box office: week of November 6
indiewire's weekly box office recap:
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Late Quartet | Entertainment One Films | 9 | $75,279 | $8,364 | $75,279 |
| The Sessions | Fox Searchlight | 69 | $468,312 | $6,787 | $943,230 |
| This Must Be The Place | The Weinstein Company | 2 | $7,754 | $3,877 | $7,754 |
| Hating Breitbart | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 8 | $25,826 | $3,228 | $81,432 |
| The Other Son | Cohen Media Group | 50 | $153,309 | $3,066 | $330,423 |
| Holy Motors | Indomina Media | 5 | $15,234 | $3,047 | $83,665 |
| The Flat | IFC Films | 24 | $72,224 | $3,009 | $143,192 |
| The Big Picture | MPI Media | 7 | $20,687 | $2,955 | $96,783 |
| The Thieves | Well Go USA, Inc. | 18 | $43,968 | $2,443 | $628,261 |
| Escape Fire | Roadside Attractions | 4 | $9,688 | $2,422 | $67,717 |
| The Loneliest Planet | IFC Films | 11 | $25,964 | $2,360 | $44,392 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 24 | $54,523 | $2,272 | $744,522 |
| Simon and the Oaks | The Film Arcade | 13 | $28,867 | $2,221 | $119,097 |
| Brooklyn Castle | Producers Distribution Agency | 13 | $27,068 | $2,082 | $87,199 |
| District Of Corruption | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 3 | $6,220 | $2,073 | $31,954 |
| The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Lionsgate | 622 | $1,241,870 | $1,997 | $13,059,220 |
| Smashed | Sony Pictures Classics | 21 | $34,097 | $1,624 | $198,690 |
| 17 Girls | Strand Releasing | 1 | $1,510 | $1,510 | $14,080 |
| North Sea Texas | Strand Releasing | 3 | $4,487 | $1,496 | $4,487 |
| Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | Zeitgeist | 1 | $1,492 | $1,492 | $1,492 |
| The Imposter | Indomina Media | 10 | $14,584 | $1,458 | $857,661 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 105 | $149,114 | $1,420 | $2,410,566 |
| Orchestra Of Exiles | First Run | 5 | $6,985 | $1,397 | $13,704 |
| Somewhere Between | Independent | 6 | $8,379 | $1,397 | $120,078 |
| The Details | Radius-TWC | 14 | $18,528 | $1,323 | $18,528 |
| The Master | The Weinstein Company | 138 | $180,599 | $1,309 | $15,511,394 |
| My Worst Nightmare | Strand Releasing | 3 | $3,695 | $1,232 | $5,478 |
| The House I Live In | Abramorama Entertainment | 11 | $13,546 | $1,231 | $132,348 |
| Paperboy, The | Millennium Entertainment | 42 | $48,416 | $1,153 | $628,198 |
| Inch'Allah | Entertainment One Films | 16 | $18,050 | $1,128 | $416,009 |
| The Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 28 | $31,273 | $1,117 | $12,937,504 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 62 | $68,267 | $1,101 | $2,303,520 |
| Tai Chi Zero | Variance Films | 13 | $13,881 | $1,068 | $190,407 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 5 | $5,236 | $1,047 | $226,935 |
| Well-Digger's Daughter | Kino Lorber | 5 | $5,205 | $1,041 | $351,923 |
| Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | 116 | $119,225 | $1,028 | $7,533,493 |
| The Other Dream Team | The Film Arcade | 5 | $4,781 | $956 | $128,977 |
| The Queen of Versailles | Magnolia Pictures | 6 | $5,252 | $875 | $2,390,059 |
| The Bay | Roadside Attractions | 23 | $19,926 | $866 | $19,926 |
| Sleepwalk With Me | IFC Films | 18 | $14,297 | $794 | $2,244,439 |
| The Eye of the Storm | Sycamore Entertainment Group | 1 | $664 | $664 | $83,297 |
| Robot & Frank | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 14 | $9,066 | $648 | $3,269,939 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 15 | $9,510 | $634 | $11,225,465 |
| War of the Buttons | The Weinstein Company | 6 | $3,736 | $623 | $45,602 |
| Liberal Arts | IFC Films | 17 | $9,256 | $544 | $298,701 |
| All Together | Kino Lorber | 3 | $1,478 | $493 | $30,626 |
| Wuthering Heights | Oscilloscope Pictures | 11 | $5,111 | $465 | $70,435 |
| V/H/S (VHS) | Magnolia Pictures | 8 | $3,699 | $462 | $97,348 |
| Killer Joe | LD Entertainment | 7 | $3,179 | $454 | $2,000,727 |
| Photographic Memory | First Run | 1 | $412 | $412 | $6,301 |
| Deep Dark Canyon | Independent | 1 | $396 | $396 | $4,797 |
| Revisionaries | Kino Lorber | 3 | $1,139 | $380 | $16,536 |
| Nobody Walks | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $1,510 | $378 | $20,067 |
| This Is Not A Film | Independent | 1 | $357 | $357 | $74,850 |
| Meet The Fokkens | Kino Lorber | 1 | $349 | $349 | $28,632 |
| Trade Of Innocents | Monterey Media | 3 | $1,039 | $346 | $15,059 |
| 2 Days In New York | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $1,361 | $340 | $629,359 |
| How To Survive A Plague | IFC Films | 2 | $677 | $339 | $121,201 |
| To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | 5 | $1,688 | $338 | $16,682,329 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 18 | $4,032 | $224 | $233,225 |
| Chakravyuh | Eros Entertainment | 79 | $14,783 | $187 | $145,499 |
| Jack And Diane | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $294 | $147 | $294 |
| Alps | Kino Lorber | 3 | $314 | $105 | $13,841 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 14 | $1,157 | $83 | $3,089,507 |
| Headshot | Kino Lorber | 1 | $28 | $28 | $1,166 |
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