As folks from our head office in Japan are in town this week to "inspire" (kick-ass) I am busy as Hades. So bare with us until their jet streams disappear from the LA skies. Here are the indie numbers:

1. "The Valet" (Sony Pictures Classics) $67,552 wknd ($11,259 per scrn)
2. "Private Fears In Public Places" (IFC First Take) $9,801 wknd ($4,901 per scrn)
3. "Black Book" (Sony Pictures Classics) $232,753 wknd ($4,476 per scrn)
4. "Year Of The Dog" (Paramount Vantage) $133,335 wknd ($4,040 per scrn)
5. "Journey From The Fall" (ImaginAsian) $44,446 wknd ($3,704 per scrn)
6. "Stephanie Daley" (Regent Releasing) $3,401 wknd ($3,401 per scrn)
7. "Syndromes And A Century" (Strand Releasing) $5,518 wknd ($2,759 per scrn)
8. "After The Wedding" (IFC Films) $113,181 wknd ($2,695 per scrn)
9. "Radiant City" (Odeon Films) $7,446 wknd ($2,482 per scrn)
10. "Avenue Montaigne" (ThinkFilm) $116,059 wknd ($2,469 per scrn)