Oscar in Box Office History (Week 41, 2022)

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

Decision to Leave (Limited)

Oscar Potential: International Feature.

Till (Limited)

Oscar Potential: Picture, Directing, Actress (Danielle Deadwyler), Supporting Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Production Design, Costume Design.

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 13-15, 2017

Weekend Box Office:

Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th) – $15,492,244 ($60,970,631 total) {week 2}
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th) – $3,006,155 ($11,233,099 total) {week 4}
Marshall (2017, 90th) – $3,000,805 ($3,000,805 total) {week 1}
The Florida Project (2017, 90th) – $368,149 ($590,957 total) {week 2}
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th) – $331,602 ($750,674 total) {week 4}
Dunkirk (2017, 90th) – $152,419 ($187,552,594 total) {week 13}
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th) – $65,589 ($146,676,660 total) {week 14}
Faces Places (2017, 90th) – $43,762 ($93,884 total) {week 2}
The Big Sick (2017, 90th) – $26,421 ($42,861,332 total) {week 17}
Baby Driver (2017, 90th) – $20,017 ($107,816,745 total) {week 16}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th) – $16,528,515 ($65,048,934 total)
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th) – $3,207,236 ($11,984,477 total)
Marshall (2017, 90th) – $3,201,528 ($3,201,528 total)
The Florida Project (2017, 90th) – $392,774 ($630,486 total)
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th) – $353,783 ($800,886 total)
Dunkirk (2017, 90th) – $162,614 ($200,097,918 total)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th) – $69,976 ($156,487,808 total)
Faces Places (2017, 90th) – $46,689 ($100,164 total)
The Big Sick (2017, 90th) – $28,188 ($45,728,311 total)
Baby Driver (2017, 90th) – $21,356 ($115,028,567 total)

Oscar Details:

Baby Driver (2017, 90th): Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
The Big Sick (2017, 90th): Original Screenplay
Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th): Cinematography [O], Production Design, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects [O]
Dunkirk (2017, 90th): Picture, Directing, Original Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Production Design, Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing [O]
Faces Places (2017, 90th): Documentary Feature
The Florida Project (2017, 90th): Supporting Actor (Willem Dafoe)
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th): Animated Feature
Marshall (2017, 90th): Original Song (“Stand Up for Something”)
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th): Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th): Visual Effects

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 12-14, 2012

Weekend Box Office:

Argo (2012, 85th) – $19,458,109 ($19,458,109 total) {week 1}
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th) – $7,054,334 ($22,075,002 total) {week 2}
The Master (2012, 85th) – $813,379 ($13,910,287 total) {week 5}
Brave (2012, 85th) – $469,731 ($234,463,471 total) {week 17}
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $190,822 ($1,685,694 total) {week 12}
ParaNorman (2012, 85th) – $109,865 ($54,530,477 total) {week 9}
Ted (2012, 85th) – $95,655 ($218,511,800 total) {week 16}
Moonrise Kingdom (2012, 85th) – $35,673 ($45,451,321 total) {week 21}
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, 85th) – $25,255 ($11,152,266 total) {week 16}
How to Survive a Plague (2012, 85th) – $10,779 ($94,003 total) {week 4}
5 Broken Cameras (2012, 85th) – $741 ($73,196 total) {week 20}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Argo (2012, 85th) – $23,393,732 ($23,393,732 total)
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th) – $8,481,153 ($26,539,921 total)
The Master (2012, 85th) – $977,894 ($16,723,800 total)
Brave (2012, 85th) – $564,739 ($281,886,359 total)
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $229,418 ($2,026,645 total)
ParaNorman (2012, 85th) – $132,086 ($65,559,883 total)
Ted (2012, 85th) – $115,002 ($262,708,282 total)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012, 85th) – $42,888 ($54,644,365 total)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, 85th) – $30,363 ($13,407,938 total)
How to Survive a Plague (2012, 85th) – $12,959 ($113,016 total)
5 Broken Cameras (2012, 85th) – $891 ($88,001 total)

Oscar Details:

5 Broken Cameras (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature
Argo (2012, 85th): Picture [O], Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Adapted Screenlay [O], Original Score, Film Editing [O], Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, 85th): Picture, Directing, Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis), Adapted Screenplay
Brave (2012, 85th): Animated Feature [O]
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th): Animated Feature
How to Survive a Plague (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature
The Master (2012, 85th): Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Supporting Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012, 85th): Original Screenplay
ParaNorman (2012, 85th): Animated Feature
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature [O]
Ted (2012, 85th): Original Song (“Everybody Needs a Best Friend”)

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 12-14, 2007

Weekend Box Office:

Michael Clayton (2007, 80th) – $10,373,422 ($11,450,629 total) {week 2}
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, 80th) – $6,153,075 ($6,153,075 total) {week 1}
Across the Universe (2007, 80th) – $3,824,988 ($12,734,454 total) {week 5}
3:10 to Yuma (2007, 80th) – $1,538,167 ($51,535,461 total) {week 6}
Into the Wild (2007, 80th) – $928,678 ($3,959,354 total) {week 4}
Eastern Promises (2007, 80th) – $842,067 ($16,263,330 total) {week 5}
Transformers (2007, 80th) – $735,000 ($317,601,309 total) {week 15}
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, 80th) – $638,480 ($225,568,340 total) {week 11}
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, 80th) – $432,273 ($1,404,225 total) {week 4}
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th) – $412,826 ($6,324,571 total) {week 5}
Ratatouille (2007, 80th) – $389,332 ($204,431,330 total) {week 16}
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, 80th) – $90,418 ($90,418 total) {week 1}
Once (2007, 80th) – $46,850 ($9,282,658 total) {week 22}
Sicko (2007, 80th) – $12,801 ($24,530,513 total) {week 17}
No End in Sight (2007, 80th) – $7,154 ($1,414,687 total) {week 12}
La Vie en Rose (2007, 80th) – $6,766 ($10,042,799 total) {week 20}
Iraq in Fragments (2006, 79th) – $1,195 ($204,462 total) {week 39}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Michael Clayton (2007, 80th) – $14,429,309 ($15,927,692 total)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, 80th) – $8,558,856 ($8,558,856 total)
Across the Universe (2007, 80th) – $5,320,514 ($17,713,477 total)
3:10 to Yuma (2007, 80th) – $2,139,572 ($71,685,227 total)
Into the Wild (2007, 80th) – $1,291,780 ($5,507,415 total)
Eastern Promises (2007, 80th) – $1,171,305 ($22,622,103 total)
Transformers (2007, 80th) – $1,022,376 ($441,779,728 total)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, 80th) – $888,118 ($313,762,938 total)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, 80th) – $601,287 ($1,953,261 total)
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th) – $574,236 ($8,797,405 total)
Ratatouille (2007, 80th) – $541,556 ($284,361,603 total)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, 80th) – $125,770 ($125,770 total)
Once (2007, 80th) – $65,168 ($12,912,069 total)
Sicko (2007, 80th) – $17,806 ($34,121,658 total)
No End in Sight (2007, 80th) – $9,951 ($1,967,813 total)
La Vie en Rose (2007, 80th) – $9,411 ($13,969,417 total)
Iraq in Fragments (2006, 79th) – $1,662 ($284,404 total)

Oscar Details:

3:10 to Yuma (2007, 80th): Original Score, Sound Mixing
Across the Universe (2007, 80th): Costume Design
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, 80th): Supporting Actor (Casey Affleck), Cinematography
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, 80th): Film Editing [O], Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing [O]
Eastern Promises (2007, 80th): Actor (Viggo Mortensen)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, 80th): Actress (Cate Blanchett), Costume Design [O]
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th): Actor (Tommy Lee Jones)
Into the Wild (2007, 80th): Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook), Film Editing
Iraq in Fragments (2006, 79th): Documentary Feature
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, 80th): Original Screenplay
Michael Clayton (2007, 80th): Picture, Director, Actor (George Clooney), Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson), Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score
No End in Sight (2007, 80th): Documentary Feature
Once (2007, 80th): Original Song [O]
Ratatouille (2007, 80th): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
Sicko (2007, 80th): Documentary Feature
Transformers (2007, 80th): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
La Vie en Rose (2007, 80th): Actress (Marion Cotillard) [O], Costume Design, Makeup [O]

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 11-13, 2002

Weekend Box Office:

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th) – $8,453,159 ($158,954,054 total) {week 26}
Spirited Away (2002, 75th) – $634,901 ($2,668,591 total) {week 4}
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th) – $344,788 ($144,051,446 total) {week 17}
Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $209,148 ($209,148 total) {week 1}
Road to Perdition (2002, 75th) – $54,057 ($103,855,536 total) {week 14}
Minority Report (2002, 75th) – $47,905 ($131,917,534 total) {week 17}
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002, 75th) – $41,817 ($302,105,639 total) {week 22}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th) – $13,923,706 ($261,822,771 total)
Spirited Away (2002, 75th) – $1,045,784 ($4,395,597 total)
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th) – $567,921 ($237,275,790 total)
Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $344,500 ($344,500 total)
Road to Perdition (2002, 75th) – $89,041 ($171,066,692 total)
Minority Report (2002, 75th) – $78,907 ($217,289,294 total)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002, 75th) – $68,879 ($497,616,345 total)

Oscar Details:

Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature [O]
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th): Animated Feature
Minority Report (2002, 75th): Sound Film Editing
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th): Original Screenplay
Road to Perdition (2002, 75th): Supporting Actor (Paul Newman), Original Score, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Sound, Sound Film Editing
Spirited Away (2002, 75th): Animated Feature [O]
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002, 75th): Visual Effects

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 10-12, 1997

Weekend Box Office:

In & Out (1997, 70th) – $5,474,143 ($47,953,963 total) {week 4}
L.A. Confidential (1997, 70th) – $3,665,776 ($22,976,873 total) {week 4}
The Full Monty (1997, 70th) – $1,901,003 ($19,877,999 total) {week 9}
Air Force One (1997, 70th) – $308,185 ($169,517,032 total) {week 12}
Boogie Nights (1997, 70th) – $50,168 ($50,168 total) {week 1}
Con Air (1997, 70th) – $20,006 ($101,111,259 total) {week 19}
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, 70th) – $40,935 ($229,074,524 total) {week 21}
Men in Black (1997, 70th) – $443,442 ($243,629,478 total) {week 15}
The Sweet Hereafter (1997, 70th) – $31,149 ($31,149 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

In & Out (1997, 70th) – $11,413,409 ($99,982,446 total)
L.A. Confidential (1997, 70th) – $7,643,023 ($47,906,029 total)
The Full Monty (1997, 70th) – $3,963,529 ($41,444,978 total)
Air Force One (1997, 70th) – $642,556 ($353,437,472 total)
Boogie Nights (1997, 70th) – $104,599 ($104,599 total)
Con Air (1997, 70th) – $41,712 ($210,813,671 total)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, 70th) – $85,348 ($477,612,896 total)
Men in Black (1997, 70th) – $924,562 ($507,959,500 total)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997, 70th) – $64,945 ($64,945 total)

Oscar Details:

Air Force One (1997, 70th): Film Editing, Sound
Boogie Nights (1997, 70th): Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds), Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore), Original Screenplay
Con Air (1997, 70th): Original Song (“How Do I Live”), Sound
The Full Monty (1997, 70th): Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score [O]
In & Out (1997, 70th): Supporting Actress (Joan Cusack)
L.A. Confidential (1997, 70th): Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Dramatic Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, 70th): Visual Effects
Men in Black (1997, 70th): Original Musical or Comedy Score, Art Direction, Makeup [O]
The Sweet Hereafter (1997, 70th): Director, Adapted Screenplay

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 9-11, 1992

Weekend Box Office:

Under Siege (1992, 65th) – $15,760,003 ($15,760,003 total) {week 1}
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th) – $8,793,116 ($36,290,402 total) {week 3}
Mr. Saturday Night (1992, 65th) – $1,739,159 ($10,994,522 total) {week 3}
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, 65th) – $1,615,165 ($4,446,320 total) {week 2}
Batman Returns (1992, 65th) – $280,513 ($162,400,533 total) {week 17}
A River Runs Through It (1992, 65th) – $298,277 ($298,277 total) {week 1}
Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $384,306 ($73,799,714 total) {week 10}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Under Siege (1992, 65th) – $36,342,947 ($36,342,947 total)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th) – $20,277,137 ($83,686,541 total)
Mr. Saturday Night (1992, 65th) – $4,010,543 ($25,353,633 total)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, 65th) – $3,724,609 ($10,253,321 total)
Batman Returns (1992, 65th) – $646,870 ($374,499,542 total)
A River Runs Through It (1992, 65th) – $687,834 ($687,834 total)
Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $886,219 ($170,183,919 total)

Oscar Details:

Batman Returns (1992, 65th): Makeup, Visual Effects
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, 65th): Supporting Actor (Al Pacino)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th): Sound [O]
Mr. Saturday Night (1992, 65th): Supporting Actor (David Paymer)
A River Runs Through It (1992, 65th): Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography [O]
Under Siege (1992, 65th): Sound, Sound Effects
Unforgiven (1992, 65th): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Clint Eastwood), Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 9-11, 1987

Weekend Box Office:

Fatal Attraction (1987, 60th) – $10,554,336 ($45,422,863 total) {week 4}
The Princess Bride (1987, 60th) – $4,480,140 ($5,065,954 total) {week 3}
Dirty Dancing (1987, 60th) – $2,021,673 ($32,631,532 total) {week 8}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Fatal Attraction (1987, 60th) – $25,832,480 ($111,175,652 total)
The Princess Bride (1987, 60th) – $10,965,458 ($12,399,279 total)
Dirty Dancing (1987, 60th) – $4,948,187 ($79,867,970 total)

Oscar Details:

Dirty Dancing (1987, 60th): Original Song (“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”) [O]
Fatal Attraction (1987, 60th): Picture, Director, Actress (Glenn Close), Supporting Actress (Anne Archer), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
The Princess Bride (1987, 60th): Original Song (“Storybook Love”)

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 8-10, 1982

Weekend Box Office:

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, 55th) – $4,509,267 ($71,461,729 total) {week 11}
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 55th) – $3,761,768 ($265,973,075 total) {week 18}
My Favorite Year (1982, 55th) – $2,400,696 ($2,783,008 total) {week 1}
On Golden Pond (1981, 54th) – $1,612,966 ($118,209,843 total) {week 45}
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982, 55th) – $809,889 ($69,508,404 total) {week 12}
Rocky III (1982, 55th) – $686,371 ($116,806,871 total) {week 20}
Annie (1982, 55th) – $399,772 ($56,317,533 total) {week 21}
Poltergeist (1982, 55th) – $389,180 ($70,526,405 total) {week 19}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, 55th) – $14,678,124 ($232,615,220 total)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 55th) – $12,244,939 ($865,769,499 total)
My Favorite Year (1982, 55th) – $7,814,510 ($9,058,975 total)
On Golden Pond (1981, 54th) – $5,250,369 ($384,785,101 total)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982, 55th) – $2,636,271 ($226,256,948 total)
Rocky III (1982, 55th) – $2,234,208 ($380,218,284 total)
Annie (1982, 55th) – $1,301,299 ($183,319,317 total)
Poltergeist (1982, 55th) – $1,266,821 ($229,570,645 total)

Oscar Details:

Annie (1982, 55th): Original Song Score, Art Direction
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982, 55th): Supporting Actor (Charles Durning)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 55th): Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
My Favorite Year (1982, 55th): Actor (Peter O’Toole)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, 55th): Actress (Debra Winger), Supporting Actor (Louis Gossett Jr.) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Up Where We Belong”) [O], Original Score, Film Editing
On Golden Pond (1981, 54th): Picture, Director, Actor (Henry Fonda) [O], Actress (Katharine Hepburn) [O], Supporting Actress (Jane Fonda), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound
Poltergeist (1982, 55th): Original Score, Sound Effects Film Editing, Visual Effects
Rocky III (1982, 55th): Original Song (“Eye of the Tiger”)