According to Indiewire, here are the top grossing “Specialty films” of 2012. Only films both released in initially limited screen counts (under 1,000 screens) and by specialty distributors were included.
| Movie | Studio | Gross | |
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1 |
The Best Exotic Margiold Hotel | Fox Searchlight | $46,385,112 |
|
2 |
Moonrise Kingdom | Focus Features | $45,512,466 |
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3 |
2016 Obama’s America | Rocky Mountain | $33,449,086 |
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4 |
Silver Linings Playbook | Weinstein Company | $28,682,072 |
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5 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Summit | $17,311,829 |
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6 |
To Rome With Love | Sony Classics | $16,685,867 |
|
7 |
The Master | Weinstein Company | $15,956,662 |
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8 |
Beasts of the Southern Wild | Fox Searchlight | $11,249,128 |
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9 |
Anna Karenina | Focus Features | $10,705,866 |
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10 |
The Intouchables | Weinstein Company | $10,140,608 |
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11 |
Bernie | Millennium | $9,206,470 |
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12 |
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen | CBS Films | $9,047,981 |
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13 |
Arbitrage | Roadside | $7,902,573 |
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14 |
Friends With Kids | Roadside | $7,251,073 |
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15 |
Casa De Mi Padre | Lionsgate | $5,909,482 |
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16 |
For Greater Glory | Arc Entertainment | $5,672,846 |
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17 |
The Sessions | Fox Searchlight | $5,514,701 |
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18 |
October Baby | Samuel Goldwyn | $5,157,886 |
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19 |
Hitchcock | Fox Searchlight | $4,985,679 |
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20 |
Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Paramount Vantage | $4,269,426 |