Oscar in Box Office History (Week 46, 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

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Oscar Potential: Picture, Directing, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing.

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 17-19, 2017

Weekend Box Office:

Wonder (2017, 90th) – $27,547,866 ($27,547,866 total) {week 1}
Lady Bird (2017, 90th) – $2,516,399 ($4,688,874 total) {week 3}
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017, 90th) – $1,102,166 ($1,536,391 total) {week 2}
Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th) – $626,039 ($89,276,502 total) {week 7}
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th) – $403,603 ($4,641,218 total) {week 9}
The Florida Project (2017, 90th) – $299,566 ($4,306,658 total) {week 7}
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th) – $217,105 ($21,667,320 total) {week 9}
Marshall (2017, 90th) – $137,622 ($8,760,472 total) {week 6}
The Square (2017, 90th) – $109,757 ($632,947 total) {week 4}
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017, 90th) – $61,999 ($61,999 total) {week 1}
Faces Places (2017, 90th) – $23,908 ($467,914 total) {week 7}
The Breadwinner (2017, 90th) – $17,395 ($17,395 total) {week 1}
Dunkirk (2017, 90th) – $13,289 ($188,042,171 total) {week 18}
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th) – $7,490 ($146,872,826 total) {week 19}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Wonder (2017, 90th) – $29,390,533 ($29,390,533 total)
Lady Bird (2017, 90th) – $2,684,720 ($5,002,511 total)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017, 90th) – $1,175,889 ($1,639,160 total)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th) – $667,915 ($95,248,174 total)
Loving Vincent (2017, 90th) – $430,600 ($4,951,667 total)
The Florida Project (2017, 90th) – $319,604 ($4,594,729 total)
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th) – $231,627 ($23,116,639 total)
Marshall (2017, 90th) – $146,827 ($9,346,457 total)
The Square (2017, 90th) – $117,099 ($675,285 total)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017, 90th) – $66,146 ($66,146 total)
Faces Places (2017, 90th) – $25,507 ($499,213 total)
The Breadwinner (2017, 90th) – $18,559 ($18,559 total)
Dunkirk (2017, 90th) – $14,178 ($200,620,243 total)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th) – $7,991 ($156,697,095 total)

Oscar Details:

Blade Runner 2049 (2017, 90th): Cinematography [O], Production Design, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects [O]
The Breadwinner (2017, 90th): Animated Feature
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”)
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017, 90th): Actor (Denzel Washington)
The Square (2017, 90th): Foreign Language Film
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017, 90th): Picture, Actress (Frances McDormand) [O], Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson), Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing
Victoria & Abdul (2017, 90th): Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, 90th): Visual Effects
Wonder (2017, 90th): Makeup & Hairstyling

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 16-18, 2012

Weekend Box Office:

Skyfall (2012, 85th) – $41,104,513 ($160,941,621 total) {week 2}
Lincoln (2012, 85th) – $21,049,406 ($22,468,242 total) {week 2}
Wreck-It Ralph (2012, 85th) – $18,582,937 ($121,750,227 total) {week 3}
Flight (2012, 85th) – $8,802,881 ($61,523,691 total) {week 3}
Argo (2012, 85th) – $4,046,366 ($91,998,846 total) {week 6}
The Sessions (2012, 85th) – $910,504 ($2,813,938 total) {week 5}
Silver Linings Playbook (2012, 85th) – $443,003 ($443,003 total) {week 1}
Anna Karenina (2012, 85th) – $320,690 ($320,690 total) {week 1}
Brave (2012, 85th) – $223,608 ($236,619,922 total) {week 22}
ParaNorman (2012, 85th) – $116,291 ($55,633,872 total) {week 14}
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th) – $116,091 ($34,055,348 total) {week 7}
Chasing Ice (2012, 85th) – $80,649 ($106,048 total) {week 1}
A Royal Affair (2012, 85th) – $78,284 ($138,125 total) {week 2}
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $68,832 ($2,670,917 total) {week 17}
The Master (2012, 85th) – $50,056 ($15,788,701 total) {week 10}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Skyfall (2012, 85th) – $49,418,366 ($193,493,884 total)
Lincoln (2012, 85th) – $25,306,886 ($27,012,698 total)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012, 85th) – $22,341,546 ($146,375,587 total)
Flight (2012, 85th) – $10,583,363 ($73,967,553 total)
Argo (2012, 85th) – $4,864,789 ($110,606,653 total)
The Sessions (2012, 85th) – $1,094,664 ($3,383,089 total)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012, 85th) – $532,605 ($532,605 total)
Anna Karenina (2012, 85th) – $385,553 ($385,553 total)
Brave (2012, 85th) – $268,835 ($284,478,977 total)
ParaNorman (2012, 85th) – $139,812 ($66,886,452 total)
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th) – $139,572 ($40,943,427 total)
Chasing Ice (2012, 85th) – $96,961 ($127,497 total)
A Royal Affair (2012, 85th) – $94,118 ($166,062 total)
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $82,754 ($3,211,140 total)
The Master (2012, 85th) – $60,180 ($18,982,144 total)

Oscar Details:

Anna Karenina (2012, 85th): Original Score, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design [O]
Argo (2012, 85th): Picture [O], Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Adapted Screenlay [O], Original Score, Film Editing [O], Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
Brave (2012, 85th): Animated Feature [O]
Chasing Ice (2012, 85th): Original Song (“Before My Time”)
Flight (2012, 85th): Actor (Denzel Washington), Original Screenplay
Frankenweenie (2012, 85th): Animated Feature
Lincoln (2012, 85th): 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
The Master (2012, 85th): Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Supporting Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams)
ParaNorman (2012, 85th): Animated Feature
A Royal Affair (2012, 85th): Foreign Language Film
Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature [O]
The Sessions (2012, 85th): Actress (Helen Hunt)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012, 85th): Picture, Directing, Actor (Bradley Cooper), Actress (Jennifer Lawrence) [O], Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actress (Jacki Weaver), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Skyfall (2012, 85th): Original Song (“Skyfall”) [O], Original Score, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing [O]
Wreck-It Ralph (2012, 85th): Animated Feature

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 16-18, 2007

Weekend Box Office:

American Gangster (2007, 80th) – $12,875,250 ($100,650,615 total) {week 3}
No Country for Old Men (2007, 80th) – $3,075,722 ($4,907,572 total) {week 2}
Michael Clayton (2007, 80th) – $1,037,020 ($37,181,294 total) {week 7}
Into the Wild (2007, 80th) – $862,534 ($13,900,648 total) {week 9}
Gone Baby Gone (2007, 80th) – $813,036 ($18,407,770 total) {week 5}
Across the Universe (2007, 80th) – $565,548 ($23,317,663 total) {week 10}
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, 80th) – $506,556 ($4,143,274 total) {week 6}
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, 80th) – $147,695 ($227,225,045 total) {week 16}
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, 80th) – $137,735 ($16,145,560 total) {week 6}
Ratatouille (2007, 80th) – $135,458 ($206,114,243 total) {week 21}
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, 80th) – $77,191 ($3,708,208 total) {week 9}
War/Dance (2007, 80th) – $8,567 ($29,241 total) {week 2}
Once (2007, 80th) – $4,416 ($9,406,240 total) {week 27}
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th) – $4,195 ($6,739,157 total) {week 10}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

American Gangster (2007, 80th) – $17,909,323 ($140,003,835 total)
No Country for Old Men (2007, 80th) – $4,278,294 ($6,826,376 total)
Michael Clayton (2007, 80th) – $1,442,483 ($51,718,748 total)
Into the Wild (2007, 80th) – $1,199,775 ($19,335,640 total)
Gone Baby Gone (2007, 80th) – $1,130,924 ($25,604,994 total)
Across the Universe (2007, 80th) – $786,671 ($32,434,598 total)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, 80th) – $704,614 ($5,763,246 total)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, 80th) – $205,442 ($316,067,395 total)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, 80th) – $191,588 ($22,458,286 total)
Ratatouille (2007, 80th) – $188,421 ($286,702,515 total)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, 80th) – $107,372 ($5,158,074 total)
War/Dance (2007, 80th) – $11,917 ($40,674 total)
Once (2007, 80th) – $6,143 ($13,083,970 total)
In the Valley of Elah (2007, 80th) – $5,835 ($9,374,089 total)

Oscar Details:

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]
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 Country for Old Men (2007, 80th): Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
Once (2007, 80th): Original Song [O]
Ratatouille (2007, 80th): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
War/Dance (2007, 80th): Documentary Feature

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 15-17, 2002

Weekend Box Office:

8 Mile (2002, 75th) – $19,344,025 ($84,440,250 total) {week 2}
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th) – $4,713,464 ($199,574,370 total) {week 31}
Frida (2002, 75th) – $2,914,103 ($8,661,275 total) {week 4}
Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $1,263,380 ($8,798,505 total) {week 6}
Far From Heaven (2002, 75th) – $902,667 ($1,253,231 total) {week 2}
The Crime of Father Amaro (2002, 75th) – $504,681 ($504,681 total) {week 1}
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th) – $144,791 ($145,655,543 total) {week 22}
Spirited Away (2002, 75th) – $128,418 ($5,025,619 total) {week 9}
Promises (2001, 74th) – $1,385 ($233,746 total) {week 36}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

8 Mile (2002, 75th) – $31,862,706 ($139,086,608 total)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002, 75th) – $7,763,830 ($328,730,933 total)
Frida (2002, 75th) – $4,799,994 ($14,266,506 total)
Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $2,080,989 ($14,492,546 total)
Far From Heaven (2002, 75th) – $1,486,837 ($2,064,272 total)
The Crime of Father Amaro (2002, 75th) – $831,290 ($831,290 total)
Lilo & Stitch (2002, 75th) – $238,494 ($239,917,994 total)
Spirited Away (2002, 75th) – $211,525 ($8,277,999 total)
Promises (2001, 74th) – $2,281 ($385,017 total)

Oscar Details:

8 Mile (2002, 75th): Original Song (“Lose Yourself”) [O]
Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature [O]
The Crime of Father Amaro (2002, 75th): Foreign Language Film
Far From Heaven (2002, 75th): Actress (Julianne Moore), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography
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
Promises (2001, 74th): Documentary Feature
Spirited Away (2002, 75th): Animated Feature [O]

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 14-16, 1997

Weekend Box Office:

Starship Troopers (1997, 70th) – $10,034,337 ($39,193,193 total) {week 2}
Boogie Nights (1997, 70th) – $2,577,634 ($18,575,435 total) {week 6}
Men in Black (1997, 70th) – $2,117,200 ($247,659,078 total) {week 20}
The Full Monty (1997, 70th) – $1,072,100 ($30,104,685 total) {week 14}
Anastasia (1997, 70th) – $120,541 ($120,541 total) {week 1}
The Wings of the Dove (1997, 70th) – $781,197 ($978,819 total) {week 2}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Starship Troopers (1997, 70th) – $20,921,265 ($81,716,527 total)
Boogie Nights (1997, 70th) – $5,374,283 ($38,729,175 total)
Men in Black (1997, 70th) – $4,414,293 ($516,361,084 total)
The Full Monty (1997, 70th) – $2,235,293 ($62,767,284 total)
Anastasia (1997, 70th) – $251,324 ($251,324 total)
The Wings of the Dove (1997, 70th) – $1,628,770 ($2,040,806 total)

Oscar Details:

Anastasia (1997, 70th): Original Song (“Journey to the Past”), Original Musical or Comedy Score
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]
Men in Black (1997, 70th): Original Musical or Comedy Score, Art Direction, Makeup [O]
Starship Troopers (1997, 70th): Visual Effects
The Wings of the Dove (1997, 70th): Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costume Design

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 13-15, 1992

Weekend Box Office:

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, 65th) – $30,521,679 ($30,521,679 total) {week 1}
A River Runs Through It (1992, 65th) – $3,924,103 ($19,712,277 total) {week 6}
Under Siege (1992, 65th) – $3,707,480 ($65,133,341 total) {week 6}
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th) – $2,611,777 ($63,117,283 total) {week 8}
Aladdin (1992, 65th) – $196,664 ($196,664 total) {week 1}
The Lover (1992, 65th) – $306,007 ($831,030 total) {week 1}
Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $71,026 ($74,681,912 total) {week 15}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, 65th) – $70,383,727 ($70,383,727 total)
A River Runs Through It (1992, 65th) – $9,049,076 ($45,456,986 total)
Under Siege (1992, 65th) – $8,549,538 ($150,199,054 total)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992, 65th) – $6,022,821 ($145,549,975 total)
Aladdin (1992, 65th) – $453,512 ($453,512 total)
The Lover (1992, 65th) – $705,660 ($1,916,375 total)
Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $163,788 ($172,218,289 total)

Oscar Details:

Aladdin (1992, 65th): Original Song (“A Whole New World” [O], “Friend Like Me”), Original Score [O], Sound, Sound Effects
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992, 65th): Art Direction, Costume Design [O], Makeup [O], Sound Effects
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 Nov. 13-15, 1987

Weekend Box Office:

Fatal Attraction (1987, 60th) – $6,324,493 ($94,602,880 total) {week 9}
Dirty Dancing (1987, 60th) – $1,700,823 ($43,871,705 total) {week 13}
The Princess Bride (1987, 60th) – $1,638,474 ($21,277,649 total) {week 8}
Cry Freedom (1987, 60th) – $284,853 ($738,412 total) {week 2}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Fatal Attraction (1987, 60th) – $15,479,641 ($231,547,202 total)
Dirty Dancing (1987, 60th) – $4,162,884 ($107,379,084 total)
The Princess Bride (1987, 60th) – $4,010,280 ($52,078,542 total)
Cry Freedom (1987, 60th) – $697,198 ($1,807,315 total)

Oscar Details:

Cry Freedom (1987, 60th): Supporting Actor (Denzel Washington), Original Song (“Cry Freedom”), Original Score
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 Nov. 12-14, 1982

Weekend Box Office:

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 55th) – $2,945,472 ($286,709,095 total) {week 23}
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, 55th) – $2,701,412 ($90,730,296 total) {week 16}
My Favorite Year (1982, 55th) – $1,105,683 ($13,124,571 total) {week 6}
Poltergeist (1982, 55th) – $223,190 ($73,876,020 total) {week 24}
Rocky III (1982, 55th) – $156,801 ($118,903,001 total) {week 25}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 55th) – $9,587,812 ($933,267,360 total)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982, 55th) – $8,793,372 ($295,336,372 total)
My Favorite Year (1982, 55th) – $3,599,111 ($42,721,818 total)
Poltergeist (1982, 55th) – $726,506 ($240,473,983 total)
Rocky III (1982, 55th) – $510,403 ($387,041,401 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 Film Editing, Visual Effects
Rocky III (1982, 55th): Original Song (“Eye of the Tiger”)

45 Years Ago: The Weekend of Nov. 18-20, 1977

Weekend Box Office:

Star Wars (1977, 50th) – $1,949,157 ($186,924,661 total) {week 26}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Star Wars (1977, 50th) – $8,364,768 ($802,183,411 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]