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| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chasing Ice | Submarine Deluxe | 1 | $21,000 | $21,000 | $21,000 |
| The Comedy | Tribeca Film | 1 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 |
| Citadel | Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 | $5,715 | $5,715 | $5,715 |
| A Royal Affair | Magnolia Pictures | 7 | $38,212 | $5,459 | $38,212 |
| Masquerade | CJ Entertainment | 7 | $31,237 | $4,462 | $807,470 |
| The Sessions | Fox Searchlight | 128 | $545,550 | $4,262 | $1,655,222 |
| In Another Country | Kino Lorber | 1 | $3,207 | $3,207 | $3,207 |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Well Go USA, Inc. | 6 | $18,027 | $3,005 | $18,027 |
| A Late Quartet | Entertainment One Films | 62 | $178,594 | $2,881 | $288,916 |
| This Must Be The Place | The Weinstein Company | 11 | $31,258 | $2,842 | $44,615 |
| Starlet | Music Box Films | 6 | $15,662 | $2,610 | $15,662 |
| The Other Son | Cohen Media Group | 53 | $135,885 | $2,564 | $521,987 |
| The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 4 | $10,089 | $2,522 | $140,098 |
| The Flat | IFC Films | 25 | $56,494 | $2,260 | $245,383 |
| BURN: One Year On The Frontlines | Area23a | 1 | $1,970 | $1,970 | $1,970 |
| 28 Hotel Rooms | Oscilloscope Pictures | 1 | $1,869 | $1,869 | $1,869 |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Lionsgate | 607 | $1,132,924 | $1,866 | $14,614,770 |
| Wuthering Heights | Oscilloscope Pictures | 3 | $5,584 | $1,861 | $79,430 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 24 | $42,063 | $1,753 | $811,450 |
| Brooklyn Castle | Producers Distribution Agency | 11 | $17,445 | $1,586 | $114,808 |
| The Loneliest Planet | IFC Films | 13 | $20,495 | $1,577 | $76,890 |
| The Master | The Weinstein Company | 88 | $103,425 | $1,175 | $15,688,483 |
| The Bay | Roadside Attractions | 1 | $1,103 | $1,103 | $30,474 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 94 | $103,223 | $1,098 | $2,560,198 |
| North Sea Texas | Strand Releasing | 2 | $2,172 | $1,086 | $9,802 |
| Tai Chi Zero | Variance Films | 7 | $7,454 | $1,065 | $203,634 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 48 | $48,667 | $1,014 | $2,392,827 |
| Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | 87 | $83,637 | $961 | $7,668,532 |
| Smashed | Sony Pictures Classics | 42 | $38,944 | $927 | $247,874 |
| Somewhere Between | Independent | 2 | $1,844 | $922 | $128,487 |
| Death By China | Area23a | 1 | $874 | $874 | $37,412 |
| The Thieves | Well Go USA, Inc. | 11 | $9,283 | $844 | $656,067 |
| Simon and the Oaks | The Film Arcade | 17 | $13,468 | $792 | $141,453 |
| Killer Joe | LD Entertainment | 7 | $5,283 | $755 | $2,008,734 |
| Well-Digger's Daughter | Kino Lorber | 5 | $3,773 | $755 | $357,308 |
| The Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 34 | $25,002 | $735 | $12,975,247 |
| The Paperboy | Millennium Entertainment | 34 | $23,610 | $694 | $675,813 |
| The Queen of Versailles | Magnolia Pictures | 8 | $5,535 | $692 | $2,397,300 |
| Robot & Frank | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 12 | $8,206 | $684 | $3,286,052 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 15 | $10,205 | $680 | $11,240,985 |
| Escape Fire | Roadside Attractions | 2 | $1,319 | $660 | $72,792 |
| V/H/S (VHS) | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $1,313 | $657 | $99,770 |
| Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | UTV Communications | 38 | $24,794 | $652 | $140,034 |
| Liberal Arts | IFC Films | 11 | $7,165 | $651 | $309,467 |
| Other Dream Team | The Film Arcade | 5 | $3,241 | $648 | $133,777 |
| Nobody Walks | Magnolia Pictures | 5 | $2,946 | $589 | $23,773 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 7 | $4,075 | $582 | $232,803 |
| All Together | Kino Lorber | 2 | $1,146 | $573 | $33,224 |
| Sleepwalk With Me | IFC Films | 13 | $7,353 | $566 | $2,257,411 |
| Orchestra Of Exiles | First Run | 2 | $1,098 | $549 | $17,521 |
| Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | Zeitgeist | 11 | $6,028 | $548 | $11,907 |
| The Details | Radius-TWC | 73 | $37,062 | $508 | $63,595 |
| 2 Days In New York | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $1,505 | $376 | $632,824 |
| You've Been Trumped | International Film Circuit | 2 | $729 | $365 | $27,120 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 14 | $3,972 | $284 | $239,992 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 5 | $1,236 | $247 | $3,091,724 |
| Whores' Glory | Kino Lorber | 1 | $240 | $240 | $31,313 |
| Student Of The Year | Eros Entertainment | 106 | $20,988 | $198 | $670,086 |
| Nature Calls | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $382 | $191 | $382 |
| English Vinglish | Eros Entertainment | 88 | $16,414 | $187 | $1,853,048 |
| How To Survive A Plague | IFC Films | 4 | $741 | $185 | $122,665 |
| Revisionaries, The | Kino Lorber | 1 | $182 | $182 | $17,649 |
| To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | 6 | $1,058 | $176 | $16,684,352 |
| 17 Girls | Strand Releasing | 1 | $168 | $168 | $15,002 |
| 5 Broken Cameras | Kino Lorber | 1 | $141 | $141 | $74,102 |
| Jack And Diane | Magnolia Pictures | 1 | $113 | $113 | $1,041 |
| Chakravyuh | Eros Entertainment | 79 | $3,104 | $39 | $151,778 |
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