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| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | 16 | $443,003 | $27,688 | $443,003 |
| Anna Karenina | Focus Features | 16 | $320,690 | $20,043 | $320,690 |
| The Comedy | Tribeca Film | 1 | $13,200 | $13,200 | $21,200 |
| Chasing Ice | Independent | 10 | $80,649 | $8,065 | $106,048 |
| Generation P | Vitagraph | 2 | $6,548 | $3,274 | $6,548 |
| Masquerade | CJ Entertainment | 7 | $21,275 | $3,039 | $844,888 |
| Hitler's Children | Film Movement | 1 | $2,939 | $2,939 | $2,939 |
| Price Check | IFC Films | 1 | $2,783 | $2,783 | $2,783 |
| A Royal Affair | Magnolia Pictures | 32 | $78,284 | $2,446 | $138,125 |
| Somewhere Between | Independent | 4 | $9,388 | $2,347 | $142,628 |
| The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 1 | $2,288 | $2,288 | $147,152 |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Well Go USA, Inc. | 6 | $12,978 | $2,163 | $39,588 |
| Holy Motors | Indomina Media | 23 | $48,600 | $2,113 | $193,100 |
| Inch'Allah | Entertainment One Films | 1 | $2,006 | $2,006 | $438,290 |
| Brooklyn Castle | Producers Distribution Agency | 9 | $17,422 | $1,936 | $138,464 |
| The Other Son | Cohen Media Group | 48 | $91,888 | $1,914 | $677,353 |
| This Must Be The Place | The Weinstein Company | 15 | $27,570 | $1,838 | $87,224 |
| The Sessions | Fox Searchlight | 516 | $910,504 | $1,765 | $2,813,938 |
| In Another Country | Kino Lorber | 1 | $1,673 | $1,673 | $6,717 |
| A Late Quartet | Entertainment One Films | 100 | $158,226 | $1,582 | $530,818 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 15 | $20,959 | $1,397 | $859,780 |
| The Flat | IFC Films | 26 | $35,434 | $1,363 | $306,498 |
| Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | Zeitgeist | 3 | $3,837 | $1,279 | $19,841 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 54 | $68,832 | $1,275 | $2,683,663 |
| You've Been Trumped | International Film Circuit | 1 | $1,234 | $1,234 | $28,450 |
| The Big Picture | MPI Media | 5 | $5,833 | $1,167 | $125,400 |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Lionsgate | 511 | $585,179 | $1,145 | $15,572,283 |
| Starlet | Music Box Films | 9 | $9,986 | $1,110 | $33,640 |
| The Loneliest Planet | IFC Films | 7 | $7,387 | $1,055 | $93,984 |
| 28 Hotel Rooms | Oscilloscope Pictures | 3 | $3,080 | $1,027 | $5,471 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 31 | $31,110 | $1,004 | $2,456,567 |
| The Master | The Weinstein Company | 52 | $50,056 | $963 | $15,788,701 |
| Orchestra Of Exiles | First Run | 3 | $2,723 | $908 | $20,655 |
| Tai Chi Zero | Variance Films | 3 | $2,628 | $876 | $210,288 |
| The House I Live In | Abramorama Entertainment | 3 | $2,621 | $874 | $163,392 |
| North Sea Texas | Strand Releasing | 1 | $818 | $818 | $11,650 |
| Red Hook Summer | Variance Films | 2 | $1,390 | $695 | $338,803 |
| Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | 80 | $53,566 | $670 | $7,761,354 |
| Robot & Frank | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 6 | $3,920 | $653 | $3,294,830 |
| ParaNorman | Focus Features | 180 | $116,291 | $646 | $55,633,872 |
| Photographic Memory | First Run | 2 | $1,245 | $623 | $7,711 |
| The Queen of Versailles | Magnolia Pictures | 5 | $2,878 | $576 | $2,401,652 |
| The Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 24 | $13,267 | $553 | $13,003,613 |
| Smashed | Sony Pictures Classics | 50 | $25,256 | $505 | $296,342 |
| Wuthering Heights | Oscilloscope Pictures | 9 | $4,533 | $504 | $84,439 |
| Head Games | Variance Films | 1 | $469 | $469 | $14,056 |
| The Well-Digger's Daughter | Kino Lorber | 3 | $1,318 | $439 | $365,178 |
| Citadel | Cinedigm Entertainment | 4 | $1,738 | $435 | $8,336 |
| Simon and the Oaks | The Film Arcade | 5 | $2,146 | $429 | $150,109 |
| Liberal Arts | IFC Films | 10 | $3,802 | $380 | $317,190 |
| Atlas Shrugged Part 2 | Atlas Distribution Company | 15 | $4,101 | $324 | $3,326,619 |
| Nobody Walks | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $552 | $276 | $24,995 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 11 | $3,014 | $274 | $244,877 |
| All Together | Kino Lorber | 1 | $272 | $272 | $33,415 |
| Girl Model | First Run | 1 | $267 | $267 | $21,092 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 3 | $778 | $259 | $236,779 |
| Sleepwalk With Me | IFC Films | 11 | $2,778 | $253 | $2,263,436 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 3 | $727 | $242 | $3,093,093 |
| Bestiaire | Zeitgeist | 2 | $350 | $175 | $1,428 |
| Sushi: The Global Catch | Kino Lorber | 1 | $140 | $140 | $4,583 |
| Thieves, The | Well Go USA, Inc. | 21 | $1,765 | $84 | $662,544 |
| Breathing | Kino Lorber | 1 | $70 | $70 | $3,820 |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Monterey Media | 1 | $38 | $38 | $4,975 |
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