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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.

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 May 10-12, 2019

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $63,299,904 ($723,745,643 total) {week 3}
  2. Breakthrough (2019, 92nd) – $2,575,263 ($37,216,069 total) {week 5}
  3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019, 92nd) – $142,560 ($160,140,290 total) {week 12}
  4. Missing Link (2019, 92nd) – $85,128 ($16,352,270 total) {week 5}
  5. Never Look Away (2018, 91st) – $4,936 ($1,295,458 total) {week 24}
  6. Capernaum (2018, 91st) – $882 ($1,657,721 total) {week 22}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $72,214,410 ($825,670,521 total)
  2. Breakthrough (2019, 92nd) – $2,937,937 ($42,457,197 total)
  3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019, 92nd) – $162,637 ($182,692,798 total)
  4. Missing Link (2019, 92nd) – $97,117 ($18,655,155 total)
  5. Never Look Away (2018, 91st) – $5,631 ($1,477,897 total)
  6. Capernaum (2018, 91st) – $1,006 ($1,891,177 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd): Visual Effects
  • Breakthrough (2019, 92nd): Original Song (“I’m Standing with You”)
  • Capernaum (2018, 91st): Foreign Language Film
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019, 92nd): Animated Feature
  • Missing Link (2019, 92nd): Animated Feature
  • Never Look Away (2018, 91st): Cinematography, Foreign Language Film

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of May 9-11, 2014

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $5,750,593 ($245,128,338 total) {week 6}
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $1,545,746 ($53,826,874 total) {week 10}
  3. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $488,384 ($253,666,490 total) {week 14}
  4. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $114,805 ($1,116,094 total) {week 7}
  5. Ida (2014, 87th) – $85,558 ($175,482 total) {week 2}
  6. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $61,662 ($400,447,148 total) {week 25}
  7. The Wind Rises (2013, 86th) – $5,539 ($5,194,648 total) {week 12}
  8. Philomena (2013, 86th) – $4,971 ($37,701,989 total) {week 25}
  9. The Invisible Woman (2013, 86th) – $1,438 ($1,233,347 total) {week 20}
  10. The Missing Picture (2013, 86th) – $312 ($49,436 total) {week 8}
  11. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $250 ($4,945,139 total) {week 48}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $7,355,410 ($313,536,246 total)
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $1,977,117 ($68,848,327 total)
  3. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $624,677 ($324,457,138 total)
  4. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $146,844 ($1,427,562 total)
  5. Ida (2014, 87th) – $109,435 ($224,454 total)
  6. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $78,870 ($512,199,840 total)
  7. The Wind Rises (2013, 86th) – $7,085 ($6,644,317 total)
  8. Philomena (2013, 86th) – $6,358 ($48,223,474 total)
  9. The Invisible Woman (2013, 86th) – $1,839 ($1,577,537 total)
  10. The Missing Picture (2013, 86th) – $399 ($63,232 total)
  11. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $320 ($6,325,178 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th): Visual Effects
  • Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th): Documentary 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]
  • Ida (2014, 87th): Cinematography, Foreign Language Film [O]
  • The Invisible Woman (2013, 86th): Costume Design
  • The Lego Movie (2014, 87th): Original Song (“Everything Is Awesome”)
  • The Missing Picture (2013, 86th): Foreign Language Film
  • Philomena (2013, 86th): Picture, Actress (Judi Dench), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • The Wind Rises (2013, 86th): Animated Feature

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of May 8-10, 2009

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $75,204,289 ($79,204,289 total) {week 1}
  2. Paris 36 (2009, 82nd) – $45,179 ($696,384 total) {week 6}
  3. Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $36,429 ($75,064,490 total) {week 14}
  4. Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 81st) – $24,353 ($141,286,770 total) {week 26}
  5. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $21,713 ($86,535 total) {week 3}
  6. Revanche (2008, 81st) – $16,215 ($40,164 total) {week 2}
  7. The Class (2008, 81st) – $16,152 ($3,723,932 total) {week 21}
  8. The Reader (2008, 81st) – $4,366 ($34,192,652 total) {week 22}
  9. The Wrestler (2008, 81st) – $3,666 ($26,236,603 total) {week 21}
  10. Waltz with Bashir (2008, 81st) – $2,987 ($2,283,276 total) {week 20}
  11. The Garden (2008, 81st) – $2,170 ($16,629 total) {week 3}
  12. 12 (2007, 80th) – $846 ($110,978 total) {week 10}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $104,784,643 ($110,357,976 total)
  2. Paris 36 (2009, 82nd) – $62,949 ($970,295 total)
  3. Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $50,758 ($104,589,856 total)
  4. Slumdog Millionaire (2008, 81st) – $33,932 ($196,859,566 total)
  5. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $30,253 ($120,572 total)
  6. Revanche (2008, 81st) – $22,593 ($55,962 total)
  7. The Class (2008, 81st) – $22,505 ($5,188,679 total)
  8. The Reader (2008, 81st) – $6,083 ($47,641,762 total)
  9. The Wrestler (2008, 81st) – $5,108 ($36,556,334 total)
  10. Waltz with Bashir (2008, 81st) – $4,162 ($3,181,365 total)
  11. The Garden (2008, 81st) – $3,024 ($23,170 total)
  12. 12 (2007, 80th) – $1,179 ($154,629 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 12 (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film
  • The Class (2008, 81st): Foreign Language Film
  • Coraline (2009, 82nd): Animated Feature
  • Il Divo (2009, 82nd): Makeup
  • The Garden (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
  • Paris 36 (2009, 82nd): Original Song (“Loin de Paname”)
  • The Reader (2008, 81st): Picture, Director, Actress (Kate Winslet) [O], Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography
  • Revanche (2008, 81st): Foreign Language Film
  • 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
  • Star Trek (2009, 82nd): Makeup [O], Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • 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 May 7-9, 2004

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $785,369 ($368,027,248 total) {week 11}
  2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $565,671 ($31,721,817 total) {week 8}
  3. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $516,641 ($516,641 total) {week 1}
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 76th) – $103,709 ($376,716,328 total) {week 21}
  5. Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $44,481 ($90,050,414 total) {week 31}
  6. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $39,056 ($2,445,830 total) {week 26}
  7. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $35,382 ($6,854,976 total) {week 24}
  8. The Fog of War (2003, 76th) – $28,145 ($4,176,016 total) {week 21}
  9. Big Fish (2003, 76th) – $21,638 ($66,774,751 total) {week 22}
  10. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th) – $21,326 ($11,670,971 total) {week 22}
  11. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $18,726 ($63,711 total) {week 3}
  12. Monster (2003, 76th) – $10,899 ($34,431,442 total) {week 20}
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $9,618 ($7,511,110 total) {week 69}
  14. In America (2003, 76th) – $6,890 ($15,512,566 total) {week 24}
  15. Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $5,674 ($95,373,984 total) {week 20}
  16. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 76th) – $5,130 ($93,926,386 total) {week 26}
  17. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $400 ($557,668 total) {week 49}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $1,321,595 ($619,305,111 total)
  2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $951,894 ($53,380,513 total)
  3. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $869,388 ($869,388 total)
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, 76th) – $174,518 ($633,926,832 total)
  5. Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $74,851 ($151,534,111 total)
  6. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $65,722 ($4,115,769 total)
  7. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $59,540 ($11,535,346 total)
  8. The Fog of War (2003, 76th) – $47,362 ($7,027,273 total)
  9. Big Fish (2003, 76th) – $36,412 ($112,366,529 total)
  10. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, 76th) – $35,887 ($19,639,557 total)
  11. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $31,512 ($107,211 total)
  12. Monster (2003, 76th) – $18,341 ($57,940,188 total)
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $16,185 ($12,639,469 total)
  14. In America (2003, 76th) – $11,594 ($26,104,076 total)
  15. Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $9,548 ($160,492,453 total)
  16. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, 76th) – $8,633 ($158,056,479 total)
  17. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $673 ($938,427 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Big Fish (2003, 76th): Original Score
  • 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
  • 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
  • In America (2003, 76th): Actress (Samantha Morton), Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou), Original Screenplay
  • 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]
  • 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
  • Super Size Me (2004, 77th): Documentary Feature
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Belleville Rendez-vous”)
  • The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th): Foreign Language Film
  • The Weather Underground (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of May 7-9, 1999

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $43,369,635 ($43,369,635 total) {week 1}
  2. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $5,881,558 ($138,505,386 total) {week 6}
  3. Life (1999, 72nd) – $3,644,810 ($51,484,410 total) {week 4}
  4. Election (1999, 72nd) – $3,162,540 ($3,696,536 total) {week 3}
  5. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $785,199 ($93,965,332 total) {week 22}
  6. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $767,739 ($54,168,264 total) {week 29}
  7. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $182,143 ($215,708,216 total) {week 42}
  8. The Prince of Egypt (1998, 71st) – $89,480 ($101,145,331 total) {week 21}
  9. Central Station (1998, 71st) – $61,235 ($5,969,553 total) {week 25}
  10. Gods and Monsters (1998, 71st) – $50,749 ($6,282,133 total) {week 27}
  11. Patch Adams (1998, 71st) – $49,875 ($134,865,675 total) {week 20}
  12. A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st) – $41,951 ($162,763,063 total) {week 25}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $89,215,096 ($89,215,096 total)
  2. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $12,098,874 ($284,917,576 total)
  3. Life (1999, 72nd) – $7,497,690 ($105,907,891 total)
  4. Election (1999, 72nd) – $6,505,619 ($7,604,095 total)
  5. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $1,615,222 ($193,294,827 total)
  6. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $1,579,306 ($111,428,811 total)
  7. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $374,684 ($443,730,484 total)
  8. The Prince of Egypt (1998, 71st) – $184,068 ($208,064,706 total)
  9. Central Station (1998, 71st) – $125,966 ($12,279,888 total)
  10. Gods and Monsters (1998, 71st) – $104,395 ($12,922,892 total)
  11. Patch Adams (1998, 71st) – $102,597 ($277,430,375 total)
  12. A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st) – $86,297 ($334,817,718 total)

Oscar Details:

  • A Bug’s Life (1998, 71st): Original Musical or Comedy Score
  • Central Station (1998, 71st): Actress (Fernanda Montenegro), Foreign Language Film
  • Election (1999, 72nd): Adapted Screenplay
  • Gods and Monsters (1998, 71st): Actor (Ian McKellen), Supporting Actress (Lynn Redgrave), Adapted Screenplay [O]
  • Life (1999, 72nd): Makeup
  • Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st): Picture, Director, Actor (Roberto Benigni) [O], Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score [O], Film Editing, Foreign Language Film [O]
  • The Matrix (1999, 72nd): Film Editing [O], Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • The Mummy (1999, 72nd): Sound
  • Patch Adams (1998, 71st): Original Musical or Comedy Score
  • The Prince of Egypt (1998, 71st): Original Song (“When You Believe”) [O], 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]
  • 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

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of May 13-15, 1994

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, 67th) – $2,772,923 ($33,014,724 total) {week 10}
  2. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $878,700 ($91,022,103 total) {week 22}
  3. The Paper (1994, 67th) – $752,550 ($33,782,125 total) {week 9}
  4. Philadelphia (1993, 66th) – $639,835 ($74,308,064 total) {week 23}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, 67th) – $6,932,308 ($82,536,810 total)
  2. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $2,196,750 ($227,555,258 total)
  3. The Paper (1994, 67th) – $1,881,375 ($84,455,313 total)
  4. Philadelphia (1993, 66th) – $1,599,588 ($185,770,160 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994, 67th): Picture, Original Screenplay
  • 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]
  • 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

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of May 12-14, 1989

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $5,777,360 ($15,965,848 total) {week 4}
  2. Rain Man (1988, 61st) – $1,241,578 ($162,186,250 total) {week 22}
  3. The Adventures of Baron Munchaussen (1989, 62nd) – $261,044 ($6,383,949 total) {week 10}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $15,207,409 ($42,025,973 total)
  2. Rain Man (1988, 61st) – $3,268,134 ($426,913,429 total)
  3. The Adventures of Baron Munchaussen (1989, 62nd) – $687,131 ($16,804,097 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchaussen (1989, 62nd): Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Visual Effects
  • Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd): Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • Rain Man (1988, 61st): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Dustin Hoffman) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of May 11-13, 1984

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $5,088,381 ($5,088,381 total) {week 1}
  2. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $3,034,528 ($44,312,676 total) {week 7}
  3. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984, 57th) – $1,441,270 ($37,567,798 total) {week 7}
  4. Splash (1984, 57th) – $1,219,328 ($56,849,593 total) {week 10}
  5. Footloose (1984, 57th) – $1,218,894 ($67,834,529 total) {week 13}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $15,825,471 ($15,825,471 total)
  2. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $9,437,743 ($137,817,698 total)
  3. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984, 57th) – $4,482,521 ($116,840,324 total)
  4. Splash (1984, 57th) – $3,792,255 ($176,809,002 total)
  5. Footloose (1984, 57th) – $3,790,905 ($210,973,461 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Footloose (1984, 57th): Original Song (“Footloose”, “Let’s Hear It for the Boy”)
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984, 57th): Supporting Actor (Ralph Richardson), Adapted Screenplay, Makeup
  • The Natural (1984, 57th): Supporting Actress (Glenn Close), Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction
  • Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th): Film Editing
  • Splash (1984, 57th): Original Screenplay

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