box office: week of January 31
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Box Office: 'Albert Nobbs' is the Top Debut On Oscar-Fueled Weekend
January 29, 2012Roadside Attractions released its thrice-Oscar nominated "Albert Nobbs" on an ambitious 245 screens this weekend. Starring Glenn Close in an Oscar-nominated performance, "Nobbs" took in $772,730, averaging $3,154 and taking its cume to $822,981, ... More »
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Weekend Box Office: 'The Grey' Sees Green, While Audiences Stay Away From The 'Ledge'
January 29, 2012Good ole’ dependable Liam Neeson. This is the third straight early-year period where the character actor turned badass leading man has scored a number one hit. While “The Grey” couldn’t pull in the same numbers as “Taken” or &ldqu... More »
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
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| An Inconsistent Truth | Rocky Mountain Pictures | 1 | $20,733 | $20,733 | $20,733 |
| A Separation | Sony Pictures Classics | 31 | $266,625 | $8,601 | $878,577 |
| The Pruitt-Igoee Myth | First Run | 1 | $7,153 | $7,153 | $17,567 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Oscilloscope Pictures | 10 | $70,250 | $7,025 | $287,173 |
| Pina | IFC Films | 35 | $193,425 | $5,526 | $1,056,708 |
| Crazy Horse | Zipporah | 2 | $9,911 | $4,956 | $26,924 |
| Coriolanus | The Weinstein Company | 12 | $50,636 | $4,220 | $142,887 |
| The Artist | The Weinstein Company | 897 | $3,315,089 | $3,696 | $16,744,187 |
| The Descendants | Fox Searchlight | 2001 | $6,405,285 | $3,201 | $58,703,299 |
| Pariah | Focus Features | 14 | $44,411 | $3,172 | $570,420 |
| Albert Nobbs | Roadside Attractions | 245 | $696,166 | $2,841 | $746,417 |
| How Much Does Your Building Weigh | First Run | 1 | $2,759 | $2,759 | $7,058 |
| Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | Focus Features | 410 | $1,099,927 | $2,683 | $20,165,068 |
| The Iron Lady | The Weinstein Company | 1244 | $3,204,641 | $2,576 | $17,519,123 |
| Vettai | UTV Communications | 7 | $15,830 | $2,261 | $175,059 |
| Declaration Of War | IFC Films | 6 | $12,791 | $2,132 | $52,138 |
| Shame | Fox Searchlight | 80 | $168,488 | $2,106 | $3,281,713 |
| My Week With Marilyn | The Weinstein Company | 186 | $338,553 | $1,820 | $12,595,905 |
| Carnage | Sony Pictures Classics | 70 | $122,582 | $1,751 | $2,187,121 |
| The Women on the 6th Floor | Strand Releasing | 5 | $7,613 | $1,523 | $1,115,201 |
| A Dangerous Method | Sony Pictures Classics | 365 | $549,022 | $1,504 | $4,067,204 |
| The Flowers of War | Wrekin Hill | 13 | $19,423 | $1,494 | $191,603 |
| Outrage (Autoreiji) | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $2,892 | $1,446 | $44,416 |
| Melancholia | Magnolia Pictures | 23 | $29,875 | $1,299 | $2,963,241 |
| Amigo | Variance Films | 1 | $1,267 | $1,267 | $182,623 |
| Addiction Incorporated | Variance Films | 2 | $2,482 | $1,241 | $16,992 |
| Once Upon A Time In Anatolia | Cinema Guild | 3 | $3,722 | $1,241 | $46,976 |
| In The Land Of Blood And Honey | FilmDistrict | 11 | $12,449 | $1,132 | $226,044 |
| Le Havre | Janus Films | 11 | $12,199 | $1,109 | $514,144 |
| Midnight in Paris | Sony Pictures Classics | 20 | $19,165 | $958 | $56,473,065 |
| Sing Your Song | Independent | 4 | $3,822 | $956 | $25,350 |
| Conquest, The | Music Box Films | 3 | $2,473 | $824 | $177,507 |
| Cornerstore | Independent | 2 | $1,645 | $823 | $45,177 |
| Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darknes | International Film Circuit | 1 | $812 | $812 | $852,667 |
| Young Goethe In Love | Music Box Films | 9 | $6,736 | $748 | $132,090 |
| Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | Variance Films | 2 | $1,248 | $624 | $93,377 |
| Paul Goodman Changed My Life | Zeitgeist | 2 | $1,207 | $604 | $31,510 |
| The Whale | Paladin | 1 | $553 | $553 | $68,086 |
| Margin Call | Roadside Attractions | 2 | $1,042 | $521 | $5,351,942 |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene | Fox Searchlight | 10 | $5,194 | $519 | $2,975,904 |
| Blackthorn | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $2,002 | $501 | $199,652 |
| The Guard | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $1,680 | $420 | $5,358,148 |
| The Skin I Live In | Sony Pictures Classics | 12 | $4,710 | $393 | $3,156,334 |
| Take Shelter | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $1,361 | $340 | $1,720,442 |
| Garbo: The Spy | First Run | 2 | $592 | $296 | $28,195 |
| Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Independent | 2 | $437 | $219 | $272,496 |
| Granito: How To Nail A Dictator | International Film Circuit | 1 | $134 | $134 | $39,658 |
| The Interrupters | Cinema Guild | 1 | $98 | $98 | $275,487 |
| Man On A Mission | First Run | 1 | $30 | $30 | $8,090 |
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Watch: New Trailer for 'The Hunger Games' with Jennifer Lawrence
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Weekend Preview: Horror Rules the Weekend with 'Woman in Black,' 'Kill List' and 'Innkeepers'; Madonna's 'W.E' Lands
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Weekend Box Office: Oscar Contenders Update
The weekend after the nominations resulted in the leading contenders grossing around $30 million total, on par with recent years despite there not being one single film that boosted the total. Rather, the wealth, in varying degrees, was spread around a number of films, with “The Descendants” gaining...
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Box Office: 'Albert Nobbs' is the Top Debut On Oscar-Fueled Weekend
Roadside Attractions released its thrice-Oscar nominated "Albert Nobbs" on an ambitious 245 screens this weekend. Starring Glenn Close in an Oscar-nominated performance, "Nobbs" took in $772,730, averaging $3,154 and taking its cume to $822,981, when one includes Oscar qualifying...
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Weekend Box Office: Liam Neeson Indie 'The Grey' Freezes Out Three Wide Openers
With three new wide releases hitting the marketplace this weekend, along with a bevy of expanded Oscar runs, Open Road’s “The Grey” froze out the competition as it took the top spot with an estimated $20 million. The health of the marketplace overall remained robust as the total fo...
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Weekend B.O. Jan. 27-29 (Black Cinema Hangs On!)
Though it dropped 44% from last weekend, black cinema's Lord and Savior George Lucas' film Red Tails held on to the 4th place slot, beating Man on a Ledge; though it couldn't beat off Underworld Awakening, The Grey and One for the Money. And even that film stars the one person that EVERY...
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Box Office: Oscar Contenders Capitalize on Globe Wins; 'The Artist' Stumbles Pre-Nominations
Four openings or wide releases positioned for unlikely Oscar nominations combine with some post-Golden Globe expansions to lead this week’s report.
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Weekend Box Office: 'Underworld: Awakening' Sizzles with Beckinsale, 'Haywire" Fizzles with Carano
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"Red Tails" Looks Like It's Headed For An O.K. Weekend Opening
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Lionsgate, Wrekin Hill to Release "Dark Tide" on VOD Before Theatrical Run
Lionsgate and Wrekin Hill Entertainment are teaming up to try a controversial distribution strategy for Wrekin Hill's upcoming action film "Dark Tide": release it on video before it gets to theaters.
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Sundance 2012 Buyers Guide: A Primer
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Two Texas Distributors Go Indie with Foreign Oscar Fare
Two lesser known niche Texas-based distributors found their films on the Oscar foreign language film short list Wednesday morning, leaving films from better known companies like Music Box, IFC, Strand and Fox behind.
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