657 | $864 | $3,494,568 |
| A Separation | Sony Pictures Classics | 59 | $49,301 | $836 | $6,930,980 |
| How To Grow A Band | International Film Circuit | 2 | $1,625 | $813 | $8,261 |
| October Baby | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 310 | $250,082 | $807 | $4,984,316 |
| Housefull 2 | Eros Entertainment | 121 | $97,185 | $803 | $1,503,059 |
| Detachment | Tribeca Film | 4 | $3,081 | $770 | $70,922 |
| Free Men | Film Movement | 2 | $1,521 | $761 | $42,837 |
| Coriolanus | The Weinstein Company | 14 | $10,573 | $755 | $686,149 |
| The Women on the 6th Floor | Strand Releasing | 7 | $5,257 | $751 | $1,264,840 |
| W.E. | The Weinstein Company | 15 | $10,634 | $709 | $564,688 |
| The Iron Lady | The Weinstein Company | 102 | $71,457 | $701 | $29,959,436 |
| Boy | Paladin | 14 | $9,628 | $688 | $190,285 |
| The Artist | The Weinstein Company | 86 | $55,699 | $648 | $44,154,518 |
| In Darkness | Sony Pictures Classics | 41 | $26,515 | $647 | $998,697 |
| The Descendants | Fox Searchlight | 37 | $23,665 | $640 | $82,607,825 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Oscilloscope Pictures | 41 | $25,948 | $633 | $1,682,189 |
| The Turin Horse | Cinema Guild | 1 | $624 | $624 | $41,773 |
| A Dangerous Method | Sony Pictures Classics | 3 | $1,856 | $619 | $5,700,252 |
| Thin Ice | IDP/ATO | 11 | $6,801 | $618 | $772,300 |
| Undefeated | The Weinstein Company | 17 | $10,354 | $609 | $504,951 |
| The Whale | Paladin | 1 | $554 | $554 | $78,675 |
| Attenberg | Strand Releasing | 2 | $1,096 | $548 | $17,120 |
| My Reincarnation | Independent | 1 | $520 | $520 | $91,807 |
| Rampart | Millennium Entertainment | 7 | $3,192 | $456 | $910,473 |
| Goon | Magnolia Pictures | 16 | $7,100 | $444 | $4,118,608 |
| Love In The Buff | China Lion Entertainment | 4 | $1,606 | $402 | $248,703 |
| Albert Nobbs | Roadside Attractions | 15 | $5,581 | $372 | $2,998,168 |
| Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darknes | International Film Circuit | 2 | $710 | $355 | $900,446 |
| Take Me Home | Monterey Media | 3 | $1,037 | $346 | $3,105 |
| Pruitt-Igoee Myth, T | First Run | 1 | $294 | $294 | $42,764 |
| Young Goethe In Love | Music Box Films | 3 | $749 | $250 | $160,392 |
| Carnage | Sony Pictures Classics | 5 | $938 | $188 | $2,545,797 |
| Natural Selection | Cinema Guild | 1 | $111 | $111 | $32,725 |
| FP, The | Drafthouse Films | 1 | $93 | $93 | $37,949 |
| Keyhole | Monterey Media | 1 | $72 | $72 | $12,220 |
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