Stories By Alex Wilson
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Specialty Box Office: Herzog’s ‘Dreams’ Becomes Bankable Reality
May 2, 2011In a box office edition of “freaky friday,” the highest grossing studio debut was released in...
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Specialty Box Office: The Conspirator Breaks Out In Top Ten
April 18, 2011Robert Redford’s drama about Mary Surratt, the lone woman charged in the conspiracy to kill President...
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Specialty Box Office: ‘Win Win’ Situation For Two Fox Searchlight Comedies
March 28, 2011Despite an unusually slow weekend for all U.S. indie releases not from Fox Searchlight, imports like...
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Specialty Box Office: Win Win Weekend For Searchlight
March 22, 2011This past weekend, Fox Searchlight released McCarthy’s latest film, Win Win, to the tune of $150,362....
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Specialty Box Office: Red State ‘Winning’ In The Big Apple
March 7, 2011It was a big weekend for foreign films such as Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His...
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Specialty Box Office: ‘Of Gods And Men’ Win Cesar and Wins at U.S Box Office
February 28, 2011One short-list nominated film and Cannes winner (final nine) that was noticeably absent from the winner’s...
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Specialty Box Office: ‘Speech’ Surpasses ‘Swan’ On Way To $100 Million
February 22, 2011In a relatively quiet weekend for specialty debuts, its holdovers like “The King’s Speech” and “Black...
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Specialty Box Office: “Speech” Still Strong and “Cold Weather” Hits
February 7, 2011IFC released Cold Weather in one NYC location but saw a promising $14,513 return this Super...
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Specialty Box Office: “Biutiful” Opening Weekend
January 30, 2011With the Oscars approaching, independent films are making aggressive pushes to capitalize on the added award...
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Specialty Box Office: “Barney’s Version” Makes Mountains Out Of Globe-hills
January 17, 2011While the Golden Globes aren’t exactly known as being the Mecca of critical genius, the Best...