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box office: week of April 24

indiewire's weekly box office recap:

Title Distributor Locations Gross Per Location Overall Gross
Darling CompanionSony Pictures Classics4$39,962$9,991$39,962
MarleyMagnolia Pictures42$262,004$6,238$262,004
Turn Me On, Dammit!New Yorker1$6,170$6,170$38,633
Goodbye First LoveIFC Films4$21,077$5,269$21,077
Monsieur LazharMusic Box Films33$152,098$4,609$4,122,255
A Simple LifeChina Lion Entertainment13$49,012$3,770$118,441
Downtown ExpressInternational Film Circuit1$3,474$3,474$3,474
Vicky DonorEros Entertainment50$169,209$3,384$169,209
The Day He ArrivesCinema Guild1$3,311$3,311$3,311
The Island PresidentIDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films2$6,549$3,275$55,836
The Devil, ProbablyThe Film Desk1$3,204$3,204$13,146
Jesus Henry ChristEntertainment One Films3$8,065$2,688$8,065
Damsels In DistressSony Pictures Classics46$114,335$2,486$311,623
We Have A PopeIFC Films19$44,505$2,342$164,661
Jiro Dreams of SushiMagnolia Pictures77$179,887$2,336$1,564,516
The HunterMagnolia Pictures13$29,193$2,246$96,170
FootnoteSony Pictures Classics93$187,326$2,014$1,353,047
BullyThe Weinstein Company263$513,059$1,951$1,537,670
The Flowers of WarWrekin Hill1$1,853$1,853$309,884
The Kid With a BikeIFC Films86$151,421$1,761$942,734
Surviving ProgressFirst Run6$9,817$1,636$139,644
Salmon Fishing in the YemenCBS Films445$688,465$1,547$7,077,214
The Deep Blue SeaMusic Box Films55$83,947$1,526$761,956
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th DayCode Black Entertainment106$158,695$1,497$936,529
Falling AwayIndican Pictures1$1,495$1,495$13,157
LockoutFilmDistrict2335$3,250,588$1,392$11,219,620
PinaIFC Films10$13,007$1,301$3,483,837
Salt Of LifeZeitgeist16$20,474$1,280$242,195
KahaaniViva Entertainment7$8,480$1,211$1,030,319
The Moth DiariesIFC Films2$2,276$1,138$2,276
On the IcePMK*BNC1$1,138$1,138$68,864
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's HopeWrekin Hill6$6,589$1,098$27,635
Once Upon A Time In AnatoliaCinema Guild1$1,097$1,097$115,376
Jeff Who Lives At HomeParamount Vantage122$129,067$1,058$4,029,708
Blue Like JazzRoadside Attractions126$130,529$1,036$468,088
ShameFox Searchlight7$6,357$908$4,000,304
RancheroIndican Pictures1$902$902$23,449
Friends with KidsRoadside Attractions82$70,902$865$7,089,135
The Raid: RedemptionSony Pictures Classics548$473,657$864$3,494,568
A SeparationSony Pictures Classics59$49,301$836$6,930,980
How To Grow A BandInternational Film Circuit2$1,625$813$8,261
October BabyIDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films310$250,082$807$4,984,316
Housefull 2Eros Entertainment121$97,185$803$1,503,059
DetachmentTribeca Film4$3,081$770$70,922
Free MenFilm Movement2$1,521$761$42,837
CoriolanusThe Weinstein Company14$10,573$755$686,149
The Women on the 6th FloorStrand Releasing7$5,257$751$1,264,840
W.E.The Weinstein Company15$10,634$709$564,688
The Iron LadyThe Weinstein Company102$71,457$701$29,959,436
BoyPaladin14$9,628$688$190,285
The ArtistThe Weinstein Company86$55,699$648$44,154,518
In DarknessSony Pictures Classics41$26,515$647$998,697
The DescendantsFox Searchlight37$23,665$640$82,607,825
We Need to Talk About KevinOscilloscope Pictures41$25,948$633$1,682,189
The Turin HorseCinema Guild1$624$624$41,773
A Dangerous MethodSony Pictures Classics3$1,856$619$5,700,252
Thin IceIDP/ATO11$6,801$618$772,300
UndefeatedThe Weinstein Company17$10,354$609$504,951
The WhalePaladin1$554$554$78,675
AttenbergStrand Releasing2$1,096$548$17,120
My ReincarnationIndependent1$520$520$91,807
RampartMillennium Entertainment7$3,192$456$910,473
GoonMagnolia Pictures16$7,100$444$4,118,608
Love In The BuffChina Lion Entertainment4$1,606$402$248,703
Albert NobbsRoadside Attractions15$5,581$372$2,998,168
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The DarknesInternational Film Circuit2$710$355$900,446
Take Me HomeMonterey Media3$1,037$346$3,105
Pruitt-Igoee Myth, TFirst Run1$294$294$42,764
Young Goethe In LoveMusic Box Films3$749$250$160,392
CarnageSony Pictures Classics5$938$188$2,545,797
Natural SelectionCinema Guild1$111$111$32,725
FP, TheDrafthouse Films1$93$93$37,949
KeyholeMonterey Media1$72$72$12,220

box office news archive

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