As far as the specialty market goes, the summer movie season is off to a very strong start for Roadside Attractions. The third week of their breakout hit "Mud" managed a place in the overall top 10, while the debut of their acclaimed doc "Stories We Tell" was off to... More »
| Title | Distributor | Locations | Gross | Per Location | Overall Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stories We Tell | Roadside Attractions | 2 | $27,053 | $13,527 | $27,053 |
| One Track Heart: Story of Krishna Das | Zeitgeist | 1 | $11,515 | $11,515 | $13,594 |
| What Maisie Knew | Millennium Entertainment | 3 | $24,560 | $8,187 | $55,712 |
| The Iceman | Millennium Entertainment | 17 | $111,863 | $6,580 | $239,392 |
| Arthur Newman | Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 | $5,204 | $5,204 | $202,193 |
| Post Tenebras Lux | Strand Releasing | 1 | $4,801 | $4,801 | $16,622 |
| Kon-Tiki | The Weinstein Company | 22 | $84,749 | $3,852 | $225,497 |
| Love Is All You Need | Sony Pictures Classics | 10 | $37,178 | $3,718 | $88,164 |
| Sightseers | IFC Films | 2 | $7,384 | $3,692 | $7,384 |
| Painting, The | GKIDS | 1 | $3,626 | $3,626 | $3,626 |
| Mud | Roadside Attractions | 852 | $2,535,642 | $2,976 | $8,555,621 |
| Venus And Serena | Magnolia Pictures | 4 | $10,981 | $2,745 | $10,981 |
| Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's | Entertainment One Films | 23 | $44,423 | $1,931 | $106,780 |
| Go Goa Gone | Eros Entertainment | 92 | $170,044 | $1,848 | $170,044 |
| Renoir | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 86 | $150,288 | $1,748 | $1,291,576 |
| Reluctant Fundamentalist | IFC Films | 46 | $73,819 | $1,605 | $244,277 |
| Ain't In It For My Health | Kino Lorber | 4 | $6,401 | $1,600 | $29,398 |
| Tai Chi Hero | Well Go USA, Inc. | 2 | $3,035 | $1,518 | $27,495 |
| Desperate Acts Of Magic | Independent | 2 | $2,952 | $1,476 | $5,908 |
| Something In The Air | IFC Films | 10 | $14,160 | $1,416 | $35,162 |
| Deceptive Practice: Mysteries & Mentors | Kino Lorber | 3 | $4,232 | $1,411 | $58,292 |
| The Source Family | Independent | 11 | $14,095 | $1,281 | $31,549 |
| Free The Mind | International Film Circuit | 2 | $2,365 | $1,183 | $18,442 |
| The Sapphires | The Weinstein Company | 118 | $137,879 | $1,168 | $1,837,769 |
| Hava Nagila: The Movie | International Film Circuit | 11 | $12,098 | $1,100 | $305,770 |
| Lore | Music Box Films | 6 | $6,369 | $1,062 | $884,207 |
| Not Today | Freestyle Releasing | 5 | $5,279 | $1,056 | $159,130 |
| The Place Beyond The Pines | Focus Features | 669 | $705,333 | $1,054 | $20,008,869 |
| Dead Man's Burden | Cinedigm Entertainment | 1 | $1,020 | $1,020 | $9,814 |
| At Any Price | Sony Pictures Classics | 50 | $50,947 | $1,019 | $124,534 |
| The Company You Keep | Sony Pictures Classics | 394 | $400,501 | $1,017 | $4,130,751 |
| Oversimplification Of Her Beauty | Variance Films | 2 | $2,027 | $1,014 | $21,774 |
| Home Run | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films | 131 | $131,187 | $1,001 | $2,722,641 |
| The Angel's Share | IFC Films | 38 | $37,580 | $989 | $217,394 |
| No One Lives | Anchor Bay | 53 | $47,798 | $902 | $47,798 |
| Koch | Zeitgeist | 1 | $884 | $884 | $339,812 |
| No | Sony Pictures Classics | 39 | $33,693 | $864 | $2,247,188 |
| Disconnect | LD Entertainment | 180 | $155,169 | $862 | $1,295,503 |
| Sound City | Variance Films | 3 | $2,411 | $804 | $411,322 |
| From Up On Poppy Hill | GKIDS | 37 | $29,667 | $802 | $897,111 |
| No Place On Earth | Magnolia Pictures | 10 | $7,755 | $776 | $139,893 |
| Starbuck | Entertainment One Films | 9 | $6,978 | $775 | $3,777,571 |
| Gatekeepers | Sony Pictures Classics | 19 | $13,103 | $690 | $2,376,991 |
| Spring Breakers | A24 Films | 16 | $11,014 | $688 | $14,030,738 |
| Ginger And Rosa | A24 Films | 22 | $15,033 | $683 | $849,186 |
| Searching For Sugar Man | Sony Pictures Classics | 7 | $4,638 | $663 | $3,662,322 |
| Quartet | The Weinstein Company | 59 | $36,143 | $613 | $18,158,903 |
| Leonie | Monterey Media | 3 | $1,815 | $605 | $52,178 |
| Blancanieves | Cohen Media Group | 11 | $6,643 | $604 | $236,395 |
| 56 Up | First Run | 3 | $1,739 | $580 | $693,930 |
| Kiss Of The Damned | Magnolia Pictures | 7 | $4,031 | $576 | $8,649 |
| To The Wonder | Magnolia Pictures | 40 | $22,902 | $573 | $505,948 |
| Trance | Fox Searchlight | 40 | $21,836 | $546 | $2,268,692 |
| A Place At The Table | Magnolia Pictures | 5 | $2,698 | $540 | $230,522 |
| Camp | Freestyle Releasing | 3 | $1,568 | $523 | $314,958 |
| Emperor | Roadside Attractions | 11 | $5,374 | $489 | $3,319,356 |
| Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary | First Run | 2 | $968 | $484 | $35,806 |
| The Lords of Salem | Anchor Bay | 15 | $5,943 | $396 | $1,163,509 |
| Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | 323 | $123,892 | $384 | $131,927,475 |
| The Waiting Room | International Film Circuit | 1 | $375 | $375 | $244,092 |
| Amour | Sony Pictures Classics | 4 | $1,498 | $375 | $6,738,954 |
| Aftershock | Radius-TWC | 110 | $40,179 | $365 | $40,179 |
| Silence, The | Music Box Films | 2 | $663 | $332 | $83,009 |
| Molly Maxwell | Entertainment One Films | 1 | $318 | $318 | $9,067 |
| Room 237 | IFC Films | 22 | $5,518 | $251 | $259,765 |
| Gimme The Loot | IFC Films | 6 | $1,245 | $208 | $97,768 |
| Fists Of Legend | CJ Entertainment | 1 | $88 | $88 | $134,065 |
| Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A | Kino Lorber | 1 | $85 | $85 | $22,560 |
| Fierce Green Fire | First Run | 1 | $63 | $63 | $29,570 |
| When The Iron Bird Flies | Kino Lorber | 1 | $61 | $61 | $9,658 |
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