While many of 2010’s biggest specialty grossers were year-end Oscar-bait, there were unique success stories throughout the year. Thanks to several good indie films spread out over the year and the strong finish we are currently experiencing, this year has not been bad.” “We all had an uphill journey on our hands when the start of 2010 was limited to the success of ‘Crazy Heart’ vs ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘Milk,’ ‘Doubt,’ ‘The Wrestler,’ and ‘The Reader’ all in January ’09. “I think compared to last year the specialty market did very well,” said Denise Gurin, Regal Entertainment senior VP of alternative film. Led by the $20 million+ grossing trio of aforementioned “Black Swan” and “The King’s Speech,” as well as summer hit “The Kids Are All Right,” the top 50 specialty films grossed a total of roughly $293 million (for a full chart of the top 50 films, check out the next page of this story). In 2009, 20 specialty films grossed over $3 million and 13 specialty films grossed more than $5 million in 2010, a significantly higher 31 and 19 titles hit those respective marks.
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