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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

box office news archive

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    Debate Continues to Rage Over 'Django Unchained' as It Gallops Past $64 Million at the Box Office

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    Arthouse Audit: 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Amour' Lead Limited Releases

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    Post-Holiday Weekend Box Office: Three Top Films Battle for Placement

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    Specialty Box Office: 'Zero,' 'Amour' and 'Silver' Continue To Soar; 'Promised Land' and 'Memphis' Disappoint in Debuts

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    Boffo Four-Day Holiday Box Office, Led by 'The Hobbit,' 'Django Unchained' & 'Les Miserables,' Rings Out Record Year

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    Bigger Than 'Pulp Fiction'? Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' Earns $34 Million in its First 3 Days

    Despite -- or, more likely, because of -- the debate raging around Quentin Tarantino's latest genre pastiche "Django Unchained," the film has opened to especially large numbers at the box office, even in its position as perverse holiday counterprogramming. The Weinstein Co., Tarantino&...

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    Holiday Box Office Update: 'Zero' Nears $1 Million in Just 5 Theaters

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    Christmas Box Office Reality: Top Dog 'Les Miserables' Beats Out 'The Hobbit' and 'Django Unchained,' Rest of Field Shows Weakness

    After great openings days on Tuesday, both "Les Miserables" and "Django Unchained" fell 33% on Wednesday, with the result that the order of the top three films shifted from Christmas Day. "The Hobbit," up slightly from Tuesday, edged out "Django" by a clear margin, while falling about $1 million beh...

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    2012 The Year In Box Office: Hits, Flops And Secret Successes

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    Tops and Flops of 2012 Box Office - Lessons Learned

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    Forbes' Top-Grossing Actors of 2012: Robert Downey Jr., Kristen Stewart and Christian Bale

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    Arthouse Audit: 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'Amour' Open Strong

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    Specialty Box Office: 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Amour' Lead Packed Weekend of Newcomers

    Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty"  continued to show strength this weekend after a record breaking mid-week debut. In just 5 theaters, the film grossed a staggering $410,000 for a $82,000 per-theater-average. That made for the fourth best average of the year behind "T...

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    Pre-Holiday Box Office is Weak: Christmas Can't Come Too Soon for Studios, Theaters

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    Pre-Holiday Box Office: 'Jack Reacher' Best of So-So New Openers

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