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Adding short description: "American film distributor"

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{{Short description|American film distributor}}
{{Distinguish|Music Box (film)}}

{{Infobox company
| name = Music Box Films
| logo = Music Box Films Logo.png
| foundation = 2007
| location_city = [[Chicago]], IL
| location_country = United States
| industry = [[Motion picture]]s
| parent = Southport Music Box Corporation
| homepage = [http://www.musicboxfilms.com/ www.musicboxfilms.com]
| intl = 
}}
'''Music Box Films'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.musicboxfilms.com/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=International Films - Independent Films {{!}} Music Box Films |language=en-US}}</ref> 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 (Chicago)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tell No One |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3916793345/weekend/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

Past releases include the Swedish film adaptations of [[Stieg Larsson]]'s [[Millennium (miniseries)|''Millennium'' series]]. Other releases include 2015 Academy Award winner for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]] ''[[Ida (film)|Ida]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=2013-09-26 |title=Music Box Takes Stateside Rights to Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' (TRAILER) |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/culture/music-box-takes-stateside-rights-to-pawel-pawlikowskis-ida-trailer-195899/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref> 2016's ''[[A Man Called Ove (film)|A Man Called Ove]]'', the [[Emily Dickinson]] biopic ''[[A Quiet Passion]]'' starring [[Cynthia Nixon]], and [[Christian Petzold (director)|Christian Petzold]]'s film ''[[Transit (2018 film)|Transit]]''.

==Releases==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!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 (film)|Il Divo]]''
|April 24, 2009
|-
|''[[Séraphine (film)|Seraphine]]''
|June 5, 2009
|-
|''Cloud 9''
|August 14, 2009
|-
|''[[North Face (film)|North Face]]''
|January 29, 2010
|-
|''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''
|March 19, 2010
|-
|''[[The Duel (2010 film)|Anton Chekhov's The Duel]]''
|April 28, 2010
|-
|''[[OSS 117: Lost in Rio]]''
|May 7, 2010
|-
|''[[The Girl Who Played with Fire (film)|The Girl Who Played with Fire]]''
|July 11, 2010
|-
|''[[The Sicilian Girl]]''
|August 4, 2010
|-
|''[[Mesrine (2008 film)|Mesrine: Killer Instinct]]''
|August 27, 2010
|-
|''[[Mesrine (2008 film)|Mesrine: Public Enemy #1]]''
| rowspan="2" |September 3, 2010
|-
|''[[Max Manus: Man of War]]''
|-
|''[[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (film)|The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest]]''
|October 26, 2010
|-
| ''[[Potiche]]''
|March 18, 2011
|-
|''[[Viva Riva!]]''
|rowspan="2" |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|Young Goethe In Love]]''
|November 4, 2011
|-
|''[[The Conquest (2011 film)|The Conquest]]''
|November 11, 2011
|-
|''[[Largo Winch (film)|The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch]]''
|November 18, 2011
|-
|''Lads and Jockeys''
|December 2, 2011
|-
|''[[Undercover Kitty (film)|Miss Minoes]]''
|December 23, 2011
|-
|''[[The Deep Blue Sea (2011 film)|The Deep Blue Sea]]''
|March 23, 2012
|-
|''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]''
|April 23, 2012
|-
|''[[Quill (film)|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 (2009 film)|Last Ride]]''
|June 29, 2012
|-
|''[[Hermano (film)|Hermano]]''
|August 24, 2012
|-
|''[[Keep the Lights On]]''
|September 7, 2012
|-
|''[[Snowman's Land]]''
|September 14, 2012
|-
|''[[Starlet (film)|Starlet]]''
|November 7, 2012
|-
|''[[Any Day Now (2012 film)|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 (film)|Lore]]''
|February 8, 2013
|-
|''[[The Silence (2010 film)|The Silence]]''
|March 8, 2013
|-
|''Old Goats''
|March 15, 2013
|-
|''Eddie: the Sleepwalking Cannibal''
|April 5, 2013
|-
|''[[Augustine (film)|Augustine]]''
|May 17, 2013
|-
|''[[The Wall (2012 film)|The Wall]]''
|May 31, 2013
|-
|''[[100 Bloody Acres]]''
|June 28, 2013
|-
|''Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers''
|July 31, 2013
|-
|''[[The Informant (2013 film)|Informant]]''
|September 13, 2013
|-
|''Shepard and Dark''
|September 25, 2013
|-
|''[[Bettie Page Reveals All]]''
|November 22, 2013
|-
|''[[Black Out (2012 film)|Black Out]]''
|February 21, 2014
|-
|''[[Le Week-End]]''
|March 14, 2014
|-
|''[[Ida (film)|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]]''
| rowspan="2" |June 20, 2014
|-
|''[[Code Black (documentary)|Code Black]]''
|-
|''Jackpot''
|June 27, 2014
|-
|''[[A Five Star Life]]''
|July 18, 2014
|-
|''Fifi Howls from Happiness''
|August 8, 2014
|-
|''[[The Green Prince (film)|The Green Prince]]''
|September 12, 2014
|-
|''[[Watchers of the Sky]]''
|October 17, 2014
|-
|''Revenge of the Mekons''
|October 29, 2014
|-
|''[[The Tower (2012 German film)|The Tower: Tales from a Vanished Land]]''
|November 7, 2014
|-
|''[[Happy Valley (film)|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 of the Window and Disappeared (film)|The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared]]''
|May 8, 2015
|-
|''The Film Critic''
|May 15, 2015
|-
|''[[Gemma Bovery (film)|Gemma Bovery]]''
|May 29, 2015
|-
|''[[Alleluia (2014 film)|Alleluia]]''
|July 17, 2015
|-
|''Paulo Coelho's Best Story''
|July 31, 2015
|-
|''[[Meru (film)|Meru]]''
|August 14, 2015
|-
|''[[Loreak|Flowers]]''
|October 30, 2015
|-
|''Censored Voices''
|November 20, 2015
|-
|''[[The Club (2015 film)|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 (2016 film)|The Innocents]]''
|July 1, 2016
|-
|''Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You''
|July 8, 2016
|-
|''[[Mia Madre]]''
|August 26, 2016
|-
|''[[A Man Called Ove (film)|A Man Called Ove]]''
|September 30, 2016
|-
|''[[Seasons (film)|Seasons]]''
|November 25, 2016
|-
|''[[The Brand New Testament]]''
|December 9, 2016
|-
|''[[Antarctica: Ice and Sky]]''
|January 20, 2017
|-
|''[[Frantz (film)|Frantz]]''
|March 15, 2017
|-
|''[[A Quiet Passion]]''
|April 20, 2017
|-
|''[[The Midwife|The Midfwife]]''
|July 21, 2017
|-
|''Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards''
|September 15, 2017
|-
|''[[Chavela (film)|Chavela]]''
|October 4, 2017
|-
|''Aida's Secrets''
|October 20, 2017
|-
|''[[The Fencer]]''
|January 5, 2018
|-
|''[[Vazante (film)|Vazante]]''
|January 12, 2018
|-
|''[[Black Code (film)|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 (2017 film)|The Guardians]]''
|May 4, 2018
|-
|''Heavy Trip''
|June 22, 2018
|-
|''[[The Captain (2017 film)|The Captain]]''
|July 27, 2018
|-
|''[[Memoir of War]]''
|August 17, 2018
|-
|''[[The Apparition (2018 film)|The Apparation]]''
|September 7, 2018
|-
|''[[Becoming Astrid]]''
|November 23, 2018
|-
|''[[Transit (2018 film)|Transit]]''
|March 1, 2019
|-
|''[[Hagazussa|Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse]]''
|April 19, 2019
|-
|''[[Hesburgh (film)|Hesburgh]]''
|April 26, 2019
|-
|''[[In the Aisles|In The Aisles]]''
|June 14, 2019
|-
|''[[Piranhas (2019 film)|Piranhas]]''
|August 2, 2019
|-
|''[[Give Me Liberty (2019 film)|Give Me Liberty]]''
|August 23, 2019
|-
|''Gags the Clown''
|September 3, 2019
|-
|''[[Edie (film)|Edie]]''
|September 6, 2019
|-
|''Stuffed''
|October 16, 2019
|-
|''[[By the Grace of God (film)|By The Grace of God]]''
|October 18, 2019
|-
|''[[And Then We Danced]]''
|February 7, 2020
|-
|''[[Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin|Nomad: In The Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin]]''
|April 8, 2020
|-
|''Eating Up Easter''
|April 22, 2020
|-
|''An Enginner Imagines''
|May 5, 2020
|-
|''[[Beats (2019 British film)|Beats]]''
|June 26, 2020
|-
|''Represent''
|August 14, 2020
|-
|''[[Sibyl (2019 film)|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 (film)|Ema]]''
|August 6, 2021
|-
|''[[Little Girl (film)|Little Girl]]''
|September 17, 2021
|-
|''Golden Voices''
|October 8, 2021
|-
|''[[Writing with Fire]]''
|November 26, 2021
|-
|[[Strawberry Mansion (film)|''Strawberry Mansion'']]
|February 18, 2022
|-
|''[[The Rose Maker]]''
|April 1, 2022
|-
|''[[Lost Illusions (2021 film)|Lost Illusions]]''
|June 10, 2022
|-
|''Medusa''
|July 29, 2022
|-
|''[[The Story of Film: A New Generation|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 (film)|Full Time]]''
|February 3, 2023
|-
|''[[Rodeo (2022 French film)|Rodeo]]''
|March 17, 2023
|-
|[[Other People's Children (2022 film)|''Other People's Children'']]
|April 21, 2023
|-
|''[[L'immensità (film)|L'immensità]]''
|May 12, 2023
|-
|''[[Paris Memories|Revoir Paris]]''
|June 23, 2023
|-
|''[[The Unknown Country]]''
|July 28, 2023
|-
|''[[Fremont (film)|Fremont]]''
|August 25, 2023
|-
|''My Sailor, My Love''
|September 22, 2023
|-
|''[[The Road Dance (film)|The Road Dance]]''
|October 13, 2023
|-
|''[[The Crime Is Mine]]''
|December 25, 2023
|-
|[[Ennio (film)|''Ennio'']]
|February 9, 2024
|-
|''Golden Years''
|February 23, 2024
|-
|''Glitter & Doom''
|March 8, 2024
|-
|[[Relative (film)|''Relative'']]
|May 21, 2024
|-
|''[[Solo (2023 film)|Solo]]''
|May 24, 2024
|-
|''[[Just the Two of Us (2023 film)|Just the Two of Us]]''
|June 14, 2024
|-
|''[[The Nature of Love]]''
|July 5, 2024
|-
|''[[Mountains (2023 film)|Mountains]]''
|August 16, 2024
|-
|''[[In the Summers]]''
|September 20, 2024
|-
|''[[Daaaaaalí!]]''
|October 4, 2024
|-
|''[[Eephus]]''
|March 7, 2025
|-
|''[[When Fall Is Coming|When Fall is Coming]]''
|April 4, 2025
|-
|''[[The Trouble with Jessica]]''
|April 25, 2025
|-
|''[[Ghost Trail]]''
|May 30, 2025
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.musicboxfilms.com Official site]
* [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0235025/ Internet Movie Database]

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