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. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. 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

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Wide)

Oscar Potential: Animated Feature.

Capernaum (Limited)

Oscar Potential: Foreign Language Film.

If Beale Street Could Talk (Limited)

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

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 13-15, 2013

Weekend Box Office:

1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $73,645,197 ($73,645,197 total) {week 1}
2. Frozen – $22,568,138 ($164,772,211 total) {week 4}
8. Philomena – $1,820,479 ($11,083,457 total) {week 4}
9. The Book Thief – $1,734,679 ($14,936,447 total) {week 6}
11. Dallas Buyers Club – $1,174,269 ($14,301,134 total) {week 7}
13. Nebraska – $911,784 ($3,378,451 total) {week 5}
14. Gravity – $745,457 ($252,779,065 total) {week 11}
15. American Hustle – $740,455 ($740,455 total) {week 1}
16. 12 Years a Slave – $732,825 ($36,364,513 total) {week 9}
18. Saving Mr. Banks – $413,373 ($413,373 total) {week 1}
19. Inside Llewyn Davis – $356,785 ($910,317 total) {week 2}
20. Captain Phillips – $290,176 ($104,017,034 total) {week 10}
21. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – $267,858 ($100,563,450 total) {week 8}
23. All Is Lost – $159,362 ($5,706,431 total) {week 9}
24. Despicable Me 2 – $143,835 ($367,355,885 total) {week 24}
26. Blue Jasmine – $102,465 ($32,900,327 total) {week 21}
32. The Great Beauty – $86,525 ($530,932 total) {week 5}
37. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – $35,084 ($241,079 total) {week 3}
50. 20 Feet from Stardom – $12,327 ($4,794,407 total) {week 27}
61. The Act of Killing – $5,415 ($456,890 total) {week 22}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – $75,502,579 ($75,502,579 total)
2. Frozen – $23,137,322 ($168,927,878 total)
8. Philomena – $1,866,393 ($11,362,989 total)
9. The Book Thief – $1,778,429 ($15,313,154 total)
11. Dallas Buyers Club – $1,203,885 ($14,661,818 total)
13. Nebraska – $934,780 ($3,463,658 total)
14. Gravity – $764,258 ($259,154,325 total)
15. American Hustle – $759,130 ($759,130 total)
16. 12 Years a Slave – $751,307 ($37,281,651 total)
18. Saving Mr. Banks – $423,799 ($423,799 total)
19. Inside Llewyn Davis – $365,783 ($933,276 total)
20. Captain Phillips – $297,494 ($106,640,414 total)
21. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – $274,614 ($103,099,729 total)
23. All Is Lost – $163,381 ($5,850,351 total)
24. Despicable Me 2 – $147,463 ($376,620,851 total)
26. Blue Jasmine – $105,049 ($33,730,096 total)
32. The Great Beauty – $88,707 ($544,322 total)
37. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – $35,969 ($247,159 total)
50. 20 Feet from Stardom – $12,638 ($4,915,325 total)
61. The Act of Killing – $5,552 ($468,413 total)

Oscar Details:

• 12 Years a Slave: Picture [O], Directing, Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender), Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing, Production Design, Costume Design
• 20 Feet from Stardom: Documentary Feature [O]
• The Act of Killing: Documentary Feature
• All Is Lost: Sound Editing
• American Hustle: Picture, Directing, Actor (Christian Bale), Actress (Amy Adams), Supporting Actor (Bradley Cooper), Supporting Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Production Design, Costume Design
• Blue Jasmine: Actress (Cate Blanchett) [O], Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), Original Screenplay
• The Book Thief: Original Score
• Captain Phillips: Picture, Supporting Actor (Barkhad Abdi), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
• Dallas Buyers Club: Picture, Actor (Matthew McConaughey) [O], Supporting Actor (Jared Leto) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling [O]
• Despicable Me 2: Animated Feature, Original Song (“Happy”)
• Frozen: Animated Feature [O], Original Song (“Let It Go”) [O]
• Gravity: Picture, Directing [O], Actress (Sandra Bullock), Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Production Design, Sound Mixing [O], Sound Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
• The Great Beauty: Foreign Language Film [O]
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects
• Inside Llewyn Davis: Cinematography, Sound Mixing
• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa: Makeup and Hairstyling
• Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom: Original Song (“Ordinary Love”)
• Nebraska: Picture, Directing, Actor (Bruce Dern), Supporting Actress (June Squibb), Original Screenplay, Cinematography
• Philomena: Picture, Actress (Judi Dench), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
• Saving Mr. Banks: Original Score

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 12-14, 2008

Weekend Box Office:

4. Bolt – $7,464,282 ($88,849,005 total) {week 4}
5. Australia – $4,169,277 ($37,767,253 total) {week 3}
9. Milk – $2,598,638 ($7,590,976 total) {week 3}
11. Slumdog Millionaire – $2,175,518 ($8,048,764 total) {week 5}
17. Frost/Nixon – $626,377 ($873,836 total) {week 2}
19. Doubt – $507,226 ($507,226 total) {week 1}
21. Changeling – $256,840 ($35,161,607 total) {week 8}
22. Rachel Getting Married – $221,323 ($9,560,874 total) {week 11}
25. The Reader – $168,051 ($179,970 total) {week 1}
28. The Dark Knight – $112,253 ($530,723,626 total) {week 22}
33. Happy-Go-Lucky – $86,872 ($3,014,482 total) {week 10}
42. Vicky Cristina Barcelona – $40,479 ($22,565,132 total) {week 18}
45. WALL-E – $30,820 ($223,749,872 total) {week 25}
65. Frozen River – $8,951 ($2,303,266 total) {week 20}
69. Man on Wire – $5,827 ($2,904,701 total) {week 21}
83. Trouble the Water – $2,561 ($484,046 total) {week 17}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

4. Bolt – $6,758,328 ($80,445,883 total)
5. Australia – $3,774,957 ($34,195,319 total)
9. Milk – $2,352,865 ($6,873,040 total)
11. Slumdog Millionaire – $1,969,763 ($7,287,532 total)
17. Frost/Nixon – $567,136 ($791,191 total)
19. Doubt – $459,254 ($459,254 total)
21. Changeling – $232,549 ($31,836,108 total)
22. Rachel Getting Married – $200,391 ($8,656,630 total)
25. The Reader – $152,157 ($162,949 total)
28. The Dark Knight – $101,636 ($480,529,084 total)
33. Happy-Go-Lucky – $78,656 ($2,729,380 total)
42. Vicky Cristina Barcelona – $36,651 ($20,430,977 total)
45. WALL-E – $27,905 ($202,588,156 total)
65. Frozen River – $8,104 ($2,085,429 total)
69. Man on Wire – $5,276 ($2,629,981 total)
83. Trouble the Water – $2,319 ($438,266 total)

Oscar Details:

• Australia: Costume Design
• Bolt: Animated Feature
• Changeling: Actress (Angelina Jolie), Cinematography, Art Direction
• The Dark Knight: Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger) [O], Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing [O], Visual Effects
• Doubt: Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams), Supporting Actress (Viola Davis), Adapted Screenplay
• Frost/Nixon: Picture, Director, Actor (Frank Langella), Adapted Screenplay, Editing
• Frozen River: Actress (Melissa Leo), Original Screenplay
• Happy-Go-Lucky: Original Screenplay
• Man on Wire: Documentary Feature [O]
• Milk: Picture, Director, Actor (Sean Penn) [O], Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin), Original Screenplay [O], Original Score, Editing, Costume Design
• Rachel Getting Married: Actress (Anne Hathaway)
• The Reader: Picture, Director, Actress (Kate Winslet) [O], Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography
• Slumdog Millionaire: Picture [O], Director [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Song (“Jai Ho”) [O], Original Score [O], Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Sound Mixing [O], Sound Editing
• Trouble the Water: Documentary Feature
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Supporting Actress (Penelope Cruz) [O]
• WALL-E: Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Down to Earth”), Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 12-14, 2003

Weekend Box Office:

1. Something’s Gotta Give – $16,064,723 ($16,064,723 total) {week 1}
2. The Last Samurai – $14,087,074 ($46,874,330 total) {week 2}
11. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – $2,381,479 ($76,192,090 total) {week 5}
17. Brother Bear – $655,405 ($80,460,136 total) {week 8}
18. Mystic River – $397,403 ($52,526,351 total) {week 10}
19. 21 Grams – $322,069 ($2,906,214 total) {week 4}
20. In America – $275,435 ($803,254 total) {week 3}
23. Lost in Translation – $217,008 ($29,648,743 total) {week 14}
24. Big Fish – $207,377 ($281,795 total) {week 1}
32. Girl with a Pearl Earring – $89,472 ($89,472 total) {week 1}
35. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – $84,836 ($305,267,970 total) {week 23}
40. Pieces of April – $71,030 ($2,235,467 total) {week 9}
46. The Cooler – $45,419 ($372,020 total) {week 3}
47. The Triplets of Belleville – $44,805 ($305,219 total) {week 3}
61. My Architect – $22,830 ($250,718 total) {week 5}
71. Tupac: Resurrection – $11,263 ($7,682,255 total) {week 5}
73. City of God – $10,168 ($4,765,728 total) {week 48}
76. Dirty Pretty Things – $9,426 ($8,050,039 total) {week 22}
84. Winged Migration – $5,286 ($10,762,178 total) {week 35}
97. Thirteen – $2,733 ($4,599,680 total) {week 17}
98. The Weather Underground – $2,510 ($491,309 total) {week 28}
113. Finding Nemo – $1,156 ($339,714,367 total) {week 29}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

1. Something’s Gotta Give – $12,215,672 ($12,215,672 total)
2. The Last Samurai – $10,711,861 ($35,643,406 total)
11. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – $1,810,885 ($57,936,734 total)
17. Brother Bear – $498,372 ($61,182,172 total)
18. Mystic River – $302,187 ($39,941,223 total)
19. 21 Grams – $244,902 ($2,209,895 total)
20. In America – $209,442 ($610,797 total)
23. Lost in Translation – $165,014 ($22,545,009 total)
24. Big Fish – $157,690 ($214,278 total)
32. Girl with a Pearl Earring – $68,035 ($68,035 total)
35. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – $64,510 ($232,126,842 total)
40. Pieces of April – $54,011 ($1,699,857 total)
46. The Cooler – $34,537 ($282,885 total)
47. The Triplets of Belleville – $34,070 ($232,090 total)
61. My Architect – $17,360 ($190,647 total)
71. Tupac: Resurrection – $8,564 ($5,841,614 total)
73. City of God – $7,732 ($3,623,876 total)
76. Dirty Pretty Things – $7,168 ($6,121,278 total)
84. Winged Migration – $4,019 ($8,183,598 total)
97. Thirteen – $2,078 ($3,497,613 total)
98. The Weather Underground – $1,909 ($373,593 total)
113. Finding Nemo – $879 ($258,320,004 total)

Oscar Details:

• 21 Grams: Actress (Naomi Watts), Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro)
• Big Fish: Original Score
• Brother Bear: Animated Feature
• City of God: Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography
• The Cooler: Supporting Actor (Alec Baldwin)
• Dirty Pretty Things: Original Screenplay
• Finding Nemo: Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Editing
• Girl with a Pearl Earring: Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design
• In America: Actress (Samantha Morton), Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou), Original Screenplay
• The Last Samurai: Supporting Actor (Ken Watanabe), Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound Mixing
• Lost in Translation: Picture, Director, Actor (Bill Murray), Original Screenplay [O]
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Picture, Director, Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing [O], Visual Effects
• My Architect: Documentary Feature
• Mystic River: Picture, Director, Actor (Sean Penn) [O], Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins) [O], Supporting Actress (Marcia Gay Harden), Adapted Screenplay
• Pieces of April: Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Actor (Johnny Depp), Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects
• Something’s Gotta Give: Actress (Diane Keaton)
• Thirteen: Supporting Actress (Holly Hunter)
• The Triplets of Belleville: Animated Feature, Original Song (“Belleville Rendez-vous”)
• Tupac: Resurrection : Documentary Feature
• The Weather Underground: Documentary Feature
• Winged Migration: Documentary Feature

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 11-13, 1998

Weekend Box Office:

2. A Bug’s Life – $11,193,675 ($83,487,470 total) {week 4}
9. Babe: Pig in the City – $1,655,380 ($13,620,050 total) {week 3}
10. Elizabeth – $1,305,152 ($11,742,664 total) {week 6}
999. Life Is Beautiful – $682,280 ($7,155,572 total) {week 8}
999. Shakespeare in Love – $224,012 ($224,012 total) {week 1}
999. A Simple Plan – $390,563 ($390,563 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

2. A Bug’s Life – $6,620,219 ($49,376,574 total)
9. Babe: Pig in the City – $979,033 ($8,055,238 total)
10. Elizabeth – $771,899 ($6,944,905 total)
999. Life Is Beautiful – $403,517 ($4,231,984 total)
999. Shakespeare in Love – $132,486 ($132,486 total)
999. A Simple Plan – $230,989 ($230,989 total)

Oscar Details:

• Babe: Pig in the City: Original Song (“That’ll Do”)
• A Bug’s Life: Original Musical or Comedy Score
• Elizabeth: Picture, Actress (Cate Blanchett), Original Dramatic Score, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
• Life Is Beautiful: Picture, Director, Actor (Roberto Benigni) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score [O], Editing, Foreign Language Film [O]
• Shakespeare in Love: Picture [O], Director, Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow) [O], Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), Supporting Actress (Judi Dench) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Original Musical or Comedy Score [O], Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
• A Simple Plan: Supporting Actor (Billy Bob Thornton), Adapted Screenplay

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 10-12, 1993

Weekend Box Office:

2. Mrs. Doubtfire – $10,158,307 ($60,558,835 total) {week 3}
4. Geronimo: An American Legend – $4,018,452 ($4,018,452 total) {week 1}
7. Addams Family Values – $1,890,395 ($39,034,278 total) {week 4}
9. The Piano – $1,288,622 ($9,206,027 total) {week 5}
11. Jurassic Park – $744,480 ($335,879,115 total) {week 27}
12. The Remains of the Day – $717,665 ($13,602,437 total) {week 6}
999. Six Degrees of Separation – $53,058 ($53,058 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

2. Mrs. Doubtfire – $5,303,328 ($31,615,836 total)
4. Geronimo: An American Legend – $2,097,906 ($2,097,906 total)
7. Addams Family Values – $986,915 ($20,378,551 total)
9. The Piano – $672,748 ($4,806,173 total)
11. Jurassic Park – $388,669 ($175,351,770 total)
12. The Remains of the Day – $374,670 ($7,101,398 total)
999. Six Degrees of Separation – $27,700 ($27,700 total)

Oscar Details:

• Addams Family Values: Art Direction
• Geronimo: An American Legend: Sound
• Jurassic Park: Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
• Mrs. Doubtfire: Makeup [O]
• The Piano: Picture, Director, Actress (Holly Hunter) [O], Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design
• The Remains of the Day: Picture, Director, Anthony Hopkins, Actress (Emma Thompson), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Art Direction, Costume Design
• Six Degrees of Separation: Actress (Stockard Channing)

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 9-11, 1988

Weekend Box Office:

3. Scrooged – $4,671,536 ($35,926,047 total) {week 3}
4. Tequila Sunrise – $4,033,923 ($12,457,728 total) {week 2}
11. The Accused – $382,942 ($28,356,474 total) {week 9}
999. Mississippi Burning – $225,034 ($225,034 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

3. Scrooged – $2,421,187 ($18,619,931 total)
4. Tequila Sunrise – $2,090,722 ($6,456,653 total)
11. The Accused – $198,473 ($14,696,735 total)
999. Mississippi Burning – $116,632 ($116,632 total)

Oscar Details:

• The Accused: Actress (Jodie Foster) [O]
• Mississippi Burning: Picture, Director, Actor (Gene Hackman), Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand), Editing, Cinematography [O], Sound
• Scrooged: Makeup
• Tequila Sunrise: Cinematography

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 16-18, 1983

Weekend Box Office:

3. Terms of Endearment – $3,451,389 ($19,498,971 total) {week 4}
6. Yentl – $2,184,771 ($8,068,933 total) {week 5}
12. Silkwood – $1,218,322 ($1,218,322 total) {week 1}
14. To Be or Not to Be – $1,020,958 ($1,020,958 total) {week 1}
999. Return of the Jedi – $188,698 ($244,816,955 total) {week 30}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

3. Terms of Endearment – $1,370,980 ($7,745,493 total)
6. Yentl – $867,847 ($3,205,188 total)
12. Silkwood – $483,949 ($483,949 total)
14. To Be or Not to Be – $405,551 ($405,551 total)
999. Return of the Jedi – $74,956 ($97,247,592 total)

Oscar Details:

• Return of the Jedi: Original Score, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects [O]
• Silkwood: Directing, Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), Original Screenplay, Editing
• Terms of Endearment: Picture [O], Directing [O], Actress (Shirley MacLaine) [O], Actress (Debra Winger), Supporting Actor (John Lithgow), Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Editing, Art Direction, Sound
• To Be or Not to Be: Supporting Actor (Charles Durning)
• Yentl: Supporting Actress (Amy Irving), Original Song (“Papa, Can You Hear Me?”), Original Song (“The Way He Makes Me Feel”), Original Song Score [O], Art Direction