American film distributor
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 .
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
Title
Release 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 9
August 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 Jockeys
December 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 Revenge
May 25, 2012
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
June 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 Effect
January 18, 2013
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
January 25, 2013
Lore
February 8, 2013
The Silence
March 8, 2013
Old Goats
March 15, 2013
Eddie: the Sleepwalking Cannibal
April 5, 2013
Augustine
May 17, 2013
The Wall
May 31, 2013
100 Bloody Acres
June 28, 2013
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
July 31, 2013
Informant
September 13, 2013
Shepard and Dark
September 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
Jackpot
June 27, 2014
A Five Star Life
July 18, 2014
Fifi Howls from Happiness
August 8, 2014
The Green Prince
September 12, 2014
Watchers of the Sky
October 17, 2014
Revenge of the Mekons
October 29, 2014
The Tower: Tales from a Vanished Land
November 7, 2014
Happy Valley
November 19, 2014
Flamenco, Flamenco
November 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 Skies
April 22, 2015
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
May 8, 2015
The Film Critic
May 15, 2015
Gemma Bovery
May 29, 2015
Alleluia
July 17, 2015
Paulo Coelho's Best Story
July 31, 2015
Meru
August 14, 2015
Flowers
October 30, 2015
Censored Voices
November 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 You
July 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 Lizards
September 15, 2017
Chavela
October 4, 2017
Aida's Secrets
October 20, 2017
The Fencer
January 5, 2018
Vazante
January 12, 2018
Black Code
February 20, 2018
Our Blood is Wine
March 9, 2018
Back to Burgundy
March 23, 2018
My Letter to the World
April 20, 2018
The Guardians
May 4, 2018
Heavy Trip
June 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 Clown
September 3, 2019
Edie
September 6, 2019
Stuffed
October 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 Easter
April 22, 2020
An Enginner Imagines
May 5, 2020
Beats
June 26, 2020
Represent
August 14, 2020
Sibyl
September 11, 2020
The Black Book of Father Dinis
December 8, 2020
Breaking Surface
December 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 Voices
October 8, 2021
Writing with Fire
November 26, 2021
Strawberry Mansion
February 18, 2022
The Rose Maker
April 1, 2022
Lost Illusions
June 10, 2022
Medusa
July 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 Love
September 22, 2023
The Road Dance
October 13, 2023
The Crime Is Mine
December 25, 2023
Ennio
February 9, 2024
Golden Years
February 23, 2024
Glitter & Doom
March 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
A Little Prayer
August 29, 2025
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