| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detropia | Independent | 1 | $17,414 | $17,414 | $17,414 |
| Hello I Must Be Going | Oscilloscope Pictures | 2 | $23,904 | $11,952 | $23,904 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 5 | $55,574 | $11,115 | $55,574 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 25 | $194,862 | $7,794 | $452,518 |
| Girl Model | First Run | 1 | $6,864 | $6,864 | $6,864 |
| Bachelorette | Radius-TWC | 47 | $181,494 | $3,862 | $181,494 |
| For A Good Time, Call... | Focus Features | 56 | $215,985 | $3,857 | $450,004 |
| Sleepwalk With Me | IFC Films | 73 | $280,359 | $3,841 | $816,307 |
| The Eye of the Storm | Sycamore Entertainment Group | 7 | $25,785 | $3,684 | $38,915 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 33 | $114,455 | $3,468 | $892,597 |
| Robot & Frank | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 202 | $505,598 | $2,503 | $2,014,018 |
| Beloved | IFC Films | 6 | $14,229 | $2,372 | $100,420 |
| Little White Lies | MPI Media | 14 | $33,106 | $2,365 | $137,750 |
| Wild Horse Wild Ride | Screen Media Films | 5 | $11,376 | $2,275 | $16,256 |
| Unforgivable | Strand Releasing | 6 | $12,997 | $2,166 | $135,947 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 5 | $9,611 | $1,922 | $115,692 |
| Bullet Vanishes | China Lion Entertainment | 13 | $22,461 | $1,728 | $91,197 |
| 2016 Obama's America | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 2017 | $3,309,395 | $1,641 | $26,115,690 |
| Compliance | Magnolia Pictures | 21 | $34,300 | $1,633 | $231,363 |
| Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 194 | $302,504 | $1,559 | $11,555,464 |
| 2 Days In New York | Magnolia Pictures | 34 | $50,558 | $1,487 | $519,657 |
| The Queen of Versaille | Magnolia Pictures | 73 | $104,761 | $1,435 | $2,011,366 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 269 | $358,952 | $1,334 | $10,272,091 |
| The Well-Digger's Daughter | Kino Lorber | 13 | $16,579 | $1,275 | $548,204 |
| Little Birds | Millennium Entertainment | 1 | $1,222 | $1,222 | $11,501 |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | 200 | $229,830 | $1,149 | $44,640,048 |
| Oslo, August 31st | Strand Releasing | 2 | $2,215 | $1,108 | $97,811 |
| To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | 97 | $107,252 | $1,106 | $16,316,776 |
| How To Grow A Band | International Film Circuit | 1 | $1,056 | $1,056 | $16,374 |
| Farewell, My Queen | Cohen Media Group | 36 | $37,456 | $1,040 | $1,240,978 |
| Kumare | Kino Lorber | 5 | $5,139 | $1,028 | $111,015 |
| Elena | Zeitgeist | 1 | $1,017 | $1,017 | $215,507 |
| Iron Sky | Entertainment One Films | 8 | $7,885 | $986 | $85,106 |
| Cosmopolis | Entertainment One Films | 45 | $43,537 | $967 | $693,922 |
| Red Hook Summer | Variance Films | 29 | $27,837 | $960 | $300,458 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 441 | $352,037 | $798 | $2,610,512 |
| Branded | Barbossa/RA | 307 | $240,565 | $784 | $240,565 |
| Toys In The Attic | Hannover House | 27 | $19,913 | $738 | $19,913 |
| Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | 18 | $13,130 | $729 | $9,185,907 |
| Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Fox Searchlight | 114 | $82,338 | $722 | $46,083,019 |
| Ruby Sparks | Fox Searchlight | 76 | $54,889 | $722 | $2,373,073 |
| Hysteria | Sony Pictures Classics | 7 | $5,055 | $722 | $1,780,166 |
| Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | IFC Films | 24 | $15,562 | $648 | $450,090 |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | FilmDistrict | 54 | $35,010 | $648 | $3,876,519 |
| Day, The | Anchor Bay | 2 | $1,281 | $641 | $20,503 |
| Last Ride | Music Box Films | 2 | $1,245 | $623 | $5,480 |
| Klown | Drafthouse Films | 1 | $571 | $571 | $67,587 |
| Take This Waltz | Magnolia Pictures | 13 | $7,407 | $570 | $1,216,734 |
| Alps (Alpeis) | Kino Lorber | 1 | $561 | $561 | $8,593 |
| The Awakening | Cohen Media Group | 4 | $2,072 | $518 | $174,210 |
| Ambassador | Drafthouse Films | 8 | $3,773 | $472 | $24,295 |
| Neil Young Journeys | Sony Pictures Classics | 10 | $4,188 | $419 | $193,643 |
| 360 | Magnolia Pictures | 5 | $2,008 | $402 | $92,737 |
| Rec 3 | Magnolia Pictures | 8 | $3,001 | $375 | $3,001 |
| The Invisible War | Cinedigm Entertainment | 2 | $696 | $348 | $58,492 |
| OC87 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | 2 | $634 | $317 | $41,587 |
| Easy Money | The Weinstein Company | 2 | $603 | $302 | $188,870 |
| Ballplayer: Pelotero | Strand Releasing | 2 | $459 | $230 | $44,689 |
| Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | Music Box Films | 2 | $444 | $222 | $79,814 |
| Where Do We Go Now? | Sony Pictures Classics | 3 | $656 | $219 | $531,813 |
| Elles | Kino Lorber | 1 | $206 | $206 | $157,427 |
| Hermano | Music Box Films | 4 | $403 | $101 | $29,379 |
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