box office: week of December 11
indiewire's weekly box office recap:
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park On Hudson | Focus Features | 4 | $81,362 | $20,341 | $81,362 |
| BURN: One Year On The Frontlines | Area23a | 4 | $54,407 | $13,602 | $64,286 |
| Rust And Bone | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $52,059 | $13,015 | $128,544 |
| Beware of Mr. Baker | Independent | 1 | $10,349 | $10,349 | $36,548 |
| Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home | Cinema Libre | 1 | $7,039 | $7,039 | $7,039 |
| Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | 371 | $2,171,665 | $5,854 | $13,964,405 |
| A Werewolf Boy | CJ Entertainment | 19 | $85,033 | $4,475 | $123,634 |
| In Our Nature | Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 | $4,378 | $4,378 | $4,378 |
| The Rabbi's Cat | Independent | 1 | $4,301 | $4,301 | $4,301 |
| Hitchcock | Fox Searchlight | 181 | $712,544 | $3,937 | $1,661,670 |
| Anna Karenina | Focus Features | 422 | $1,544,859 | $3,661 | $6,603,042 |
| Back To 1942 | China Lion Entertainment | 18 | $56,604 | $3,145 | $212,475 |
| Somewhere Between | Long Shot Factory | 1 | $2,768 | $2,768 | $171,368 |
| The Central Park Five | IFC Films | 10 | $27,622 | $2,762 | $123,333 |
| California Solo | Strand Releasing | 2 | $5,008 | $2,504 | $9,246 |
| Wagner & Me | First Run | 2 | $4,891 | $2,446 | $17,947 |
| Tchoupitoulas | Oscilloscope Pictures | 1 | $2,379 | $2,379 | $2,379 |
| Love, Marilyn | Submarine Deluxe | 1 | $2,370 | $2,370 | $6,950 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 1 | $1,951 | $1,951 | $241,842 |
| Masquerade | CJ Entertainment | 1 | $1,839 | $1,839 | $898,830 |
| Chasing Ice | Submarine Deluxe | 57 | $102,401 | $1,797 | $502,780 |
| Waiting For Lightning | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 11 | $19,537 | $1,776 | $19,537 |
| Deadfall | Magnolia Pictures | 11 | $19,391 | $1,763 | $19,391 |
| Thieves, The | Well Go USA, Inc. | 2 | $3,181 | $1,591 | $681,554 |
| North Sea Texas | Strand Releasing | 3 | $4,349 | $1,450 | $16,252 |
| Only The Young | Oscilloscope Pictures | 1 | $1,446 | $1,446 | $1,446 |
| Brooklyn Castle | Producers Distribution Agency | 4 | $5,490 | $1,373 | $183,733 |
| The Other Son | Cohen Media Group | 43 | $55,978 | $1,302 | $963,591 |
| Kumare | Kino Lorber | 1 | $1,284 | $1,284 | $130,836 |
| A Royal Affair | Magnolia Pictures | 43 | $53,889 | $1,253 | $459,087 |
| The Flat | IFC Films | 17 | $20,789 | $1,223 | $418,729 |
| The Big Picture | MPI Media | 5 | $5,952 | $1,190 | $151,457 |
| A Late Quartet | Entertainment One Films | 63 | $73,290 | $1,163 | $995,642 |
| The Sessions | Fox Searchlight | 197 | $218,973 | $1,112 | $4,948,342 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 8 | $8,891 | $1,111 | $2,550,746 |
| The House I Live In | Abramorama Entertainment | 4 | $4,215 | $1,054 | $176,368 |
| Starlet | Music Box Films | 10 | $9,386 | $939 | $70,568 |
| This Must Be The Place | The Weinstein Company | 5 | $4,540 | $908 | $136,339 |
| The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 5 | $4,390 | $878 | $168,112 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 42 | $36,822 | $877 | $2,893,916 |
| The Perks Of Being A Wallflower | Lionsgate | 175 | $138,498 | $791 | $16,858,393 |
| Cheerful Weather For The Wedding | IFC Films | 1 | $727 | $727 | $727 |
| My Worst Nightmare | Strand Releasing | 1 | $668 | $668 | $7,993 |
| All Together | Kino Lorber | 1 | $638 | $638 | $37,238 |
| Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | 25 | $15,580 | $623 | $7,877,441 |
| The Loneliest Planet | IFC Films | 6 | $3,685 | $614 | $123,174 |
| Smashed | Sony Pictures Classics | 29 | $15,928 | $549 | $356,987 |
| The Master | The Weinstein Company | 23 | $12,069 | $525 | $15,895,739 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 15 | $7,176 | $478 | $928,157 |
| Lay The Favorite | Radius-TWC | 61 | $20,998 | $344 | $20,998 |
| Citadel | Cinedigm Entertainment | 2 | $584 | $292 | $12,169 |
| Well-Digger's Daughter | Kino Lorber | 1 | $258 | $258 | $370,981 |
| Intouchables, The | The Weinstein Company | 12 | $2,913 | $243 | $13,049,078 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 2 | $366 | $183 | $3,094,687 |
| Orchestra Of Exiles | First Run | 2 | $328 | $164 | $24,710 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $586 | $147 | $253,705 |
| Alps | Kino Lorber | 1 | $143 | $143 | $15,292 |
| Escape Fire: Fight To Rescue American He | Roadside Attractions | 2 | $189 | $95 | $83,876 |
| Free Radicals | Kino Lorber | 1 | $74 | $74 | $3,627 |
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