Music Box Films is a distributor of foreign and

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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

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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. Past releases include the Swedish film adaptations of

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's ''Millennium'' series. Other releases include 2015 Academy Award winner for Best International Feature Film '' Ida'', 2016's '' A Man Called Ove'', the

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biopic '' A Quiet Passion'' starring

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, and Christian Petzold's film ''

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''.

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External links

Official site

Internet Movie Database
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