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box office: week of July 17

indiewire's weekly box office recap:

Title Distributor Locations Gross Per Location Overall Gross
2016 Obama's AmericaRocky Mountain Pictures1$31,610$31,610$31,610
The ImposterIndomina Media1$22,379$22,379$22,379
Farewell, My QueenCohen Media Group4$72,123$18,031$127,122
Easy MoneyThe Weinstein Company2$24,684$12,342$27,783
Beasts Of The Southern WildFox Searchlight81$790,535$9,760$1,692,675
TrishnaIFC Films3$29,140$9,713$29,140
5 Broken CamerasKino Lorber1$5,700$5,700$55,609
Red LightsMillennium Entertainment2$10,340$5,170$10,340
Runaway SlaveRocky Mountain Pictures1$4,901$4,901$9,381
IntouchablesThe Weinstein Company83$356,333$4,293$3,581,488
Moonrise KingdomFocus Features924$3,704,507$4,009$32,483,002
The Obama EffectARC Entertainment25$83,896$3,356$83,896
To Rome With LoveSony Pictures Classics744$2,469,235$3,319$8,587,862
Take This WaltzMagnolia Pictures48$147,306$3,069$629,025
Crazy Wisdom: Chogyam Trungpa RinpocheKino Lorber1$2,946$2,946$71,294
KumareKino Lorber2$5,144$2,572$53,730
Bol BachchanFox International Productions98$228,752$2,334$1,004,174
Gerhard Richter PaintingKino Lorber1$2,184$2,184$233,938
ElenaZeitgeist6$12,707$2,118$156,344
BernieMillennium Entertainment103$215,932$2,096$8,106,280
Ballplayer: PeloteroStrand Releasing10$20,628$2,063$20,628
The Best Exotic Marigold HotelFox Searchlight342$651,051$1,904$43,040,827
Safety Not GuaranteedFilmDistrict182$339,234$1,864$2,621,824
Neil Young JourneysSony Pictures Classics9$16,571$1,841$56,515
The Invisible WarCinedigm Entertainment1$1,661$1,661$42,962
Salt Of LifeZeitgeist1$1,650$1,650$313,708
Monsieur LazharMusic Box Films10$16,114$1,611$5,736,352
UnforgivableStrand Releasing4$6,312$1,578$77,478
Turn Me On, Dammit!New Yorker1$1,552$1,552$108,514
Your Sister's SisterIFC Films101$153,821$1,523$1,215,737
I WishMagnolia Pictures3$4,196$1,399$120,399
Alps (Alpeis)Kino Lorber2$2,628$1,314$2,628
For Greater GloryARC Entertainment42$54,844$1,306$5,494,617
Jiro Dreams of SushiMagnolia Pictures8$10,166$1,271$2,518,245
China HeavyweightZeitgeist1$1,168$1,168$6,267
EllesKino Lorber3$3,468$1,156$149,122
The Magic of Belle IsleMagnolia Pictures8$9,244$1,156$24,924
Where Do We Go Now?Sony Pictures Classics13$13,579$1,045$475,002
OC87Fisher Klingenstein Films1$966$966$36,403
Dark HorseVitagraph6$5,628$938$85,164
HeadhuntersMagnolia Pictures20$17,740$887$1,123,944
A Cat in ParisGKIDS17$13,482$793$205,013
Bel AmiMagnolia Pictures2$1,421$711$114,371
The FairyKino Lorber1$706$706$35,657
The Woman in the FifthIDP/ATO4$2,681$670$112,498
The Deep Blue SeaMusic Box Films3$1,952$651$1,105,041
Damsels In DistressSony Pictures Classics9$5,805$645$947,185
MarleyMagnolia Pictures6$3,556$593$1,388,809
Crazy EyesStrand Releasing2$1,157$579$5,462
Nobody Else But YouFirst Run3$1,727$576$23,847
BonsaiStrand Releasing1$571$571$16,787
Crooked ArrowsBranded/Peck9$4,866$541$1,830,475
How To Grow A BandInternational Film Circuit1$502$502$12,953
HysteriaSony Pictures Classics28$13,105$468$1,667,111
Beyond The Black RainbowMagnolia Pictures4$1,658$415$52,614
Paul Williams Still AliveAbramorama Entertainment1$370$370$33,109
QuillMusic Box Films2$668$334$14,075
FOLLOW ME: The Yoni Netanyahu StoryInternational Film Circuit2$484$242$109,531
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is PresentMusic Box Films3$521$174$60,309
Darling CompanionSony Pictures Classics4$401$100$774,190
Pink Ribbons, IncFirst Run2$194$97$18,762
Teri Meri KahaniEros Entertainment94$1,668$18$781,196

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    Weekend Box Office Top Ten: 'Oz' is Magic, 'Call' Marks Berry Comeback, 'Wonderstone' Warners' 5th Loser

    With “Oz: The Great and Powerful” holding well and “The Call” opening better than expected, this weekend showed more 2013 weakness. Total gross for the top 10 films was around $93 million, up from last year’s $88, but down from last weekend’s $124 million. Although several lower budget films are fi...

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    Specialty Box Office: 'Spring Breakers' Soars In Limited Debut; Has Already Outgrossed All of Harmony Korine's Other Movies

    It was a very good weekend for upstart distributor A24 Films. After a disappointing box office performance from their debut release "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III," A24 released their second and third films this Friday and the numbers ranged from extraordinary ("Spring Breakers") to ...

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    Friday Box Office: 'Spring Breakers' Top Limited Opening of Year, 'Wonderstone' Underwhelms

    A24’s SXSW hit “Spring Breakers” from veteran indie Harmony Korine opened in three New York/Los Angeles theaters to a stunning total of $95,000, by far the biggest limited opening of the year, and likely to approach a $100,000 per screen average for the weekend. To give some indication of what a sho...

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    Better Mus' Come Debut March 15 in New York and Los Angeles

    Beginning today, March 15, the African American Film Festival Releasing Movement will release their fifth film - Storm Saulter's award winning Better Mus' Come - in New York and Los Angeles.

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    Spain Gets 'Excited' About Almodovar's Latest Before U.S. Release (TRAILER)

    Pedro Almodovar’s new comedy “I’m So Excited” (“Los Amantes Pasajeros”) opened to the highest take of any his films in his native Spain last weekend in its initial release. The film, to be released in the U.S. on June 27 by his usual American distributor Sony Pictures Classics, grossed about $2.6 m...

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    Arthouse Audit: 'Emperor,' 'The We and the I,' 'Beyond the Hills' Rely on Good Word To Grow Audiences

    Specialized distributors continue to try to break beyond the usual review-driven New York/Los Angeles limited openings to find less conventional ways to release films. Among this week’s openings, Mumblecore indie “Somebody Out There Likes Me," starring Second City's own Nick Offerman, premiered to s...

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    Weekend Box Office Top Ten: 'Oz: The Great & Powerful' Boosts Overall Box Office, 'Dead Man Down' Is DOA

    Led by a strong $80-million opening for “Oz: The Great and Powerful,” the total gross for the weekend was up from both the previous week and the previous year, something that has rarely happened this year so far. The uptick wasn’t enough to reverse the trend so far -- $125 million for the top 10 thi...

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    Specialty Box Office: 'Somebody Up There' Well Liked Indeed With $38,000 Exclusive Debut

    Exactly year after debuted at SXSW, Bob Byington's "Somebody Up There Likes Me" scored a huge exclusive debut at Chicago's Music Box Theater. The film -- which stars and was co-produced by Chicago native Nick Offerman -- grossed an estimated $38,495. The 700 seat theater featured multiple sold out s...

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    'Oz' Brings Boffo Box Office, Rest of Field Is Anemic

    Disney's "Oz: The Great and Powerful" had a strong opening yesterday, grossing $24 million for the best opening of the year so far--heading toward a likely $75-million-plus total-- and greatly outpacing last week's "Jack the Giant Slayer," which also cost $200 million. But despite the relief both Di...

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    'Oz' Brings Riches, from Needed Boffo Box Office to Kunis Viral Breakout to Yet Another Sequel (VIDEO)

    This weekend marks the watershed moment in 2013 when the box office will finally lift some boats around the nation's multiplexes. That's thanks to Disney's "Oz: the Great and Powerful," which is expected to deliver some $80 million, which means that other struggling movies in theaters such as "Jack ...

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    Why 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Flopped

    The dwarfish $28 million domestic that Warner Bros.' “Jack the Giant Slayer” grossed over the weekend was what? A surprise? That the wheel-spinning Bryan Singer would make a soulless 3-D disaster film out of a timeless children’s story was hardly a shock. But the film’s anemic showing was indicativ...

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    Arthouse Audit: 'Stoker' Shows Initial Strength in Multi-City Opening

    After months of films with mostly older-audience appeal playing off during the awards circus, Fox Searchlight's "Stoker," a stylish thriller from a noted Asian cult director making his English-language debut, boasted the best limited opening of any 2013 release so far. Although not performing at the...

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    Specialty Box Office: 'Stoker' Scores Best Debut; 'Quartet' Hits $11 Million

    After two months of generally slow weekends for 2013 releases (most of the top performers were holdovers from 2012), this weekend kicked off a month of anticipated new specialty releases likely to change the tide. 

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    Weekend Box Office Top Ten: March Comes In Like a Lamb, 'Giant Slayer' Disappoints, 'Phantom' Disappears

    Yet another down weekend: the top ten grossed 37% less than 2012's total, continuing a multi-week trend that is becoming a major problem. Grosses did climb a bit from last week, but the new films -- led by $200 million would-be tentpole "Jack the Giant Slayer" -- had much greater potential. None loo...

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    Arthouse Audit: Sony Pictures Classics Rolls Out Oscar Bounty

    Sony Pictures Classics is looking forward to a big Oscar night with foreign contenders "Amour" and "No" as well as two leading documentary entries, "Searching for Sugar Man" and "The Gatekeepers." The question is where the specialty box office goes after ...

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