box office: week of July 17
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Final Box Office: 'Obama's America' Tops Chart From Single Texas Screen
July 17, 2012 1:25 PMEach Tuesday, Indiewire publishes a box office chart that sorts the final weekend numbers of all specialty releases by per-theater average. You can check out the full chart here, but here are some highlights:... More »
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Which Indie Films are Winning (and Losing) in 2012? Indiewire's Mid-Year Box Office Report
July 5, 2012 12:03 PMLast summer, when Indiewire reported on the indie box office for the first half of 2011, we saw a hopeful turn in comparison to the year prior. A year later, it seems reasonable to suggest that not only has that trend held, but that things are continuing to spiral u... More »
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Indie Box Office 101: How Do You Measure Whether An Indie Film Has Done Well?
April 5, 2012 1:32 PMUnderstanding how the indie box office works can be a complicated process. On a fairly regular basis, Indiewire's weekly box office column enrages a few commenters who don't get why a certain film is being deemed "disappointing" or why a film... More »
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
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| 2016 Obama's America | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 1 | $31,610 | $31,610 | $31,610 |
| The Imposter | Indomina Media | 1 | $22,379 | $22,379 | $22,379 |
| Farewell, My Queen | Cohen Media Group | 4 | $72,123 | $18,031 | $127,122 |
| Easy Money | The Weinstein Company | 2 | $24,684 | $12,342 | $27,783 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 81 | $790,535 | $9,760 | $1,692,675 |
| Trishna | IFC Films | 3 | $29,140 | $9,713 | $29,140 |
| 5 Broken Cameras | Kino Lorber | 1 | $5,700 | $5,700 | $55,609 |
| Red Lights | Millennium Entertainment | 2 | $10,340 | $5,170 | $10,340 |
| Runaway Slave | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 1 | $4,901 | $4,901 | $9,381 |
| Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 83 | $356,333 | $4,293 | $3,581,488 |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | 924 | $3,704,507 | $4,009 | $32,483,002 |
| The Obama Effect | ARC Entertainment | 25 | $83,896 | $3,356 | $83,896 |
| To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | 744 | $2,469,235 | $3,319 | $8,587,862 |
| Take This Waltz | Magnolia Pictures | 48 | $147,306 | $3,069 | $629,025 |
| Crazy Wisdom: Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | Kino Lorber | 1 | $2,946 | $2,946 | $71,294 |
| Kumare | Kino Lorber | 2 | $5,144 | $2,572 | $53,730 |
| Bol Bachchan | Fox International Productions | 98 | $228,752 | $2,334 | $1,004,174 |
| Gerhard Richter Painting | Kino Lorber | 1 | $2,184 | $2,184 | $233,938 |
| Elena | Zeitgeist | 6 | $12,707 | $2,118 | $156,344 |
| Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | 103 | $215,932 | $2,096 | $8,106,280 |
| Ballplayer: Pelotero | Strand Releasing | 10 | $20,628 | $2,063 | $20,628 |
| The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Fox Searchlight | 342 | $651,051 | $1,904 | $43,040,827 |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | FilmDistrict | 182 | $339,234 | $1,864 | $2,621,824 |
| Neil Young Journeys | Sony Pictures Classics | 9 | $16,571 | $1,841 | $56,515 |
| The Invisible War | Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 | $1,661 | $1,661 | $42,962 |
| Salt Of Life | Zeitgeist | 1 | $1,650 | $1,650 | $313,708 |
| Monsieur Lazhar | Music Box Films | 10 | $16,114 | $1,611 | $5,736,352 |
| Unforgivable | Strand Releasing | 4 | $6,312 | $1,578 | $77,478 |
| Turn Me On, Dammit! | New Yorker | 1 | $1,552 | $1,552 | $108,514 |
| Your Sister's Sister | IFC Films | 101 | $153,821 | $1,523 | $1,215,737 |
| I Wish | Magnolia Pictures | 3 | $4,196 | $1,399 | $120,399 |
| Alps (Alpeis) | Kino Lorber | 2 | $2,628 | $1,314 | $2,628 |
| For Greater Glory | ARC Entertainment | 42 | $54,844 | $1,306 | $5,494,617 |
| Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Magnolia Pictures | 8 | $10,166 | $1,271 | $2,518,245 |
| China Heavyweight | Zeitgeist | 1 | $1,168 | $1,168 | $6,267 |
| Elles | Kino Lorber | 3 | $3,468 | $1,156 | $149,122 |
| The Magic of Belle Isle | Magnolia Pictures | 8 | $9,244 | $1,156 | $24,924 |
| Where Do We Go Now? | Sony Pictures Classics | 13 | $13,579 | $1,045 | $475,002 |
| OC87 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | 1 | $966 | $966 | $36,403 |
| Dark Horse | Vitagraph | 6 | $5,628 | $938 | $85,164 |
| Headhunters | Magnolia Pictures | 20 | $17,740 | $887 | $1,123,944 |
| A Cat in Paris | GKIDS | 17 | $13,482 | $793 | $205,013 |
| Bel Ami | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $1,421 | $711 | $114,371 |
| The Fairy | Kino Lorber | 1 | $706 | $706 | $35,657 |
| The Woman in the Fifth | IDP/ATO | 4 | $2,681 | $670 | $112,498 |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Music Box Films | 3 | $1,952 | $651 | $1,105,041 |
| Damsels In Distress | Sony Pictures Classics | 9 | $5,805 | $645 | $947,185 |
| Marley | Magnolia Pictures | 6 | $3,556 | $593 | $1,388,809 |
| Crazy Eyes | Strand Releasing | 2 | $1,157 | $579 | $5,462 |
| Nobody Else But You | First Run | 3 | $1,727 | $576 | $23,847 |
| Bonsai | Strand Releasing | 1 | $571 | $571 | $16,787 |
| Crooked Arrows | Branded/Peck | 9 | $4,866 | $541 | $1,830,475 |
| How To Grow A Band | International Film Circuit | 1 | $502 | $502 | $12,953 |
| Hysteria | Sony Pictures Classics | 28 | $13,105 | $468 | $1,667,111 |
| Beyond The Black Rainbow | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $1,658 | $415 | $52,614 |
| Paul Williams Still Alive | Abramorama Entertainment | 1 | $370 | $370 | $33,109 |
| Quill | Music Box Films | 2 | $668 | $334 | $14,075 |
| FOLLOW ME: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | International Film Circuit | 2 | $484 | $242 | $109,531 |
| Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | Music Box Films | 3 | $521 | $174 | $60,309 |
| Darling Companion | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $401 | $100 | $774,190 |
| Pink Ribbons, Inc | First Run | 2 | $194 | $97 | $18,762 |
| Teri Meri Kahani | Eros Entertainment | 94 | $1,668 | $18 | $781,196 |
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Box Office: 'Before Midnight' Carries 'Lowest-Grossing Trilogy' to New Heights
Long before its impressive opening weekend put its predecessors to shame, Richard Linklater's long-awaited third part of the "Before" franchise screened on March 9 at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX. After the film, the director took the stage to answer audience questions and eventually got aro...
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Specialty Box Office: 'Hannah,' 'The East' and 'Kings' Make For Trio of Strong Newbies; 'Midnight' and 'Frances' Keep It Coming
A trio of debuting indies got off to strong starts this weekend, with Zeitgeist's "Hannah Arendt," Fox Searchlight's "The East" and CBS Films' "The Kings of Summer" each meeting or exceeding expectations.
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Arthouse Audit: 'Hannah Arendt' Leads New Openings, 'The East' and 'Kings of Summer' Open Just OK
Early summer specialized releases are falling short of the initial grosses of breakout films from the last two years. But several films representing a range of audience appeal (primarily younger-oriented) are showing varying levels of strength. A surprisingly strong New York gross from the German fi...
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Weekend Box Office Top Ten: Falling 'Fast & Furious' and Sleeper 'Now You See Me' Trounce Shyamalan/Smith Combo 'After Earth'
With the help of an unexpected sleeper success ("Now You See Me") and a continued decent showing for "Fast and Furious 6," the combined weekend gross for the top 10 again rose above last year's ($150 million, up from $133) even with the disappointing initial numbers from "After Earth," which was exp...
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'After Earth' Fails to Open at Number One, Lags Behind 'Now You See Me' As Top Newcomer
As Sony's "After Earth" opened Friday, an irresistible force (Will Smith, with a two-decade record of #1 openings) met an unmovable object (director M. Night Shyamalan's declining box office and critical appeal), and the latter won. "After Earth," top-heavy with Smith family involvement (Smith's co-...
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Latinobuzz: Sneak Peek At Gina Rodriguez’s New Comedy And Interview With Director, Nicole Gomez Fisher
Unveiling at the Brooklyn Film Festival this weekend is the world premiere of Sleeping with the Fishes, the directorial debut of former stand up comic and actor, Nicole Gomez Fisher.
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'Before Midnight' & 'Fill the Void' Both Score For Sony Classics
Over the past two years, the Memorial Day weekend has become a significant time to release important new specialized films. Last year, coming off its Cannes debut, "Moonrise Kingdom" opened to a staggering $130,000 four-theater PSA, while a year earlier Cannes-winner "The Tree of Life" did lesser bu...
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Box Office Update: 'Before Midnight' Has Big First Weekend
While most box office reports are going on about how "Fast & Furious 6" is headed for a huge Memorial Day weekend (and/or how "The Hangover Part III is not), there's another notable sequel-related story developing this weekend: Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight."
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'Fast & Furious 6' Revs Up Holiday Weekend Box Office, 'Before Midnight' Starts Strong
After months of grosses that often fell short of last year, Friday's results indicate a huge uptick in business just as the summer season revs into high gear. With three new films joining three May hits, the top 10 yesterday grossed around $84 million, nearly double the Friday of Memorial Day weeken...
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Hot Docs' Bloor Cinema Continues To Hit Box Office High Notes With Strip Club Saga 'The Manor'
It's been over a year since Toronto's historic Bloor Cinema was renovated and revamped as a year round cinema for Hot Docs -- North America's largest documentary film festival. Playing nonfiction films almost exclusively, the cinema has proven in the 14 months since it's opened that there is indeed ...
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Arthouse Audit: 'Frances Ha' Debuts Strong With Sold Out Shows in NY and LA
After a weak spring dominated by three indie hits that went wide quickly, "Frances Ha" stands out a potential arthouse success. This film could stay in limited release for a while, unlike quick-breaking multiplex players "The Place Beyond the Pines," "Mud" and "Spring Breakers," which will all likel...
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Weekend Box Office Top Ten Is Strong, Led By 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' Which Pulls In Smaller Audience than Last Film
At long last, for the first time this year the box office top ten marked a bump up from last year, thanks to three big performers taking in most of the gross. The top 10 this weekend came to about $158 million. Last year, which saw two disappointing openings ("Battleship" and "The Dictator" followed...
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Specialty Box Office: 'Frances' Ha-s Stellar First Weekend; 'Pines' Becomes 2013's First $20 Million Indie
"Frances Ha" was off to a stellar start this weekend for IFC Films. The Noah Baumbach directed film -- which stars and was co-written by Greta Gerwig -- took in $134,000 from just 4 theaters for a $33,500 average. As far as per-theater-averages go, that's the best for a limited release since "The Pl...
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'Star Trek into Darkness' Falling Short in Crowded Market
J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" (Paramount) grossed $22 million yesterday, for a total of $35.5 million since its IMAX-only debut on Wednesday (other theaters were added Thursday). This fell short of the almost $27 million that Abrams' 2009 reboot took in its initial Friday (after $4 million ...
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