Release
Samsara premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011. Oscilloscope Laboratories acquired in March 2012 the rights to distribute Samsara in the United States. The film had a limited release in two theaters on August 24, 2012. By its fifth weekend (September 14–16), Samsara had expanded to 60 theaters and achieved the highest grossing documentary release of 2012. On October 14, distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories announced that at $1.8 million in box office earnings, "Samsara" had become the highest grossing film in Oscilloscope's (relatively short) history.
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