Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 2012)

Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office. The second section is an alphabetical list of those films and the categories in which they were nominated. And to start each week off, we’ll be looking at the films releasing over the weekend that have the best chance of getting Oscar nominations and specifying the categories where we think they have the best chance at this stage of the game. Please let us know if you like our new feature or if you want to see more information and we’ll see what we can do!

This Year: Potential Oscar Nominees Releasing This Weekend

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5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 19-21, 2007

Weekend Box Office:

Dreamgirls – $8,008,749 ($77,415,704 total) {week 6}
The Pursuit of Happyness – $6,310,133 ($146,121,200 total) {week 6}
Pan’s Labyrinth – $4,502,243 ($9,932,414 total) {week 4}
Children of Men – $3,710,945 ($27,491,508 total) {week 4}
The Queen – $3,400,061 ($35,557,521 total) {week 17}
Babel – $2,072,412 ($23,658,420 total) {week 13}
The Good Shepherd – $2,050,155 ($57,602,410 total) {week 5}
Blood Diamond – $1,744,497 ($50,627,655 total) {week 7}
The Last King of Scotland – $1,609,920 ($5,326,979 total) {week 17}
Letters from Iwo Jima – $1,355,466 ($2,442,552 total) {week 5}
Happy Feet – $1,308,288 ($190,695,949 total) {week 10}
Notes on a Scandal – $1,167,702 ($6,004,333 total) {week 4}
The Curse of the Golden Flower – $820,141 ($5,815,478 total) {week 5}
Volver – $535,947 ($7,507,680 total) {week 12}
Apocalypto – $517,784 ($49,799,017 total) {week 7}
Borat – $320,289 ($127,483,875 total) {week 12}
The Departed – $301,952 ($121,732,446 total) {week 16}
Little Children – $184,844 ($3,763,186 total) {week 16}
The Good German – $109,897 ($891,721 total) {week 6}
Venus – $100,930 ($326,105 total) {week 5}
The Prestige – $45,518 ($53,002,677 total) {week 14}
Little Miss Sunshine – $8,895 ($59,593,606 total) {week 26}
The Illusionist – $8,121 ($39,852,432 total) {week 23}
Iraq in Fragments – $2,743 ($73,463 total) {week 9}
Jesus Camp – $1,602 ($885,182 total) {week 19}

Oscar Details:

Apocalypto: Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
Babel: Picture, Supporting Actress (Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi), Director, Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Editing
Blood Diamond: Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou), Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
Borat: Adapted Screenplay
Children of Men: Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography
The Curse of the Golden Flower: Costume Design
The Departed: Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Mark Wahlberg), Adapted Screenplay [O], Editing
Dreamgirls: Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) [O], Original Song (“Listen”, “Love You I Do”, “Patience”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound [O]
The Good German: Original Score
The Good Shepherd: Art Direction
Happy Feet: Animated Feature [O]
The Illusionist: Cinematography
Iraq in Fragments: Documentary Feature
Jesus Camp: Documentary Feature
The Last King of Scotland: Actor (Forest Whitaker [O])
Letters from Iwo Jima: Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Sound Editing [O]
Little Children: Actress (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actor (Jackie Earle Haley), Adapted Screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine: Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin [O]), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin), Original Screenplay [O]
Notes on a Scandal: Actress (Judi Dench), Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
Pan’s Labyrinth: Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Makeup [O], Foreign Language Film
The Prestige: Cinematography, Art Direction
The Pursuit of Happyness: Actor (Will Smith)
The Queen: Picture, Director, Actress (Helen Mirren [O]), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Costume Design
Venus: Actor (Peter O’Toole)
Volver: Actress (Penelope Cruz)

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 18-20, 2002

Weekend Box Office:

Black Hawn Down – $28,611,736 ($30,455,164 total) {week 4}
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – $12,473,748 ($245,418,551 total) {week 5}
A Beautiful Mind – $11,748,110 ($74,657,891 total) {week 5}
Gosford Park – $3,395,759 ($11,396,024 total) {week 4}
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – $2,876,048 ($72,706,032 total) {week 5}
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – $2,586,521 ($308,793,051 total) {week 10}
In the Bedroom – $2,279,019 ($11,213,355 total) {week 9}
Ali – $1,410,404 ($56,928,984 total) {week 4}
Monsters, Inc. – $1,384,028 ($249,291,311 total) {week 12}
Amelie – $1,095,543 ($20,892,305 total) {week 12}
Monster’s Ball – $157,018 ($795,346 total) {week 4}
Mulholland Drive – $139,860 ($6,236,443 total) {week 15}

Oscar Details:

Ali: Actor (Will Smith), Supporting Actor (Jon Voight)
Amelie: Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Foreign Language Film
A Beautiful Mind: Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Russell Crowe), Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Editing, Makeup
Black Hawn Down: Director, Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound [O]
Gosford Park: Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith), Original Screenplay [O], Art Direction, Costume Design
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Original Score, Art Direction, Costume Design
In the Bedroom: Picture, Actor (Tom Wilkinson), Actress (Sissy Spacek), Supporting Actress (Marisa Tomei), Adapted Screenplay
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: Animated Feature
Monster’s Ball: Actress (Halle Berry) [O], Original Screenplay
Monsters, Inc.: Animated Feature, Original Song (If I Didn’t Have You [O]), Original Score, Sound Editing
Mulholland Drive: Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Ian McKellen), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score [O], Original Song (“May It Be”), Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup [O], Sound, Visual Effects [O]

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 17-20, 1997

Weekend Box Office:

Evita – $8,918,183 ($23,072,988 total) {week 4}
Jerry Maguire – $7,515,771 ($102,837,983 total) {week 6}
The People vs. Larry Flynt – $3,811,035 ($13,017,419 total) {week 4}
One Fine Day – $2,722,311 ($41,043,794 total) {week 5}
The English Patient – $2,336,800 ($34,118,472 total) {week 10}
Shine – $1,841,755 ($10,680,840 total) {week 8}
Ghosts of Mississippi – $1,605,200 ($11,775,974 total) {week 5}
The Portrait of a Lady – $1,490,260 ($2,007,646 total) {week 3}

Oscar Details:

The English Patient: Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas), Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche [O]), Adapted Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score [O], Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Sound [O]
Evita: Original Song (“You Must Love Me”) [O], Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound
Ghosts of Mississippi: Supporting Actor (James Woods), Makeup
Jerry Maguire: Picture, Actor (Tom Cruise), Supporting Actor (Cuba Gooding Jr.) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing
One Fine Day: Original Song (“For the First Time”)
The People vs. Larry Flynt: Director, Actor (Woody Harrelson)
The Portrait of a Lady: Supporting Actress (Barbara Hershey), Costume Design
Shine: Picture, Director, Actor (Geoffrey Rush) [O], Supporting Actor (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score, Editing

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 17-20, 1992

Weekend Box Office:

Hook – $6,854,100 ($98,907,565 total) {week 6}
The Prince of Tides – $6,010,388 ($47,835,593 total) {week 4}
Grand Canyon – $5,997,611 ($10,900,533 total) {week 4}
JFK – $5,797,711 ($45,506,354 total) {week 5}
Beauty and the Beast – $5,275,625 ($95,240,876 total) {week 10}
Bugsy – $3,018,129 ($34,250,681 total) {week 6}
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – $2,064,153 ($67,494,882 total) {week 7}
The Addams Family – $1,715,370 ($103,923,691 total) {week 9}
Cape Fear – $1,666,280 ($71,113,842 total) {week 10}
Fried Green Tomatoes – $797,154 ($2,263,852 total) {week 4}

Oscar Details:

The Addams Family: Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast: Picture, Original Score [O], Original Song (“Be Our Guest”, “Beauty and the Beast” [O], “Belle”), Sound
Bugsy: Picture, Director, Actor (Warren Beatty), Supporting Actor (Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O]
Cape Fear: Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis)
Fried Green Tomatoes: Supporting Actress (Jessica Tandy), Adapted Screenplay
Grand Canyon: Original Screenplay
Hook: Original Song (“When You’re Alone”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Visual Effects
JFK: Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Sound
The Prince of Tides: Picture, Actor (Nick Nolte), Supporting Actress (Kate Nelligan), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: Original Score, Cinematography, Sound, Sound Effects Editing

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 16-18, 1987

Weekend Box Office:

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – $4,056,512 ($92,673,709 total) {week 9}
Platoon – $3,730,715 ($11,110,235 total) {week 5}
Crocodile Dundee – $3,580,010 ($132,345,322 total) {week 17}
The Mission – $1,468,686 ($6,543,029 total) {week 8}
Heartbreak Ridge – $1,040,729 ($39,927,825 total) {week 7}
An American Tail – $1,010,470 ($39,895,803 total) {week 9}

Oscar Details:

An American Tail: Original Song (“Somewhere Out There”)
Crocodile Dundee: Original Screenplay
Heartbreak Ridge: Sound
The Mission: Picture, Director, Original Score, Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design
Platoon: Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe), Original Screenplay, Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound [O]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: Original Score, Cinematography, Sound, Sound Effects Editing

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 15-17, 1982

Weekend Box Office:

Absence of Malice – $3,290,111 ($23,341,516 total) {week 9}
Reds – $2,181,946 ($23,760,547 total) {week 5}
Raiders of the Lost Ark – $1,629,191 ($181,718,672 total) {week 6}
Ragtime – $1,403,534 ($12,631,335 total) {week 5}
Arthur – $586,812 ($80,803,852 total) {week 3}
Pennies from Heaven – $520,000 ($6,200,000 total) {week 6}
Chariots of Fire – $359,516 ($4,837,000 total) {week 5}
On Golden Pond – $98,793 ($1,156,889 total) {week 7}

Oscar Details:

Absence of Malice: Actor (Paul Newman), Supporting Actress (Melinda Dillon), Original Screenplay
Arthur: Actor (Dudley Moore), Supporting Actor (John Gielgud) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”) [O]
Chariots of Fire: Picture [O], Director, Supporting Actor (Ian Holm), Original Screenplay [O], Original Score [O], Editing, Costume Design [O]
On Golden Pond: Picture, Director, Actor (Henry Fonda) [O], Actress (Katharine Hepburn) [O], Supporting Actress (Jane Fonda), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Editing, Cinematography, Sound
Pennies from Heaven: Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Sound
Ragtime: Supporting Actor (Howard E Rollins Jr), Supporting Actress (Elizabeth McGovern), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song (“One More Hour”), Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Picture, Director, Original Score, Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Sound [O], Sound Effects Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
Reds: Picture, Director [O], Actor (Warren Beatty), Actress (Diane Keaton), Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson), Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton) [O], Original Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound