The 25 Highest Grossing Indies of 2013

The 25 Highest Grossing Indies of 2013 (A Running List) | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire

Here's a chart of 2013's twenty-five highest grossing films tracked by Indiewire's box office charts, as of October 28, 2013.  The list will be updated on a weekly basis.

It only includes North American grosses for specialty films that opened in limited release (initially under 500 screens) in 2013 and were released by an independent distributor or a studio specialty division. It also includes films that screened only as an Academy-qualifier in 2012 ("Quartet," "The Gatekeepers," etc.).

Check out the list below:

1. Instructions Not Included(Lionsgate/Pantelion) - $43,956,267
2. Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics) - $32,210,615
3. Mud (Roadside Attractions) - $21,590,086
4. The Way, Way Back (Fox Searchlight) - $21,475,653
5. The Place Beyond The Pines (Focus) - $21,403,519
6. Quartet (The Weinstein Company) - $18,390,117
7. Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company ) - $16,097,842
8. Spring Breakers (A24) - $14,124,284
9. Enough Said (Fox Searchlight) - $13,054,096
10. Before Midnight (Sony Pictures Classics) - $8,113,737
11. The Spectacular Now (A24) - $6,830,533
12. The Grandmaster (The Weinstein Company) - $6,594,136
13. The Bling Ring (A24) - $5,845,732
14. Pulling Strings (Lionsgate/Pantelion) - $5,574,585
15. Chennai Express (UTV) - $$5,307,960
16. The Company You Keep (Sony Pictures Classics) - $5,133,027
17. 20 Feet From Stardom (RADiUS) - $4,713,798
18. Much Ado About Nothing (Roadside Attractions) - $4,328,849   
19. Frances Ha (IFC Films) - $4,066,582
20. Metallica Through The Never (Picturehouse) - $3,419,967
21. 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight) - $3,394,268
22. Emperor (Roadside Attractions) - $3,346,265
23. In a World (Roadside Attractions) - $2,879,101   
24. Home Run (Samuel Goldwyn) - $2,861,020
25. Filly Brown (LGF) - $2,850,357