Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking at the inflation-adjusted numbers). The third section is an alphabetical list of those films and the categories in which they were nominated.
5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 8-10, 2018
Weekend Box Office:
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $15,748,575 ($176,700,049 total) {week 3}
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $7,238,699 ($655,136,398 total) {week 7}
- A Quiet Place (2018, 91st) – $1,053,285 ($185,513,628 total) {week 10}
- RBG (2018, 91st) – $744,787 ($9,178,359 total) {week 6}
- First Reformed (2018, 91st) – $551,612 ($1,757,019 total) {week 4}
- Ready Player One (2018, 91st) – $213,227 ($136,414,020 total) {week 11}
- Black Panther (2018, 91st) – $138,693 ($699,389,760 total) {week 17}
- Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $92,929 ($31,581,092 total) {week 12}
- The Greatest Showman (2017, 90th) – $10,767 ($174,037,209 total) {week 25}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $18,065,050 ($202,691,055 total)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $8,303,447 ($751,501,137 total)
- A Quiet Place (2018, 91st) – $1,208,214 ($212,801,033 total)
- RBG (2018, 91st) – $854,339 ($10,528,414 total)
- First Reformed (2018, 91st) – $632,749 ($2,015,461 total)
- Ready Player One (2018, 91st) – $244,591 ($156,479,309 total)
- Black Panther (2018, 91st) – $159,094 ($802,263,775 total)
- Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $106,598 ($36,226,390 total)
- The Greatest Showman (2017, 90th) – $12,351 ($199,636,535 total)
Oscar Details:
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st): Visual Effects
- Black Panther (2018, 91st): Picture, Original Song (“All the Stars”), Original Score [O], Production Design [O], Costume Design [O], Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
- First Reformed (2018, 91st): Original Screenplay
- The Greatest Showman (2017, 90th): Original Song (“This Is Me”)
- Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st): Animated Feature, Original Score
- A Quiet Place (2018, 91st): Sound Film Editing
- RBG (2018, 91st): Original Song (“I’ll Fight”), Documentary Feature
- Ready Player One (2018, 91st): Visual Effects
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st): Visual Effects
10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 7-9, 2013
Weekend Box Office:
- Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $11,425,755 ($199,866,194 total) {week 4}
- Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $5,753,661 ($394,283,326 total) {week 6}
- The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $4,222,409 ($136,167,527 total) {week 5}
- The Croods (2013, 86th) – $724,969 ($181,649,007 total) {week 12}
- Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $526,419 ($1,460,103 total) {week 3}
- Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th) – $113,057 ($1,076,540 total) {week 7}
- Dirty Wars (2013, 86th) – $63,504 ($63,504 total) {week 1}
- Life of Pi (2012, 85th) – $11,252 ($124,929,346 total) {week 29}
- No (2012, 85th) – $5,098 ($2,338,430 total) {week 17}
- Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $2,384 ($3,682,137 total) {week 46}
- The Gatekeepers (2012, 85th) – $1,498 ($2,407,469 total) {week 19}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $14,686,241 ($256,900,581 total)
- Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $7,395,542 ($506,797,141 total)
- The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $5,427,328 ($175,024,681 total)
- The Croods (2013, 86th) – $931,848 ($233,484,886 total)
- Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $676,639 ($1,876,762 total)
- Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th) – $145,319 ($1,383,745 total)
- Dirty Wars (2013, 86th) – $81,626 ($81,626 total)
- Life of Pi (2012, 85th) – $14,463 ($160,579,541 total)
- No (2012, 85th) – $6,553 ($3,005,731 total)
- Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $3,064 ($4,732,882 total)
- The Gatekeepers (2012, 85th) – $1,925 ($3,094,471 total)
Oscar Details:
- Before Midnight (2013, 86th): Adapted Screenplay
- The Croods (2013, 86th): Animated Feature
- Dirty Wars (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature
- The Gatekeepers (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature
- The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th): Production Design [O], Costume Design [O]
- Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th): Visual Effects
- Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th): Foreign Language Film
- Life of Pi (2012, 85th): Picture, Directing [O], Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“Pi’s Lullaby”), Original Score [O], Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Production Design, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects [O]
- No (2012, 85th): Foreign Language Film
- Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature [O]
- Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th): Visual Effects
15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 6-8, 2008
Weekend Box Office:
- Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $60,239,130 ($60,239,130 total) {week 1}
- Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $7,477,439 ($288,847,640 total) {week 6}
- The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $477,091 ($6,002,382 total) {week 9}
- Mongol (2007, 80th) – $135,326 ($135,326 total) {week 1}
- The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $52,002 ($5,246,694 total) {week 16}
- In Bruges (2008, 81st) – $34,454 ($7,716,240 total) {week 18}
- Juno (2007, 80th) – $5,375 ($143,484,566 total) {week 27}
- Beaufort (2007, 80th) – $561 ($102,342 total) {week 21}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $87,673,943 ($87,673,943 total)
- Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $10,882,902 ($420,398,028 total)
- The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $694,373 ($8,736,057 total)
- Mongol (2007, 80th) – $196,958 ($196,958 total)
- The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $75,685 ($7,636,205 total)
- In Bruges (2008, 81st) – $50,145 ($11,230,461 total)
- Juno (2007, 80th) – $7,823 ($208,831,994 total)
- Beaufort (2007, 80th) – $816 ($148,952 total)
Oscar Details:
- Beaufort (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film
- The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film [O]
- In Bruges (2008, 81st): Original Screenplay
- Iron Man (2008, 81st): Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
- Juno (2007, 80th): Picture, Director, Actress (Ellen Page), Original Screenplay [O]
- Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st): Animated Feature
- Mongol (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film
- The Visitor (2008, 81st): Actor (Richard Jenkins)
20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 6-8, 2003
Weekend Box Office:
- Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $46,589,649 ($144,043,789 total) {week 2}
- A Mighty Wind (2003, 76th) – $464,389 ($16,125,710 total) {week 8}
- Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $304,719 ($1,122,046 total) {week 6}
- Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $292,790 ($1,555,717 total) {week 8}
- Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $191,004 ($4,530,898 total) {week 14}
- Chicago (2002, 75th) – $187,119 ($168,962,297 total) {week 24}
- The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $177,143 ($3,159,248 total) {week 5}
- Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $137,418 ($137,418 total) {week 1}
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $82,136 ($339,104,919 total) {week 25}
- Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $69,920 ($169,654 total) {week 2}
- City of God (2003, 76th) – $30,348 ($4,287,883 total) {week 21}
- The Pianist (2002, 75th) – $28,990 ($32,572,577 total) {week 24}
- The Quiet American (2002, 75th) – $21,629 ($12,874,317 total) {week 29}
- Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $18,240 ($21,419,887 total) {week 35}
- The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $16,448 ($678,731 total) {week 10}
- The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $13,984 ($20,571 total) {week 1}
- Talk to Her (2002, 75th) – $2,534 ($9,283,413 total) {week 29}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $80,739,939 ($249,628,125 total)
- A Mighty Wind (2003, 76th) – $804,787 ($27,945,882 total)
- Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $528,079 ($1,944,508 total)
- Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $507,406 ($2,696,060 total)
- Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $331,010 ($7,852,054 total)
- Chicago (2002, 75th) – $324,278 ($292,811,941 total)
- The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $306,989 ($5,474,982 total)
- Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $238,146 ($238,146 total)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $142,342 ($587,669,387 total)
- Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $121,171 ($294,011 total)
- City of God (2003, 76th) – $52,593 ($7,430,908 total)
- The Pianist (2002, 75th) – $50,240 ($56,448,330 total)
- The Quiet American (2002, 75th) – $37,483 ($22,311,213 total)
- Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $31,610 ($37,120,700 total)
- The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $28,504 ($1,176,242 total)
- The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $24,234 ($35,650 total)
- Talk to Her (2002, 75th) – $4,391 ($16,088,170 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
- Finding Nemo (2003, 76th): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Film Editing
- 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
- A Mighty Wind (2003, 76th): Original Song (“A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow”)
- Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th): Foreign Language Film [O]
- The Pianist (2002, 75th): Picture, Director [O], Actor (Adrien Brody) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design
- The Quiet American (2002, 75th): Actor (Michael Caine)
- Spellbound (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature
- Talk to Her (2002, 75th): Director, Original Screenplay [O]
- 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 Jun. 5-7, 1998
Weekend Box Office:
- The Truman Show (1998, 71st) – $31,542,121 ($31,542,121 total) {week 1}
- The Horse Whisperer (1998, 71st) – $5,248,338 ($51,823,567 total) {week 4}
- Bulworth (1998, 71st) – $2,185,744 ($21,581,115 total) {week 4}
- Titanic (1997, 70th) – $1,648,860 ($581,889,889 total) {week 25}
- Quest for Camelot (1998, 71st) – $1,303,646 ($19,226,325 total) {week 4}
- As Good As It Gets (1997, 70th) – $218,910 ($147,346,087 total) {week 24}
- Beyond Silence (1997, 70th) – $14,015 ($14,015 total) {week 1}
- Primary Colors (1998, 71st) – $140,220 ($38,714,217 total) {week 12}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- The Truman Show (1998, 71st) – $70,280,419 ($70,280,419 total)
- The Horse Whisperer (1998, 71st) – $11,694,058 ($115,470,421 total)
- Bulworth (1998, 71st) – $4,870,155 ($48,085,853 total)
- Titanic (1997, 70th) – $3,673,899 ($1,296,535,041 total)
- Quest for Camelot (1998, 71st) – $2,904,712 ($42,839,040 total)
- As Good As It Gets (1997, 70th) – $487,763 ($328,308,445 total)
- Beyond Silence (1997, 70th) – $31,227 ($31,227 total)
- Primary Colors (1998, 71st) – $312,430 ($86,260,889 total)
Oscar Details:
- As Good As It Gets (1997, 70th): Picture, Actor (Jack Nicholson) [O], Actress (Helen Hunt) [O], Supporting Actor (Greg Kinnear), Original Screenplay, Original Musical or Comedy Score, Film Editing
- Beyond Silence (1997, 70th): Foreign Language Film
- Bulworth (1998, 71st): Original Screenplay
- The Horse Whisperer (1998, 71st): Original Song (“A Soft Place to Fall”)
- Primary Colors (1998, 71st): Supporting Actress (Kathy Bates), Adapted Screenplay
- Quest for Camelot (1998, 71st): Original Song (“The Prayer”)
- 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]
- The Truman Show (1998, 71st): Director, Supporting Actor (Ed Harris), Original Screenplay
30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 4-6, 1993
Weekend Box Office:
- Cliffhanger (1993, 66th) – $12,152,400 ($37,173,770 total) {week 2}
- Dave (1993, 66th) – $4,834,257 ($46,993,873 total) {week 5}
- Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $137,740 ($62,280,849 total) {week 24}
- Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $803,906 ($98,223,100 total) {week 44}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Cliffhanger (1993, 66th) – $30,674,536 ($93,832,342 total)
- Dave (1993, 66th) – $12,202,412 ($118,619,800 total)
- Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $347,677 ($157,206,491 total)
- Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $2,029,183 ($247,930,289 total)
Oscar Details:
- Cliffhanger (1993, 66th): Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
- Dave (1993, 66th): Original Screenplay
- Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th): Picture, Director, Actor (Al Pacino) [O], Adapted Screenplay
- Unforgiven (1992, 65th): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Clint Eastwood), Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound
35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 3-5, 1988
Weekend Box Office:
- Big (1988, 61st) – $8,216,190 ($8,216,190 total) {week 1}
- Willow (1988, 61st) – $5,002,969 ($25,326,281 total) {week 3}
- Beetlejuice (1988, 61st) – $1,416,596 ($63,867,003 total) {week 10}
- Moonstruck (1987, 60th) – $612,475 ($76,368,663 total) {week 25}
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, 60th) – $540,891 ($120,356,916 total) {week 24}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Big (1988, 61st) – $20,890,313 ($20,890,313 total)
- Willow (1988, 61st) – $12,720,444 ($64,394,072 total)
- Beetlejuice (1988, 61st) – $3,601,807 ($162,386,905 total)
- Moonstruck (1987, 60th) – $1,557,266 ($194,173,365 total)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, 60th) – $1,375,258 ($306,016,976 total)
Oscar Details:
- Beetlejuice (1988, 61st): Makeup [O]
- Big (1988, 61st): Actor (Tom Hanks), Original Screenplay
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, 60th): Actor (Robin Williams)
- Moonstruck (1987, 60th): Picture, Director, Actress (Cher) [O], Supporting Actor (Vincent Gardenia), Supporting Actress (Olympia Dukakis) [O], Original Screenplay
- Willow (1988, 61st): Sound Effects, Visual Effects
40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 10-12, 1983
Weekend Box Office:
- Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $11,995,064 ($93,008,811 total) {week 3}
- Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $7,348,200 ($7,348,200 total) {week 1}
- WarGames (1983, 56th) – $4,824,970 ($14,163,549 total) {week 2}
- Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $2,105,030 ($44,415,608 total) {week 9}
- Blue Thunder (1983, 56th) – $1,908,080 ($33,431,260 total) {week 5}
- Tootsie (1982, 55th) – $948,251 ($173,019,532 total) {week 26}
- Gandhi (1982, 55th) – $300,722 ($52,767,889 total) {week 27}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $39,793,149 ($308,553,040 total)
- Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $24,377,362 ($24,377,362 total)
- WarGames (1983, 56th) – $16,006,647 ($46,987,012 total)
- Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $6,983,353 ($147,347,017 total)
- Blue Thunder (1983, 56th) – $6,329,980 ($110,906,878 total)
- Tootsie (1982, 55th) – $3,145,785 ($573,985,432 total)
- Gandhi (1982, 55th) – $997,633 ($175,055,378 total)
Oscar Details:
- Blue Thunder (1983, 56th): Film Editing
- Flashdance (1983, 56th): Original Song (“Flashdance…What a Feeling”) [O], Original Song (“Maniac”), Film Editing, Cinematography
- Gandhi (1982, 55th): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Ben Kingsley) [O], Original Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
- Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th): Original Score, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects [O]
- Tootsie (1982, 55th): Picture, Director, Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Supporting Actress (Jessica Lange) [O], Supporting Actress (Teri Garr), Original Screenplay, Original Song (“It Might Be You”), Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound
- Trading Places (1983, 56th): Original Song Score
- WarGames (1983, 56th): Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound