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Box Office History (Week 50, 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 Dec. 14-16, 2018

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, 91st) – $35,363,376 ($35,363,376 total) {week 1}
  2. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018, 91st) – $9,274,018 ($154,149,896 total) {week 4}
  3. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, 91st) – $4,314,179 ($180,612,379 total) {week 7}
  4. Green Book (2018, 91st) – $2,774,630 ($24,654,996 total) {week 5}
  5. The Favourite (2018, 91st) – $2,605,484 ($6,775,387 total) {week 4}
  6. A Star Is Born (2018, 91st) – $1,040,024 ($199,178,098 total) {week 11}
  7. Mary Queen of Scots (2018, 91st) – $699,745 ($962,580 total) {week 2}
  8. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, 91st) – $224,476 ($224,476 total) {week 1}
  9. At Eternity’s Gate (2018, 91st) – $191,642 ($1,450,002 total) {week 5}
  10. Free Solo (2018, 91st) – $141,205 ($10,806,512 total) {week 12}
  11. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018, 91st) – $135,344 ($7,260,204 total) {week 9}
  12. Shoplifters (2018, 91st) – $113,386 ($565,118 total) {week 4}
  13. First Man (2018, 91st) – $30,500 ($44,833,535 total) {week 10}
  14. Capernaum (2018, 91st) – $24,988 ($24,988 total) {week 1}
  15. The Wife (2018, 91st) – $21,632 ($8,152,628 total) {week 17}
  16. Border (2018, 91st) – $17,640 ($727,151 total) {week 8}
  17. Mirai (2018, 91st) – $2,614 ($682,617 total) {week 3}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, 91st) – $40,565,014 ($40,565,014 total)
  2. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018, 91st) – $10,638,144 ($176,823,975 total)
  3. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, 91st) – $4,948,756 ($207,178,854 total)
  4. Green Book (2018, 91st) – $3,182,753 ($28,281,527 total)
  5. The Favourite (2018, 91st) – $2,988,728 ($7,771,986 total)
  6. A Star Is Born (2018, 91st) – $1,193,002 ($228,475,425 total)
  7. Mary Queen of Scots (2018, 91st) – $802,671 ($1,104,167 total)
  8. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, 91st) – $257,494 ($257,494 total)
  9. At Eternity’s Gate (2018, 91st) – $219,831 ($1,663,284 total)
  10. Free Solo (2018, 91st) – $161,975 ($12,396,054 total)
  11. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018, 91st) – $155,252 ($8,328,115 total)
  12. Shoplifters (2018, 91st) – $130,064 ($648,242 total)
  13. First Man (2018, 91st) – $34,986 ($51,428,149 total)
  14. Capernaum (2018, 91st) – $28,664 ($28,664 total)
  15. The Wife (2018, 91st) – $24,814 ($9,351,807 total)
  16. Border (2018, 91st) – $20,235 ($834,108 total)
  17. Mirai (2018, 91st) – $2,998 ($783,024 total)

Oscar Details:

  • At Eternity’s Gate (2018, 91st): Actor (Willem Dafoe)
  • Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, 91st): Picture, Actor (Rami Malek), Film Editing [O], Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing [O]
  • Border (2018, 91st): Makeup & Hairstyling
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018, 91st): Actress (Melissa McCarthy), Supporting Actor (Richard E. Grant), Adapted Screenplay
  • Capernaum (2018, 91st): Foreign Language Film
  • The Favourite (2018, 91st): Picture, Directing, Actress (Olivia Colman) [O], Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design
  • First Man (2018, 91st): Production Design, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Free Solo (2018, 91st): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Green Book (2018, 91st): Picture [O], Actor (Viggo Mortensen), Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Film Editing
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, 91st): Supporting Actress (Regina King) [O], Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • Mary Queen of Scots (2018, 91st): Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling
  • Mirai (2018, 91st): Animated Feature
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018, 91st): Animated Feature
  • Shoplifters (2018, 91st): Foreign Language Film
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, 91st): Animated Feature [O]
  • A Star Is Born (2018, 91st): Picture, Actor (Bradley Cooper), Actress (Lady Gaga), Supporting Actor (Sam Elliott), Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“Shallow”) [O], Cinematography, Sound Mixing
  • The Wife (2018, 91st): Actress (Glenn Close)

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

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, 86th) – $73,645,197 ($73,645,197 total) {week 1}
  2. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $22,568,138 ($164,772,211 total) {week 4}
  3. Philomena (2013, 86th) – $1,820,479 ($11,083,457 total) {week 4}
  4. The Book Thief (2013, 86th) – $1,734,679 ($14,936,447 total) {week 6}
  5. Dallas Buyers Club (2013, 86th) – $1,174,269 ($14,301,134 total) {week 7}
  6. Nebraska (2013, 86th) – $911,784 ($3,378,451 total) {week 5}
  7. Gravity (2013, 86th) – $745,457 ($252,779,065 total) {week 11}
  8. American Hustle (2013, 86th) – $740,455 ($740,455 total) {week 1}
  9. 12 Years a Slave (2013, 86th) – $732,825 ($36,364,513 total) {week 9}
  10. Saving Mr. Banks (2012, 85th) – $413,373 ($413,373 total) {week 1}
  11. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013, 86th) – $356,785 ($910,317 total) {week 2}
  12. Captain Phillips (2013, 86th) – $290,176 ($104,017,034 total) {week 10}
  13. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013, 86th) – $267,858 ($100,563,450 total) {week 8}
  14. All Is Lost (2013, 86th) – $159,362 ($5,706,431 total) {week 9}
  15. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $143,835 ($367,355,885 total) {week 24}
  16. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $102,465 ($32,900,327 total) {week 21}
  17. The Great Beauty (2013, 86th) – $86,525 ($530,932 total) {week 5}
  18. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, 86th) – $35,084 ($241,079 total) {week 3}
  19. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $12,327 ($4,794,407 total) {week 27}
  20. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $5,415 ($456,890 total) {week 22}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, 86th) – $94,660,801 ($94,660,801 total)
  2. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $29,008,246 ($211,792,079 total)
  3. Philomena (2013, 86th) – $2,339,976 ($14,246,264 total)
  4. The Book Thief (2013, 86th) – $2,229,692 ($19,198,754 total)
  5. Dallas Buyers Club (2013, 86th) – $1,509,362 ($18,382,146 total)
  6. Nebraska (2013, 86th) – $1,171,973 ($4,342,535 total)
  7. Gravity (2013, 86th) – $958,183 ($324,912,820 total)
  8. American Hustle (2013, 86th) – $951,753 ($951,753 total)
  9. 12 Years a Slave (2013, 86th) – $941,946 ($46,741,594 total)
  10. Saving Mr. Banks (2012, 85th) – $531,334 ($531,334 total)
  11. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013, 86th) – $458,598 ($1,170,088 total)
  12. Captain Phillips (2013, 86th) – $372,981 ($133,699,632 total)
  13. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013, 86th) – $344,295 ($129,260,523 total)
  14. All Is Lost (2013, 86th) – $204,838 ($7,334,834 total)
  15. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $184,880 ($472,185,609 total)
  16. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $131,705 ($42,288,858 total)
  17. The Great Beauty (2013, 86th) – $111,216 ($682,440 total)
  18. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, 86th) – $45,096 ($309,874 total)
  19. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $15,845 ($6,162,553 total)
  20. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $6,960 ($587,269 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 12 Years a Slave (2013, 86th): 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 (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • The Act of Killing (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature
  • All Is Lost (2013, 86th): Sound Film Editing
  • American Hustle (2013, 86th): 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 (2013, 86th): Actress (Cate Blanchett) [O], Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), Original Screenplay
  • The Book Thief (2013, 86th): Original Score
  • Captain Phillips (2013, 86th): Picture, Supporting Actor (Barkhad Abdi), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
  • Dallas Buyers Club (2013, 86th): Picture, Actor (Matthew McConaughey) [O], Supporting Actor (Jared Leto) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling [O]
  • Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Happy”)
  • Frozen (2013, 86th): Animated Feature [O], Original Song (“Let It Go”) [O]
  • Gravity (2013, 86th): Picture, Directing [O], Actress (Sandra Bullock), Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Production Design, Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • The Great Beauty (2013, 86th): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, 86th): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (2013, 86th): Cinematography, Sound Mixing
  • Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013, 86th): Makeup and Hairstyling
  • Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, 86th): Original Song (“Ordinary Love”)
  • Nebraska (2013, 86th): Picture, Directing, Actor (Bruce Dern), Supporting Actress (June Squibb), Original Screenplay, Cinematography
  • Philomena (2013, 86th): Picture, Actress (Judi Dench), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • Saving Mr. Banks (2012, 85th): Original Score

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

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Bolt (2008, 81st) – $7,464,282 ($88,849,005 total) {week 4}
  2. Australia (2008, 81st) – $4,169,277 ($37,767,253 total) {week 3}
  3. Milk (2008, 81st) – $2,598,638 ($7,590,976 total) {week 3}
  4. Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 81st) – $2,175,518 ($8,048,764 total) {week 5}
  5. Frost/Nixon (2008, 81st) – $626,377 ($873,836 total) {week 2}
  6. Doubt (2008, 81st) – $507,226 ($507,226 total) {week 1}
  7. Changeling (2008, 81st) – $256,840 ($35,161,607 total) {week 8}
  8. Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st) – $221,323 ($9,560,874 total) {week 11}
  9. The Reader (2008, 81st) – $168,051 ($179,970 total) {week 1}
  10. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $112,253 ($530,723,626 total) {week 22}
  11. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008, 81st) – $86,872 ($3,014,482 total) {week 10}
  12. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, 81st) – $40,479 ($22,565,132 total) {week 18}
  13. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $30,820 ($223,749,872 total) {week 25}
  14. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $8,951 ($2,303,266 total) {week 20}
  15. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $5,827 ($2,904,701 total) {week 21}
  16. Trouble the Water (2008, 81st) – $2,561 ($484,046 total) {week 17}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Bolt (2008, 81st) – $10,863,753 ($129,313,663 total)
  2. Australia (2008, 81st) – $6,068,098 ($54,967,659 total)
  3. Milk (2008, 81st) – $3,782,140 ($11,048,148 total)
  4. Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 81st) – $3,166,318 ($11,714,427 total)
  5. Frost/Nixon (2008, 81st) – $911,649 ($1,271,809 total)
  6. Doubt (2008, 81st) – $738,233 ($738,233 total)
  7. Changeling (2008, 81st) – $373,813 ($51,175,319 total)
  8. Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st) – $322,121 ($13,915,200 total)
  9. The Reader (2008, 81st) – $244,587 ($261,934 total)
  10. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $163,377 ($772,432,018 total)
  11. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008, 81st) – $126,436 ($4,387,373 total)
  12. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, 81st) – $58,914 ($32,842,010 total)
  13. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $44,856 ($325,652,669 total)
  14. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $13,028 ($3,352,246 total)
  15. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $8,481 ($4,227,594 total)
  16. Trouble the Water (2008, 81st) – $3,727 ($704,496 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Australia (2008, 81st): Costume Design
  • Bolt (2008, 81st): Animated Feature
  • Changeling (2008, 81st): Actress (Angelina Jolie), Cinematography, Art Direction
  • The Dark Knight (2008, 81st): Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger) [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects
  • Doubt (2008, 81st): Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams), Supporting Actress (Viola Davis), Adapted Screenplay
  • Frost/Nixon (2008, 81st): Picture, Director, Actor (Frank Langella), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
  • Frozen River (2008, 81st): Actress (Melissa Leo), Original Screenplay
  • Happy-Go-Lucky (2008, 81st): Original Screenplay
  • Man on Wire (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Milk (2008, 81st): Picture, Director, Actor (Sean Penn) [O], Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin), Original Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing, Costume Design
  • Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st): Actress (Anne Hathaway)
  • The Reader (2008, 81st): Picture, Director, Actress (Kate Winslet) [O], Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography
  • Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 81st): Picture [O], Director [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Song (“Jai Ho”) [O], Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing
  • Trouble the Water (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, 81st): Supporting Actress (Penelope Cruz) [O]
  • WALL-E (2008, 81st): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Down to Earth”), Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing

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

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Something’s Gotta Give (2003, 76th) – $16,064,723 ($16,064,723 total) {week 1}
  2. The Last Samurai (2003, 76th) – $14,087,074 ($46,874,330 total) {week 2}
  3. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 76th) – $2,381,479 ($76,192,090 total) {week 5}
  4. Brother Bear (2003, 76th) – $655,405 ($80,460,136 total) {week 8}
  5. Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $397,403 ($52,526,351 total) {week 10}
  6. 21 Grams (2003, 76th) – $322,069 ($2,906,214 total) {week 4}
  7. In America (2003, 76th) – $275,435 ($803,254 total) {week 3}
  8. Lost in Translation (2003, 76th) – $217,008 ($29,648,743 total) {week 14}
  9. Big Fish (2003, 76th) – $207,377 ($281,795 total) {week 1}
  10. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th) – $89,472 ($89,472 total) {week 1}
  11. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $84,836 ($305,267,970 total) {week 23}
  12. Pieces of April (2003, 76th) – $71,030 ($2,235,467 total) {week 9}
  13. The Cooler (2003, 76th) – $45,419 ($372,020 total) {week 3}
  14. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $44,805 ($305,219 total) {week 3}
  15. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $22,830 ($250,718 total) {week 5}
  16. Tupac: Resurrection (2004, 77th) – $11,263 ($7,682,255 total) {week 5}
  17. City of God (2003, 76th) – $10,168 ($4,765,728 total) {week 48}
  18. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $9,426 ($8,050,039 total) {week 22}
  19. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $5,286 ($10,762,178 total) {week 35}
  20. Thirteen (2003, 76th) – $2,733 ($4,599,680 total) {week 17}
  21. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $2,510 ($491,309 total) {week 28}
  22. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $1,156 ($339,714,367 total) {week 29}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Something’s Gotta Give (2003, 76th) – $27,840,192 ($27,840,192 total)
  2. The Last Samurai (2003, 76th) – $24,412,923 ($81,233,292 total)
  3. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 76th) – $4,127,107 ($132,041,018 total)
  4. Brother Bear (2003, 76th) – $1,135,818 ($139,437,549 total)
  5. Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $688,700 ($91,028,253 total)
  6. 21 Grams (2003, 76th) – $558,146 ($5,036,474 total)
  7. In America (2003, 76th) – $477,329 ($1,392,041 total)
  8. Lost in Translation (2003, 76th) – $376,075 ($51,381,321 total)
  9. Big Fish (2003, 76th) – $359,385 ($488,351 total)
  10. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th) – $155,055 ($155,055 total)
  11. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $147,021 ($529,029,898 total)
  12. Pieces of April (2003, 76th) – $123,095 ($3,874,068 total)
  13. The Cooler (2003, 76th) – $78,711 ($644,711 total)
  14. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $77,647 ($528,945 total)
  15. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $39,564 ($434,495 total)
  16. Tupac: Resurrection (2004, 77th) – $19,519 ($13,313,361 total)
  17. City of God (2003, 76th) – $17,621 ($8,259,015 total)
  18. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $16,335 ($13,950,731 total)
  19. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $9,161 ($18,650,872 total)
  20. Thirteen (2003, 76th) – $4,736 ($7,971,253 total)
  21. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $4,350 ($851,439 total)
  22. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $2,003 ($588,725,561 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 21 Grams (2003, 76th): Actress (Naomi Watts), Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro)
  • Big Fish (2003, 76th): Original Score
  • Brother Bear (2003, 76th): Animated Feature
  • City of God (2003, 76th): Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography
  • The Cooler (2003, 76th): Supporting Actor (Alec Baldwin)
  • Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th): Original Screenplay
  • Finding Nemo (2003, 76th): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Film Editing
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th): Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design
  • In America (2003, 76th): Actress (Samantha Morton), Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou), Original Screenplay
  • The Last Samurai (2003, 76th): Supporting Actor (Ken Watanabe), Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound Mixing
  • Lost in Translation (2003, 76th): Picture, Director, Actor (Bill Murray), Original Screenplay [O]
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 76th): Picture, Director, Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects
  • My Architect (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature
  • Mystic River (2003, 76th): Picture, Director, Actor (Sean Penn) [O], Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins) [O], Supporting Actress (Marcia Gay Harden), Adapted Screenplay
  • Pieces of April (2003, 76th): Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th): Actor (Johnny Depp), Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Something’s Gotta Give (2003, 76th): Actress (Diane Keaton)
  • Thirteen (2003, 76th): Supporting Actress (Holly Hunter)
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Belleville Rendez-vous”)
  • Tupac: Resurrection (2004, 77th): Documentary Feature
  • The Weather Underground (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature
  • Winged Migration (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature

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

Weekend Box Office:

  1. A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st) – $11,193,675 ($83,487,470 total) {week 4}
  2. Babe: Pig in the City (1998, 71st) – $1,655,380 ($13,620,050 total) {week 3}
  3. Elizabeth (1998, 71st) – $1,305,152 ($11,742,664 total) {week 6}
  4. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $682,280 ($7,155,572 total) {week 8}
  5. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $224,012 ($224,012 total) {week 1}
  6. A Simple Plan (1998, 71st) – $390,563 ($390,563 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st) – $24,941,131 ($186,022,188 total)
  2. Babe: Pig in the City (1998, 71st) – $3,688,427 ($30,347,446 total)
  3. Elizabeth (1998, 71st) – $2,908,068 ($26,164,358 total)
  4. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $1,520,219 ($15,943,652 total)
  5. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $499,131 ($499,131 total)
  6. A Simple Plan (1998, 71st) – $870,231 ($870,231 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Babe: Pig in the City (1998, 71st): Original Song (“That’ll Do”)
  • A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st): Original Musical or Comedy Score
  • Elizabeth (1998, 71st): Picture, Actress (Cate Blanchett), Original Dramatic Score, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
  • Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st): Picture, Director, Actor (Roberto Benigni) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score [O], Film Editing, Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st): 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], Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
  • A Simple Plan (1998, 71st): Supporting Actor (Billy Bob Thornton), Adapted Screenplay

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

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, 66th) – $10,158,307 ($60,558,835 total) {week 3}
  2. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993, 66th) – $4,018,452 ($4,018,452 total) {week 1}
  3. Addams Family Values (1993, 66th) – $1,890,395 ($39,034,278 total) {week 4}
  4. The Piano (1993, 66th) – $1,288,622 ($9,206,027 total) {week 5}
  5. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $744,480 ($335,879,115 total) {week 27}
  6. The Remains of the Day (1993, 66th) – $717,665 ($13,602,437 total) {week 6}
  7. Six Degrees of Separation (1993, 66th) – $53,058 ($53,058 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, 66th) – $25,641,137 ($152,859,861 total)
  2. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993, 66th) – $10,143,194 ($10,143,194 total)
  3. Addams Family Values (1993, 66th) – $4,771,649 ($98,528,552 total)
  4. The Piano (1993, 66th) – $3,252,681 ($23,237,435 total)
  5. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $1,879,183 ($847,810,810 total)
  6. The Remains of the Day (1993, 66th) – $1,811,497 ($34,334,654 total)
  7. Six Degrees of Separation (1993, 66th) – $133,927 ($133,927 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Addams Family Values (1993, 66th): Art Direction
  • Geronimo: An American Legend (1993, 66th): Sound
  • Jurassic Park (1993, 66th): Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, 66th): Makeup [O]
  • The Piano (1993, 66th): Picture, Director, Actress (Holly Hunter) [O], Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design
  • The Remains of the Day (1993, 66th): Picture, Director, Anthony Hopkins, Actress (Emma Thompson), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Art Direction, Costume Design
  • Six Degrees of Separation (1993, 66th): Actress (Stockard Channing)

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

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Scrooged (1988, 61st) – $4,671,536 ($35,926,047 total) {week 3}
  2. Tequila Sunrise (1988, 61st) – $4,033,923 ($12,457,728 total) {week 2}
  3. The Accused (1988, 61st) – $382,942 ($28,356,474 total) {week 9}
  4. Mississippi Burning (1988, 61st) – $225,034 ($225,034 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Scrooged (1988, 61st) – $11,877,750 ($91,344,815 total)
  2. Tequila Sunrise (1988, 61st) – $10,256,568 ($31,674,759 total)
  3. The Accused (1988, 61st) – $973,660 ($72,098,577 total)
  4. Mississippi Burning (1988, 61st) – $572,167 ($572,167 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Accused (1988, 61st): Actress (Jodie Foster) [O]
  • Mississippi Burning (1988, 61st): Picture, Director, Actor (Gene Hackman), Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand), Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Sound
  • Scrooged (1988, 61st): Makeup
  • Tequila Sunrise (1988, 61st): Cinematography

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

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Terms of Endearment (1983, 56th) – $3,451,389 ($19,498,971 total) {week 4}
  2. Yentl (1983, 56th) – $2,184,771 ($8,068,933 total) {week 5}
  3. Silkwood (1983, 56th) – $1,218,322 ($1,218,322 total) {week 1}
  4. To Be or Not to Be (1983, 56th) – $1,020,958 ($1,020,958 total) {week 1}
  5. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $188,698 ($244,816,955 total) {week 30}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Terms of Endearment (1983, 56th) – $11,449,846 ($64,687,063 total)
  2. Yentl (1983, 56th) – $7,247,891 ($26,768,365 total)
  3. Silkwood (1983, 56th) – $4,041,735 ($4,041,735 total)
  4. To Be or Not to Be (1983, 56th) – $3,386,988 ($3,386,988 total)
  5. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $625,998 ($812,170,533 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th): Original Score, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects [O]
  • Silkwood (1983, 56th): Directing, Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actress (Cher), Original Screenplay, Film Editing
  • Terms of Endearment (1983, 56th): 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, Film Editing, Art Direction, Sound
  • To Be or Not to Be (1983, 56th): Supporting Actor (Charles Durning)
  • Yentl (1983, 56th): 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

45 Years Ago: The Weekend of Dec. 15-17, 1978

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Superman (1978, 51st) – $7,465,343 ($7,465,343 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Superman (1978, 51st) – $33,338,818 ($33,338,818 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Superman (1978, 51st): Original Score, Film Editing, Sound, Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) [O]

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