box office: week of October 2
indiewire's weekly box office recap:
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perks Of Being A Wallflower | Lionsgate | 102 | $1,103,946 | $10,823 | $1,428,785 |
| Other Dream Team | The Film Arcade | 2 | $19,821 | $9,911 | $19,821 |
| My Uncle Rafael | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 5 | $45,038 | $9,008 | $182,083 |
| Tales Of The night | GKIDS | 1 | $7,154 | $7,154 | $10,975 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 14 | $90,699 | $6,479 | $193,544 |
| Six Million And One | Independent | 1 | $4,526 | $4,526 | $4,526 |
| Radio Unnameable | Kino Lorber | 1 | $3,695 | $3,695 | $15,826 |
| Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | 255 | $869,407 | $3,409 | $5,110,166 |
| Master, The | The Weinstein Company | 856 | $2,680,554 | $3,131 | $9,568,624 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 37 | $95,345 | $2,577 | $1,318,745 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 59 | $150,209 | $2,546 | $1,396,831 |
| Barfi! | UTV Communications | 127 | $321,034 | $2,528 | $2,462,008 |
| Detropia | Independent | 11 | $27,315 | $2,483 | $177,878 |
| How To Survive A Plague | IFC Films | 7 | $16,145 | $2,306 | $57,125 |
| Eye of the Storm | Sycamore Entertainment Group | 2 | $4,160 | $2,080 | $83,253 |
| Doctored | Independent | 5 | $9,887 | $1,977 | $18,320 |
| Somewhere Between | Independent | 3 | $5,831 | $1,944 | $50,113 |
| Backwards | Dada Films | 9 | $17,050 | $1,894 | $50,885 |
| Occupy Unmasked | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $7,521 | $1,880 | $51,787 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 5 | $9,354 | $1,871 | $172,037 |
| Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 4 | $7,086 | $1,772 | $15,598 |
| Unforgivable | Strand Releasing | 1 | $1,687 | $1,687 | $145,393 |
| Elena | Zeitgeist | 3 | $4,725 | $1,575 | $228,239 |
| To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | 23 | $35,620 | $1,549 | $16,592,138 |
| Liberal Arts | IFC Films | 32 | $49,118 | $1,535 | $150,210 |
| Death By China | Area23a | 2 | $2,887 | $1,444 | $25,731 |
| Toys In The Attic | Hannover House | 6 | $7,870 | $1,312 | $59,777 |
| Sleepwalk With Me | IFC Films | 120 | $151,074 | $1,259 | $1,876,849 |
| Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 121 | $136,300 | $1,126 | $12,471,353 |
| Inescapable | Alliance Films | 6 | $6,622 | $1,104 | $34,271 |
| Head Games | Variance Films | 3 | $3,270 | $1,090 | $4,854 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 69 | $69,563 | $1,008 | $11,029,930 |
| Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best | Oscilloscope Pictures | 3 | $3,022 | $1,007 | $7,486 |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Monterey Media | 1 | $1,005 | $1,005 | $1,005 |
| Queen Of Versailles | Magnolia Pictures | 38 | $37,526 | $988 | $2,284,886 |
| Wild Horse Wild Ride | Screen Media Films | 8 | $7,648 | $956 | $94,621 |
| Unconditional | Independent | 231 | $212,881 | $922 | $741,381 |
| Hellbound? | Area23a | 5 | $4,322 | $864 | $11,912 |
| Robot & Frank | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 116 | $99,702 | $860 | $3,064,388 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 9 | $7,590 | $843 | $181,973 |
| 2 Days In New York | Magnolia Pictures | 9 | $7,440 | $827 | $601,417 |
| How To Grow A Band | International Film Circuit | 2 | $1,623 | $812 | $19,237 |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | 82 | $65,845 | $803 | $45,294,888 |
| Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Fox Searchlight | 32 | $25,661 | $802 | $46,313,976 |
| Hello I Must Be Going | Oscilloscope Pictures | 11 | $8,769 | $797 | $83,814 |
| Well-Digger's Daughter | Kino Lorber | 9 | $7,128 | $792 | $579,460 |
| Heroine | UTV Communications | 97 | $75,725 | $781 | $560,285 |
| 2016 Obama's America | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 575 | $411,929 | $716 | $32,946,365 |
| 17 Filles (17 Girls) | Strand Releasing | 5 | $3,499 | $700 | $10,700 |
| For A Good Time, Call... | Focus Features | 84 | $53,459 | $636 | $1,205,045 |
| Rec 3 | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $1,258 | $629 | $8,973 |
| Red Hook Summer | Variance Films | 6 | $3,592 | $599 | $329,495 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 34 | $18,826 | $554 | $3,053,996 |
| Ruby Sparks | Fox Searchlight | 17 | $9,363 | $551 | $2,498,098 |
| Last Ounce of Courage, The | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 297 | $158,494 | $534 | $3,203,395 |
| The Words | CBS Films | 278 | $147,977 | $532 | $11,434,867 |
| Farewell, My Queen | Cohen Media Group | 12 | $5,590 | $466 | $1,329,660 |
| You've Been Trumped | International Film Circuit | 2 | $921 | $461 | $19,398 |
| Headshot | Kino Lorber | 1 | $456 | $456 | $456 |
| Compliance | Magnolia Pictures | 15 | $6,146 | $410 | $302,416 |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | FilmDistrict | 34 | $12,675 | $373 | $3,980,770 |
| 5 Broken Cameras | Kino Lorber | 1 | $291 | $291 | $70,410 |
| Neil Young Journeys | Sony Pictures Classics | 9 | $1,910 | $212 | $208,341 |
| Snowman's Land | Music Box Films | 1 | $143 | $143 | $1,125 |
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