box office: week of June 11
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The Top Grossing Indie Films of Summer 2013 (A Running List)
June 11, 2013 10:16 AMThe summer movie season is in full swing, and while most of the box office related attention will be paid to the various $100 million opening weekends meeting the likes of various superhero movies, we're keeping a little list of the little guys here at Indiewire.... More »
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Much Ado About Nothing | Roadside Attractions | 5 | $171,941 | $34,388 | $171,941 |
| Dirty Wars | IFC Films | 4 | $63,504 | $15,876 | $63,504 |
| Before Midnight | Sony Pictures Classics | 52 | $526,419 | $10,123 | $1,460,103 |
| Hannah Arendt | Zeitgeist | 5 | $36,456 | $7,291 | $104,083 |
| Fill The Void | Sony Pictures Classics | 13 | $78,303 | $6,023 | $260,014 |
| The East | Fox Searchlight | 41 | $228,561 | $5,575 | $336,002 |
| Lost And Found In Armenia | High Top Releasing | 9 | $49,829 | $5,537 | $49,829 |
| The Kings of Summer | CBS Films | 44 | $212,873 | $4,838 | $294,481 |
| You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Kino Lorber | 2 | $5,343 | $2,672 | $5,343 |
| Lore | Music Box Films | 3 | $7,303 | $2,434 | $952,656 |
| Wish You Were Here | Entertainment One Films | 11 | $25,937 | $2,358 | $25,937 |
| Frances Ha | IFC Films | 233 | $545,715 | $2,342 | $2,333,281 |
| History Of Future Folk | Variance Films | 1 | $2,148 | $2,148 | $8,721 |
| Shadow Dancer | Magnolia Pictures | 6 | $12,467 | $2,078 | $27,273 |
| Love Is All You Need | Sony Pictures Classics | 101 | $208,634 | $2,066 | $984,837 |
| Stories We Tell | Roadside Attractions | 70 | $141,900 | $2,027 | $1,091,303 |
| The English Teacher | Cinedigm Entertainment | 3 | $2,026 | $41,835 | |
| Mud | Roadside Attractions | 580 | $1,147,633 | $1,979 | $18,538,320 |
| Free The Mind | International Film Circuit | 4 | $7,217 | $1,804 | $64,106 |
| The Wall | Music Box Films | 1 | $1,578 | $1,578 | $5,504 |
| Kon-Tiki | The Weinstein Company | 75 | $113,057 | $1,507 | $1,076,540 |
| We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks | Focus World | 25 | $36,241 | $1,450 | $128,691 |
| Sound City | Variance Films | 1 | $1,312 | $1,312 | $416,624 |
| Oversimplification Of Her Beauty | Variance Films | 3 | $3,920 | $1,307 | $41,652 |
| What Maisie Knew | Millennium Entertainment | 122 | $152,217 | $1,248 | $774,303 |
| No Place On Earth | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $4,876 | $1,219 | $172,628 |
| Ain't In It For My Health | Kino Lorber | 4 | $4,793 | $1,198 | $57,360 |
| Not Today | Freestyle Releasing | 19 | $22,707 | $1,195 | $278,504 |
| Prey, The | Cohen Media Group | 5 | $5,889 | $1,178 | $5,889 |
| Renoir | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 57 | $64,061 | $1,124 | $2,003,711 |
| The Iceman | Millennium Entertainment | 67 | $67,013 | $1,000 | $1,852,074 |
| Deceptive Practice: Mysteries & Mentors | Kino Lorber | 7 | $6,252 | $893 | $106,769 |
| Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's | Entertainment One Films | 29 | $25,148 | $867 | $441,776 |
| The Company You Keep | Sony Pictures Classics | 51 | $43,743 | $858 | $4,953,249 |
| Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie | Magnolia Pictures | 5 | $3,936 | $787 | $3,936 |
| Post Tenebras Lux | Strand Releasing | 6 | $4,643 | $774 | $27,382 |
| Disconnect | LD Entertainment | 8 | $5,936 | $742 | $1,530,038 |
| The Sapphires | The Weinstein Company | 55 | $40,027 | $728 | $2,276,237 |
| Hava Nagila: The Movie | International Film Circuit | 6 | $4,270 | $712 | $337,296 |
| Augustine | Music Box Films | 2 | $1,332 | $666 | $45,665 |
| Home Run | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 5 | $3,241 | $648 | $2,859,955 |
| Tiger Eyes | Freestyle Releasing | 17 | $10,874 | $640 | $10,874 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $2,384 | $596 | $3,682,137 |
| Violet & Daisy | Cinedigm Entertainment | 17 | $9,982 | $587 | $9,982 |
| The Place Beyond The Pines | Focus Features | 134 | $72,647 | $542 | $21,255,481 |
| Dead Man's Burden | Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 | $541 | $541 | $29,214 |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | IFC Films | 21 | $11,230 | $535 | $519,535 |
| Pieta | Drafthouse Films | 2 | $929 | $465 | $20,199 |
| At Any Price | Sony Pictures Classics | 18 | $7,614 | $423 | $345,317 |
| Hello Herman | Freestyle Releasing | 15 | $5,985 | $399 | $5,985 |
| Venus And Serena | Magnolia Pictures | 2 | $798 | $399 | $46,337 |
| To The Wonder | Magnolia Pictures | 12 | $4,622 | $385 | $566,047 |
| Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan | Cinema Purgatorio | 3 | $1,129 | $376 | $2,499 |
| Gatekeepers | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $1,498 | $375 | $2,407,469 |
| In The House | Cohen Media Group | 9 | $3,304 | $367 | $388,044 |
| No | Sony Pictures Classics | 14 | $5,098 | $364 | $2,338,430 |
| Emperor | Roadside Attractions | 4 | $1,330 | $333 | $3,345,315 |
| Quartet | The Weinstein Company | 114 | $34,373 | $302 | $18,302,129 |
| Syrup | Magnolia Pictures | 1 | $301 | $301 | $301 |
| Spring Breakers | A24 Films | 5 | $1,023 | $269 | $14,124,094 |
| Paradise: Love | Strand Releasing | 1 | $266 | $266 | $22,257 |
| Bert Stern: Original Mad Man | First Run | 3 | $647 | $216 | $32,864 |
| White Elephant | Strand Releasing | 1 | $42 | $42 | $8,863 |
| Herman's House | First Run | 1 | $14 | $14 | $4,669 |
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