Oscar in Box Office History (Week 10, 2017)

Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking at the inflation-adjusted numbers). The third 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 shots at this stage of the game. If you have any suggestions for more data you’d like to see, please let us know.

This Year: Potential Oscar Nominees Releasing This Weekend

Kong: Skull Island (Wide)

Oscar Potential: Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects.

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 9-11, 2012

Weekend Box Office:

The Artist – $2,079,910 ($40,234,933 total) {week 16}
A Separation – $728,376 ($4,780,208 total) {week 11}
The Descendants – $676,862 ($81,454,624 total) {week 17}
Hugo – $623,315 ($72,269,119 total) {week 16}
The Iron Lady – $567,974 ($27,931,791 total) {week 11}
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – $173,213 ($102,363,771 total) {week 12}
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – $172,494 ($23,922,144 total) {week 14}
The Adventures of Tintin – $140,931 ($77,384,667 total) {week 12}
Pina – $120,652 ($3,030,121 total) {week 12}
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – $114,978 ($31,711,093 total) {week 12}
In Darkness – $114,588 ($573,876 total) {week 5}
My Week with Marilyn – $80,673 ($14,486,303 total) {week 16}
War Horse – $68,360 ($79,349,578 total) {week 12}
Undefeated – $57,578 ($254,388 total) {week 4}
Footnote – $47,528 ($47,528 total) {week 1}
The Muppets – $41,574 ($88,542,491 total) {week 16}
Albert Nobbs – $38,356 ($2,791,408 total) {week 7}
W.E. – $35,569 ($384,962 total) {week 6}
Chico & Rita – $21,741 ($198,997 total) {week 5}
Midnight in Paris – $4,124 ($56,809,853 total) {week 43}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

The Artist – $2,134,782 ($41,296,407 total)
A Separation – $747,592 ($4,906,319 total)
The Descendants – $694,719 ($83,603,553 total)
Hugo – $639,759 ($74,175,716 total)
The Iron Lady – $582,958 ($28,668,685 total)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – $177,783 ($105,064,323 total)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – $177,045 ($24,553,256 total)
The Adventures of Tintin – $144,649 ($79,426,222 total)
Pina – $123,835 ($3,110,061 total)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – $118,011 ($32,547,692 total)
In Darkness – $117,611 ($589,016 total)
My Week with Marilyn – $82,801 ($14,868,479 total)
War Horse – $70,163 ($81,442,971 total)
Undefeated – $59,097 ($261,099 total)
Footnote – $48,782 ($48,782 total)
The Muppets – $42,671 ($90,878,411 total)
Albert Nobbs – $39,368 ($2,865,051 total)
W.E. – $36,507 ($395,118 total)
Chico & Rita – $22,315 ($204,247 total)
Midnight in Paris – $4,233 ($58,308,605 total)

Oscar Details:

The Adventures of Tintin: Original Score
Albert Nobbs: Actress (Glenn Close), Supporting Actress (Janet McTeer), Makeup
The Artist: Picture [O], Directing [O], Actor (Jean Dujardin) [O], Supporting Actress (Bérénice Bejo), Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design [O]
Chico & Rita: Animated Feature
The Descendants: Picture, Directing, Actor (George Clooney), Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Picture, Supporting Actor (Max von Sydow)
Footnote: Foreign Language Film
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Actress (Rooney Mara), Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
Hugo: Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design, Sound Mixing [O], Sound Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
In Darkness: Foreign Language Film
The Iron Lady: Actress (Meryl Streep) [O], Makeup [O]
Midnight in Paris: Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay [O], Art Direction
The Muppets: Original Song (“Man or Muppet”)
My Week with Marilyn: Actress (Michelle Williams), Supporting Actor (Kenneth Branagh)
Pina: Documentary Feature
A Separation: Original Screenplay, Foreign Language Film [O]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Actor (Gary Oldman), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
Undefeated: Documentary Feature [O]
W.E.: Costume Design
War Horse: Picture, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 9-11, 2007

Weekend Box Office:

Norbit – $4,278,099 ($88,295,349 total) {week 5}
The Lives of Others – $852,558 ($3,460,248 total) {week 5}
Pan’s Labyrinth – $780,957 ($35,407,181 total) {week 11}
The Last King of Scotland – $656,921 ($16,262,830 total) {week 24}
Happy Feet – $622,496 ($195,551,539 total) {week 17}
The Queen – $573,487 ($55,154,689 total) {week 24}
Dreamgirls – $312,255 ($102,579,252 total) {week 13}
Notes on a Scandal – $200,149 ($17,061,885 total) {week 12}
Blood Diamond – $134,204 ($56,711,165 total) {week 14}
Volver – $129,425 ($12,516,745 total) {week 19}
The Departed – $102,265 ($132,310,442 total) {week 23}
Letters from Iwo Jima – $100,167 ($13,521,691 total) {week 12}
Children of Men – $96,785 ($35,286,428 total) {week 11}
Babel – $69,737 ($34,237,104 total) {week 20}
Venus – $63,229 ($3,186,768 total) {week 12}
Little Children – $56,246 ($5,307,219 total) {week 23}
The Curse of the Golden Flower – $13,632 ($6,548,853 total) {week 12}
Little Miss Sunshine – $13,271 ($59,876,528 total) {week 33}
The Good German – $10,046 ($1,213,968 total) {week 13}
Borat – $9,845 ($128,498,545 total) {week 19}
The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films – $6,587 ($299,101 total) {week 4}
Iraq in Fragments – $6,218 ($150,927 total) {week 18}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Norbit – $5,080,243 ($104,850,727 total)
The Lives of Others – $1,012,413 ($4,109,045 total)
Pan’s Labyrinth – $927,386 ($42,046,027 total)
The Last King of Scotland – $780,094 ($19,312,111 total)
Happy Feet – $739,214 ($232,217,453 total)
The Queen – $681,016 ($65,496,193 total)
Dreamgirls – $370,803 ($121,812,862 total)
Notes on a Scandal – $237,677 ($20,260,988 total)
Blood Diamond – $159,367 ($67,344,508 total)
Volver – $153,692 ($14,863,635 total)
The Departed – $121,440 ($157,118,650 total)
Letters from Iwo Jima – $118,948 ($16,057,008 total)
Children of Men – $114,932 ($41,902,633 total)
Babel – $82,813 ($40,656,561 total)
Venus – $75,084 ($3,784,287 total)
Little Children – $66,792 ($6,302,323 total)
The Curse of the Golden Flower – $16,188 ($7,776,763 total)
Little Miss Sunshine – $15,759 ($71,103,377 total)
The Good German – $11,930 ($1,441,587 total)
Borat – $11,691 ($152,592,022 total)
The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films – $7,822 ($355,182 total)
Iraq in Fragments – $7,384 ($179,226 total)

Oscar Details:

The 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animated Short Film; Live Action Short Film
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
Happy Feet: Animated Feature [O]
Iraq in Fragments: 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]
The Lives of Others: Foreign Language Film
Norbit: Makeup
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 Queen: Picture, Director, Actress (Helen Mirren [O]), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Costume Design
Venus: Actor (Peter O’Toole)
Volver: Actress (Penelope Cruz)

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 8-10, 2002

Weekend Box Office:

The Time Machine – $22,610,437 ($22,610,437 total) {week 1}
A Beautiful Mind – $3,872,880 ($144,274,651 total) {week 12}
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – $2,683,317 ($291,149,457 total) {week 12}
Gosford Park – $1,688,318 ($33,387,034 total) {week 11}
Monster’s Ball – $1,663,494 ($15,457,817 total) {week 11}
In the Bedroom – $1,409,007 ($30,710,084 total) {week 16}
Black Hawk Down – $1,344,595 ($106,745,304 total) {week 11}
I Am Sam – $1,241,286 ($37,337,038 total) {week 11}
Amelie – $620,292 ($28,790,935 total) {week 19}
Iris – $526,224 ($2,435,918 total) {week 13}
The Royal Tenenbaums – $402,105 ($50,733,728 total) {week 13}
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – $249,184 ($315,311,411 total) {week 17}
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – $132,420 ($80,168,030 total) {week 12}
Monsters, Inc. – $122,065 ($252,557,794 total) {week 19}
Vanilla Sky – $88,071 ($99,590,479 total) {week 1}
Mulholland Drive – $49,150 ($7,015,283 total) {week 22}
Moulin Rouge! – $15,651 ($57,276,980 total) {week 40}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

The Time Machine – $31,794,711 ($31,794,711 total)
A Beautiful Mind – $5,446,029 ($202,878,468 total)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – $3,773,270 ($409,413,264 total)
Gosford Park – $2,374,106 ($46,948,721 total)
Monster’s Ball – $2,339,199 ($21,736,724 total)
In the Bedroom – $1,981,340 ($43,184,404 total)
Black Hawk Down – $1,890,764 ($150,104,842 total)
I Am Sam – $1,745,492 ($52,503,201 total)
Amelie – $872,252 ($40,485,704 total)
Iris – $739,974 ($3,425,379 total)
The Royal Tenenbaums – $565,439 ($71,341,576 total)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – $350,402 ($443,389,712 total)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – $186,209 ($112,731,980 total)
Monsters, Inc. – $171,647 ($355,145,814 total)
Vanilla Sky – $123,845 ($140,043,754 total)
Mulholland Drive – $69,115 ($9,864,864 total)
Moulin Rouge! – $22,008 ($80,542,672 total)

Oscar Details:

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 Hawk Down: Directing, Film 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
I Am Sam: Actor (Sean Penn)
In the Bedroom: Picture, Actor (Tom Wilkinson), Actress (Sissy Spacek), Supporting Actress (Marisa Tomei), Adapted Screenplay
Iris: Actress (Judi Dench), Supporting Actor (Jim Broadbent) [O], Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: Animated Feature
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]
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
Moulin Rouge!: Picture, Actress (Nicole Kidman), Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
Mulholland Drive: Director
The Royal Tenenbaums: Original Screenplay
The Time Machine: Makeup
The Time Machine: Makeup
Vanilla Sky: Original Song (“Vanilla Sky”)

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 7-9, 1997

Weekend Box Office:

Donnie Brasco – $7,831,804 ($23,354,735 total) {week 2}
Marvin’s Room – $2,365,877 ($8,678,752 total) {week 4}
Jerry Maguire – $2,153,022 ($138,005,881 total) {week 13}
The English Patient – $2,007,254 ($57,548,109 total) {week 17}
Shine – $1,944,532 ($28,769,863 total) {week 16}
Sling Blade – $1,270,753 ($4,833,610 total) {week 14}
Secrets & Lies – $487,507 ($10,359,338 total) {week 6}
Evita – $381,913 ($48,168,734 total) {week 11}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Donnie Brasco – $13,940,270 ($41,570,411 total)
Marvin’s Room – $4,211,158 ($15,447,800 total)
Jerry Maguire – $3,832,285 ($245,644,455 total)
The English Patient – $3,572,825 ($102,433,126 total)
Shine – $3,461,182 ($51,209,103 total)
Sling Blade – $2,261,885 ($8,603,615 total)
Secrets & Lies – $867,741 ($18,439,170 total)
Evita – $679,788 ($85,738,248 total)

Oscar Details:

Donnie Brasco: Adapted Screenplay
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
Jerry Maguire: Picture, Actor (Tom Cruise), Supporting Actor (Cuba Gooding Jr.) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing
Marvin’s Room: Actress (Diane Keaton)
Secrets & Lies: Picture, Director, Actress (Brenda Blethyn), Supporting Actress (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), Original Screenplay
Shine: Picture, Director, Actor (Geoffrey Rush) [O], Supporting Actor (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score, Editing
Sling Blade: Actor (Billy Bob Thornton), Adapted Screenplay [O]

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 6-8, 1992

Weekend Box Office:

Fried Green Tomatoes – $3,933,105 ($52,433,849 total) {week 11}
Beauty and the Beast – $1,902,842 ($118,460,773 total) {week 17}
The Prince of Tides – $1,169,539 ($68,001,463 total) {week 11}
Hook – $388,080 ($115,070,592 total) {week 13}
The Mambo Kings – $299,418 ($754,674 total) {week 2}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Fried Green Tomatoes – $7,743,004 ($103,225,192 total)
Beauty and the Beast – $3,746,077 ($233,210,727 total)
The Prince of Tides – $2,302,442 ($133,872,760 total)
Hook – $764,003 ($226,536,563 total)
The Mambo Kings – $589,457 ($1,485,708 total)

Oscar Details:

Beauty and the Beast: Picture, Original Song (“Be Our Guest”, “Beauty and the Beast” [O], “Belle”), Original Score [O], Sound
Fried Green Tomatoes: Supporting Actress (Jessica Tandy), Adapted Screenplay
Hook: Original Song (“When You’re Alone”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Visual Effects
The Mambo Kings: Original Song (“Beautiful Maria of My Soul”)
The Prince of Tides: Picture, Actor (Nick Nolte), Supporting Actress (Kate Nelligan), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 6-8, 1987

Weekend Box Office:

Lethal Weapon – $6,829,949 ($6,829,949 total) {week 1}
Platoon – $6,109,812 ($84,585,081 total) {week 12}
Mannequin – $2,959,244 ($21,029,502 total) {week 4}
Hoosiers – $2,846,849 ($11,551,010 total) {week 7}
Crocodile Dundee – $1,454,603 ($153,720,911 total) {week 24}
Radio Days – $964,160 ($10,106,040 total) {week 6}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Lethal Weapon – $14,271,275 ($14,271,275 total)
Platoon – $12,766,538 ($176,741,717 total)
Mannequin – $6,183,382 ($43,941,440 total)
Hoosiers – $5,948,531 ($24,135,998 total)
Crocodile Dundee – $3,039,413 ($321,202,006 total)
Radio Days – $2,014,626 ($21,116,713 total)

Oscar Details:

Crocodile Dundee: Original Screenplay
Hoosiers: Supporting Actor (Dennis Hopper), Original Score
Lethal Weapon: Sound
Mannequin: Original Song (“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”)
Platoon: Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe), Original Screenplay, Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound [O]
Radio Days: Original Screenplay, Art Direction

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 5-7, 1982

Weekend Box Office:

On Golden Pond – $5,507,123 ($55,887,548 total) {week 14}
Chariots of Fire – $2,229,501 ($17,490,000 total) {week 19}
Raiders of the Lost Ark – $1,665,000 ($194,974,748 total) {week 11}
Arthur – $805,000 ($86,919,765 total) {week 14}
Absence of Malice – $726,000 ($38,364,528 total) {week 15}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

On Golden Pond – $15,303,808 ($155,306,553 total)
Chariots of Fire – $6,195,586 ($48,603,163 total)
Raiders of the Lost Ark – $4,626,888 ($541,817,582 total)
Arthur – $2,237,024 ($241,542,340 total)
Absence of Malice – $2,017,490 ($106,611,631 total)

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
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Picture, Director, Original Score, Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]