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. 15-17, 2018
Weekend Box Office:
- Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $182,687,905 ($182,687,905 total) {week 1}
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $10,001,056 ($193,765,143 total) {week 4}
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $5,442,261 ($664,346,211 total) {week 8}
- RBG (2018, 91st) – $498,234 ($10,116,762 total) {week 7}
- A Quiet Place (2018, 91st) – $360,213 ($186,459,020 total) {week 11}
- First Reformed (2018, 91st) – $344,747 ($2,420,597 total) {week 5}
- Black Panther (2018, 91st) – $144,983 ($699,613,337 total) {week 18}
- Ready Player One (2018, 91st) – $133,689 ($136,658,218 total) {week 12}
- Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $56,846 ($31,696,581 total) {week 13}
- The Greatest Showman (2017, 90th) – $28,040 ($174,073,082 total) {week 26}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $209,559,671 ($209,559,671 total)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $11,472,122 ($222,266,273 total)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $6,242,769 ($762,065,632 total)
- RBG (2018, 91st) – $571,520 ($11,604,848 total)
- A Quiet Place (2018, 91st) – $413,197 ($213,885,484 total)
- First Reformed (2018, 91st) – $395,456 ($2,776,645 total)
- Black Panther (2018, 91st) – $166,309 ($802,520,238 total)
- Ready Player One (2018, 91st) – $153,353 ($156,759,427 total)
- Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $65,208 ($36,358,866 total)
- The Greatest Showman (2017, 90th) – $32,164 ($199,677,685 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”)
- Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st): Animated Feature
- 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. 14-16, 2013
Weekend Box Office:
- Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $6,256,254 ($211,086,948 total) {week 5}
- Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $2,956,855 ($399,659,094 total) {week 7}
- The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $1,674,333 ($139,977,874 total) {week 6}
- Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $1,382,719 ($3,054,968 total) {week 4}
- The Croods (2013, 86th) – $570,353 ($182,651,450 total) {week 13}
- Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th) – $76,749 ($1,212,236 total) {week 8}
- 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $54,596 ($54,596 total) {week 1}
- Dirty Wars (2013, 86th) – $48,469 ($137,247 total) {week 2}
- Life of Pi (2012, 85th) – $12,568 ($124,953,846 total) {week 30}
- Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $1,420 ($3,684,598 total) {week 47}
- No (2012, 85th) – $684 ($2,341,226 total) {week 18}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $8,041,556 ($271,323,322 total)
- Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $3,800,632 ($513,706,954 total)
- The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $2,152,125 ($179,922,360 total)
- Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $1,777,296 ($3,926,742 total)
- The Croods (2013, 86th) – $733,111 ($234,773,389 total)
- Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th) – $98,650 ($1,558,163 total)
- 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $70,176 ($70,176 total)
- Dirty Wars (2013, 86th) – $62,300 ($176,412 total)
- Life of Pi (2012, 85th) – $16,154 ($160,611,032 total)
- Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $1,825 ($4,736,045 total)
- No (2012, 85th) – $879 ($3,009,325 total)
Oscar Details:
- 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature [O]
- Before Midnight (2013, 86th): Adapted Screenplay
- The Croods (2013, 86th): Animated Feature
- Dirty Wars (2013, 86th): 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. 13-15, 2008
Weekend Box Office:
- Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $33,612,594 ($117,289,932 total) {week 2}
- Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $5,620,375 ($297,918,329 total) {week 7}
- The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $420,928 ($6,621,330 total) {week 10}
- Mongol (2007, 80th) – $112,212 ($312,051 total) {week 2}
- The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $29,482 ($5,303,641 total) {week 17}
- In Bruges (2008, 81st) – $24,133 ($7,757,130 total) {week 19}
- Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $17,730 ($25,913 total) {week 1}
- Juno (2007, 80th) – $3,626 ($143,492,840 total) {week 28}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $48,920,837 ($170,707,492 total)
- Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $8,180,072 ($433,599,796 total)
- The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $612,632 ($9,636,894 total)
- Mongol (2007, 80th) – $163,317 ($454,169 total)
- The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $42,909 ($7,719,088 total)
- In Bruges (2008, 81st) – $35,124 ($11,289,973 total)
- Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $25,805 ($37,715 total)
- Juno (2007, 80th) – $5,277 ($208,844,036 total)
Oscar Details:
- The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film [O]
- Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
- 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. 13-15, 2003
Weekend Box Office:
- Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $28,384,483 ($191,487,211 total) {week 3}
- Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $323,211 ($1,622,911 total) {week 7}
- Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $322,961 ($2,041,392 total) {week 9}
- A Mighty Wind (2003, 76th) – $309,318 ($16,644,788 total) {week 9}
- Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $213,486 ($419,188 total) {week 3}
- Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $168,397 ($4,774,926 total) {week 15}
- The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $164,053 ($3,393,710 total) {week 6}
- Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $161,003 ($356,658 total) {week 2}
- Chicago (2002, 75th) – $126,485 ($169,195,337 total) {week 25}
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $74,391 ($339,230,928 total) {week 26}
- The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $24,174 ($714,821 total) {week 11}
- City of God (2003, 76th) – $23,805 ($4,328,590 total) {week 22}
- Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $13,489 ($21,445,626 total) {week 36}
- The Quiet American (2002, 75th) – $12,711 ($12,897,338 total) {week 30}
- Talk to Her (2002, 75th) – $478 ($9,284,265 total) {week 30}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $49,190,356 ($331,847,654 total)
- Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $560,125 ($2,812,507 total)
- Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $559,692 ($3,537,736 total)
- A Mighty Wind (2003, 76th) – $536,049 ($28,845,445 total)
- Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $369,972 ($726,453 total)
- Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $291,832 ($8,274,955 total)
- The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $284,304 ($5,881,305 total)
- Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $279,018 ($618,089 total)
- Chicago (2002, 75th) – $219,199 ($293,215,800 total)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $128,920 ($587,887,761 total)
- The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $41,894 ($1,238,786 total)
- City of God (2003, 76th) – $41,254 ($7,501,454 total)
- Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $23,376 ($37,165,305 total)
- The Quiet American (2002, 75th) – $22,028 ($22,351,108 total)
- Talk to Her (2002, 75th) – $828 ($16,089,647 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 Quiet American (2002, 75th): Actor (Michael Caine)
- Spellbound (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature
- Talk to Her (2002, 75th): Director, Original Screenplay [O]
- Whale Rider (2003, 76th): Actress (Keisha Castle-Hughes)
- Winged Migration (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature
25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 12-14, 1998
Weekend Box Office:
- The Truman Show (1998, 71st) – $20,010,580 ($64,532,359 total) {week 2}
- The Horse Whisperer (1998, 71st) – $3,948,234 ($58,395,949 total) {week 5}
- Titanic (1997, 70th) – $1,214,737 ($583,885,184 total) {week 26}
- Bulworth (1998, 71st) – $1,201,313 ($23,795,577 total) {week 5}
- Quest for Camelot (1998, 71st) – $970,293 ($21,001,841 total) {week 5}
- As Good As It Gets (1997, 70th) – $108,862 ($147,540,545 total) {week 25}
- Primary Colors (1998, 71st) – $85,920 ($38,856,507 total) {week 13}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- The Truman Show (1998, 71st) – $44,586,474 ($143,787,452 total)
- The Horse Whisperer (1998, 71st) – $8,797,238 ($130,114,641 total)
- Titanic (1997, 70th) – $2,706,610 ($1,300,980,847 total)
- Bulworth (1998, 71st) – $2,676,700 ($53,019,996 total)
- Quest for Camelot (1998, 71st) – $2,161,953 ($46,795,147 total)
- As Good As It Gets (1997, 70th) – $242,560 ($328,741,726 total)
- Primary Colors (1998, 71st) – $191,442 ($86,577,931 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
- 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. 11-13, 1993
Weekend Box Office:
- Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $47,026,828 ($50,159,460 total) {week 1}
- Cliffhanger (1993, 66th) – $7,621,185 ($49,625,534 total) {week 3}
- Dave (1993, 66th) – $3,034,040 ($51,698,446 total) {week 6}
- What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993, 66th) – $1,222,718 ($1,222,718 total) {week 1}
- Orlando (1993, 66th) – $107,030 ($112,568 total) {week 1}
- Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $109,075 ($62,436,484 total) {week 25}
- Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $687,849 ($99,162,710 total) {week 45}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $118,702,984 ($126,610,231 total)
- Cliffhanger (1993, 66th) – $19,237,049 ($125,262,519 total)
- Dave (1993, 66th) – $7,658,386 ($130,494,870 total)
- What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993, 66th) – $3,086,329 ($3,086,329 total)
- Orlando (1993, 66th) – $270,160 ($284,139 total)
- Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $275,322 ($157,599,338 total)
- Unforgiven (1992, 65th) – $1,736,237 ($250,302,010 total)
Oscar Details:
- Cliffhanger (1993, 66th): Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
- Dave (1993, 66th): Original Screenplay
- Jurassic Park (1993, 66th): Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
- Orlando (1993, 66th): Art Direction, Costume Design
- 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
- What’s Love Got to Do With It (1993, 66th): Actor (Laurence Fishburne), Actress (Angela Bassett)
35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 10-12, 1988
Weekend Box Office:
- Big (1988, 61st) – $7,901,047 ($20,501,013 total) {week 2}
- Willow (1988, 61st) – $3,251,512 ($30,656,338 total) {week 4}
- Beetlejuice (1988, 61st) – $1,143,650 ($65,638,141 total) {week 11}
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, 60th) – $509,608 ($121,197,107 total) {week 25}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Big (1988, 61st) – $20,089,037 ($52,125,447 total)
- Willow (1988, 61st) – $8,267,226 ($77,946,164 total)
- Beetlejuice (1988, 61st) – $2,907,821 ($166,890,164 total)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, 60th) – $1,295,719 ($308,153,228 total)
Oscar Details:
- Beetlejuice (1988, 61st): Makeup [O]
- Big (1988, 61st): Actor (Tom Hanks), Original Screenplay
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, 60th): Actor (Robin Williams)
- Willow (1988, 61st): Sound Effects, Visual Effects
40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 17-19, 1983
Weekend Box Office:
- Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $11,217,546 ($112,898,121 total) {week 4}
- Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $7,006,620 ($20,107,968 total) {week 2}
- WarGames (1983, 56th) – $5,355,801 ($22,260,427 total) {week 3}
- Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $2,190,327 ($47,993,508 total) {week 10}
- Blue Thunder (1983, 56th) – $1,581,035 ($35,973,470 total) {week 6}
- Tootsie (1982, 55th) – $730,908 ($174,141,310 total) {week 27}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $37,213,764 ($374,535,036 total)
- Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $23,244,184 ($66,707,386 total)
- WarGames (1983, 56th) – $17,767,657 ($73,848,083 total)
- Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $7,266,323 ($159,216,558 total)
- Blue Thunder (1983, 56th) – $5,245,021 ($119,340,559 total)
- Tootsie (1982, 55th) – $2,424,758 ($577,706,886 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
- 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
45 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 16-18, 1978
Weekend Box Office:
- Grease (1978, 51st) – $8,941,717 ($8,941,717 total) {week 1}
Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):
- Grease (1978, 51st) – $39,932,027 ($39,932,027 total)
Oscar Details:
- Grease (1978, 51st): Original Song (“Hopelessly Devoted to You”)