In an explosive weekend at the specialty box office, Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" broke the record for the best limited debut of all time (topping "Moonrise Kingdom"), while Nicholas Jarecki's "Arbitrage" managed some exc... More »
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Master | The Weinstein Company | 5 | $736,311 | $147,262 | $736,311 |
| Arbitrage | Roadside Attractions | 197 | $2,002,165 | $10,163 | $2,002,165 |
| Detropia | Independent | 5 | $42,054 | $8,411 | $68,179 |
| Barfi! | UTV Communications | 132 | $1,061,713 | $8,043 | $1,061,713 |
| 10 Years | Anchor Bay | 3 | $22,707 | $7,569 | $22,707 |
| Somewhere Between | Independent | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | $24,355 |
| Liberal Arts | IFC Films | 4 | $27,435 | $6,859 | $27,435 |
| Keep The Lights On | Music Box Films | 5 | $31,978 | $6,396 | $112,024 |
| Hello I Must Be Going | Oscilloscope Pictures | 2 | $8,570 | $4,285 | $40,109 |
| Samsara | Oscilloscope Pictures | 62 | $241,205 | $3,890 | $825,651 |
| Slaughter Creek | Nocturnal Features | 16 | $49,392 | $3,087 | $49,392 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 34 | $101,263 | $2,978 | $1,042,970 |
| Sleepwalk With Me | IFC Films | 118 | $345,713 | $2,930 | $1,265,056 |
| For A Good Time, Call... | Focus Features | 107 | $270,441 | $2,527 | $815,473 |
| Beloved | IFC Films | 6 | $13,348 | $2,225 | $119,608 |
| The Imposter | Indomina Media | 30 | $61,426 | $2,048 | $679,130 |
| Little Birds | Millennium Entertainment | 2 | $4,027 | $2,014 | $16,590 |
| Robot & Frank | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 208 | $378,101 | $1,818 | $2,573,006 |
| Bachelorette | Radius-TWC | 60 | $96,778 | $1,613 | $349,631 |
| Oslo, August 31st | Strand Releasing | 1 | $1,560 | $1,560 | $100,713 |
| Elena | Zeitgeist | 2 | $3,102 | $1,551 | $219,061 |
| Intouchables | The Weinstein Company | 180 | $254,347 | $1,413 | $11,940,922 |
| The Eye of the Storm | Sycamore Entertainment Group | 9 | $12,082 | $1,342 | $62,787 |
| The Queen of Versaille | Magnolia Pictures | 61 | $80,205 | $1,315 | $2,135,161 |
| Stolen | Millennium Entertainment | 141 | $183,125 | $1,299 | $183,125 |
| Chicken With Plums | Sony Pictures Classics | 17 | $21,855 | $1,286 | $141,826 |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | 157 | $189,986 | $1,210 | $44,931,569 |
| Compliance | Magnolia Pictures | 17 | $20,075 | $1,181 | $268,348 |
| Girl Model | First Run | 5 | $5,849 | $1,170 | $14,943 |
| 2 Days In New York | Magnolia Pictures | 23 | $26,886 | $1,169 | $559,529 |
| Beasts Of The Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | 212 | $243,551 | $1,149 | $10,660,984 |
| OC87 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | 1 | $1,144 | $1,144 | $43,108 |
| 360 | Magnolia Pictures | 3 | $3,392 | $1,131 | $97,779 |
| Mugamoodi | UTV Communications | 3 | $3,369 | $1,123 | $98,110 |
| Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | 10 | $11,175 | $1,118 | $9,203,191 |
| 2016 Obama's America | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 1876 | $1,988,294 | $1,060 | $30,037,361 |
| The Words | CBS Films | 2801 | $2,861,273 | $1,022 | $9,141,158 |
| Celeste And Jesse Forever | Sony Pictures Classics | 152 | $145,796 | $959 | $2,903,542 |
| Farewell, My Queen | Cohen Media Group | 28 | $26,822 | $958 | $1,267,800 |
| Toys In The Attic | Hannover House | 14 | $11,615 | $830 | $38,033 |
| To Rome With Love | Sony Pictures Classics | 85 | $69,634 | $819 | $16,430,989 |
| Unforgivable | Strand Releasing | 4 | $3,173 | $793 | $141,809 |
| Red Hook Summer | Variance Films | 13 | $9,953 | $766 | $318,173 |
| The Best Exotic Marigold Hote; | Fox Searchlight | 80 | $60,844 | $761 | $46,185,498 |
| Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | IFC Films | 16 | $11,751 | $734 | $461,841 |
| Cosmopolis | Entertainment One Films | 31 | $21,829 | $704 | $743,636 |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | FilmDistrict | 46 | $30,417 | $661 | $3,921,388 |
| Snowman's Land | Music Box Films | 1 | $656 | $656 | $656 |
| Take This Waltz | Magnolia Pictures | 12 | $7,780 | $648 | $1,228,361 |
| The Well-Digger's Daughter | Kino Lorber | 8 | $5,150 | $644 | $554,468 |
| 5 Broken Cameras | Kino Lorber | 2 | $1,280 | $640 | $68,332 |
| Hysteria | Sony Pictures Classics | 5 | $3,109 | $622 | $1,787,133 |
| Ruby Sparks | Fox Searchlight | 70 | $41,713 | $596 | $2,435,765 |
| Klown | Drafthouse Films | 1 | $545 | $545 | $68,559 |
| Kumare | Kino Lorber | 2 | $1,023 | $512 | $118,509 |
| Monsieur Lazhar | Music Box Films | 2 | $875 | $438 | $5,819,458 |
| Neil Young Journeys | Sony Pictures Classics | 11 | $4,669 | $424 | $199,712 |
| Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | Music Box Films | 3 | $1,250 | $417 | $83,765 |
| Ambassador | Drafthouse Films | 3 | $1,244 | $415 | $27,503 |
| China Heavyweight | Zeitgeist | 3 | $1,086 | $362 | $10,481 |
| Rec 3 | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $1,444 | $361 | $5,186 |
| Turn Me On, Dammit! | New Yorker | 2 | $698 | $349 | $124,443 |
| Branded | Barbossa/RA | 80 | $18,159 | $227 | $342,805 |
| You've Been Trumped | International Film Circuit | 2 | $385 | $193 | $16,342 |
| Invisible War, The | Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 | $190 | $190 | $59,392 |
| Joker | UTV Communications | 3 | $386 | $129 | $169,137 |
| Hermano | Music Box Films | 3 | $230 | $77 | $29,828 |
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