box office: week of May 15
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Specialty Box Office: 'Progress' Leads Openers; 'Marigold Hotel' Expands To Huge Numbers
May 13, 2012 1:34 PMAs "The Avengers" continued to dominate the overall box office, Fox Searchlight continued to find fantastic numbers from what is soon to be the highest grossing indie of 2012, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." The film is certainly the specialty ... More »
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
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| Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Fox Searchlight | 178 | $2,672,140 | $15,012 | $3,744,656 |
| Bernie | Millennium Entertainment | 36 | $219,412 | $6,095 | $539,962 |
| Patience (After Sebald) | Cinema Guild | 1 | $5,302 | $5,302 | $7,954 |
| Where Do We Go Now? | Sony Pictures Classics | 3 | $15,382 | $5,127 | $15,382 |
| Girl In Progress | Lionsgate | 322 | $1,384,078 | $4,298 | $1,384,078 |
| Nobody Else But You | First Run | 1 | $3,759 | $3,759 | $3,759 |
| Once Upon A Time In Anatolia | Cinema Guild | 1 | $3,754 | $3,754 | $120,454 |
| Headhunters | Magnolia Pictures | 24 | $89,059 | $3,711 | $262,308 |
| First Position | IFC Films | 24 | $88,744 | $3,698 | $157,800 |
| Small, Beautifully Moving Parts | Independent | 1 | $3,087 | $3,087 | $3,087 |
| Last Call At The Oasis | IDP/ATO | 6 | $16,251 | $2,709 | $31,991 |
| Bonsai | Strand Releasing | 1 | $2,293 | $2,293 | $2,293 |
| I Wish | Magnolia Pictures | 5 | $10,919 | $2,184 | $10,919 |
| God Bless America | Magnolia Pictures | 14 | $27,308 | $1,951 | $27,308 |
| Gerhard Richter Painting | Kino Lorber | 3 | $5,521 | $1,840 | $173,749 |
| Otter 501 | Paladin | 3 | $5,444 | $1,815 | $5,444 |
| Kalakalappu @ Masala Cafe | UTV Communications | 10 | $17,101 | $1,710 | $17,101 |
| Deadtime | Nocturnal Features | 18 | $30,240 | $1,680 | $30,240 |
| FOLLOW ME: The Yoni Netanyahu Story | International Film Circuit | 2 | $3,325 | $1,663 | $14,291 |
| Monsieur Lazhar | Music Box Films | 77 | $127,462 | $1,655 | $4,946,990 |
| Boy | Paladin | 6 | $9,316 | $1,553 | $234,841 |
| Goodbye First Love | IFC Films | 2 | $3,039 | $1,520 | $62,890 |
| Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | Code Black Entertainment | 23 | $34,314 | $1,492 | $1,180,930 |
| Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Magnolia Pictures | 54 | $71,192 | $1,318 | $2,116,746 |
| We Have A Pope | IFC Films | 26 | $33,341 | $1,282 | $344,303 |
| Sound Of My Voice | Fox Searchlight | 46 | $57,099 | $1,241 | $188,274 |
| The Perfect Family | Variance Films | 25 | $30,603 | $1,224 | $53,227 |
| Marley | Magnolia Pictures | 68 | $82,014 | $1,206 | $918,653 |
| The Road | Freestyle Releasing | 50 | $56,692 | $1,134 | $56,692 |
| Tonight You're Mine | Roadside Attractions | 2 | $2,144 | $1,072 | $2,144 |
| Sleepless Night | Tribeca Film | 2 | $2,106 | $1,053 | $2,106 |
| Darling Companion | Sony Pictures Classics | 64 | $65,408 | $1,022 | $329,691 |
| The Turin Horse | Cinema Guild | 3 | $2,854 | $951 | $44,627 |
| Goon | Magnolia Pictures | 11 | $10,432 | $948 | $4,163,238 |
| Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | CBS Films | 200 | $188,766 | $944 | $8,541,992 |
| Raid: Redemption, The | Sony Pictures Classics | 19 | $16,835 | $886 | $4,044,070 |
| Derapage (Car Surfing) | Alliance Films | 61 | $53,540 | $878 | $565,572 |
| Turn Me On, Dammit! | New Yorker | 4 | $3,365 | $841 | $61,446 |
| The Deep Blue Sea | Music Box Films | 37 | $30,268 | $818 | $1,003,843 |
| Surviving Progress | First Run | 3 | $2,357 | $786 | $150,735 |
| Elles | Kino Lorber | 12 | $9,270 | $773 | $90,227 |
| Footnote | Sony Pictures Classics | 91 | $65,080 | $715 | $1,788,199 |
| Natural Selection | Cinema Guild | 2 | $1,427 | $714 | $38,097 |
| Grand Master | UTV Communications | 2 | $1,412 | $706 | $15,010 |
| The Women on the 6th Floor | Strand Releasing | 3 | $1,957 | $652 | $1,272,022 |
| Hipsters | Independent | 1 | $611 | $611 | $30,145 |
| Whale, The | Paladin | 1 | $595 | $595 | $80,020 |
| Jesus Henry Christ | Entertainment One Films | 2 | $1,169 | $585 | $15,400 |
| The Kid With A Bike | IFC Films | 60 | $34,204 | $570 | $1,277,619 |
| Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darknes | International Film Circuit | 1 | $556 | $556 | $906,666 |
| Damsels In Distress | Sony Pictures Classics | 112 | $60,017 | $536 | $750,241 |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | Oscilloscope Pictures | 10 | $5,303 | $530 | $1,731,696 |
| Coriolanus | The Weinstein Company | 11 | $5,712 | $519 | $740,169 |
| Salt Of Life | Zeitgeist | 6 | $3,104 | $517 | $292,503 |
| Bully | The Weinstein Company | 263 | $134,829 | $513 | $2,864,071 |
| A Separation | Sony Pictures Classics | 24 | $11,553 | $481 | $7,048,549 |
| A Beautiful Soul | Independent | 16 | $7,598 | $475 | $54,008 |
| Blue Like Jazz | Roadside Attractions | 11 | $4,860 | $442 | $588,703 |
| The Fairy | Kino Lorber | 2 | $845 | $423 | $22,893 |
| The Island President | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 5 | $2,054 | $411 | $72,522 |
| Take Me Home | Monterey Media | 2 | $815 | $408 | $9,135 |
| October Baby | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 51 | $20,104 | $394 | $5,298,652 |
| The Hunter | Magnolia Pictures | 5 | $1,910 | $382 | $165,435 |
| Friends with Kids | Roadside Attractions | 36 | $13,227 | $367 | $7,206,629 |
| Undefeated | The Weinstein Company | 13 | $4,775 | $367 | $541,319 |
| Jeff Who Lives At Home | Paramount Vantage | 117 | $40,621 | $347 | $4,244,155 |
| Albert Nobbs | Roadside Attractions | 2 | $675 | $338 | $3,014,541 |
| Thin Ice | IDP/ATO | 4 | $1,255 | $314 | $787,655 |
| My Way | CJ Entertainment | 7 | $2,034 | $291 | $64,108 |
| In Darkness | Sony Pictures Classics | 11 | $2,851 | $259 | $1,038,733 |
| The Artist | The Weinstein Company | 751 | $188,841 | $251 | $44,439,470 |
| How To Grow A Band | International Film Circuit | 1 | $221 | $221 | $9,503 |
| Inventing Our Life | First Run | 3 | $654 | $218 | $11,073 |
| Art Is...The Permanent Revolution | First Run | 1 | $202 | $202 | $4,252 |
| Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | Magnolia Pictures | 13 | $2,599 | $200 | $2,599 |
| Keyhole | Monterey Media | 1 | $102 | $102 | $15,256 |
| Reuniting The Rubins | Monterey Media | 1 | $16 | $16 | $12,746 |
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