Box Office History (Week 12, 2024)

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 Mar. 22-24, 2019

Weekend Box Office:

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019, 92nd) – $6,520,065 ($145,739,695 total) {week 5}
Green Book (2018, 91st) – $605,670 ($83,885,626 total) {week 19}
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, 91st) – $255,377 ($189,873,385 total) {week 15}
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, 91st) – $138,921 ($215,936,135 total) {week 21}
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018, 91st) – $103,223 ($200,970,900 total) {week 18}
Mary Poppins Returns (2018, 91st) – $84,321 ($171,822,453 total) {week 14}
A Star Is Born (2018, 91st) – $53,842 ($215,235,338 total) {week 25}
Free Solo (2018, 91st) – $53,307 ($17,451,947 total) {week 26}
The Favourite (2018, 91st) – $50,606 ($34,147,963 total) {week 18}
Never Look Away (2018, 91st) – $44,447 ($1,076,261 total) {week 17}
Capernaum (2018, 91st) – $24,975 ($1,564,811 total) {week 15}
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, 91st) – $20,241 ($14,884,825 total) {week 15}
Vice (2018, 91st) – $10,989 ($47,817,213 total) {week 13}
Cold War (2018, 91st) – $9,657 ($4,557,943 total) {week 14}
Shoplifters (2018, 91st) – $6,687 ($3,270,902 total) {week 18}
The Wife (2018, 91st) – $2,566 ($9,580,916 total) {week 30}
The 2018 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2018, 91st) – $1,026 ($3,530,255 total) {week 7}
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018, 91st) – $457 ($109,378 total) {week 19}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019, 92nd) – $7,438,284 ($166,264,172 total)
Green Book (2018, 91st) – $690,966 ($95,699,213 total)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, 91st) – $291,342 ($216,613,196 total)
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, 91st) – $158,485 ($246,346,355 total)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018, 91st) – $117,760 ($229,273,570 total)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018, 91st) – $96,196 ($196,020,157 total)
A Star Is Born (2018, 91st) – $61,425 ($245,546,865 total)
Free Solo (2018, 91st) – $60,814 ($19,909,699 total)
The Favourite (2018, 91st) – $57,733 ($38,957,010 total)
Never Look Away (2018, 91st) – $50,706 ($1,227,831 total)
Capernaum (2018, 91st) – $28,492 ($1,785,183 total)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, 91st) – $23,092 ($16,981,050 total)
Vice (2018, 91st) – $12,537 ($54,551,296 total)
Cold War (2018, 91st) – $11,017 ($5,199,837 total)
Shoplifters (2018, 91st) – $7,629 ($3,731,542 total)
The Wife (2018, 91st) – $2,927 ($10,930,193 total)
The 2018 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2018, 91st) – $1,170 ($4,027,420 total)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018, 91st) – $521 ($124,782 total)

Oscar Details:

The 2018 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2018, 91st): Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Short Film
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, 91st): Picture, Actor (Rami Malek), Film Editing [O], Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing [O]
Capernaum (2018, 91st): Foreign Language Film
Cold War (2018, 91st): Directing, Cinematography, 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
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
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018, 91st): Documentary Feature
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019, 92nd): Animated Feature
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, 91st): Supporting Actress (Regina King) [O], Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
Mary Poppins Returns (2018, 91st): Original Song (“The Place Where Lost Things Go”), Original Score, Production Design, Costume Design
Never Look Away (2018, 91st): Cinematography, Foreign Language Film
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
Vice (2018, 91st): Picture, Directing, Actor (Christian Bale), Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell), Supporting Actress (Amy Adams), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Makeup & Hairstyling [O]
The Wife (2018, 91st): Actress (Glenn Close)

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 21-23, 2014

Weekend Box Office:

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $6,787,955 ($12,998,474 total) {week 3}
The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $4,149,244 ($243,385,918 total) {week 7}
Frozen (2013, 86th) – $735,601 ($397,744,862 total) {week 18}
12 Years a Slave (2013, 86th) – $439,762 ($56,030,347 total) {week 23}
American Hustle (2013, 86th) – $232,315 ($149,806,721 total) {week 15}
Gravity (2013, 86th) – $225,092 ($273,089,375 total) {week 25}
Philomena (2013, 86th) – $207,666 ($37,089,371 total) {week 18}
The Wind Rises (2013, 86th) – $204,350 ($4,689,109 total) {week 5}
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, 86th) – $192,237 ($116,688,943 total) {week 13}
Dallas Buyers Club (2013, 86th) – $148,465 ($27,065,809 total) {week 21}
Lone Survivor (2013, 86th) – $141,370 ($124,810,301 total) {week 13}
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, 86th) – $135,467 ($258,039,176 total) {week 15}
Her (2013, 86th) – $70,572 ($25,377,942 total) {week 14}
August: Osage County (2013, 86th) – $62,169 ($37,601,052 total) {week 13}
Saving Mr. Banks (2013, 86th) – $49,758 ($83,201,604 total) {week 15}
The Great Beauty (2013, 86th) – $41,645 ($2,716,628 total) {week 19}
The Book Thief (2013, 86th) – $16,469 ($21,431,886 total) {week 20}
The Invisible Woman (2013, 86th) – $12,296 ($1,194,742 total) {week 13}
Ernest & Celestine (2013, 86th) – $10,867 ($93,758 total) {week 4}
The 2013 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2013, 86th) – $5,772 ($2,351,273 total) {week 6}
The Missing Picture (2013, 86th) – $10,148 ($12,784 total) {week 1}
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, 86th) – $4,236 ($8,316,027 total) {week 17}
Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $3,849 ($33,401,342 total) {week 35}
20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $2,100 ($4,934,900 total) {week 41}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $8,682,268 ($16,625,955 total)
The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $5,307,173 ($311,307,570 total)
Frozen (2013, 86th) – $940,885 ($508,743,428 total)
12 Years a Slave (2013, 86th) – $562,486 ($71,666,723 total)
American Hustle (2013, 86th) – $297,147 ($191,613,248 total)
Gravity (2013, 86th) – $287,908 ($349,300,363 total)
Philomena (2013, 86th) – $265,619 ($47,439,893 total)
The Wind Rises (2013, 86th) – $261,378 ($5,997,698 total)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, 86th) – $245,885 ($149,253,299 total)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013, 86th) – $189,897 ($34,619,058 total)
Lone Survivor (2013, 86th) – $180,822 ($159,641,083 total)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, 86th) – $173,272 ($330,050,109 total)
Her (2013, 86th) – $90,267 ($32,460,158 total)
August: Osage County (2013, 86th) – $79,518 ($48,094,369 total)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013, 86th) – $63,644 ($106,420,656 total)
The Great Beauty (2013, 86th) – $53,267 ($3,474,757 total)
The Book Thief (2013, 86th) – $21,065 ($27,412,877 total)
The Invisible Woman (2013, 86th) – $15,727 ($1,528,158 total)
Ernest & Celestine (2013, 86th) – $13,900 ($119,923 total)
The 2013 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2013, 86th) – $7,383 ($3,007,442 total)
The Missing Picture (2013, 86th) – $12,980 ($16,352 total)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, 86th) – $5,418 ($10,636,779 total)
Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $4,923 ($42,722,647 total)
20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $2,686 ($6,312,081 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 2013 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2013, 86th): Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Short Film
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
August: Osage County (2013, 86th): Actress (Meryl Streep), Supporting Actress (Julia Roberts)
Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th): Actress (Cate Blanchett) [O], Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), Original Screenplay
The Book Thief (2013, 86th): Original Score
Dallas Buyers Club (2013, 86th): Picture, Actor (Matthew McConaughey) [O], Supporting Actor (Jared Leto) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling [O]
Ernest & Celestine (2013, 86th): Animated Feature
Frozen (2013, 86th): Animated Feature [O], Original Song (“Let It Go”) [O]
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th): Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup and Hairstyling [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]
Her (2013, 86th): Picture, Original Screenplay [O], Original Song (“The Moon Song”), Original Score, Production Design
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, 86th): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
The Invisible Woman (2013, 86th): Costume Design
The Lego Movie (2014, 87th): Original Song (“Everything Is Awesome”)
Lone Survivor (2013, 86th): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013, 86th): Original Song (“Ordinary Love”)
The Missing Picture (2013, 86th): Foreign Language Film
Philomena (2013, 86th): Picture, Actress (Judi Dench), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
Saving Mr. Banks (2013, 86th): Original Score
The Wind Rises (2013, 86th): Animated Feature
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, 86th): Picture, Directing, Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill), Adapted Screenplay

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 20-22, 2009

Weekend Box Office:

Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 81st) – $2,676,369 ($137,178,177 total) {week 19}
Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $2,130,746 ($72,841,173 total) {week 7}
The Reader (2008, 81st) – $535,983 ($32,900,557 total) {week 15}
The Class (2008, 81st) – $206,232 ($2,792,008 total) {week 14}
The Wrestler (2008, 81st) – $166,972 ($25,792,774 total) {week 14}
Doubt (2008, 81st) – $149,360 ($33,172,718 total) {week 15}
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, 81st) – $123,045 ($126,759,635 total) {week 13}
Revolutionary Road (2008, 81st) – $111,319 ($22,754,434 total) {week 13}
Milk (2008, 81st) – $79,518 ($31,716,847 total) {week 17}
Defiance (2008, 81st) – $67,367 ($28,390,983 total) {week 12}
Frost/Nixon (2008, 81st) – $62,225 ($18,593,156 total) {week 16}
Waltz with Bashir (2008, 81st) – $24,435 ($2,180,986 total) {week 13}
Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st) – $13,154 ($12,779,409 total) {week 25}
Katyn (2009, 80th) – $5,426 ($70,479 total) {week 5}
12 (2007, 80th) – $5,089 ($40,531 total) {week 3}
Australia (2008, 81st) – $3,588 ($49,551,662 total) {week 17}
Trouble the Water (2008, 81st) – $978 ($518,004 total) {week 31}
The Betrayal (2008, 81st) – $777 ($33,943 total) {week 18}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 81st) – $3,729,074 ($191,134,927 total)
Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $2,968,839 ($101,492,034 total)
The Reader (2008, 81st) – $746,803 ($45,841,443 total)
The Class (2008, 81st) – $287,350 ($3,890,198 total)
The Wrestler (2008, 81st) – $232,648 ($35,937,932 total)
Doubt (2008, 81st) – $208,108 ($46,220,654 total)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, 81st) – $171,443 ($176,618,425 total)
Revolutionary Road (2008, 81st) – $155,104 ($31,704,511 total)
Milk (2008, 81st) – $110,795 ($44,192,140 total)
Defiance (2008, 81st) – $93,865 ($39,558,103 total)
Frost/Nixon (2008, 81st) – $86,700 ($25,906,464 total)
Waltz with Bashir (2008, 81st) – $34,046 ($3,038,840 total)
Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st) – $18,328 ($17,805,977 total)
Katyn (2009, 80th) – $7,560 ($98,201 total)
12 (2007, 80th) – $7,091 ($56,473 total)
Australia (2008, 81st) – $4,999 ($69,041,982 total)
Trouble the Water (2008, 81st) – $1,363 ($721,752 total)
The Betrayal (2008, 81st) – $1,083 ($47,294 total)

Oscar Details:

12 (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film
Australia (2008, 81st): Costume Design
The Betrayal (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
The Class (2008, 81st): Foreign Language Film
Coraline (2009, 82nd): Animated Feature
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, 81st): Picture, Director, Actor (Brad Pitt), Supporting Actress (Taraji P. Henson), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design, Makeup [O], Sound Mixing, Visual Effects [O]
Defiance (2008, 81st): Original Score
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
Katyn (2009, 80th): Foreign Language Film
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
Revolutionary Road (2008, 81st): Supporting Actor (Michael Shannon), Art Direction, Costume Design
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
Waltz with Bashir (2008, 81st): Foreign Language Film
The Wrestler (2008, 81st): Actor (Mickey Rourke), Supporting Actress (Marisa Tomei)

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 19-21, 2004

Weekend Box Office:

The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $19,414,377 ($295,507,244 total) {week 4}
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $8,175,198 ($8,175,198 total) {week 1}
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 76th) – $1,350,748 ($373,359,557 total) {week 14}
Monster (2003, 76th) – $676,870 ($33,390,494 total) {week 13}
Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $634,388 ($88,284,152 total) {week 24}
Something’s Gotta Give (2003, 76th) – $221,982 ($124,376,112 total) {week 15}
Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $214,684 ($95,042,960 total) {week 13}
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th) – $198,182 ($10,783,851 total) {week 15}
The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $195,610 ($6,007,873 total) {week 17}
The Fog of War (2003, 76th) – $155,451 ($3,599,247 total) {week 14}
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 76th) – $148,656 ($93,374,871 total) {week 19}
In America (2003, 76th) – $139,039 ($15,192,296 total) {week 17}
My Architect (2003, 76th) – $96,329 ($1,785,849 total) {week 19}
The Last Samurai (2003, 76th) – $90,896 ($110,947,183 total) {week 16}
House of Sand and Fog (2003, 76th) – $74,500 ($12,924,917 total) {week 14}
City of God (2003, 76th) – $53,879 ($7,299,820 total) {week 62}
Lost in Translation (2003, 76th) – $42,950 ($44,566,004 total) {week 28}
Brother Bear (2003, 76th) – $41,755 ($85,234,177 total) {week 22}
21 Grams (2003, 76th) – $41,088 ($16,248,701 total) {week 18}
The Cooler (2003, 76th) – $30,725 ($8,243,880 total) {week 17}
The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $1,200 ($543,125 total) {week 42}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $32,669,926 ($497,270,644 total)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $13,756,976 ($13,756,976 total)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 76th) – $2,272,998 ($628,278,160 total)
Monster (2003, 76th) – $1,139,016 ($56,188,512 total)
Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $1,067,529 ($148,561,898 total)
Something’s Gotta Give (2003, 76th) – $373,545 ($209,296,356 total)
Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $361,264 ($159,935,416 total)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th) – $333,495 ($18,146,738 total)
The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $329,167 ($10,109,867 total)
The Fog of War (2003, 76th) – $261,588 ($6,056,704 total)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 76th) – $250,154 ($157,128,406 total)
In America (2003, 76th) – $233,971 ($25,565,136 total)
My Architect (2003, 76th) – $162,100 ($3,005,173 total)
The Last Samurai (2003, 76th) – $152,957 ($186,698,561 total)
House of Sand and Fog (2003, 76th) – $125,366 ($21,749,659 total)
City of God (2003, 76th) – $90,666 ($12,283,916 total)
Lost in Translation (2003, 76th) – $72,275 ($74,994,322 total)
Brother Bear (2003, 76th) – $70,264 ($143,429,493 total)
21 Grams (2003, 76th) – $69,142 ($27,342,822 total)
The Cooler (2003, 76th) – $51,703 ($13,872,552 total)
The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $2,019 ($913,954 total)

Oscar Details:

21 Grams (2003, 76th): Actress (Naomi Watts), Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro)
Brother Bear (2003, 76th): Animated Feature
City of God (2003, 76th): Director, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography
Cold Mountain (2003, 76th): Actor (Jude Law), Supporting Actress (Renee Zellweger) [O], Original Song (“Scarlet Tide”), Original Song (“You Will Be My Ain True Love”), Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography
The Cooler (2003, 76th): Supporting Actor (Alec Baldwin)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th): Actress (Kate Winslet), Original Screenplay [O]
The Fog of War (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature [O]
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th): Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design
House of Sand and Fog (2003, 76th): Actor (Ben Kingsley), Supporting Actress (Shohreh Aghdashloo), Original Score
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
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 76th): Picture [O], Director [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Song (“Into the West”) [O], Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup [O], Sound Mixing [O], Visual Effects [O]
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
Monster (2003, 76th): Actress (Charlize Theron) [O]
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
The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th): Original Score, Cinematography, Makeup
Something’s Gotta Give (2003, 76th): Actress (Diane Keaton)
The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Belleville Rendez-vous”)
The Weather Underground (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 19-21, 1999

Weekend Box Office:

Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $2,975,498 ($73,192,745 total) {week 15}
Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $2,234,686 ($35,990,202 total) {week 22}
Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $1,060,406 ($210,213,533 total) {week 35}
Patch Adams (1998, 71st) – $625,105 ($132,523,485 total) {week 13}
Elizabeth (1998, 71st) – $610,832 ($27,857,636 total) {week 20}
A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st) – $344,384 ($159,906,607 total) {week 18}
Affliction (1998, 71st) – $277,500 ($4,792,678 total) {week 12}
Central Station (1998, 71st) – $266,073 ($4,617,940 total) {week 18}
Gods and Monsters (1998, 71st) – $227,362 ($4,706,673 total) {week 20}
Mighty Joe Young (1998, 71st) – $217,399 ($50,342,330 total) {week 13}
Tango (1998, 71st) – $134,688 ($814,999 total) {week 9}
Hilary and Jackie (1998, 71st) – $133,112 ($4,600,661 total) {week 12}
The Prince of Egypt (1998, 71st) – $121,018 ($98,411,175 total) {week 14}
Pleasantville (1998, 71st) – $117,408 ($40,474,152 total) {week 22}
The Thin Red Line (1998, 71st) – $113,284 ($35,948,029 total) {week 13}
A Simple Plan (1998, 71st) – $59,405 ($15,847,710 total) {week 15}
Children of Heaven (1998, 71st) – $47,986 ($533,699 total) {week 9}
Little Voice (1998, 71st) – $44,960 ($4,556,387 total) {week 13}
The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $38,159 ($1,977,852 total) {week 21}
A Civil Action (1998, 71st) – $37,771 ($55,987,961 total) {week 13}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $6,120,857 ($150,563,816 total)
Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $4,596,943 ($74,034,963 total)
Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $2,181,347 ($432,427,445 total)
Patch Adams (1998, 71st) – $1,285,895 ($272,612,287 total)
Elizabeth (1998, 71st) – $1,256,534 ($57,305,570 total)
A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st) – $708,428 ($328,941,741 total)
Affliction (1998, 71st) – $570,842 ($9,858,954 total)
Central Station (1998, 71st) – $547,335 ($9,499,503 total)
Gods and Monsters (1998, 71st) – $467,703 ($9,682,034 total)
Mighty Joe Young (1998, 71st) – $447,209 ($103,558,533 total)
Tango (1998, 71st) – $277,065 ($1,676,524 total)
Hilary and Jackie (1998, 71st) – $273,823 ($9,463,958 total)
The Prince of Egypt (1998, 71st) – $248,945 ($202,440,311 total)
Pleasantville (1998, 71st) – $241,518 ($83,258,836 total)
The Thin Red Line (1998, 71st) – $233,035 ($73,948,209 total)
A Simple Plan (1998, 71st) – $122,201 ($32,600,112 total)
Children of Heaven (1998, 71st) – $98,711 ($1,097,865 total)
Little Voice (1998, 71st) – $92,487 ($9,372,883 total)
The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $78,496 ($4,068,613 total)
A Civil Action (1998, 71st) – $77,698 ($115,172,085 total)

Oscar Details:

Affliction (1998, 71st): Actor (Nick Nolte), Supporting Actor (James Coburn) [O]
A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st): Original Musical or Comedy Score
Central Station (1998, 71st): Actress (Fernanda Montenegro), Foreign Language Film
Children of Heaven (1998, 71st): Foreign Language Film
A Civil Action (1998, 71st): Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall), Cinematography
Elizabeth (1998, 71st): Picture, Actress (Cate Blanchett), Original Dramatic Score, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup
Gods and Monsters (1998, 71st): Actor (Ian McKellen), Supporting Actress (Lynn Redgrave), Adapted Screenplay [O]
Hilary and Jackie (1998, 71st): Actress (Emily Watson), Supporting Actress (Rachel Griffiths)
Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st): Picture, Director, Actor (Roberto Benigni) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score [O], Film Editing, Foreign Language Film [O]
Little Voice (1998, 71st): Supporting Actress (Brenda Blethyn)
Mighty Joe Young (1998, 71st): Visual Effects
Patch Adams (1998, 71st): Original Musical or Comedy Score
Pleasantville (1998, 71st): Original Dramatic Score, Art Direction, Costume Design
The Prince of Egypt (1998, 71st): Original Song (“When You Believe”) [O], Original Musical or Comedy Score
The Red Violin (1999, 72nd): Original Score [O]
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]
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
Tango (1998, 71st): Foreign Language Film
The Thin Red Line (1998, 71st): Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 25-27, 1994

Weekend Box Office:

The Paper (1994, 67th) – $7,005,640 ($7,256,295 total) {week 2}
Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $5,698,045 ($68,354,543 total) {week 15}
Philadelphia (1993, 66th) – $1,941,168 ($66,821,922 total) {week 14}
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, 66th) – $1,891,187 ($208,689,169 total) {week 18}
The Piano (1993, 66th) – $1,406,175 ($36,320,307 total) {week 16}
Beethoven’s 2nd (1993, 66th) – $917,825 ($49,611,980 total) {week 17}
In the Name of the Father (1993, 66th) – $827,755 ($22,074,212 total) {week 13}
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, 66th) – $672,675 ($7,809,955 total) {week 15}
Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $186,615 ($345,316,275 total) {week 42}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

The Paper (1994, 67th) – $17,514,100 ($18,140,738 total)
Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $14,245,113 ($170,886,358 total)
Philadelphia (1993, 66th) – $4,852,920 ($167,054,805 total)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, 66th) – $4,727,968 ($521,722,923 total)
The Piano (1993, 66th) – $3,515,438 ($90,800,768 total)
Beethoven’s 2nd (1993, 66th) – $2,294,563 ($124,029,950 total)
In the Name of the Father (1993, 66th) – $2,069,388 ($55,185,530 total)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, 66th) – $1,681,688 ($19,524,888 total)
Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $466,538 ($863,290,688 total)

Oscar Details:

Beethoven’s 2nd (1993, 66th): Original Song (“The Day I Fall in Love”)
In the Name of the Father (1993, 66th): Picture, Director, Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Supporting Actor (Pete Postlethwaite), Supporting Actress (Emma Thompson), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
Jurassic Park (1993, 66th): Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, 66th): Makeup [O]
The Paper (1994, 67th): Original Song (“Make Up Your Mind”)
Philadelphia (1993, 66th): Actor (Tom Hanks) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Philadelphia”), Original Song (“Streets of Philadelphia”) [O]
The Piano (1993, 66th): Picture, Director, Actress (Holly Hunter) [O], Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design
Schindler’s List (1993, 66th): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Liam Neeson), Supporting Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design, Makeup, Sound
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993, 66th): Supporting Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio)

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 24-26, 1989

Weekend Box Office:

Rain Man (1988, 61st) – $3,003,521 ($134,676,210 total) {week 15}
Chances Are (1989, 62nd) – $2,165,800 ($10,413,267 total) {week 3}
Dangerous Liaisons (1988, 61st) – $1,352,197 ($25,013,149 total) {week 14}
Working Girl (1988, 61st) – $948,407 ($56,841,879 total) {week 14}
The Adventures of Baron Munchaussen (1989, 62nd) – $820,286 ($2,297,686 total) {week 3}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Rain Man (1988, 61st) – $7,905,994 ($354,500,351 total)
Chances Are (1989, 62nd) – $5,700,909 ($27,410,237 total)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988, 61st) – $3,559,309 ($65,840,657 total)
Working Girl (1988, 61st) – $2,496,437 ($149,621,571 total)
The Adventures of Baron Munchaussen (1989, 62nd) – $2,159,191 ($6,048,065 total)

Oscar Details:

The Adventures of Baron Munchaussen (1989, 62nd): Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Visual Effects
Chances Are (1989, 62nd): Original Score (“After All”)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988, 61st): Picture, Actress (Glenn Close), Supporting Actress (Michelle Pfeiffer), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O]
Rain Man (1988, 61st): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Dustin Hoffman) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction
Working Girl (1988, 61st): Picture, Director, Actress (Melanie Griffith), Supporting Actress (Joan Cusack), Supporting Actress (Sigourney Weaver), Original Song (“Let the River Run”) [O]

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Mar. 23-25, 1984

Weekend Box Office:

Splash (1984, 57th) – $6,667,242 ($23,878,948 total) {week 3}
Footloose (1984, 57th) – $4,420,411 ($43,998,844 total) {week 6}
Against All Odds (1984, 57th) – $2,218,270 ($15,151,023 total) {week 4}
Terms of Endearment (1983, 56th) – $1,258,295 ($91,663,512 total) {week 18}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

Splash (1984, 57th) – $20,735,916 ($74,266,371 total)
Footloose (1984, 57th) – $13,748,004 ($136,841,643 total)
Against All Odds (1984, 57th) – $6,899,084 ($47,121,485 total)
Terms of Endearment (1983, 56th) – $3,913,447 ($285,084,435 total)

Oscar Details:

Against All Odds (1984, 57th): Original Song (“Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”)
Footloose (1984, 57th): Original Song (“Footloose”, “Let’s Hear It for the Boy”)
Splash (1984, 57th): Original Screenplay
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