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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 24, 2021)

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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. 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

In the Heights (Wide)

Oscar Potential: Picture, Directing, Actor (Anthony Ramos), Actress (Leslie Grace), Supporting Actor (Jimmy Smits), Supporting Actresss (Olga Merediz), Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (if any new songs created for the film), Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound.

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 10-12, 2016

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Jungle Book (2016, 89th) – $2,761,034 ($352,689,723 total) {week 9}
  2. The Lobster (2016, 89th) – $994,949 ($5,665,284 total) {week 11}
  3. Zootopia (2016, 89th) – $556,988 ($338,198,507 total) {week 15}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Jungle Book (2016, 89th) – $2,923,823 ($373,484,146 total)
  2. The Lobster (2016, 89th) – $1,053,611 ($5,999,307 total)
  3. Zootopia (2016, 89th) – $589,828 ($358,138,535 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Jungle Book (2016, 89th): Visual Effects [O]
  • The Lobster (2016, 89th): Original Screenplay
  • Zootopia (2016, 89th): Animated Feature [O]

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 17-19, 2011

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011, 84th) – $9,027,671 ($143,670,468 total) {week 4}
  2. Bridesmaids (2011, 84th) – $7,097,735 ($136,450,725 total) {week 6}
  3. Midnight in Paris (2011, 84th) – $4,884,800 ($21,446,614 total) {week 5}
  4. The Tree of Life (2011, 84th) – $1,163,923 ($3,900,355 total) {week 4}
  5. Rio (2011, 84th) – $517,653 ($138,725,044 total) {week 10}
  6. Beginners (2011, 84th) – $354,948 ($909,124 total) {week 3}
  7. Rango (2011, 84th) – $148,063 ($122,751,081 total) {week 16}
  8. Incendies (2010, 83rd) – $88,127 ($1,535,872 total) {week 9}
  9. Jane Eyre (2011, 84th) – $45,694 ($11,100,689 total) {week 15}
  10. In a Better World (2010, 83rd) – $10,420 ($851,444 total) {week 12}
  11. Barney’s Version (2010, 83rd) – $1,294 ($4,438,045 total) {week 23}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011, 84th) – $10,427,928 ($165,954,790 total)
  2. Bridesmaids (2011, 84th) – $8,198,645 ($157,615,213 total)
  3. Midnight in Paris (2011, 84th) – $5,642,468 ($24,773,138 total)
  4. The Tree of Life (2011, 84th) – $1,344,456 ($4,505,328 total)
  5. Rio (2011, 84th) – $597,945 ($160,242,295 total)
  6. Beginners (2011, 84th) – $410,003 ($1,050,136 total)
  7. Rango (2011, 84th) – $171,029 ($141,790,656 total)
  8. Incendies (2010, 83rd) – $101,796 ($1,774,097 total)
  9. Jane Eyre (2011, 84th) – $52,781 ($12,822,486 total)
  10. In a Better World (2010, 83rd) – $12,036 ($983,509 total)
  11. Barney’s Version (2010, 83rd) – $1,495 ($5,126,418 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Barney’s Version (2010, 83rd): Makeup
  • Beginners (2011, 84th): Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) [O]
  • Bridesmaids (2011, 84th): Supporting Actress (Melissa McCarthy), Original Screenplay
  • In a Better World (2010, 83rd): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Incendies (2010, 83rd): Foreign Language Film
  • Jane Eyre (2011, 84th): Costume Design
  • Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011, 84th): Animated Feature
  • Midnight in Paris (2011, 84th): Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay [O], Art Direction
  • Rango (2011, 84th): Animated Feature [O]
  • Rio (2011, 84th): Original Song (“Real in Rio”)
  • The Tree of Life (2011, 84th): Picture, Directing, Cinematography

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 16-18, 2006

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Cars (2006, 79th) – $33,731,634 ($117,055,283 total) {week 2}
  2. An Inconvenient Truth (2006, 79th) – $1,911,747 ($6,567,780 total) {week 4}
  3. Poseidon (2006, 79th) – $633,288 ($56,511,405 total) {week 6}
  4. Water (2006, 79th) – $134,247 ($2,326,288 total) {week 8}
  5. United 93 (2006, 79th) – $101,745 ($31,269,635 total) {week 8}
  6. Sophie Scholl (2005, 78th) – $3,720 ($640,651 total) {week 18}
  7. Joyeux Noel (2005, 78th) – $1,273 ($1,041,030 total) {week 27}
  8. Darwin’s Nightmare (2005, 78th) – $880 ($203,646 total) {week 46}
  9. Tsotsi (2005, 78th) – $858 ($2,903,232 total) {week 17}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Cars (2006, 79th) – $47,172,789 ($163,698,686 total)
  2. An Inconvenient Truth (2006, 79th) – $2,673,527 ($9,184,865 total)
  3. Poseidon (2006, 79th) – $885,636 ($79,029,690 total)
  4. Water (2006, 79th) – $187,741 ($3,253,252 total)
  5. United 93 (2006, 79th) – $142,288 ($43,729,749 total)
  6. Sophie Scholl (2005, 78th) – $5,202 ($895,933 total)
  7. Joyeux Noel (2005, 78th) – $1,780 ($1,455,853 total)
  8. Darwin’s Nightmare (2005, 78th) – $1,231 ($284,793 total)
  9. Tsotsi (2005, 78th) – $1,200 ($4,060,092 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Cars (2006, 79th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Our Town”)
  • Darwin’s Nightmare (2005, 78th): Documentary Feature
  • An Inconvenient Truth (2006, 79th): Original Song (“I Need to Wake Up” [O]), Documentary Feature [O]
  • Joyeux Noel (2005, 78th): Foreign Language Film
  • Poseidon (2006, 79th): Visual Effects
  • Sophie Scholl (2005, 78th): Foreign Language Film
  • Tsotsi (2005, 78th): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • United 93 (2006, 79th): Directing, Film Editing
  • Water (2006, 79th): Foreign Language Film

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 15-17, 2001

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Shrek (2001, 74th) – $13,181,576 ($197,528,004 total) {week 5}
  2. Pearl Harbor (2001, 74th) – $9,859,120 ($160,358,492 total) {week 4}
  3. Moulin Rouge! (2001, 74th) – $5,030,265 ($36,629,874 total) {week 5}
  4. Memento (2001, 74th) – $733,629 ($1,842,529 total) {week 14}
  5. Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001, 74th) – $696,696 ($68,676,698 total) {week 10}
  6. Lagaan (2001, 74th) – $285,368 ($285,368 total) {week 1}
  7. Sexy Beast (2001, 74th) – $170,356 ($214,580 total) {week 1}
  8. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, 73rd) – $166,797 ($44,938,980 total) {week 26}
  9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, 73rd) – $113,284 ($127,652,038 total) {week 28}
  10. Cast Away (2000, 73rd) – $56,455 ($233,503,178 total) {week 25}
  11. Amores Perros (2000, 73rd) – $53,395 ($5,083,416 total) {week 12}
  12. Divided We Fall (2000, 73rd) – $36,061 ($79,227 total) {week 2}
  13. Traffic (2000, 73rd) – $30,625 ($124,015,650 total) {week 25}
  14. Chocolat (2000, 73rd) – $26,672 ($71,139,226 total) {week 27}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Shrek (2001, 74th) – $21,332,727 ($319,674,296 total)
  2. Pearl Harbor (2001, 74th) – $15,955,749 ($259,520,104 total)
  3. Moulin Rouge! (2001, 74th) – $8,140,853 ($59,280,856 total)
  4. Memento (2001, 74th) – $1,187,287 ($2,981,902 total)
  5. Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001, 74th) – $1,127,515 ($111,144,621 total)
  6. Lagaan (2001, 74th) – $461,832 ($461,832 total)
  7. Sexy Beast (2001, 74th) – $275,700 ($347,271 total)
  8. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, 73rd) – $269,940 ($72,728,102 total)
  9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, 73rd) – $183,336 ($206,588,811 total)
  10. Cast Away (2000, 73rd) – $91,365 ($377,895,603 total)
  11. Amores Perros (2000, 73rd) – $86,413 ($8,226,871 total)
  12. Divided We Fall (2000, 73rd) – $58,360 ($128,219 total)
  13. Traffic (2000, 73rd) – $49,563 ($200,703,773 total)
  14. Chocolat (2000, 73rd) – $43,165 ($115,129,913 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Amores Perros (2000, 73rd): Foreign Language Film
  • Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001, 74th): Actress (Renee Zellweger)
  • Cast Away (2000, 73rd): Actor (Tom Hanks), Sound
  • Chocolat (2000, 73rd): Picture, Actress (Juliette Binoche), Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, 73rd): Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“A Love Before Time”), Original Score [O], Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design, Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Divided We Fall (2000, 73rd): Foreign Language Film
  • Lagaan (2001, 74th): Foreign Language Film
  • Memento (2001, 74th): Original Screenplay, Film Editing
  • Moulin Rouge! (2001, 74th): Picture, Actress (Nicole Kidman), Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, 73rd): Cinematography
  • Pearl Harbor (2001, 74th): Original Song (“There You’ll Be”), Sound, Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects
  • Sexy Beast (2001, 74th): Supporting Actor (Ben Kingsley)
  • Shrek (2001, 74th): Animated Feature [O], Adapted Screenplay
  • Traffic (2000, 73rd): Picture, Directing [O], Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing [O]

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 14-16, 1996

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Rock (1996, 69th) – $18,513,415 ($56,068,139 total) {week 2}
  2. Twister (1996, 69th) – $7,713,048 ($200,018,830 total) {week 6}
  3. Dragonheart (1996, 69th) – $4,550,475 ($35,042,720 total) {week 3}
  4. Toy Story (1995, 68th) – $408,114 ($189,536,685 total) {week 30}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Rock (1996, 69th) – $38,367,168 ($116,195,510 total)
  2. Twister (1996, 69th) – $15,984,507 ($414,518,661 total)
  3. Dragonheart (1996, 69th) – $9,430,396 ($72,622,470 total)
  4. Toy Story (1995, 68th) – $845,775 ($392,795,483 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Dragonheart (1996, 69th): Visual Effects
  • The Rock (1996, 69th): Sound
  • Toy Story (1995, 68th): Original Screenplay, Original Song (“You’ve Got a Friend in Me”), Original Musical or Comedy Score
  • Twister (1996, 69th): Sound, Visual Effects

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 14-16, 1991

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991, 64th) – $25,625,602 ($25,625,602 total) {week 1}
  2. City Slickers (1991, 64th) – $11,274,010 ($30,636,030 total) {week 2}
  3. Backdraft (1991, 64th) – $5,205,375 ($46,639,365 total) {week 4}
  4. Thelma & Louise (1991, 64th) – $2,488,637 ($21,130,012 total) {week 4}
  5. Home Alone (1990, 63rd) – $868,774 ($276,269,739 total) {week 31}
  6. Dances With Wolves (1990, 63rd) – $784,346 ($183,570,744 total) {week 32}
  7. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, 64th) – $726,501 ($123,688,627 total) {week 18}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991, 64th) – $55,755,467 ($55,755,467 total)
  2. City Slickers (1991, 64th) – $24,529,675 ($66,657,015 total)
  3. Backdraft (1991, 64th) – $11,325,709 ($101,476,623 total)
  4. Thelma & Louise (1991, 64th) – $5,414,707 ($45,974,088 total)
  5. Home Alone (1990, 63rd) – $1,890,254 ($601,099,955 total)
  6. Dances With Wolves (1990, 63rd) – $1,706,558 ($399,408,080 total)
  7. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, 64th) – $1,580,701 ($269,118,248 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Backdraft (1991, 64th): Sound, Sound Effects Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • City Slickers (1991, 64th): Supporting Actor (Jack Palance) [O]
  • Dances With Wolves (1990, 63rd): Picture [O], Directing [O], Actor (Kevin Costner), Supporting Actor (Graham Greene), Supporting Actress (Mary McDonnell), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound [O]
  • Home Alone (1990, 63rd): Original Song (“Somewhere in My Memory”), Original Score
  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991, 64th): Original Song (“(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991, 64th): Picture [O], Directing [O], Actor (Anthony Hopkins) [O], Actress (Jodie Foster) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing, Sound
  • Thelma & Louise (1991, 64th): Directing, Actor (Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon), Original Screenplay [O], Film Editing, Cinematography

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 13-15, 1986

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Top Gun (1986, 59th) – $6,250,496 ($53,843,776 total) {week 5}
  2. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986, 59th) – $2,222,901 ($30,856,589 total) {week 4}
  3. Mona Lisa (1986, 59th) – $99,361 ($99,361 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Top Gun (1986, 59th) – $15,432,491 ($132,940,428 total)
  2. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986, 59th) – $5,488,349 ($76,185,001 total)
  3. Mona Lisa (1986, 59th) – $245,323 ($245,323 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Mona Lisa (1986, 59th):
  • Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986, 59th): Visual Effects
  • Top Gun (1986, 59th): Original Song (“Take My Breath Away” [O]), Film Editing, Sound, Sound Effects

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 12-14, 1981

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, 54th) – $8,305,823 ($8,305,823 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, 54th) – $27,367,388 ($27,367,388 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, 54th): Picture, Director, Original Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]

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