Oscar in Box Office History (Week 11, 2018)

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

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5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 15-17, 2013

Weekend Box Office:

Silver Linings Playbook – $2,525,603 ($124,551,782 total) {week 18}
Life of Pi – $1,224,692 ($121,344,826 total) {week 17}
5 Broken Cameras – $212 ($101,996 total) {week 42}
Argo – $509,207 ($135,178,251 total) {week 23}
Zero Dark Thirty – $431,558 ($95,314,281 total) {week 13}
Lincoln – $395,881 ($181,408,467 total) {week 19}
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – $317,818 ($302,393,021 total) {week 14}
Wreck-It Ralph – $309,557 ($188,440,226 total) {week 20}
Django Unchained – $282,744 ($161,583,271 total) {week 12}
The Gatekeepers – $227,401 ($1,332,814 total) {week 7}
Les Miserables – $196,415 ($148,478,390 total) {week 12}
No – $181,040 ($725,645 total) {week 5}
Amour – $102,949 ($6,497,147 total) {week 13}
The Impossible – $84,063 ($18,614,624 total) {week 13}
Searching for Sugar Man – $35,855 ($3,521,523 total) {week 34}
A Royal Affair – $23,001 ($1,444,407 total) {week 19}
Beasts of the Southern Wild – $17,169 ($12,784,397 total) {week 38}
War Witch – $6,496 ($28,312 total) {week 3}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Silver Linings Playbook – $2,774,125 ($136,807,800 total)
Life of Pi – $1,345,203 ($133,285,276 total)
5 Broken Cameras – $233 ($112,033 total)
Argo – $559,313 ($148,479,924 total)
Zero Dark Thirty – $474,024 ($104,693,300 total)
Lincoln – $434,836 ($199,259,239 total)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – $349,092 ($332,148,792 total)
Wreck-It Ralph – $340,018 ($206,982,930 total)
Django Unchained – $310,566 ($177,483,224 total)
The Gatekeepers – $249,777 ($1,463,964 total)
Les Miserables – $215,742 ($163,088,810 total)
No – $198,855 ($797,049 total)
Amour – $113,079 ($7,136,473 total)
The Impossible – $92,335 ($20,446,321 total)
Searching for Sugar Man – $39,383 ($3,868,044 total)
A Royal Affair – $25,264 ($1,586,538 total)
Beasts of the Southern Wild – $18,858 ($14,042,394 total)
War Witch – $7,135 ($31,098 total)

Oscar Details:

5 Broken Cameras: Documentary Feature
Amour: Picture, Directing, Actress (Emmanuelle Riva), Original Screenplay, Foreign Language Film [O]
Argo: Picture [O], Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Adapted Screenlay [O], Original Score, Film Editing [O], Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
Beasts of the Southern Wild: Picture, Directing, Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis), Adapted Screenplay
Django Unchained: Picture, Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Cinematography, Sound Editing
The Gatekeepers: Documentary Feature
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects
The Impossible: Actress (Naomi Watts)
Les Miserables: Picture, Actor (Hugh Jackman), Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway) [O], Original Song (“Suddenly”), Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling [O], Sound Mixing [O]
Life of Pi: Picture, Directing [O], Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“Pi’s Lullaby”), Original Score [O], Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Production Design, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects [O]
Lincoln: Picture, Directing, Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) [O], Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), Supporting Actress (Sally Field), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design [O], Costume Design, Sound Mixing
No: Foreign Language Film
A Royal Affair: Foreign Language Film
Searching for Sugar Man: Documentary Feature [O]
Silver Linings Playbook: Picture, Directing, Actor (Bradley Cooper), Actress (Jennifer Lawrence) [O], Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actress (Jacki Weaver), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
War Witch: Foreign Language Film
Wreck-It Ralph: Animated Feature
Zero Dark Thirty: Picture, Actress (Jessica Chastain), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Editing [O]

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 14-16, 2008

Weekend Box Office:

Juno – $1,192,817 ($139,812,288 total) {week 15}
No Country for Old Men – $525,085 ($73,674,390 total) {week 19}
In Bruges – $487,876 ($5,246,624 total) {week 6}
The Counterfeiters – $419,049 ($1,214,974 total) {week 4}
There Will Be Blood – $346,935 ($39,339,536 total) {week 12}
Atonement – $101,505 ($50,732,545 total) {week 15}
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – $61,253 ($5,791,810 total) {week 16}
The Savages – $54,554 ($6,426,953 total) {week 16}
Persepolis – $52,999 ($4,019,675 total) {week 12}
The Kite Runner – $50,914 ($15,690,103 total) {week 14}
La Vie en Rose – $28,489 ($10,237,900 total) {week 25}
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – $25,048 ($52,882,759 total) {week 13}
Michael Clayton – $23,808 ($49,024,969 total) {week 24}
Taxi to the Dark Side – $9,681 ($172,931 total) {week 9}
Into the Wild – $7,158 ($18,346,084 total) {week 26}
Beaufort – $6,976 ($66,602 total) {week 9}
2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films – $4,322 ($494,926 total) {week 5}
War/Dance – $2,311 ($106,232 total) {week 15}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Juno – $1,483,545 ($173,889,099 total)
No Country for Old Men – $653,065 ($91,631,240 total)
In Bruges – $606,787 ($6,525,397 total)
The Counterfeiters – $521,185 ($1,511,103 total)
There Will Be Blood – $431,494 ($48,927,863 total)
Atonement – $126,245 ($63,097,720 total)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – $76,182 ($7,203,463 total)
The Savages – $67,851 ($7,993,411 total)
Persepolis – $65,917 ($4,999,401 total)
The Kite Runner – $63,323 ($19,514,292 total)
La Vie en Rose – $35,433 ($12,733,210 total)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – $31,153 ($65,772,011 total)
Michael Clayton – $29,611 ($60,973,952 total)
Taxi to the Dark Side – $12,041 ($215,080 total)
Into the Wild – $8,903 ($22,817,623 total)
Beaufort – $8,676 ($82,835 total)
2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films – $5,375 ($615,556 total)
War/Dance – $2,874 ($132,124 total)

Oscar Details:

2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film
Atonement: Picture, Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score [O], Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design
Beaufort: Foreign Language Film
The Counterfeiters: Foreign Language Film [O]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography
In Bruges: Original Screenplay
Into the Wild: Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook), Editing
Juno: Picture, Director, Actress (Ellen Page), Original Screenplay [O]
The Kite Runner: Original Score
Michael Clayton: Picture, Director, Actor (George Clooney), Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson), Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score
No Country for Old Men: Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Editing, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
Persepolis: Animated Feature
The Savages: Actress (Laura Linney), Original Screenplay
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Actor (Johnny Depp), Art Direction [O], Costume Design
Taxi to the Dark Side: Documentary Feature [O]
There Will Be Blood: Picture, Director, Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) [O], Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Sound Editing
La Vie en Rose: Actress (Marion Cotillard) [O], Costume Design, Makeup [O]
War/Dance: Documentary Feature

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 14-16, 2003

Weekend Box Office:

Chicago – $7,105,479 ($124,845,340 total) {week 12}
The Pianist – $1,303,069 ($18,630,180 total) {week 12}
The Hours – $1,250,613 ($37,294,735 total) {week 12}
About Schmidt – $1,093,228 ($61,630,220 total) {week 14}
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – $1,014,613 ($333,623,857 total) {week 13}
The Quiet American – $990,821 ($8,700,081 total) {week 17}
Gangs of New York – $495,356 ($76,240,821 total) {week 13}
Adaptation. – $328,040 ($21,101,763 total) {week 15}
City of God – $285,061 ($2,407,724 total) {week 9}
Catch Me If You Can – $255,749 ($162,856,831 total) {week 12}
Talk to Her – $251,689 ($7,612,553 total) {week 17}
Frida – $233,326 ($24,828,865 total) {week 21}
Far From Heaven – $226,889 ($15,260,733 total) {week 19}
Bowling for Columbine – $150,753 ($19,324,562 total) {week 23}
The Wild Thornberrys Movie – $95,996 ($39,430,236 total) {week 13}
Nowhere in Africa – $87,496 ($120,095 total) {week 2}
The Crime of Father Amaro – $22,136 ($5,670,884 total) {week 18}
My Big Fat Greek Wedding – $20,903 ($241,406,779 total) {week 48}
Spirited Away – $6,063 ($5,609,308 total) {week 26}
Zus & Zo – $2,636 ($46,619 total) {week 6}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Chicago – $10,522,708 ($184,887,046 total)
The Pianist – $1,929,752 ($27,589,968 total)
The Hours – $1,852,069 ($55,230,843 total)
About Schmidt – $1,618,993 ($91,269,961 total)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – $1,502,570 ($494,073,141 total)
The Quiet American – $1,467,335 ($12,884,200 total)
Gangs of New York – $733,587 ($112,907,219 total)
Adaptation. – $485,804 ($31,250,206 total)
City of God – $422,155 ($3,565,668 total)
Catch Me If You Can – $378,746 ($241,179,353 total)
Talk to Her – $372,733 ($11,273,648 total)
Frida – $345,539 ($36,769,779 total)
Far From Heaven – $336,006 ($22,600,057 total)
Bowling for Columbine – $223,254 ($28,618,298 total)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie – $142,163 ($58,393,368 total)
Nowhere in Africa – $129,575 ($177,852 total)
The Crime of Father Amaro – $32,782 ($8,398,175 total)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding – $30,956 ($357,506,225 total)
Spirited Away – $8,979 ($8,306,985 total)
Zus & Zo – $3,904 ($69,039 total)

Oscar Details:

About Schmidt: Actor (Jack Nicholson), Supporting Actress (Kathy Bates)
Adaptation.: Actor (Nicoals Cage), Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper) [O], Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Adapted Screenplay
Bowling for Columbine: Documentary Feature [O]
Catch Me If You Can: Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken), Original Score
Chicago: Picture [O], Director, Actress (Renee Zellweger), Supporting Actor (John C. Reilly), Supporting Actress (Catherine Zeta-Jones [O], Queen Latifah), Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“I Move On”), Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Sound [O]
City of God: Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography
The Crime of Father Amaro: Foreign Language Film
Far From Heaven: Actress (Julianne Moore), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography
Frida: Actress, Original Score [O], Original Song (“Burn It Blue”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup [O]
Gangs of New York: Picture, Director, Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Original Screenplay, Original Song (“The Hands That Built America”), Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound
The Hours: Picture, Director, Actress (Nicole Kidman) [O], Supporting Actor (Ed Harris), Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Editing, Costume Design
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Picture, Editing, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Original Screenplay
Nowhere in Africa: Foreign Language Film [O]
The Pianist: Picture, Director [O], Actor (Adrien Brody) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design
The Quiet American: Actor (Michael Caine)
Spirited Away: Animated Feature [O]
Talk to Her: Director, Original Screenplay [O]
The Wild Thornberrys Movie: Original Song (“Father and Daughter”)
Zus & Zo: Foreign Language Film

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 13-15, 1998

Weekend Box Office:

Titanic – $17,578,815 ($471,446,140 total) {week 13}
Good Will Hunting – $4,844,784 ($109,843,236 total) {week 15}
As Good As It Gets – $3,051,172 ($121,407,160 total) {week 12}
L.A. Confidential – $1,424,423 ($55,434,736 total) {week 12}
The Apostle – $1,283,750 ($15,028,633 total) {week 9}
Amistad – $304,866 ($43,571,219 total) {week 14}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Titanic – $33,470,963 ($897,657,576 total)
Good Will Hunting – $9,224,717 ($209,147,142 total)
As Good As It Gets – $5,809,588 ($231,165,445 total)
L.A. Confidential – $2,712,174 ($105,550,574 total)
The Apostle – $2,444,326 ($28,615,286 total)
Amistad – $580,480 ($82,961,831 total)

Oscar Details:

Amistad: Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Original Score, Cinematography, Costume Design
The Apostle: Actor (Robert Duvall)
As Good As It Gets: Picture, Actor (Jack Nicholson) [O], Actress (Helen Hunt) [O], Supporting Actor (Greg Kinnear), Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score, Editing
Good Will Hunting: Picture, Director, Actor (Matt Damon), Supporting Actor (Robin Williams) [O], Supporting Actress (Minnie Driver), Original Screenplay [O], Original Dramatic Score, Original Song (“Miss Misery”), Editing
L.A. Confidential: Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Dramatic Score, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound
Titanic: Picture [O], Director [O], Actress (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart), Original Dramatic Score [O], Original Song (“My Heart Will Go On”) [O], Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound [O], Sound Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 12-14, 1993

Weekend Box Office:

The Crying Game – $3,334,743 ($38,597,792 total) {week 16}
Aladdin – $1,799,183 ($190,438,383 total) {week 18}
Scent of a Woman – $1,110,795 ($49,112,274 total) {week 12}
Unforgiven – $470,492 ($80,919,881 total) {week 32}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

The Crying Game – $7,193,057 ($83,255,624 total)
Aladdin – $3,880,846 ($410,776,512 total)
Scent of a Woman – $2,395,990 ($105,935,412 total)
Unforgiven – $1,014,854 ($174,544,574 total)

Oscar Details:

Aladdin: Original Song (“A Whole New World” [O], “Friend Like Me”), Original Score [O], Sound, Sound Effects
The Crying Game: Picture, Director, Actor (Stephen Rea), Supporting Actor (Jaye Davidson), Original Screenplay [O], Editing
Scent of a Woman: Picture, Director, Actor (Al Pacino) [O], Adapted Screenplay
Unforgiven: Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Clint Eastwood), Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) [O], Original Screenplay, Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 11-13, 1988

Weekend Box Office:

Good Morning, Vietnam – $4,369,592 ($91,060,075 total) {week 12}
Moonstruck – $2,657,247 ($49,377,054 total) {week 13}
The Last Emperor – $1,106,588 ($20,966,245 total) {week 17}
Stand and Deliver – $411,884 ($411,884 total) {week 1}
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – $508,522 ($3,059,108 total) {week 6}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Good Morning, Vietnam – $9,494,028 ($197,850,723 total)
Moonstruck – $5,773,532 ($107,283,964 total)
The Last Emperor – $2,404,338 ($45,554,396 total)
Stand and Deliver – $894,921 ($894,921 total)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – $1,104,891 ($6,646,675 total)

Oscar Details:

Good Morning, Vietnam: Actor (Robin Williams)
The Last Emperor: Picture [O], Director [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score [O], Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Sound [O]
Moonstruck: Picture, Director, Actress (Cher) [O], Supporting Actor (Vincent Gardenia), Supporting Actress (Olympia Dukakis) [O], Original Screenplay
Stand and Deliver: Actor (Edward James Olmos)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 18-20, 1983

Weekend Box Office:

Tootsie – $3,579,379 ($138,733,218 total) {week 14}
Gandhi – $1,888,225 ($31,226,069 total) {week 15}
Sophie’s Choice – $860,353 ($19,962,353 total) {week 14}
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – $749,925 ($337,803,244 total) {week 41}
The Verdict – $745,111 ($49,419,748 total) {week 15}
The Year of Living Dangerously – $633,623 ($6,682,442 total) {week 9}
Tender Mercies – $47,651 ($188,010 total) {week 3}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Tootsie – $10,147,255 ($393,297,662 total)
Gandhi – $5,352,968 ($88,523,427 total)
Sophie’s Choice – $2,439,032 ($56,591,686 total)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – $2,125,978 ($957,645,387 total)
The Verdict – $2,112,331 ($140,101,063 total)
The Year of Living Dangerously – $1,796,271 ($18,944,193 total)
Tender Mercies – $135,087 ($532,993 total)

Oscar Details:

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Editing, Cinematography, Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
Gandhi: Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Ben Kingsley) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Original Score, Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
Sophie’s Choice: Actress (Meryl Streep) [O], Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Costume Design
Tender Mercies: Picture, Director, Actor (Robert Duvall) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Original Song (“Over You”)
Tootsie: Picture, Director, Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Teri Garr), Supporting Actress (Jessica Lange) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“It Might Be You”), Editing, Cinematography, Sound
The Verdict: Picture, Director, Actor (Paul Newman), Supporting Actor (James Mason), Adapted Screenplay
The Year of Living Dangerously: Supporting Actress [O]