Oscar in Box Office History (Week 44, 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

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Wide)

Oscar Potential: Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Sound, Visual Effects.

The Fabelmans (Limited)

Oscar Potential: Picture, Directing, Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound.

The Son (Limited)

Oscar Potential: Actor (Hugh Jackman).

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 3-5, 2017

Weekend Box Office:

Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th) – $2,321,372 ($85,542,502 total) {week 5}
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th) – $1,206,935 ($19,861,654 total) {week 7}
The Florida Project (2017, 90th) – $633,735 ($2,996,678 total) {week 5}
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th) – $601,290 ($3,044,420 total) {week 7}
Marshall (2017, 90th) – $503,730 ($7,824,499 total) {week 4}
Lady Bird (2017, 90th) – $364,437 ($364,437 total) {week 1}
The Square (2017, 90th) – $122,990 ($228,446 total) {week 2}
Dunkirk (2017, 90th) – $47,766 ($187,928,227 total) {week 16}
Faces Places (2017, 90th) – $45,826 ($363,744 total) {week 5}
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th) – $25,234 ($146,834,184 total) {week 17}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th) – $2,476,648 ($91,264,408 total)
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th) – $1,287,666 ($21,190,193 total)
The Florida Project (2017, 90th) – $676,125 ($3,197,125 total)
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th) – $641,510 ($3,248,060 total)
Marshall (2017, 90th) – $537,424 ($8,347,877 total)
Lady Bird (2017, 90th) – $388,814 ($388,814 total)
The Square (2017, 90th) – $131,217 ($243,727 total)
Dunkirk (2017, 90th) – $50,961 ($200,498,677 total)
Faces Places (2017, 90th) – $48,891 ($388,075 total)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th) – $26,922 ($156,655,869 total)

Oscar Details:

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)
Lady Bird (2017, 90th): Picture, Directing, Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Supporting Actress (Laurie Metcalf), Original Screenplay
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th): Animated Feature
Marshall (2017, 90th): Original Song (“Stand Up for Something”)
The Square (2017, 90th): Foreign Language Film
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 Nov. 2-4, 2012

Weekend Box Office:

Wreck-It Ralph (2012, 85th) – $49,038,712 ($49,038,712 total) {week 1}
Flight (2012, 85th) – $24,900,566 ($24,900,566 total) {week 1}
Argo (2012, 85th) – $10,209,103 ($75,860,240 total) {week 4}
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th) – $766,080 ($33,339,919 total) {week 5}
The Sessions (2012, 85th) – $468,312 ($943,230 total) {week 3}
Brave (2012, 85th) – $328,031 ($235,872,669 total) {week 20}
ParaNorman (2012, 85th) – $229,308 ($55,231,340 total) {week 12}
The Master (2012, 85th) – $180,599 ($15,511,394 total) {week 8}
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $149,114 ($241,566 total) {week 15}
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, 85th) – $9,510 ($11,225,465 total) {week 19}
How to Survive a Plague (2012, 85th) – $677 ($121,201 total) {week 7}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Wreck-It Ralph (2012, 85th) – $58,957,346 ($58,957,346 total)
Flight (2012, 85th) – $29,936,987 ($29,936,987 total)
Argo (2012, 85th) – $12,274,010 ($91,203,831 total)
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th) – $921,028 ($40,083,295 total)
The Sessions (2012, 85th) – $563,033 ($1,134,009 total)
Brave (2012, 85th) – $394,379 ($283,580,583 total)
ParaNorman (2012, 85th) – $275,688 ($66,402,503 total)
The Master (2012, 85th) – $217,127 ($18,648,749 total)
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $179,274 ($290,425 total)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, 85th) – $11,434 ($13,495,942 total)
How to Survive a Plague (2012, 85th) – $814 ($145,715 total)

Oscar Details:

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]
Flight (2012, 85th): Actor (Denzel Washington), Original Screenplay
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)
ParaNorman (2012, 85th): Animated Feature
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature [O]
The Sessions (2012, 85th): Actress (Helen Hunt)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012, 85th): Animated Feature

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 2-4, 2007

Weekend Box Office:

American Gangster (2007, 80th) – $43,565,115 ($43,565,135 total) {week 1}
Michael Clayton (2007, 80th) – $2,785,133 ($33,083,619 total) {week 5}
Gone Baby Gone (2007, 80th) – $2,237,915 ($14,786,017 total) {week 3}
Into the Wild (2007, 80th) – $1,290,062 ($10,906,359 total) {week 7}
Across the Universe (2007, 80th) – $1,207,449 ($21,051,977 total) {week 8}
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, 80th) – $765,971 ($2,390,366 total) {week 4}
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, 80th) – $598,775 ($15,339,475 total) {week 4}
Ratatouille (2007, 80th) – $255,821 ($205,630,874 total) {week 19}
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, 80th) – $227,398 ($3,296,227 total) {week 7}
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, 80th) – $201,305 ($226,776,175 total) {week 14}
Transformers (2007, 80th) – $171,103 ($319,014,499 total) {week 18}
3:10 to Yuma (2007, 80th) – $126,227 ($53,443,978 total) {week 9}
Eastern Promises (2007, 80th) – $78,600 ($17,266,000 total) {week 8}
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th) – $22,313 ($6,704,576 total) {week 8}
Once (2007, 80th) – $11,338 ($9,377,957 total) {week 25}
No End in Sight (2007, 80th) – $402 ($1,431,623 total) {week 15}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

American Gangster (2007, 80th) – $60,598,568 ($60,598,596 total)
Michael Clayton (2007, 80th) – $3,874,088 ($46,018,929 total)
Gone Baby Gone (2007, 80th) – $3,112,914 ($20,567,178 total)
Into the Wild (2007, 80th) – $1,794,461 ($15,170,619 total)
Across the Universe (2007, 80th) – $1,679,548 ($29,283,055 total)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, 80th) – $1,065,457 ($3,324,971 total)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, 80th) – $832,889 ($21,337,031 total)
Ratatouille (2007, 80th) – $355,844 ($286,030,155 total)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, 80th) – $316,308 ($4,585,013 total)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, 80th) – $280,013 ($315,443,022 total)
Transformers (2007, 80th) – $238,002 ($443,745,459 total)
3:10 to Yuma (2007, 80th) – $175,580 ($74,339,952 total)
Eastern Promises (2007, 80th) – $109,332 ($24,016,805 total)
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th) – $31,037 ($9,325,987 total)
Once (2007, 80th) – $15,771 ($13,044,629 total)
No End in Sight (2007, 80th) – $559 ($1,991,371 total)

Oscar Details:

3:10 to Yuma (2007, 80th): Original Score, Sound Mixing
Across the Universe (2007, 80th): Costume Design
American Gangster (2007, 80th): Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee), Art Direction
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]
Gone Baby Gone (2007, 80th): Supporting Actress (Amy Ryan)
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th): Actor (Tommy Lee Jones)
Into the Wild (2007, 80th): Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook), Film Editing
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
Transformers (2007, 80th): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 1-3, 2002

Weekend Box Office:

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th) – $5,623,149 ($185,244,976 total) {week 29}
Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $1,541,193 ($4,518,239 total) {week 4}
Frida (2002, 75th) – $1,000,862 ($1,323,935 total) {week 2}
Spirited Away (2002, 75th) – $312,224 ($4,417,007 total) {week 7}
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th) – $201,101 ($145,177,433 total) {week 20}
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002, 75th) – $6,663 ($302,191,252 total) {week 25}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th) – $9,262,226 ($305,128,127 total)
Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $2,538,592 ($7,442,263 total)
Frida (2002, 75th) – $1,648,580 ($2,180,733 total)
Spirited Away (2002, 75th) – $514,283 ($7,275,518 total)
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th) – $331,246 ($239,130,471 total)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002, 75th) – $10,975 ($497,757,363 total)

Oscar Details:

Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature [O]
Frida (2002, 75th): Actress, Original Score [O], Original Song (“Burn It Blue”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup [O]
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th): Animated Feature
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th): Original Screenplay
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. 31-Nov. 2, 1997

Weekend Box Office:

Boogie Nights (1997, 70th) – $4,681,934 ($8,751,415 total) {week 4}
Gattaca (1997, 70th) – $2,585,604 ($8,236,800 total) {week 2}
In & Out (1997, 70th) – $1,728,629 ($59,244,364 total) {week 7}
The Full Monty (1997, 70th) – $1,384,583 ($26,659,028 total) {week 12}
L.A. Confidential (1997, 70th) – $1,276,437 ($31,511,826 total) {week 7}
Air Force One (1997, 70th) – $621,083 ($170,606,595 total) {week 15}
Men in Black (1997, 70th) – $621,083 ($245,012,779 total) {week 18}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Boogie Nights (1997, 70th) – $9,761,679 ($18,246,414 total)
Gattaca (1997, 70th) – $5,390,900 ($17,173,459 total)
In & Out (1997, 70th) – $3,604,135 ($123,522,563 total)
The Full Monty (1997, 70th) – $2,886,810 ($55,583,202 total)
L.A. Confidential (1997, 70th) – $2,661,329 ($65,701,127 total)
Air Force One (1997, 70th) – $1,294,938 ($355,709,175 total)
Men in Black (1997, 70th) – $1,294,938 ($510,843,637 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
The Full Monty (1997, 70th): Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score [O]
Gattaca (1997, 70th): Art Direction
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
Men in Black (1997, 70th): Original Musical or Comedy Score, Art Direction, Makeup [O]

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1992

Weekend Box Office:

Under Siege (1992, 65th) – $6,195,221 ($51,425,497 total) {week 4}
A River Runs Through It (1992, 65th) – $4,254,015 ($7,455,004 total) {week 4}
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th) – $3,285,806 ($54,560,098 total) {week 6}
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, 65th) – $561,222 ($7,726,768 total) {week 5}
The Lover (1992, 65th) – $181,147 ($181,147 total) {week 1}
Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $88,133 ($74,399,883 total) {week 13}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Under Siege (1992, 65th) – $14,286,329 ($118,588,435 total)
A River Runs Through It (1992, 65th) – $9,809,861 ($17,191,419 total)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th) – $7,577,148 ($125,816,901 total)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, 65th) – $1,294,191 ($17,818,113 total)
The Lover (1992, 65th) – $417,729 ($417,729 total)
Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $203,237 ($171,567,923 total)

Oscar Details:

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, 65th): Supporting Actor (Al Pacino)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th): Sound [O]
The Lover (1992, 65th): Cinematography
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. 30-Nov. 1, 1987

Weekend Box Office:

Fatal Attraction (1987, 60th) – $6,407,677 ($75,899,211 total) {week 7}
The Princess Bride (1987, 60th) – $2,044,170 ($16,345,242 total) {week 6}
Dirty Dancing (1987, 60th) – $1,304,542 ($39,210,484 total) {week 11}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Fatal Attraction (1987, 60th) – $15,683,240 ($185,768,657 total)
The Princess Bride (1987, 60th) – $5,003,250 ($40,006,129 total)
Dirty Dancing (1987, 60th) – $3,192,958 ($95,970,417 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. 29-31, 1982

Weekend Box Office:

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 55th) – $2,769,252 ($278,565,874 total) {week 21}
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, 55th) – $2,511,645 ($83,096,446 total) {week 14}
My Favorite Year (1982, 55th) – $1,481,129 ($9,815,529 total) {week 4}
Poltergeist (1982, 55th) – $1,003,019 ($72,700,529 total) {week 22}
Rocky III (1982, 55th) – $245,234 ($118,342,924 total) {week 23}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 55th) – $9,014,198 ($906,760,345 total)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, 55th) – $8,175,661 ($270,487,411 total)
My Favorite Year (1982, 55th) – $4,821,226 ($31,950,548 total)
Poltergeist (1982, 55th) – $3,264,929 ($236,647,640 total)
Rocky III (1982, 55th) – $798,262 ($385,218,293 total)

Oscar Details:

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
Poltergeist (1982, 55th): Original Score, Sound Effects Film Editing, Visual Effects
Rocky III (1982, 55th): Original Song (“Eye of the Tiger”)

45 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 4-6, 1977

Weekend Box Office:

Star Wars (1977, 50th) – $2,626,914 ($181,289,965 total) {week 24}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Star Wars (1977, 50th) – $11,273,348 ($778,002,226 total)

Oscar Details:

Star Wars (1977, 50th): Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Alec Guinness), Orginal Screenplay, Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Sound [O], Visual Effects [O], Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects) [O]