box office: week of March 5
indiewire's weekly box office recap:
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoker | Fox Searchlight | 7 | $160,547 | $22,935 | $160,547 |
| No | Sony Pictures Classics | 11 | $101,413 | $9,219 | $308,444 |
| Hava Nagila: The Movie | International Film Circuit | 1 | $8,218 | $8,218 | $46,503 |
| Gatekeepers | Sony Pictures Classics | 46 | $251,059 | $5,458 | $681,178 |
| War Witch | Tribeca Film | 2 | $8,714 | $4,357 | $8,714 |
| Welcome To Pine Hill | Oscilloscope Pictures | 1 | $3,629 | $3,629 | $3,629 |
| Lore | Music Box Films | 12 | $38,273 | $3,189 | $173,321 |
| Attacks Of 26/11 | Eros Entertainment | 51 | $159,619 | $3,130 | $159,619 |
| Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | 1836 | $5,723,010 | $3,117 | $115,302,649 |
| Brooklyn Castle | Producers Distribution Agency | 1 | $3,074 | $3,074 | $219,407 |
| A Place At The Table | Magnolia Pictures | 35 | $92,257 | $2,636 | $92,257 |
| The Condemned | Strand Releasing | 1 | $2,511 | $2,511 | $2,511 |
| Kai Po Che | UTV Communications | 104 | $258,240 | $2,483 | $876,568 |
| Quartet | The Weinstein Company | 725 | $1,781,526 | $2,457 | $11,181,316 |
| Lost Medallion: Adventure Of Billy Stone | Freestyle Releasing | 68 | $143,532 | $2,111 | $143,532 |
| The Sweeney | Entertainment One Films | 11 | $20,321 | $1,847 | $20,321 |
| Koch | Zeitgeist | 16 | $28,769 | $1,798 | $207,756 |
| Like Someone In Love | IFC Films | 8 | $14,005 | $1,751 | $82,945 |
| Beware of Mr. Baker | Independent | 1 | $1,742 | $1,742 | $114,271 |
| Happy People: A Year In The Taiga | Music Box Films | 23 | $39,887 | $1,734 | $165,763 |
| Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary | First Run | 4 | $6,918 | $1,730 | $23,004 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 42 | $70,442 | $1,677 | $12,687,673 |
| Let My People Go! | Zeitgeist | 3 | $4,700 | $1,567 | $16,861 |
| 2013 Oscar Shorts | Shorts International | 48 | $73,705 | $1,536 | $2,061,812 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 39 | $57,552 | $1,476 | $3,394,465 |
| A Royal Affiair | Magnolia Pictures | 19 | $27,047 | $1,424 | $1,376,063 |
| Amour | Sony Pictures Classics | 333 | $466,145 | $1,400 | $5,865,625 |
| 56 Up | First Run | 27 | $37,720 | $1,397 | $523,526 |
| Hyde Park On Hudson | Focus Features | 38 | $51,019 | $1,343 | $6,215,994 |
| A Fierce Green Fire | First Run | 1 | $1,266 | $1,266 | $1,266 |
| Yossi | Strand Releasing | 2 | $2,532 | $1,266 | $82,485 |
| West Of Memphis | Sony Pictures Classics | 12 | $13,301 | $1,108 | $162,765 |
| Bless Me, Ultima | Arenas Entertainment | 183 | $182,377 | $1,083 | $1,277,031 |
| The Impossible | Lionsgate | 151 | $159,761 | $1,058 | $18,322,588 |
| The End of Love | Variance Films | 2 | $1,955 | $978 | $1,955 |
| Sound City | Variance Films | 13 | $10,762 | $828 | $334,058 |
| 5 Broken Cameras | Kino Lorber | 2 | $1,640 | $820 | $100,534 |
| The Sessions | Fox Searchlight | 13 | $9,972 | $767 | $5,988,955 |
| Sorcerer And The White Snake | Magnolia Pictures | 1 | $747 | $747 | $17,550 |
| Veer! | Blue Llama Studios | 1 | $713 | $713 | $713 |
| A Late Quartet | Entertainment One Films | 6 | $4,147 | $691 | $1,551,847 |
| The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 3 | $1,926 | $642 | $206,280 |
| Hitchcock | Fox Searchlight | 19 | $10,262 | $540 | $5,984,412 |
| Any Day Now | Music Box Films | 3 | $1,547 | $516 | $186,799 |
| Parker | FilmDistrict | 51 | $24,071 | $472 | $17,441,958 |
| John Dies At The End | Magnolia Pictures | 15 | $6,592 | $439 | $102,912 |
| Rust And Bone | Sony Pictures Classics | 26 | $11,358 | $437 | $2,002,272 |
| ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) | UTV Communications | 2 | $867 | $434 | $221,908 |
| 11 Flowers | First Run | 2 | $452 | $226 | $6,032 |
| Inescapable | IFC Films | 7 | $1,410 | $201 | $4,063 |
| Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth Of Wonder | First Run | 1 | $107 | $107 | $2,180 |
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