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box office: week of March 6

indiewire's weekly box office recap:

Title Distributor Locations Gross Per Location Overall Gross
Being FlynnFocus Features4$43,990$10,998$43,990
BoyPaladin2$21,244$10,622$21,244
Salt Of LifeZeitgeist2$19,176$9,588$19,176
UndefeatedThe Weinstein Company13$82,230$6,325$164,058
A SeparationSony Pictures Classics243$952,051$3,918$3,677,463
Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar MovieMagnolia Pictures24$87,475$3,645$87,475
We Need to Talk About KevinOscilloscope Pictures40$132,595$3,315$818,315
In DarknessSony Pictures Classics35$106,843$3,053$421,056
LoveChina Lion Entertainment15$45,308$3,021$234,159
The Forgiveness of BloodIFC Films6$17,816$2,969$53,167
Art Is...The Permanent RevolutionFirst Run1$2,718$2,718$2,718
Last Days HereIFC Films1$2,671$2,671$2,671
CoriolanusThe Weinstein Company14$37,162$2,654$410,266
Crazy Wisdom: Chogyam Trungpa RinpocheKino Lorber1$2,569$2,569$58,670
This Is Not A FilmIndependent5$12,608$2,522$16,519
PinaIFC Films64$157,961$2,468$2,825,932
The Flowers of WarWrekin Hill6$13,985$2,331$267,150
W.E.The Weinstein Company19$43,623$2,296$327,508
RampartMillennium Entertainment52$119,387$2,296$539,848
Let The Bullets FlyVariance Films5$11,287$2,257$11,287
The Autobiography of Nicolae CeausescuThe Film Desk1$2,124$2,124$31,396
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Focus Features126$263,189$2,089$23,665,415
The ArtistThe Weinstein Company1756$3,625,571$2,065$36,813,989
Chico & RitaGKIDS14$26,194$1,871$161,396
The DescendantsFox Searchlight694$1,291,817$1,861$80,392,543
Women on the 6th FloorStrand Releasing6$10,576$1,763$1,197,771
The Iron LadyThe Weinstein Company511$850,909$1,665$27,006,913
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The DarknesInternational Film Circuit2$3,223$1,612$874,944
Once Upon A Time In AnatoliaCinema Guild3$4,196$1,399$73,827
ShameFox Searchlight22$29,692$1,350$3,856,516
Charlotte Rampling: The LookKino Lorber1$1,340$1,340$19,427
On the IcePMK*BNC1$1,336$1,336$41,804
2012 Oscar ShortsShorts International59$76,964$1,304$1,625,102
A Dangerous MethodSony Pictures Classics53$67,772$1,279$5,457,215
The Snowtown MurdersIFC Films1$1,273$1,273$1,273
Better Than Something: Jay ReatardIndependent4$4,711$1,178$4,711
HipstersIndependent1$1,176$1,176$15,546
The Turin HorseCinema Guild2$2,265$1,133$25,988
My Week With MarilynThe Weinstein Company120$130,847$1,090$14,340,551
CarnageSony Pictures Classics19$19,106$1,006$2,491,960
Albert NobbsRoadside Attractions68$63,926$940$2,723,074
PariahFocus Features13$10,801$831$730,362
The WhalePaladin1$786$786$72,745
In The Land Of Blood And HoneyFilmDistrict8$6,274$784$301,305
Extraordinary Voyage, TheIndependent6$4,452$742$21,850
Le HavreJanus Films6$4,171$695$584,268
The WayProducers Distribution Agency2$1,314$657$4,429,933
Midnight in ParisSony Pictures Classics11$7,044$640$56,802,123
The Devil, ProbablyThe Film Desk1$635$635$6,059
WindfallFirst Run1$571$571$3,100
Addiction IncorporatedVariance Films2$1,096$548$29,208
TyrannosaurStrand Releasing2$952$476$21,062
Kill ListIFC Films10$4,711$471$26,297
Elite Squad: The Enemy WithinVariance Films2$941$471$100,118
The Skin I Live InSony Pictures Classics3$1,410$470$3,180,826
Take ShelterSony Pictures Classics3$860$287$1,728,114
Fullmetal Alchemist:Sacred Star Of MilosEleven Arts1$266$266$177,802
Putin's KissKino Lorber1$150$150$2,944
Pruitt-Igoee MythFirst Run1$141$141$32,482
Eames: The Architect And The PainterFirst Run1$66$66$147,591

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