While Oscar's big winner "The Artist" had a notable weekend, it was the foreign language film and documentary feature winners that had the most impressive post-Oscar boosts. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier today, both Asghar Farhad... More »
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| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Being Flynn | Focus Features | 4 | $43,990 | $10,998 | $43,990 |
| Boy | Paladin | 2 | $21,244 | $10,622 | $21,244 |
| Salt Of Life | Zeitgeist | 2 | $19,176 | $9,588 | $19,176 |
| Undefeated | The Weinstein Company | 13 | $82,230 | $6,325 | $164,058 |
| A Separation | Sony Pictures Classics | 243 | $952,051 | $3,918 | $3,677,463 |
| Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Magnolia Pictures | 24 | $87,475 | $3,645 | $87,475 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Oscilloscope Pictures | 40 | $132,595 | $3,315 | $818,315 |
| In Darkness | Sony Pictures Classics | 35 | $106,843 | $3,053 | $421,056 |
| Love | China Lion Entertainment | 15 | $45,308 | $3,021 | $234,159 |
| The Forgiveness of Blood | IFC Films | 6 | $17,816 | $2,969 | $53,167 |
| Art Is...The Permanent Revolution | First Run | 1 | $2,718 | $2,718 | $2,718 |
| Last Days Here | IFC Films | 1 | $2,671 | $2,671 | $2,671 |
| Coriolanus | The Weinstein Company | 14 | $37,162 | $2,654 | $410,266 |
| Crazy Wisdom: Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | Kino Lorber | 1 | $2,569 | $2,569 | $58,670 |
| This Is Not A Film | Independent | 5 | $12,608 | $2,522 | $16,519 |
| Pina | IFC Films | 64 | $157,961 | $2,468 | $2,825,932 |
| The Flowers of War | Wrekin Hill | 6 | $13,985 | $2,331 | $267,150 |
| W.E. | The Weinstein Company | 19 | $43,623 | $2,296 | $327,508 |
| Rampart | Millennium Entertainment | 52 | $119,387 | $2,296 | $539,848 |
| Let The Bullets Fly | Variance Films | 5 | $11,287 | $2,257 | $11,287 |
| The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | The Film Desk | 1 | $2,124 | $2,124 | $31,396 |
| Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | Focus Features | 126 | $263,189 | $2,089 | $23,665,415 |
| The Artist | The Weinstein Company | 1756 | $3,625,571 | $2,065 | $36,813,989 |
| Chico & Rita | GKIDS | 14 | $26,194 | $1,871 | $161,396 |
| The Descendants | Fox Searchlight | 694 | $1,291,817 | $1,861 | $80,392,543 |
| Women on the 6th Floor | Strand Releasing | 6 | $10,576 | $1,763 | $1,197,771 |
| The Iron Lady | The Weinstein Company | 511 | $850,909 | $1,665 | $27,006,913 |
| Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darknes | International Film Circuit | 2 | $3,223 | $1,612 | $874,944 |
| Once Upon A Time In Anatolia | Cinema Guild | 3 | $4,196 | $1,399 | $73,827 |
| Shame | Fox Searchlight | 22 | $29,692 | $1,350 | $3,856,516 |
| Charlotte Rampling: The Look | Kino Lorber | 1 | $1,340 | $1,340 | $19,427 |
| On the Ice | PMK*BNC | 1 | $1,336 | $1,336 | $41,804 |
| 2012 Oscar Shorts | Shorts International | 59 | $76,964 | $1,304 | $1,625,102 |
| A Dangerous Method | Sony Pictures Classics | 53 | $67,772 | $1,279 | $5,457,215 |
| The Snowtown Murders | IFC Films | 1 | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 |
| Better Than Something: Jay Reatard | Independent | 4 | $4,711 | $1,178 | $4,711 |
| Hipsters | Independent | 1 | $1,176 | $1,176 | $15,546 |
| The Turin Horse | Cinema Guild | 2 | $2,265 | $1,133 | $25,988 |
| My Week With Marilyn | The Weinstein Company | 120 | $130,847 | $1,090 | $14,340,551 |
| Carnage | Sony Pictures Classics | 19 | $19,106 | $1,006 | $2,491,960 |
| Albert Nobbs | Roadside Attractions | 68 | $63,926 | $940 | $2,723,074 |
| Pariah | Focus Features | 13 | $10,801 | $831 | $730,362 |
| The Whale | Paladin | 1 | $786 | $786 | $72,745 |
| In The Land Of Blood And Honey | FilmDistrict | 8 | $6,274 | $784 | $301,305 |
| Extraordinary Voyage, The | Independent | 6 | $4,452 | $742 | $21,850 |
| Le Havre | Janus Films | 6 | $4,171 | $695 | $584,268 |
| The Way | Producers Distribution Agency | 2 | $1,314 | $657 | $4,429,933 |
| Midnight in Paris | Sony Pictures Classics | 11 | $7,044 | $640 | $56,802,123 |
| The Devil, Probably | The Film Desk | 1 | $635 | $635 | $6,059 |
| Windfall | First Run | 1 | $571 | $571 | $3,100 |
| Addiction Incorporated | Variance Films | 2 | $1,096 | $548 | $29,208 |
| Tyrannosaur | Strand Releasing | 2 | $952 | $476 | $21,062 |
| Kill List | IFC Films | 10 | $4,711 | $471 | $26,297 |
| Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | Variance Films | 2 | $941 | $471 | $100,118 |
| The Skin I Live In | Sony Pictures Classics | 3 | $1,410 | $470 | $3,180,826 |
| Take Shelter | Sony Pictures Classics | 3 | $860 | $287 | $1,728,114 |
| Fullmetal Alchemist:Sacred Star Of Milos | Eleven Arts | 1 | $266 | $266 | $177,802 |
| Putin's Kiss | Kino Lorber | 1 | $150 | $150 | $2,944 |
| Pruitt-Igoee Myth | First Run | 1 | $141 | $141 | $32,482 |
| Eames: The Architect And The Painter | First Run | 1 | $66 | $66 | $147,591 |
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