Music Box Films

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Music Box Films
Industry Motion pictures
Founded2007
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
,
United States
Parent Southport Music Box Corporation
Website www.musicboxfilms.com

Music Box Films [1] is a distributor of foreign and independent film in theatrical, DVD/Blu-ray, and video-on-demand markets in the United States. Based in Chicago, Music Box Films is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation, which also owns and operates the Music Box Theatre.

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Founded in 2007, the company's first releases were Tuya's Marriage , OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies , and Tell No One , the latter of which became a notable foreign-language film success in the United States, grossing over $6,000,000 and becoming the highest-grossing foreign film in the US in 2008. [2]

Past releases include the Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. Other releases include 2015 Academy Award winner for Best International Feature Film Ida , [3] 2016's A Man Called Ove , the Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion starring Cynthia Nixon, and Christian Petzold's film Transit .

Releases

TitleRelease Date
Tuya's Marriage April 4, 2008
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies May 9, 2008
Tell No One July 2, 2008
Shall We Kiss? March 27, 2009
Il Divo April 24, 2009
Seraphine June 5, 2009
Cloud 9August 14, 2009
North Face January 29, 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo March 19, 2010
Anton Chekhov's The Duel April 28, 2010
OSS 117: Lost in Rio May 7, 2010
The Girl Who Played with Fire July 11, 2010
The Sicilian Girl August 4, 2010
Mesrine: Killer Instinct August 27, 2010
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 September 3, 2010
Max Manus: Man of War
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest October 26, 2010
Potiche March 18, 2011
Viva Riva! June 10, 2011
Bride Flight
The Names of Love June 24, 2011
Mysteries of Lisbon August 10, 2011
Mozart's Sister August 19, 2011
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life August 31, 2011
Young Goethe In Love November 4, 2011
The Conquest November 11, 2011
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch November 18, 2011
Lads and JockeysDecember 2, 2011
Miss Minoes December 23, 2011
The Deep Blue Sea March 23, 2012
Monsieur Lazhar April 23, 2012
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog May 18, 2012
Wallander: The RevengeMay 25, 2012
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is PresentJune 13, 2012
Last Ride June 29, 2012
Hermano August 24, 2012
Keep the Lights On September 7, 2012
Snowman's Land September 14, 2012
Starlet November 7, 2012
Any Day Now December 14, 2012
Birders: The Central Park EffectJanuary 18, 2013
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga January 25, 2013
Lore February 8, 2013
The Silence March 8, 2013
Old GoatsMarch 15, 2013
Eddie: the Sleepwalking CannibalApril 5, 2013
Augustine May 17, 2013
The Wall May 31, 2013
100 Bloody Acres June 28, 2013
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink PanthersJuly 31, 2013
Informant September 13, 2013
Shepard and DarkSeptember 25, 2013
Bettie Page Reveals All November 22, 2013
Black Out February 21, 2014
Le Week-End March 14, 2014
Ida May 2, 2014
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas May 30, 2014
A Coffee in Berlin June 13, 2014
The Last Sentence June 20, 2014
Code Black
JackpotJune 27, 2014
A Five Star Life July 18, 2014
Fifi Howls from HappinessAugust 8, 2014
The Green Prince September 12, 2014
Watchers of the Sky October 17, 2014
Revenge of the MekonsOctober 29, 2014
The Tower: Tales from a Vanished Land November 7, 2014
Happy Valley November 19, 2014
Flamenco, FlamencoNovember 21, 2014
Antarctica: A Year on Ice November 28, 2014
We Are the Giant December 12, 2014
Beloved Sisters January 9, 2015
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem February 13, 2015
Of Horses and Men March 11, 2015
Emptying the SkiesApril 22, 2015
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared May 8, 2015
The Film CriticMay 15, 2015
Gemma Bovery May 29, 2015
Alleluia July 17, 2015
Paulo Coelho's Best StoryJuly 31, 2015
Meru August 14, 2015
Flowers October 30, 2015
Censored VoicesNovember 20, 2015
The Club February 5, 2016
We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!February 12, 2016
Francofonia April 1, 2016
A Monster with a Thousand Heads May 11, 2016
Therapy for a Vampire June 10, 2016
The Innocents July 1, 2016
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of YouJuly 8, 2016
Mia Madre August 26, 2016
A Man Called Ove September 30, 2016
Seasons November 25, 2016
The Brand New Testament December 9, 2016
Antarctica: Ice and Sky January 20, 2017
Frantz March 15, 2017
A Quiet Passion April 20, 2017
The Midfwife July 21, 2017
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for LizardsSeptember 15, 2017
Chavela October 4, 2017
Aida's SecretsOctober 20, 2017
The Fencer January 5, 2018
Vazante January 12, 2018
Black Code February 20, 2018
Our Blood is WineMarch 9, 2018
Back to Burgundy March 23, 2018
My Letter to the WorldApril 20, 2018
The Guardians May 4, 2018
Heavy TripJune 22, 2018
The Captain July 27, 2018
Memoir of War August 17, 2018
The Apparation September 7, 2018
Becoming Astrid November 23, 2018
Transit March 1, 2019
Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse April 19, 2019
Hesburgh April 26, 2019
In The Aisles June 14, 2019
Piranhas August 2, 2019
Give Me Liberty August 23, 2019
Gags the ClownSeptember 3, 2019
Edie September 6, 2019
StuffedOctober 16, 2019
By The Grace of God October 18, 2019
And Then We Danced February 7, 2020
Nomad: In The Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin April 8, 2020
Eating Up EasterApril 22, 2020
An Enginner ImaginesMay 5, 2020
Beats June 26, 2020
RepresentAugust 14, 2020
Sibyl September 11, 2020
The Black Book of Father Dinis December 8, 2020
Breaking SurfaceDecember 15, 2020
The Perfect Candidate May 14, 2021
Summer of 85 June 18, 2021
Mama Weed July 16, 2021
Ema August 6, 2021
Little Girl September 17, 2021
Golden VoicesOctober 8, 2021
Writing with Fire November 26, 2021
Strawberry Mansion February 18, 2022
The Rose Maker April 1, 2022
Lost Illusions June 10, 2022
MedusaJuly 29, 2022
The Story Of Film: A New Generation September 9, 2022
Please Baby Please October 28, 2022
Leonor Will Never Die November 25, 2022
Full Time February 3, 2023
Rodeo March 17, 2023
Other People's Children April 21, 2023
L'immensità May 12, 2023
Revoir Paris June 23, 2023
The Unknown Country July 28, 2023
Fremont August 25, 2023
My Sailor, My LoveSeptember 22, 2023
The Road Dance October 13, 2023
The Crime Is Mine December 25, 2023
Ennio February 9, 2024
Golden YearsFebruary 23, 2024
Glitter & DoomMarch 8, 2024
Relative May 21, 2024
Solo May 24, 2024
Just the Two of Us June 14, 2024
The Nature of Love July 5, 2024
Mountains August 16, 2024
In the Summers September 20, 2024
Daaaaaalí! October 4, 2024
Eephus March 7, 2025
When Fall is Coming April 4, 2025
The Trouble with Jessica April 25, 2025
Ghost Trail May 30, 2025
Familiar Touch June 20, 2025
Kill the Jockey July 2, 2025

References

  1. "Home". International Films - Independent Films | Music Box Films. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  2. "Tell No One". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  3. Lattanzio, Ryan (2013-09-26). "Music Box Takes Stateside Rights to Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' (TRAILER)". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-05-24.