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box office: week of June 18

indiewire's weekly box office recap:

Title Distributor Locations Gross Per Location Overall Gross
The Bling RingA24 Films5$212,537$50,282$251,411
20 Feet From StardomRadius-TWC3$54,596$18,199$54,596
Much Ado About NothingRoadside Attractions23$161,625$7,027$388,659
More Than HoneyKino Lorber1$5,225$5,225$7,531
Fill The VoidSony Pictures Classics20$90,271$4,514$396,669
Hannah ArendtZeitgeist6$26,828$4,471$153,333
Lost And Found In ArmeniaHigh Top Releasing2$8,275$4,138$82,710
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi UngerFirst Run1$3,700$3,700$3,700
Call Me KuchuCinedigm Entertainment1$3,476$3,476$3,476
Dirty WarsIFC Films14$48,469$3,462$137,247
East, TheFox Searchlight115$287,955$2,504$709,260
LoreMusic Box Films2$4,948$2,474$961,058
The Kings of SummerCBS Films63$154,850$2,458$546,794
In The FogStrand Releasing1$2,327$2,327$2,327
The English TeacherCinedigm Entertainment2$3,919$1,960$48,819
Shadow DancerMagnolia Pictures14$25,788$1,842$57,836
The Stroller StategyRialto1$1,799$1,799$1,799
An Oversimplification Of Her BeautyVariance Films2$3,205$1,603$46,419
Before MidnightSony Pictures Classics897$1,382,719$1,541$3,054,968
One Track Heart: Story of Krishna DasZeitgeist3$4,392$1,464$50,963
Pandora's PromiseAbramorama Entertainment16$22,495$1,406$22,495
Love Is All You NeedSony Pictures Classics72$100,521$1,396$1,169,330
Frances HaIFC Films214$293,566$1,372$2,876,732
MudRoadside Attractions405$539,078$1,331$19,563,102
Berberian Sound StudioIFC Films5$6,602$1,320$6,602
Stories We TellRoadside Attractions63$82,657$1,312$1,243,459
Kon-TikiThe Weinstein Company70$76,749$1,096$1,212,236
Not TodayFreestyle Releasing7$7,454$1,065$291,827
What Maisie KnewMillennium Entertainment51$53,035$1,040$900,046
The WallMusic Box Films4$3,875$969$11,089
To The WonderMagnolia Pictures5$4,783$957$573,106
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikileaksFocus World11$10,516$956$158,932
RenoirIDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films33$31,156$944$2,073,520
No Place On EarthMagnolia Pictures3$2,824$941$182,306
Paradise: LoveStrand Releasing1$908$908$23,165
Wish You Were HereEntertainment One Films6$5,207$868$40,952
Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf'sEntertainment One Films14$11,955$854$472,833
Tiger EyesFreestyle Releasing6$4,676$779$21,717
You Ain't Seen Nothin' YetKino Lorber2$1,518$759$10,680
Post Tenebras LuxStrand Releasing1$665$665$35,586
DisconnectLD Entertainment4$2,400$600$1,535,007
AugustineMusic Box Films2$1,192$596$47,618
La CamionetaIndependent1$585$585$585
The SapphiresThe Weinstein Company39$22,409$575$2,325,745
The IcemanMillennium Entertainment30$17,155$572$1,902,081
Ain't In It For My Health: A Film AboutKino Lorber7$3,837$548$70,990
Venus And SerenaMagnolia Pictures3$1,623$541$48,280
Hava Nagila: The MovieInternational Film Circuit8$4,288$536$341,792
The History of Future FolkVariance Films3$1,535$512$11,275
The Company You KeepSony Pictures Classics66$30,915$468$4,991,785
Sound CityVariance Films2$916$458$417,540
The Place Beyond The PinesFocus Features76$33,275$438$21,330,184
At Any PriceSony Pictures Classics5$2,108$422$352,122
QuartetThe Weinstein Company25$10,142$406$18,336,156
The SilenceMusic Box Films2$761$381$91,687
Searching For Sugar ManSony Pictures Classics4$1,420$355$3,684,598
SyrupMagnolia Pictures1$278$278$656
56 UpFirst Run2$485$243$696,396
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. MovieMagnolia Pictures3$725$242$6,609
Deceptive Practice: Mysteries & MentorsKino Lorber4$965$241$111,549
NoSony Pictures Classics3$684$228$2,341,226
Free The MindInternational Film Circuit3$661$220$69,586
GatekeepersSony Pictures Classics2$416$208$2,408,553
Dead Man's BurdenCinedigm Entertainment1$172$172$29,633

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