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
Belfast (Wide)
Oscar Potential: Picture, Directing, Actor (Jamie Dornan), Actress (Caitrรญona Balfe), Supporting Actor (Jude Hill, Ciarรกn Hinds), Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling.
5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 11-13, 2016
Weekend Box Office:
- Doctor Strange (2016, 89th) – $42,970,065 ($152,952,234 total) {week 2}
- Trolls (2016, 89th) – $34,979,577 ($93,943,892 total) {week 2}
- Arrival (2016, 89th) – $24,074,047 ($24,074,047 total) {week 1}
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016, 89th) – $10,630,873 ($32,120,194 total) {week 2}
- Moonlight (2016, 89th) – $1,265,229 ($4,682,889 total) {week 4}
- Loving (2016, 89th) – $512,842 ($721,033 total) {week 2}
- Deepwater Horizon (2016, 89th) – $390,458 ($60,580,745 total) {week 7}
- A Man Called Ove (2016, 89th) – $366,140 ($2,413,242 total) {week 7}
- Sully (2016, 89th) – $338,477 ($123,823,536 total) {week 10}
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016, 89th) – $92,443 ($47,901,134 total) {week 13}
- Hell or High Water (2016, 89th) – $65,327 ($26,973,524 total) {week 14}
- Elle (2016, 89th) – $50,934 ($50,934 total) {week 1}
- Fire at Sea (2016, 89th) – $1,866 ($55,489 total) {week 4}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Doctor Strange (2016, 89th) – $45,503,560 ($161,970,227 total)
- Trolls (2016, 89th) – $37,041,957 ($99,482,780 total)
- Arrival (2016, 89th) – $25,493,442 ($25,493,442 total)
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016, 89th) – $11,257,664 ($34,013,986 total)
- Moonlight (2016, 89th) – $1,339,826 ($4,958,990 total)
- Loving (2016, 89th) – $543,079 ($763,545 total)
- Deepwater Horizon (2016, 89th) – $413,479 ($64,152,558 total)
- A Man Called Ove (2016, 89th) – $387,727 ($2,555,526 total)
- Sully (2016, 89th) – $358,433 ($131,124,114 total)
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016, 89th) – $97,893 ($50,725,363 total)
- Hell or High Water (2016, 89th) – $69,179 ($28,563,871 total)
- Elle (2016, 89th) – $53,937 ($53,937 total)
- Fire at Sea (2016, 89th) – $1,976 ($58,761 total)
Oscar Details:
- Arrival (2016, 89th): Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing [O]
- Deepwater Horizon (2016, 89th): Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
- Doctor Strange (2016, 89th): Visual Effects
- Elle (2016, 89th): Actress (Isabelle Huppert)
- Fire at Sea (2016, 89th): Documentary Feature
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016, 89th): Picture, Directing, Actor (Andrew Garfield), Film Editing [O], Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing
- Hell or High Water (2016, 89th): Picture, Supporting Actor (Jeff Bridges), Original Screenplay [O], Film Editing
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016, 89th): Animated Feature, Visual Effects
- Loving (2016, 89th): Actress (Ruth Negga)
- A Man Called Ove (2016, 89th): Makeup & Hairstyling, Foreign Language Film
- Moonlight (2016, 89th): Picture [O], Directing, Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) [O], Supporting Actress (Naomie Harris), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography
- Sully (2016, 89th): Sound Film Editing
- Trolls (2016, 89th): Original Song (“Can’t Stop the Feeling”)
10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 18-20, 2011
Weekend Box Office:
- Puss in Boots (2011, 84th) – $10,804,311 ($122,391,873 total) {week 4}
- The Descendants (2011, 84th) – $1,190,096 ($1,269,296 total) {week 1}
- Real Steel (2011, 84th) – $553,871 ($82,557,917 total) {week 7}
- Moneyball (2011, 84th) – $512,387 ($72,641,291 total) {week 9}
- The Ides of March (2011, 84th) – $460,272 ($39,100,143 total) {week 7}
- Margin Call (2011, 84th) – $423,667 ($3,915,992 total) {week 5}
- The Help (2011, 84th) – $297,702 ($168,231,632 total) {week 15}
- Anonymous (2011, 84th) – $176,612 ($4,152,954 total) {week 4}
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, 84th) – $86,291 ($176,454,885 total) {week 16}
- Drive (2011, 84th) – $61,775 ($34,363,122 total) {week 10}
- Midnight in Paris (2011, 84th) – $34,691 ($55,600,128 total) {week 27}
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011, 84th) – $25,423 ($381,000,185 total) {week 19}
- Hell and Back Again (2011, 84th) – $4,974 ($29,686 total) {week 7}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Puss in Boots (2011, 84th) – $12,480,137 ($141,375,732 total)
- The Descendants (2011, 84th) – $1,374,688 ($1,466,173 total)
- Real Steel (2011, 84th) – $639,780 ($95,363,243 total)
- Moneyball (2011, 84th) – $591,862 ($83,908,477 total)
- The Ides of March (2011, 84th) – $531,663 ($45,164,856 total)
- Margin Call (2011, 84th) – $489,381 ($4,523,391 total)
- The Help (2011, 84th) – $343,878 ($194,325,567 total)
- Anonymous (2011, 84th) – $204,006 ($4,797,107 total)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, 84th) – $99,675 ($203,824,306 total)
- Drive (2011, 84th) – $71,357 ($39,693,089 total)
- Midnight in Paris (2011, 84th) – $40,072 ($64,224,108 total)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011, 84th) – $29,366 ($440,096,052 total)
- Hell and Back Again (2011, 84th) – $5,746 ($34,291 total)
Oscar Details:
- Anonymous (2011, 84th): Costume Design
- The Descendants (2011, 84th): Picture, Directing, Actor (George Clooney), Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing
- Drive (2011, 84th): Sound Film Editing
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011, 84th): Art Direction, Makeup, Visual Effects
- Hell and Back Again (2011, 84th): Documentary Feature
- The Help (2011, 84th): Picture, Actress (Viola Davis), Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer [O])
- The Ides of March (2011, 84th): Adapted Screenplay
- Margin Call (2011, 84th): Original Screenplay
- Midnight in Paris (2011, 84th): Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay [O], Art Direction
- Moneyball (2011, 84th): Picture, Actor (Brad Pitt), Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Mixing
- Puss in Boots (2011, 84th): Animated Feature
- Real Steel (2011, 84th): Visual Effects
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, 84th): Visual Effects
15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 17-19, 2006
Weekend Box Office:
- Happy Feet (2006, 79th) – $41,533,432 ($41,533,432 total) {week 1}
- Borat (2006, 79th) – $14,602,874 ($90,757,366 total) {week 3}
- Babel (2006, 79th) – $2,904,642 ($12,016,104 total) {week 4}
- The Departed (2006, 79th) – $2,585,402 ($113,841,430 total) {week 7}
- The Queen (2006, 79th) – $2,201,664 ($17,192,619 total) {week 8}
- The Prestige (2006, 79th) – $1,949,969 ($49,363,657 total) {week 5}
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006, 79th) – $819,575 ($32,670,358 total) {week 5}
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006, 79th) – $317,347 ($422,543,393 total) {week 20}
- Marie Antoinette (2006, 79th) – $303,051 ($15,563,082 total) {week 5}
- Little Children (2006, 79th) – $164,534 ($1,467,068 total) {week 7}
- Volver (2006, 79th) – $142,952 ($680,896 total) {week 3}
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006, 79th) – $108,265 ($58,758,111 total) {week 17}
- The Last King of Scotland (2006, 79th) – $99,505 ($3,258,925 total) {week 8}
- The Illusionist (2006, 79th) – $78,559 ($39,210,709 total) {week 14}
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006, 79th) – $25,933 ($124,703,638 total) {week 21}
- Jesus Camp (2006, 79th) – $14,778 ($785,567 total) {week 10}
- Iraq in Fragments (2006, 79th) – $12,810 ($55,057 total) {week 2}
- Deliver Us From Evil (2006, 79th) – $11,085 ($181,735 total) {week 6}
- Half Nelson (2006, 79th) – $6,766 ($2,680,659 total) {week 15}
- My Country, My Country (2006, 79th) – $126 ($33,620 total) {week 16}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Happy Feet (2006, 79th) – $58,083,395 ($58,083,395 total)
- Borat (2006, 79th) – $20,421,729 ($126,921,752 total)
- Babel (2006, 79th) – $4,062,064 ($16,804,200 total)
- The Departed (2006, 79th) – $3,615,616 ($159,204,198 total)
- The Queen (2006, 79th) – $3,078,968 ($24,043,418 total)
- The Prestige (2006, 79th) – $2,726,980 ($69,033,755 total)
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006, 79th) – $1,146,154 ($45,688,623 total)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006, 79th) – $443,801 ($590,915,646 total)
- Marie Antoinette (2006, 79th) – $423,809 ($21,764,554 total)
- Little Children (2006, 79th) – $230,096 ($2,051,655 total)
- Volver (2006, 79th) – $199,915 ($952,215 total)
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006, 79th) – $151,406 ($82,171,648 total)
- The Last King of Scotland (2006, 79th) – $139,155 ($4,557,520 total)
- The Illusionist (2006, 79th) – $109,863 ($54,835,129 total)
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006, 79th) – $36,267 ($174,394,706 total)
- Jesus Camp (2006, 79th) – $20,667 ($1,098,594 total)
- Iraq in Fragments (2006, 79th) – $17,914 ($76,996 total)
- Deliver Us From Evil (2006, 79th) – $15,502 ($254,152 total)
- Half Nelson (2006, 79th) – $9,462 ($3,748,830 total)
- My Country, My Country (2006, 79th) – $176 ($47,017 total)
Oscar Details:
- Babel (2006, 79th): Picture, Supporting Actress (Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi), Director, Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Film Editing
- Borat (2006, 79th): Adapted Screenplay
- Deliver Us From Evil (2006, 79th): Documentary Feature
- The Departed (2006, 79th): Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Mark Wahlberg), Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing
- The Devil Wears Prada (2006, 79th): Actress (Meryl Streep), Costume Design
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006, 79th): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
- Half Nelson (2006, 79th): Actor (Ryan Gosling)
- Happy Feet (2006, 79th): Animated Feature [O]
- The Illusionist (2006, 79th): Cinematography
- Iraq in Fragments (2006, 79th): Documentary Feature
- Jesus Camp (2006, 79th): Documentary Feature
- The Last King of Scotland (2006, 79th): Actor (Forest Whitaker [O])
- Little Children (2006, 79th): Actress (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actor (Jackie Earle Haley), Adapted Screenplay
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006, 79th): Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin [O]), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin), Original Screenplay [O]
- Marie Antoinette (2006, 79th): Costume Design [O]
- My Country, My Country (2006, 79th): Documentary Feature
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006, 79th): Art Direction, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects [O]
- The Prestige (2006, 79th): Cinematography, Art Direction
- The Queen (2006, 79th): Picture, Director, Actress (Helen Mirren [O]), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Costume Design
- Volver (2006, 79th): Actress (Penelope Cruz)
20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 16-18, 2001
Weekend Box Office:
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001, 74th) – $90,294,621 ($90,294,621 total) {week 1}
- Monsters, Inc. (2001, 74th) – $22,716,685 ($156,341,118 total) {week 3}
- Amelie (2001, 74th) – $1,323,345 ($2,699,216 total) {week 3}
- Training Day (2001, 74th) – $908,870 ($74,190,371 total) {week 7}
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001, 74th) – $893,669 ($3,184,764 total) {week 3}
- Mulholland Drive (2001, 74th) – $222,395 ($4,691,058 total) {week 6}
- Shrek (2001, 74th) – $64,080 ($267,467,391 total) {week 27}
- Ghost World (2001, 74th) – $18,950 ($6,050,125 total) {week 18}
- Moulin Rouge! (2001, 74th) – $3,873 ($56,741,381 total) {week 27}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001, 74th) – $146,130,517 ($146,130,517 total)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001, 74th) – $36,764,105 ($253,018,488 total)
- Amelie (2001, 74th) – $2,141,668 ($4,368,343 total)
- Training Day (2001, 74th) – $1,470,892 ($120,067,809 total)
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001, 74th) – $1,446,291 ($5,154,141 total)
- Mulholland Drive (2001, 74th) – $359,918 ($7,591,889 total)
- Shrek (2001, 74th) – $103,705 ($432,862,421 total)
- Ghost World (2001, 74th) – $30,668 ($9,791,368 total)
- Moulin Rouge! (2001, 74th) – $6,268 ($91,828,807 total)
Oscar Details:
- Amelie (2001, 74th): Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Foreign Language Film
- Ghost World (2001, 74th): Adapted Screenplay
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001, 74th): Original Score, Art Direction, Costume Design
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001, 74th): Cinematography
- Monsters, Inc. (2001, 74th): Animated Feature, Original Song (If I Didn’t Have You [O]), Original Score, Sound Film Editing
- Moulin Rouge! (2001, 74th): Picture, Actress (Nicole Kidman), Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
- Mulholland Drive (2001, 74th): Director
- Shrek (2001, 74th): Animated Feature [O], Adapted Screenplay
- Training Day (2001, 74th): Actor (Denzel Washington [O]), Supporting Actor (Ethan Hawke)
25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 15-17, 1996
Weekend Box Office:
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996, 69th) – $12,210,868 ($12,210,868 total) {week 1}
- Romeo + Juliet (1996, 69th) – $5,421,137 ($31,434,358 total) {week 3}
- Sleepers (1996, 69th) – $2,310,554 ($47,085,143 total) {week 5}
- First Wives Club (1996, 69th) – $1,511,844 ($99,400,000 total) {week 9}
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996, 69th) – $1,033,749 ($36,166,456 total) {week 6}
- Michael Collins (1996, 69th) – $801,107 ($9,462,670 total) {week 6}
- Independence Day (1996, 69th) – $745,473 ($304,738,610 total) {week 20}
- The English Patient (1996, 69th) – $278,439 ($278,439 total) {week 1}
- The Rock (1996, 69th) – $20,911 ($134,038,743 total) {week 24}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996, 69th) – $25,305,781 ($25,305,781 total)
- Romeo + Juliet (1996, 69th) – $11,234,755 ($65,144,507 total)
- Sleepers (1996, 69th) – $4,788,388 ($97,579,165 total)
- First Wives Club (1996, 69th) – $3,133,143 ($205,996,380 total)
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996, 69th) – $2,142,340 ($74,951,298 total)
- Michael Collins (1996, 69th) – $1,660,213 ($19,610,420 total)
- Independence Day (1996, 69th) – $1,544,917 ($631,539,744 total)
- The English Patient (1996, 69th) – $577,036 ($577,036 total)
- The Rock (1996, 69th) – $43,336 ($277,781,648 total)
Oscar Details:
- The English Patient (1996, 69th): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas), Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche [O]), Adapted Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Sound [O]
- First Wives Club (1996, 69th): Original Comedy or Musical Score
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996, 69th): Sound Effects [O]
- Independence Day (1996, 69th): Sound, Visual Effects [O]
- Michael Collins (1996, 69th): Original Score, Cinematography
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996, 69th): Supporting Actress (Lauren Bacall), Original Song (“I’ve Finally Found Someone”)
- The Rock (1996, 69th): Sound
- Romeo + Juliet (1996, 69th): Art Direction
- Sleepers (1996, 69th): Original Dramatic Score
30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 15-17, 1991
Weekend Box Office:
- Cape Fear (1991, 64th) – $10,261,025 ($10,261,025 total) {week 1}
- The Fisher King (1991, 64th) – $1,092,832 ($37,254,897 total) {week 9}
- Beauty and the Beast (1991, 64th) – $162,146 ($162,146 total) {week 1}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Cape Fear (1991, 64th) – $22,325,651 ($22,325,651 total)
- The Fisher King (1991, 64th) – $2,377,753 ($81,058,161 total)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991, 64th) – $352,793 ($352,793 total)
Oscar Details:
- Beauty and the Beast (1991, 64th): Picture, Original Song (“Be Our Guest”, “Beauty and the Beast” [O], “Belle”), Original Score [O], Sound
- Cape Fear (1991, 64th): Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis)
- The Fisher King (1991, 64th): Actor (Robin Williams), Supporting Actress (Mercedes Ruehl) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Art Direction
35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 14-16, 1986
Weekend Box Office:
- Crocodile Dundee (1986, 59th) – $5,521,551 ($76,016,041 total) {week 8}
- The Color of Money (1986, 59th) – $3,107,994 ($31,459,355 total) {week 5}
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986, 59th) – $2,628,787 ($2,898,102 total) {week 6}
- Children of a Lesser God (1986, 59th) – $1,331,594 ($15,828,763 total) {week 7}
- Stand By Me (1986, 59th) – $1,316,136 ($42,328,513 total) {week 15}
- Top Gun (1986, 59th) – $1,190,871 ($163,723,231 total) {week 27}
- Blue Velvet (1986, 59th) – $252,793 ($5,930,189 total) {week 9}
- Hoosiers (1986, 59th) – $22,068 ($22,068 total) {week 1}
- The Mission (1986, 59th) – $260,673 ($401,798 total) {week 3}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Crocodile Dundee (1986, 59th) – $13,632,724 ($187,683,810 total)
- The Color of Money (1986, 59th) – $7,673,646 ($77,673,232 total)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986, 59th) – $6,490,482 ($7,155,422 total)
- Children of a Lesser God (1986, 59th) – $3,287,709 ($39,081,259 total)
- Stand By Me (1986, 59th) – $3,249,543 ($104,509,213 total)
- Top Gun (1986, 59th) – $2,940,264 ($404,233,099 total)
- Blue Velvet (1986, 59th) – $624,147 ($14,641,653 total)
- Hoosiers (1986, 59th) – $54,486 ($54,486 total)
- The Mission (1986, 59th) – $643,602 ($992,040 total)
Oscar Details:
- Blue Velvet (1986, 59th): Director
- Children of a Lesser God (1986, 59th): Picture, Actor (William Hurt), Actress (Marlee Matlin [O]), Supporting Actress (Piper Laurie), Adapted Screenplay
- The Color of Money (1986, 59th): Actor (Paul Newman [O]), Supporting Actress (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction
- Crocodile Dundee (1986, 59th): Original Screenplay
- Hoosiers (1986, 59th): Supporting Actor (Dennis Hopper), Original Score
- The Mission (1986, 59th): Picture, Director, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986, 59th): Actress (Kathleen Turner), Cinematography, Costume Design
- Stand By Me (1986, 59th): Adapted Screenplay
- Top Gun (1986, 59th): Original Song (“Take My Breath Away” [O]), Film Editing, Sound, Sound Effects
40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 13-15, 1981
Weekend Box Office:
- Arthur (1981, 54th) – $1,655,733 ($68,088,640 total) {week 18}
- The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981, 54th) – $1,650,000 ($14,000,000 total) {week 9}
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, 54th) – $1,113,624 ($148,244,536 total) {week 23}
- Chariots of Fire (1981, 54th) – $189,720 ($1,789,851 total) {week 8}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Arthur (1981, 54th) – $5,455,581 ($224,349,620 total)
- The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981, 54th) – $5,436,691 ($46,129,496 total)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, 54th) – $3,669,351 ($488,460,414 total)
- Chariots of Fire (1981, 54th) – $625,121 ($5,897,495 total)
Oscar Details:
- Arthur (1981, 54th): Actor (Dudley Moore), Supporting Actor (John Gielgud) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”) [O]
- Chariots of Fire (1981, 54th): Picture [O], Director, Supporting Actor (Ian Holm), Original Screenplay [O], Original Score [O], Film Editing, Costume Design [O]
- The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981, 54th): Actress (Meryl Streep), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, 54th): Picture, Director, Original Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Sound [O], Visual Effects [O], Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Film Editing) [O]
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