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box office: week of October 2

indiewire's weekly box office recap:

Title Distributor Locations Gross Per Location Overall Gross
Perks Of Being A WallflowerLionsgate102$1,103,946$10,823$1,428,785
Other Dream TeamThe Film Arcade2$19,821$9,911$19,821
My Uncle RafaelRocky Mountain Pictures5$45,038$9,008$182,083
Tales Of The nightGKIDS1$7,154$7,154$10,975
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To TravelIDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films14$90,699$6,479$193,544
Six Million And OneIndependent1$4,526$4,526$4,526
Radio UnnameableKino Lorber1$3,695$3,695$15,826
ArbitrageRoadside Attractions255$869,407$3,409$5,110,166
Master, TheThe Weinstein Company856$2,680,554$3,131$9,568,624
Searching For Sugar ManSony Pictures Classics37$95,345$2,577$1,318,745
SamsaraOscilloscope Pictures59$150,209$2,546$1,396,831
Barfi!UTV Communications127$321,034$2,528$2,462,008
DetropiaIndependent11$27,315$2,483$177,878
How To Survive A PlagueIFC Films7$16,145$2,306$57,125
Eye of the StormSycamore Entertainment Group2$4,160$2,080$83,253
DoctoredIndependent5$9,887$1,977$18,320
Somewhere BetweenIndependent3$5,831$1,944$50,113
BackwardsDada Films9$17,050$1,894$50,885
Occupy UnmaskedMagnolia Pictures4$7,521$1,880$51,787
Keep The Lights OnMusic Box Films5$9,354$1,871$172,037
Waiting RoomInternational Film Circuit4$7,086$1,772$15,598
UnforgivableStrand Releasing1$1,687$1,687$145,393
ElenaZeitgeist3$4,725$1,575$228,239
To Rome With LoveSony Pictures Classics23$35,620$1,549$16,592,138
Liberal ArtsIFC Films32$49,118$1,535$150,210
Death By ChinaArea23a2$2,887$1,444$25,731
Toys In The AtticHannover House6$7,870$1,312$59,777
Sleepwalk With MeIFC Films120$151,074$1,259$1,876,849
IntouchablesThe Weinstein Company121$136,300$1,126$12,471,353
InescapableAlliance Films6$6,622$1,104$34,271
Head GamesVariance Films3$3,270$1,090$4,854
Beasts Of The Southern WildFox Searchlight69$69,563$1,008$11,029,930
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the BestOscilloscope Pictures3$3,022$1,007$7,486
Bringing Up Bobby Monterey Media1$1,005$1,005$1,005
Queen Of VersaillesMagnolia Pictures38$37,526$988$2,284,886
Wild Horse Wild RideScreen Media Films8$7,648$956$94,621
UnconditionalIndependent231$212,881$922$741,381
Hellbound?Area23a5$4,322$864$11,912
Robot & FrankIDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films116$99,702$860$3,064,388
Chicken With PlumsSony Pictures Classics9$7,590$843$181,973
2 Days In New YorkMagnolia Pictures9$7,440$827$601,417
How To Grow A BandInternational Film Circuit2$1,623$812$19,237
Moonrise KingdomFocus Features82$65,845$803$45,294,888
Best Exotic Marigold HotelFox Searchlight32$25,661$802$46,313,976
Hello I Must Be GoingOscilloscope Pictures11$8,769$797$83,814
Well-Digger's DaughterKino Lorber9$7,128$792$579,460
HeroineUTV Communications97$75,725$781$560,285
2016 Obama's AmericaRocky Mountain Pictures575$411,929$716$32,946,365
17 Filles (17 Girls)Strand Releasing5$3,499$700$10,700
For A Good Time, Call...Focus Features84$53,459$636$1,205,045
Rec 3 Magnolia Pictures2$1,258$629$8,973
Red Hook SummerVariance Films6$3,592$599$329,495
Celeste And Jesse ForeverSony Pictures Classics34$18,826$554$3,053,996
Ruby SparksFox Searchlight17$9,363$551$2,498,098
Last Ounce of Courage, TheRocky Mountain Pictures297$158,494$534$3,203,395
The WordsCBS Films278$147,977$532$11,434,867
Farewell, My QueenCohen Media Group12$5,590$466$1,329,660
You've Been TrumpedInternational Film Circuit2$921$461$19,398
HeadshotKino Lorber1$456$456$456
ComplianceMagnolia Pictures15$6,146$410$302,416
Safety Not GuaranteedFilmDistrict34$12,675$373$3,980,770
5 Broken CamerasKino Lorber1$291$291$70,410
Neil Young JourneysSony Pictures Classics9$1,910$212$208,341
Snowman's LandMusic Box Films1$143$143$1,125
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    'Django Unchained' Will Show in China: Tarantino Agrees to SARFT Demand for More Cuts

    by Anne Thompson on April 26, 2013

    Hollywood sees dollar signs when they look at China. It's the land of new opportunity. But navigating with this burgeoning market has its hazards. The main issue is one that will never be resolved, not on the creative co-production side and not at the distribution end either. And that is SARFT, the ...

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    'Iron Man 3''s Big Overseas Opening Fans High Stateside Expectations; Why AMC and Regal Wrangled with Disney (VIDEO)

    by Tom Brueggemann on April 25, 2013

    Disney/Marvel's "Iron Man 3" opened in 11 territories Wednesday, with a reported $13.2 million gross. That's more than previous series entries and more than the first day for last year's Disney/Marvel smash "The Avengers" in France.

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    CinemaCon: Sony Relies on Low-Risk Sequels, Comedies, and Faithfuls Adam Sandler, Will Smith

    by Anne Thompson on April 23, 2013

    After seeing several CinemaCon studio presentations in a row, you start to see the retreads coming. The requisite rehash of 2012 hits, adding up to $4.1 billion worldwide, did not reveal that both "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "Men in Black 3" cost too much to return serious profits, or that the glob...

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    Arthouse Audit: 'Home Run,' 'Filly Brown' Show Surprise Indie Strength

    by Tom Brueggemann on April 21, 2013

    The top arthouse performers this week were unexpected outsiders that did not follow the usual release patterns for high-end critically-driven openings, which is increasingly the norm among independent and specialized releases. In fact "Home Run" from Samuel Goldwyn (distributed by partner IDP Films)...

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    Weekend Top Ten Box Office: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' Scores At Home After Foreign Success

    by Tom Brueggemann on April 21, 2013

    The spring box office is still treading water as the industry awaits the launch of the summer season in two weeks, when Disney's "Iron Man 3" is expected to surpass any opening this year so far. For now we have to settle for the better-than-expected opening of a glossy sci-fi thriller from veteran s...

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    Specialty Box Office: 'Filly Brown' and 'Home Run' Overperform With Strong Debut Weekends

    by Peter Knegt on April 21, 2013

    Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos' "Filly Brown" and David Boyd's "Home Run" each scored this weekend with semi-limited debuts. Both films ended up in the overall top 15 with screen counts under 500, grossing $1.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively."Brown" -- which Indomina bought back at the ...

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    'Oblivion' Hauls in Nearly Half of Friday's Top 10 Gross

    by Tom Brueggemann on April 20, 2013

    With much of the nation's eyes glued to coverage of the Watertown manhunt (which ended after 9 p.m. E.D.T.), Universal's Tom Cruise-starrer "Oblivion" still managed a solid $13 million opening day gross (which includes early shows late Thursday night). The total for the Top 10 films for the day over...

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    CinemaCon: Warner Bros. Reveals Slate Led by Nolan/Snyder 'Man of Steel,' 'Pacific Rim,' 'Gatsby'

    by Anne Thompson on April 19, 2013

    Warner Bros. believes in franchises, none more than Superman, which studio chief Jeff Robinov has been struggling to reboot for some time now--after audiences protested Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns." Thus "Man of Steel" was the high point of the 90-year-old studio's CinemaCon presentation this w...

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    Indie Box Office Preview: Will Rob Zombie Score With 'Lords of Salem'?

    by Peter Knegt on April 19, 2013

    Rob Zombie isn't usually typical "specialty market fare," with his last three features -- "The Devil's Rejects" and the two new "Halloween" films -- each getting initial wide releases that led to sizable opening weekend grosses (the "Halloween" films took in $26 million and $16 million, respectively...

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    Universal's Adam Fogelson Makes a Splash at CinemaCon

    by Anne Thompson on April 18, 2013

    Universal Pictures chairman Adam Fogelson has been playing nice with national exhibitors ever since he tried to make "Tower Heist" available on VOD three weeks after the theatrical opening back in 2011. The exhibitors pushed back, and Fogelson backed off--for the moment.

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    Quote of the Day from CinemaCon

    by Melissa Silverstein on April 17, 2013

    CinemaCon is underway in Las Vegas.  It is the annual event where the theatre owners are presented with the blockbusters that they will be showing in their theatres this summer.  

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    CinemaCon: Fithian Looks Back at 2012, Universal New Model Studio

    by Anne Thompson on April 17, 2013

    Every year CinemaCon rolls out the $100 Million Reel; it's a tradition to remind the exhibitors of the movies that scored in their theaters. "Something for everyone" is the theme that rang out Tuesday. The 2012 boom, said NATO chief John Fithian and others, was about delivering a diversity of high q...

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    Weekend Box Office: '42' Leads Weekend, Breaks Baseball Movie Records, 'Scary' Series Ends

    by Tom Brueggemann on April 14, 2013

    Old-fashioned period baseball biopic "42" opened surprisingly well and shows signs of long-term play. The Jackie Robinson film provides struggling Warner Bros. with a much-needed hit. But the weekend was modest overall, with a top ten grossing about $105 million, the same as last year, but down from...

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    Friday Box Office: '42' Bright Spot on Weak Weekend

    by Tom Brueggemann on April 13, 2013

    "42," which was not a guaranteed success as a sports movie with mixed reviews about an African-American hero played by an unknown. For the first time this year, a Warner Bros. release exceeded expectations by opening at over $9 million.

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    Indie Box Office Preview: How Will Malick's 'To The Wonder' Perform In Its Debut Frame?

    by Peter Knegt on April 12, 2013

    Terrence Malick isn't exactly known as known as a box office king, but his five previous films have managed some pretty impressive numbers considering that their content isn't exactly mainstream. Two years ago,  "The Tree of Life" opened to a massive $93,230 average from four theaters (and even...

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