box office: week of February 26
indiewire's weekly box office recap:
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Sony Pictures Classics | 6 | $69,752 | $11,625 | $182,034 |
| Gatekeepers | Sony Pictures Classics | 19 | $133,740 | $7,039 | $380,581 |
| Quartet | The Weinstein Company | 356 | $1,125,886 | $3,163 | $8,844,950 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 73 | $213,575 | $2,926 | $12,572,085 |
| Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | 2012 | $5,750,866 | $2,858 | $107,176,012 |
| Lore | Music Box Films | 8 | $20,263 | $2,533 | $124,764 |
| Beware of Mr. Baker | Independent | 1 | $2,445 | $2,445 | $112,248 |
| Like Someone In Love | IFC Films | 9 | $22,004 | $2,445 | $56,138 |
| Koch | Zeitgeist | 9 | $20,992 | $2,332 | $168,038 |
| Happy People: A Year In The Taiga | Music Box Films | 16 | $36,722 | $2,295 | $107,473 |
| Amour | Sony Pictures Classics | 328 | $716,186 | $2,183 | $5,147,243 |
| The Power of Few | Steelyard Pictures | 5 | $9,350 | $1,870 | $17,701 |
| Bless Me, Ultima | Arenas Entertainment | 263 | $470,109 | $1,787 | $608,957 |
| 11 Flowers | First Run | 2 | $3,516 | $1,758 | $3,516 |
| 56 Up | First Run | 32 | $55,669 | $1,740 | $464,617 |
| ABCD | UTV Communications | 9 | $15,392 | $1,710 | $218,257 |
| Special 26 | Viva Entertainment | 54 | $81,790 | $1,515 | $1,022,395 |
| My Worst Nightmare | Strand Releasing | 1 | $1,364 | $1,364 | $21,456 |
| Yossi | Strand Releasing | 7 | $9,034 | $1,291 | $74,171 |
| John Dies At The End | Magnolia Pictures | 17 | $20,202 | $1,188 | $87,744 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 30 | $32,583 | $1,086 | $3,322,289 |
| 2013 Oscar Shorts | Shorts International | 246 | $263,830 | $1,072 | $1,920,809 |
| Sorcerer And The White Snake | Magnolia Pictures | 1 | $977 | $977 | $16,388 |
| Hyde Park On Hudson | Focus Features | 65 | $63,407 | $975 | $6,126,492 |
| Sound City | Variance Films | 17 | $15,924 | $937 | $314,110 |
| West Of Memphis | Sony Pictures Classics | 12 | $11,024 | $919 | $141,928 |
| 5 Broken Cameras | Kino Lorber | 2 | $1,829 | $915 | $98,041 |
| Hitchcock | Fox Searchlight | 16 | $13,828 | $864 | $5,963,608 |
| Inescapable | IFC Films | 2 | $1,545 | $773 | $47,318 |
| The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 3 | $2,301 | $767 | $202,954 |
| Rust And Bone | Sony Pictures Classics | 30 | $20,325 | $678 | $1,980,994 |
| Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary | First Run | 3 | $1,913 | $638 | $14,697 |
| Sessions, The | Fox Searchlight | 16 | $9,552 | $597 | $5,972,478 |
| Anna Karenina | Focus Features | 28 | $16,597 | $593 | $12,802,907 |
| Masquerade | CJ Entertainment | 4 | $1,845 | $461 | $914,422 |
| Combat Dans L'ile | The Film Desk | 1 | $327 | $327 | $49,545 |
| Breathing | Kino Lorber | 1 | $311 | $311 | $4,630 |
| Radio Unnameable | Kino Lorber | 1 | $228 | $228 | $20,346 |
| Race 2 | UTV Communications | 52 | $3,273 | $63 | $1,578,996 |
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