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Box Office History (Week 32, 2023)

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Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look back at 5 years ago and then go back further in 5-year increments. We also include an inflation adjustment so you can see how ticket prices have changed and how films released today compare to those of yesteryear. Sometimes, it takes a few months for the prior year’s average ticket price to be formally set, so these numbers may vary until that point. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office followed by 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.

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 10-12, 2018

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Christopher Robin (2018, 91st) – $12,960,057 ($50,549,374 total) {week 2}
  2. BlacKkKlansman (2018, 91st) – $10,845,330 ($10,845,330 total) {week 1}
  3. Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $3,429,388 ($589,771,988 total) {week 9}
  4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $189,574 ($678,405,681 total) {week 16}
  5. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $131,138 ($213,285,583 total) {week 12}
  6. RBG (2018, 91st) – $80,324 ($13,730,202 total) {week 15}
  7. Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $1,229 ($31,987,678 total) {week 21}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Christopher Robin (2018, 91st) – $14,866,366 ($57,984,737 total)
  2. BlacKkKlansman (2018, 91st) – $12,440,582 ($12,440,582 total)
  3. Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $3,933,820 ($676,522,204 total)
  4. Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $217,459 ($778,193,125 total)
  5. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $150,427 ($244,657,996 total)
  6. RBG (2018, 91st) – $92,139 ($15,749,793 total)
  7. Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $1,410 ($36,692,781 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st): Visual Effects
  • BlacKkKlansman (2018, 91st): Picture, Directing, Supporting Actor (Adam Driver), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing
  • Christopher Robin (2018, 91st): Visual Effects
  • Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st): Animated Feature
  • Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st): Animated Feature, Original Score
  • RBG (2018, 91st): Original Song (“I’ll Fight”), Documentary Feature
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st): Visual Effects

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 9-11, 2013

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $5,915,650 ($338,481,845 total) {week 6}
  2. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $2,345,407 ($6,041,246 total) {week 3}
  3. The Lone Ranger (2013, 86th) – $290,661 ($87,344,973 total) {week 6}
  4. Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $287,830 ($226,801,056 total) {week 13}
  5. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $194,228 ($3,851,512 total) {week 9}
  6. The Croods (2013, 86th) – $95,092 ($186,855,008 total) {week 21}
  7. The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $84,474 ($144,710,213 total) {week 14}
  8. Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $58,175 ($407,848,523 total) {week 15}
  9. Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $46,199 ($7,940,526 total) {week 12}
  10. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $38,537 ($239,259 total) {week 4}
  11. The Hunt (2013, 86th) – $23,065 ($458,936 total) {week 5}
  12. Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $1,568 ($3,694,808 total) {week 55}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $7,603,757 ($435,071,990 total)
  2. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $3,014,699 ($7,765,193 total)
  3. The Lone Ranger (2013, 86th) – $373,605 ($112,269,984 total)
  4. Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $369,966 ($291,521,653 total)
  5. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $249,653 ($4,950,590 total)
  6. The Croods (2013, 86th) – $122,228 ($240,176,486 total)
  7. The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $108,580 ($186,005,132 total)
  8. Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $74,776 ($524,233,341 total)
  9. Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $59,382 ($10,206,457 total)
  10. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $49,534 ($307,535 total)
  11. The Hunt (2013, 86th) – $29,647 ($589,899 total)
  12. Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $2,015 ($4,749,169 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • The Act of Killing (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature
  • Before Midnight (2013, 86th): Adapted Screenplay
  • Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th): Actress (Cate Blanchett) [O], Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), Original Screenplay
  • The Croods (2013, 86th): Animated Feature
  • Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Happy”)
  • The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th): Production Design [O], Costume Design [O]
  • The Hunt (2013, 86th): Foreign Language Film
  • Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th): Visual Effects
  • The Lone Ranger (2013, 86th): Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects
  • Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th): Visual Effects

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 8-10, 2008

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $26,117,030 ($441,628,497 total) {week 4}
  2. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $3,140,083 ($210,206,582 total) {week 7}
  3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008, 81st) – $1,254,895 ($73,539,575 total) {week 5}
  4. Wanted (2008, 81st) – $735,090 ($132,603,470 total) {week 7}
  5. Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $473,427 ($211,355,837 total) {week 10}
  6. Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $426,502 ($316,468,817 total) {week 15}
  7. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $274,040 ($435,943 total) {week 3}
  8. Mongol (2007, 80th) – $75,239 ($5,542,235 total) {week 10}
  9. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $55,522 ($168,015 total) {week 2}
  10. The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $46,344 ($9,234,510 total) {week 18}
  11. Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $40,783 ($723,966 total) {week 9}
  12. The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $1,029 ($5,480,350 total) {week 25}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $38,011,555 ($642,760,138 total)
  2. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $4,570,177 ($305,941,335 total)
  3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008, 81st) – $1,826,414 ($107,031,833 total)
  4. Wanted (2008, 81st) – $1,069,873 ($192,995,301 total)
  5. Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $689,041 ($307,613,997 total)
  6. Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $620,745 ($460,598,766 total)
  7. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $398,847 ($634,485 total)
  8. Mongol (2007, 80th) – $109,505 ($8,066,345 total)
  9. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $80,808 ($244,534 total)
  10. The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $67,451 ($13,440,199 total)
  11. Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $59,357 ($1,053,683 total)
  12. The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $1,498 ($7,976,275 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • The Dark Knight (2008, 81st): Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger) [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
  • Frozen River (2008, 81st): Actress (Melissa Leo), Original Screenplay
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008, 81st): Makeup
  • Iron Man (2008, 81st): Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st): Animated Feature
  • Man on Wire (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Mongol (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film
  • The Visitor (2008, 81st): Actor (Richard Jenkins)
  • WALL-E (2008, 81st): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Down to Earth”), Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
  • Wanted (2008, 81st): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 8-10, 2003

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $13,022,470 ($232,750,629 total) {week 5}
  2. Seabiscuit (2003, 76th) – $11,957,955 ($69,509,360 total) {week 3}
  3. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $2,512,275 ($324,916,113 total) {week 11}
  4. Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $927,408 ($12,836,967 total) {week 10}
  5. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $410,636 ($1,259,339 total) {week 4}
  6. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $307,524 ($7,049,362 total) {week 17}
  7. Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $122,364 ($4,976,508 total) {week 15}
  8. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $97,449 ($2,680,454 total) {week 11}
  9. Chicago (2002, 75th) – $55,106 ($170,547,681 total) {week 33}
  10. Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $39,973 ($5,955,712 total) {week 23}
  11. The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $23,912 ($4,466,092 total) {week 14}
  12. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $15,405 ($219,006 total) {week 10}
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $14,358 ($4,543,107 total) {week 30}
  14. The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $8,529 ($893,637 total) {week 19}
  15. Frida (2002, 75th) – $6,060 ($25,885,000 total) {week 31}
  16. Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $4,260 ($21,560,052 total) {week 44}
  17. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $7,792 ($339,772,508 total) {week 34}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $22,567,962 ($403,357,226 total)
  2. Seabiscuit (2003, 76th) – $20,723,156 ($120,459,836 total)
  3. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $4,353,777 ($563,080,163 total)
  4. Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $1,607,200 ($22,246,485 total)
  5. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $711,633 ($2,182,437 total)
  6. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $532,940 ($12,216,556 total)
  7. Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $212,057 ($8,624,297 total)
  8. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $168,879 ($4,645,231 total)
  9. Chicago (2002, 75th) – $95,499 ($295,559,414 total)
  10. Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $69,273 ($10,321,259 total)
  11. The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $41,440 ($7,739,745 total)
  12. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $26,697 ($379,538 total)
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $24,882 ($7,873,212 total)
  14. The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $14,781 ($1,548,674 total)
  15. Frida (2002, 75th) – $10,502 ($44,858,748 total)
  16. Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $7,383 ($37,363,606 total)
  17. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $13,504 ($588,826,320 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th): Original Screenplay, Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature
  • Chicago (2002, 75th): Picture [O], Director, Actress (Renee Zellweger), Supporting Actor (John C. Reilly), Supporting Actress (Catherine Zeta-Jones [O], Queen Latifah), Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“I Move On”), Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Sound [O]
  • City of God (2003, 76th): Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography
  • Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th): Original Screenplay
  • Finding Nemo (2003, 76th): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Film Editing
  • Frida (2002, 75th): Actress, Original Score [O], Original Song (“Burn It Blue”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup [O]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th): Picture, Film Editing, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th): Foreign Language Film
  • Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th): Actor (Johnny Depp), Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Seabiscuit (2003, 76th): Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound Mixing
  • Spellbound (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature
  • The Weather Underground (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature
  • Whale Rider (2003, 76th): Actress (Keisha Castle-Hughes)
  • Winged Migration (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 7-9, 1998

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $17,398,000 ($103,770,977 total) {week 3}
  2. The Mask of Zorro (1998, 71st) – $5,508,627 ($71,641,665 total) {week 4}
  3. Armageddon (1998, 71st) – $5,318,807 ($172,771,899 total) {week 6}
  4. Mulan (1998, 71st) – $1,040,389 ($113,608,414 total) {week 8}
  5. Titanic (1997, 70th) – $965,212 ($597,285,686 total) {week 34}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $38,765,267 ($231,216,782 total)
  2. The Mask of Zorro (1998, 71st) – $12,274,020 ($159,628,017 total)
  3. Armageddon (1998, 71st) – $11,851,073 ($384,960,841 total)
  4. Mulan (1998, 71st) – $2,318,138 ($253,136,018 total)
  5. Titanic (1997, 70th) – $2,150,632 ($1,330,839,108 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Armageddon (1998, 71st): Original Song (“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”), Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
  • The Mask of Zorro (1998, 71st): Sound, Sound Effects
  • Mulan (1998, 71st): Original Musical or Comedy Score
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st): Picture, Director [O], Actor (Tom Hanks), Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Makeup, Sound [O], Sound Effects [O]
  • Titanic (1997, 70th): Picture [O], Director [O], Actress (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart), Original Dramatic Score [O], Original Song (“My Heart Will Go On”) [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound [O], Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 6-8, 1993

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Fugitive (1993, 66th) – $23,758,855 ($23,758,855 total) {week 1}
  2. In the Line of Fire (1993, 66th) – $5,810,389 ($77,351,000 total) {week 5}
  3. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $5,117,615 ($292,168,690 total) {week 9}
  4. The Firm (1993, 66th) – $4,700,045 ($133,269,804 total) {week 6}
  5. Sleepless in Seattle (1993, 66th) – $3,652,362 ($96,478,551 total) {week 7}
  6. Poetic Justice (1993, 66th) – $2,102,095 ($25,107,237 total) {week 3}
  7. Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $26,605 ($63,091,398 total) {week 33}
  8. The Wedding Banquet (1993, 66th) – $134,870 ($134,870 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Fugitive (1993, 66th) – $59,971,023 ($59,971,023 total)
  2. In the Line of Fire (1993, 66th) – $14,666,320 ($195,245,882 total)
  3. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $12,917,651 ($737,478,940 total)
  4. The Firm (1993, 66th) – $11,863,640 ($336,393,587 total)
  5. Sleepless in Seattle (1993, 66th) – $9,219,126 ($243,526,777 total)
  6. Poetic Justice (1993, 66th) – $5,306,013 ($63,374,548 total)
  7. Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $67,155 ($159,252,442 total)
  8. The Wedding Banquet (1993, 66th) – $340,433 ($340,433 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Firm (1993, 66th): Supporting Actress (Holly Hunter), Original Score
  • The Fugitive (1993, 66th): Picture, Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones) [O], Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Sound Effects
  • In the Line of Fire (1993, 66th): Supporting Actor (John Malkovich), Original Screenplay, Film Editing
  • Jurassic Park (1993, 66th): Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • Poetic Justice (1993, 66th): Original Song (“Again”)
  • Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th): Picture, Director, Actor (Al Pacino) [O], Adapted Screenplay
  • Sleepless in Seattle (1993, 66th): Original Screenplay, Original Song (“A Wink and a Smile”)
  • The Wedding Banquet (1993, 66th): Foreign Language Film

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 5-7, 1988

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st) – $5,895,616 ($105,420,503 total) {week 7}
  2. Die Hard (1988, 61st) – $5,738,404 ($29,417,206 total) {week 4}
  3. Coming to America (1988, 61st) – $5,065,482 ($100,477,310 total) {week 6}
  4. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st) – $4,801,140 ($8,525,572 total) {week 4}
  5. Big (1988, 61st) – $2,709,551 ($85,062,070 total) {week 10}
  6. Bull Durham (1988, 61st) – $1,426,747 ($41,721,708 total) {week 8}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st) – $14,990,070 ($268,039,965 total)
  2. Die Hard (1988, 61st) – $14,590,346 ($74,795,572 total)
  3. Coming to America (1988, 61st) – $12,879,389 ($255,471,506 total)
  4. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st) – $12,207,278 ($21,676,941 total)
  5. Big (1988, 61st) – $6,889,248 ($216,277,039 total)
  6. Bull Durham (1988, 61st) – $3,627,617 ($106,080,742 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Big (1988, 61st): Actor (Tom Hanks), Original Screenplay
  • Bull Durham (1988, 61st): Original Screenplay
  • Coming to America (1988, 61st): Costume Design, Makeup
  • Die Hard (1988, 61st): Film Editing, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
  • A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st): Director, Supporting Actor (Kevin Kline) [O], Original Screenplay
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st): Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O], Special Achievement Award (Animation Direction, Richard Williams)

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 12-14, 1983

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $3,759,299 ($216,873,917 total) {week 12}
  2. Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $2,378,675 ($742,268,923 total) {week 10}
  3. WarGames (1983, 56th) – $1,753,897 ($61,168,601 total) {week 11}
  4. Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $1,327,937 ($73,552,047 total) {week 18}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $12,471,325 ($719,470,614 total)
  2. Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $7,891,160 ($2,462,447,697 total)
  3. WarGames (1983, 56th) – $5,818,484 ($202,924,406 total)
  4. Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $4,405,378 ($244,005,997 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Flashdance (1983, 56th): Original Song (“Flashdance…What a Feeling”) [O], Original Song (“Maniac”), Film Editing, Cinematography
  • Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th): Original Score, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects [O]
  • Trading Places (1983, 56th): Original Song Score
  • WarGames (1983, 56th): Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound

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