From indieWire:

Box Office: ‘Loop’ In The Money; ‘Summer’ Still Hot
by Peter Knegt



Armando Iannucci’s well-reviewed political comedy ‘In The Loop’ scored in its opening weekend, according to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier this afternoon. The film - described by indieWIRE‘s Eric Kohn as ‘the aesthetics of ‘The Office’ meeting those of ‘The West Wing’’ - grossed $200,816 from 8 screens. That gave ‘Loop’ a $25,102 per-theater-average, among the year’s ten best and distributor IFC Films’ highest since ‘Che’ back in December.



‘We are thrilled with the numbers for ‘In The Loop,’’ IFC’s Mark Boxer, VP Sales and Distribution told indieWIRE. ‘We have been so excited since Sundance to give audiences a chance to see what we believed to be the funniest film of the summer. New York and Los Angeles played to sold out audiences and the word of mouth was through the roof. The film will roll out to the top 15 markets this weekend and the top 50 within three weeks.’