fb.indiewire.com – Sony Pictures Classics continued to belatedly benefit from its Oscar nominations, with foreign language film nominee "No" -- directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Gael Garcia Bernal -- opened on 4 screens this weekend to excellent numbers. The film took in $74,476 for a $18,619 average, a very strong number for a foreign release.

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fb.indiewire.com – Despite not getting any traction this awards season, Dustin Hoffman's senior audience-skewing "Quartet" continued to find very impressive numbers at the specialty box office, which has in general been off to a slow start for newcomers this month. "Quartet" -- starring Maggie Smith and featuring a "Best Exotic"-like plot involving retired opera singers, expanded from 32 to 163 theaters in its third weekend and managed an excellent $1,149,000 gross -- averaging $7,049. 7 years 27 weeks ago via theothersenhman

fb.indiewire.com – Expanding from 3 to 15 screens, Michael Haneke's "Amour" had the best per-theater-average of any holdover release, clearly benefiting from its surprise 5 Oscar nominations including best picture and best director (the overall box office was led by another film that got an Oscar boost, "Zero Dark Thirty"). The film grossed $270,575, a 352% jump from last weekend. 7 years 29 weeks ago via jackiechan

fb.indiewire.com – The first weekend of 2013 brought very good news to a group of films hoping to get further boosts from this Thursday's Oscar nominations, with Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and Michael Haneke's "Amour" leading the way. The former finally expanded after 2 weekends static in 5 theaters, going to 60 ahead of next weekend's post-Oscar nom wide release. 7 years 30 weeks ago via donnieyen