Hmm. It's a shame they don't promote a great movie like 'Persepolis' properly :(

Those numbers are pretty staggering, but remember - most good movies fail, and most failures do well. And with the exception of the 1970s, this has always been true.

The difference was only made by Juno...lucky punch!

Actually, Juno ONLY accounted for $26 million of Fox Searchlight’s 2007 box office. Even without Juno, Searchlight would have made almost three times the box office with almost half the amount of movie releases.

Is no lucky punch.. SPC sucks big time, "Where Good Films Go to Die" as simple as that.

The Lists.

From imdb, these are the films listed under Sony Pictures Classics and 2007:

1. And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) 7.4/10 (183 votes)
...aka When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007) (USA: new title)
2. Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (2007) 7.8/10 (755 votes)
...aka Band's Visit, The (2007) (International: English title)
...aka Visite de la fanfare, La (2007) (France)
3. Brick Lane (2007) 7.0/10 (140 votes)
4. Désengagement (2007) 7.2/10 (29 votes)
...aka Disengagement (2007) (International: English title)
...aka Disimpegno (2007) (Italy)
...aka Hitnatkoot (2007) (Israel: Hebrew title)
5. Fälscher, Die (2007) 7.7/10 (1183 votes)
...aka Counterfeiter, The (2007) (International: English title)
...aka Counterfeiters, The (2007) (Canada: English title)
...aka Counterfeiters, The (2008) (USA: new title)
6. Interview (2007/I) 7.1/10 (3226 votes)
7. Interview: Behind the Scenes (2007) (V)
8. Jane Austen Book Club, The (2007) 7.1/10 (1171 votes)
9. Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) 6.2/10 (127 votes)
10. Molière (2007) 7.1/10 (1007 votes)
11. My Kid Could Paint That (2007) 7.4/10 (249 votes)
12. Persepolis (2007) 8.2/10 (4157 votes)
13. Sleuth (2007) 6.8/10 (1259 votes)
14. Steep (2007/I) 7.9/10 (50 votes)
15. Triple Theo: Take One (2007) (V)
16. Youth Without Youth (2007) 6.8/10 (972 votes)
...aka Altra giovinezza, Un' (2007) (Italy)
...aka Homme sans âge, L' (2007) (France)
...aka Jugend ohne Jugend (2008) (Germany)


and the Fox Searchlight and 2007 ones:

# 28 Weeks Later (2007) 7.2/10 (37290 votes)
...aka 28 semanas después (2007) (Spain)
# Bufalo de la noche, El (2007) 5.2/10 (497 votes)
...aka Night Buffalo, The (2007) (USA: literal English title)
# Colony, The (2007/II)
# Darjeeling Limited, The (2007) 7.9/10 (9624 votes)
# I Think I Love My Wife (2007) 5.6/10 (4379 votes)
# Joshua (2007) 6.2/10 (1656 votes)
# Juno (2007) 8.3/10 (38527 votes)
# Misma luna, La (2007) 8.6/10 (102 votes)
...aka Under the Same Moon (La misma luna) (2007) (USA: new title)
# Savages, The (2007) 8.0/10 (1569 votes)
# Senioritis (2007)
# Sunshine (2007) 7.3/10 (37081 votes)
# Waitress (2007) 7.5/10 (9558 votes)
# Young @ Heart (2007) (TV) 7.8/10 (19 votes)
# Young at Heart (2007)

I'm not sure if i really see any film in Sony Classics that had the breakthru potential of JUNO nor more commercial appeal of WAITRESS or 28 WEEKS LATER.