Diamo un’occhiata alla classifica dei 30 film indipendenti che hanno incassato di più in suolo americano. Non si tratta solo di film indie americani, ma anche di film stranieri tutti prodotti fuori dalle major, o nel caso di film indie statunitensi prodotti dalle sussidiarie d’essai.Il vincitore è Woody Allen con Midnight in Paris, il film più fortunato del regista al box-office. Secondo posto per il primo film indie americano, The Descendants di Alexander Payne, distribuito dalla Fox Searchlight che ha cinque opere in classifica, come la sussidiaria SONY classic. Medaglia di bronzo per The Tree of Life, eletto da poco anche miglior film secondo la Online Film Critics Society. Successo anche per la Roadside Attractions (in classifica con The Conspirator, Margin Call, Biutiful, Everything Must Go) e la Weinstein Company (in classifica con My Week With Marilyn, La chiave di Sara, The Artist e The Company Men). Di seguito trovate tutti e 30 i titoli in classifica.
CLASSIFICA DEI FILM
1. “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) – $56,341,186
2. “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) – $39,675,000
3.”The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) – $13,303,319
4. “The Conspirator” (Roadside Attractions) – $11,538,204
5. “Jane Eyre” (Focus) – $11,242,660
6. “Win Win” (Fox Searchlight) – $10,179,275
7. “My Week With Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company) – $8,964,000
8. “Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain” (Codeblack) – $7,706,436
9. “Sarah’s Key” (The Weinstein Company) – $7,693,187
10. “Cedar Rapids” (Fox Searchlight) – $6,861,102
11. “Beginners” (Focus) – $5,790,894
12. “The Guard” (Sony Pictures Classics) – $5,331,189
13. “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (Sundance Selects) – $5,256,974
14. “Margin Call” (Roadside Attractions) – $5,195,529
15. “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) – $5,142,000
16. “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions) – $5,101,237
17. “Atlas Shrugged, Part I” (Rocky Mountain) – $4,627,375
18. “The Company Men” (The Weinstein Company) – $4,441,272
19. ”Barney’s Version” (Sony Pictures Classics) – $4,439,201
20. “The Way” (PDA) – $4,117,802
21. “Buck” (Sundance Selects) – $4,038,912
22. “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” (Focus) – $4,031,000
23. “Of Gods and Men” (Sony Pictures Classics) – $3,954,651
24. “Like Crazy” (Paramount Vantage) – $3,324,718
25. “From Prada To Nada” (Lionsgate) – $3,033,623
26. “The Skin I Live In” (Sony Pictures Classics) – $2,991,663
27. “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (Fox Searchlight) – $2,897,457
28. “Everything Must Go” (Roadside Attractions) – $2,711,643
29. “The Way Back” (Newmarket) – $2,701,859
30. “Melancholia” (Magnolia) – $2,454,418