Sundance: How Did Last Year's Festival Films Fare At The Domestic Box Office?

As buyers caught some hot Sundance films yesterday and more brave the sloppy snowy conditions to see  titles today, the early reaction I’m getting is that buyers are holding to their resolve to not overpay. There are already offers on several films, and deals should start dropping soon. Breakout films are hard to come by. How did last year’s Sundance films fare at the box office? Here’s a chart of the domestic gross of most of the films sold at last year’s festival. Bear in mind that some of these films were bought for a pittance, and had small theatrical runs to supplement VOD business. Other deals went beyond North America, something that isn’t factored here. And still others have led to overall arrangements with filmmakers and producers that are leading to future films, which is why so much of Hollywood fixates on the new talent that gets launched at Sundance.

2011 Sundance Domestic Box Office Scorecard
(grosses culled from Boxofficemojo.com)