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In the movie world, the "holiday season" begins in November, when Hollywood tentpoles hoping to cash in on Thanksgiving-related trips to the movies start popping up. So it seems a good time to take a quick look back at the hits and misses of Indiewood's fall before ... More »
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story | Dutchmen Films | 1 | $16,501 | $16,501 | $16,501 |
| The Sessions | Fox Searchlight | 20 | $217,353 | $10,868 | $376,996 |
| District Of Corruption | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 3 | $25,086 | $8,362 | $25,086 |
| The Loneliest Planet | IFC Films | 2 | $15,689 | $7,845 | $15,689 |
| Orchestra Of Exiles | First Run | 1 | $6,719 | $6,719 | $6,719 |
| The Thieves | Well Go USA, Inc. | 22 | $105,652 | $4,802 | $532,699 |
| The Flat | IFC Films | 9 | $36,822 | $4,091 | $70,968 |
| The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 4 | $13,537 | $3,384 | $102,860 |
| Brooklyn Castle | Producers Distribution Agency | 8 | $26,628 | $3,329 | $50,500 |
| The Other Son | Cohen Media Group | 41 | $125,691 | $3,066 | $125,691 |
| The Big Picture | MPI Media | 6 | $17,819 | $2,970 | $40,330 |
| Hating Breitbart | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 4 | $10,994 | $2,749 | $54,066 |
| Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 26 | $57,232 | $2,201 | $653,710 |
| Simon and the Oaks | The Film Arcade | 14 | $29,225 | $2,088 | $75,318 |
| Perks Of Being A Wallflower | Lionsgate | 736 | $1,449,493 | $1,969 | $11,257,172 |
| Smashed | Sony Pictures Classics | 21 | $39,592 | $1,885 | $145,105 |
| The House I Live In | Abramorama Entertainment | 12 | $22,314 | $1,860 | $107,922 |
| Tai Chi Zero | Variance Films | 23 | $41,410 | $1,800 | $158,999 |
| You've Been Trumped | International Film Circuit | 2 | $3,188 | $1,594 | $23,592 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 5 | $7,516 | $1,503 | $218,083 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 67 | $95,202 | $1,421 | $2,179,675 |
| Somewhere Between | Independent | 6 | $8,420 | $1,403 | $107,846 |
| Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | 125 | $165,389 | $1,323 | $7,338,652 |
| The Master | The Weinstein Company | 201 | $258,270 | $1,285 | $15,208,652 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 114 | $137,728 | $1,208 | $2,192,640 |
| The Paperboy | Millennium Entertainment | 76 | $89,327 | $1,175 | $538,352 |
| Middle Of Nowhere | AFFRM | 25 | $26,360 | $1,054 | $163,042 |
| Escape Fire | Roadside Attractions | 4 | $4,056 | $1,014 | $56,084 |
| Wuthering Heights | Oscilloscope Pictures | 12 | $10,012 | $834 | $62,129 |
| The Other Dream Team | The Film Arcade | 14 | $11,641 | $832 | $119,653 |
| Sleepwalk With Me | IFC Films | 32 | $25,945 | $811 | $2,218,647 |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Monterey Media | 2 | $1,600 | $800 | $4,678 |
| Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 48 | $36,992 | $771 | $12,885,031 |
| Nobody Walks | Magnolia Pictures | 7 | $5,372 | $767 | $15,532 |
| Liberal Arts | IFC Films | 20 | $14,443 | $722 | $280,670 |
| War of the Buttons | The Weinstein Company | 8 | $5,399 | $675 | $38,661 |
| The Queen of Versailles | Magnolia Pictures | 8 | $5,035 | $629 | $2,380,933 |
| Atlas Shrugged Part 2 | Atlas Distribution Company | 147 | $91,419 | $622 | $3,205,472 |
| Husbands In Goa | UTV Communications | 1 | $600 | $600 | $10,135 |
| The Oranges | IDP/ATO | 5 | $2,892 | $578 | $364,875 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 11 | $6,080 | $553 | $226,770 |
| Unforgivable | Strand Releasing | 2 | $1,052 | $526 | $153,785 |
| V/H/S | Magnolia Pictures | 19 | $9,231 | $486 | $87,628 |
| Trade Of Innocents | Monterey Media | 3 | $1,295 | $432 | $13,649 |
| Wake In Fright | Drafthouse Films | 10 | $4,201 | $420 | $31,956 |
| 2 Days In New York | Magnolia Pictures | 7 | $2,916 | $417 | $626,231 |
| Deep Dark Canyon | Independent | 1 | $396 | $396 | $4,401 |
| The Eye of the Storm | Sycamore Entertainment Group | 1 | $368 | $368 | $81,461 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 11 | $3,886 | $353 | $3,087,503 |
| How To Survive A Plague | IFC Films | 9 | $2,979 | $331 | $118,490 |
| Robot & Frank | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 24 | $7,845 | $327 | $3,255,610 |
| To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | 19 | $5,313 | $280 | $16,677,746 |
| Compliance | Magnolia Pictures | 8 | $1,922 | $240 | $318,622 |
| Barfi! | UTV Communications | 1 | $228 | $228 | $2,804,874 |
| Bad Blood... The Hunger | Independent | 10 | $1,872 | $187 | $1,872 |
| Ghastly Love of Johnny X | Strand Releasing | 1 | $86 | $86 | $86 |
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