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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 Jun. 14-16, 2019

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Rocketman (2019, 92nd) – $9,420,441 ($66,763,166 total) {week 3}
  2. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $3,725,855 ($830,700,214 total) {week 8}
  3. Breakthrough (2019, 92nd) – $63,839 ($40,574,221 total) {week 10}
  4. Missing Link (2019, 92nd) – $5,436 ($16,627,672 total) {week 10}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Rocketman (2019, 92nd) – $11,086,502 ($78,570,625 total)
  2. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $4,384,794 ($977,614,444 total)
  3. Breakthrough (2019, 92nd) – $75,129 ($47,750,011 total)
  4. Missing Link (2019, 92nd) – $6,397 ($19,568,374 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd): Visual Effects
  • Breakthrough (2019, 92nd): Original Song (“I’m Standing with You”)
  • Missing Link (2019, 92nd): Animated Feature
  • Rocketman (2019, 92nd): Original Song (“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”) [O]

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 13-15, 2014

Weekend Box Office:

  1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, 87th) – $49,451,322 ($49,451,322 total) {week 1}
  2. Maleficent (2014, 87th) – $18,504,997 ($163,021,529 total) {week 3}
  3. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, 87th) – $9,816,449 ($206,256,610 total) {week 4}
  4. Alone Yet Not Alone (2013, 86th) – $534,626 ($668,172 total) {week 2}
  5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $274,842 ($256,334,467 total) {week 11}
  6. Ida (2014, 87th) – $256,951 ($1,668,355 total) {week 7}
  7. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $227,240 ($256,330,271 total) {week 19}
  8. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $196,466 ($58,109,813 total) {week 15}
  9. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $20,749 ($400,685,423 total) {week 30}
  10. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $10,857 ($1,418,679 total) {week 12}
  11. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $90 ($4,946,250 total) {week 53}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, 87th) – $65,249,113 ($65,249,113 total)
  2. Maleficent (2014, 87th) – $24,416,630 ($215,100,622 total)
  3. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, 87th) – $12,952,426 ($272,147,645 total)
  4. Alone Yet Not Alone (2013, 86th) – $705,418 ($881,627 total)
  5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $362,643 ($338,223,446 total)
  6. Ida (2014, 87th) – $339,037 ($2,201,330 total)
  7. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $299,834 ($338,217,910 total)
  8. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $259,229 ($76,673,658 total)
  9. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $27,378 ($528,688,967 total)
  10. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $14,325 ($1,871,892 total)
  11. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $119 ($6,526,386 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Alone Yet Not Alone (2013, 86th): Original Song (“Alone Yet Not Alone”) (nomination rescinded)
  • 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]
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, 87th): Animated Feature
  • Ida (2014, 87th): Cinematography, Foreign Language Film [O]
  • The Lego Movie (2014, 87th): Original Song (“Everything Is Awesome”)
  • Maleficent (2014, 87th): Costume Design
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, 87th): Visual Effects

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 12-14, 2009

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Up (2009, 82nd) – $30,762,280 ($187,425,989 total) {week 3}
  2. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $5,454,563 ($231,882,965 total) {week 6}
  3. Departures (2008, 81st) – $95,514 ($325,520 total) {week 3}
  4. Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd) – $60,513 ($60,513 total) {week 1}
  5. Revanche (2008, 81st) – $18,239 ($157,685 total) {week 7}
  6. Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $10,103 ($75,239,621 total) {week 19}
  7. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $6,086 ($173,185 total) {week 8}
  8. Paris 36 (2009, 82nd) – $4,511 ($843,936 total) {week 11}
  9. Burma VJ (2009, 82nd) – $1,500 ($31,450 total) {week 4}
  10. 12 (2007, 80th) – $557 ($123,627 total) {week 15}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Up (2009, 82nd) – $44,215,650 ($269,393,622 total)
  2. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $7,840,025 ($333,293,115 total)
  3. Departures (2008, 81st) – $137,285 ($467,881 total)
  4. Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd) – $86,977 ($86,977 total)
  5. Revanche (2008, 81st) – $26,216 ($226,646 total)
  6. Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $14,521 ($108,144,415 total)
  7. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $8,748 ($248,925 total)
  8. Paris 36 (2009, 82nd) – $6,484 ($1,213,017 total)
  9. Burma VJ (2009, 82nd) – $2,156 ($45,204 total)
  10. 12 (2007, 80th) – $801 ($177,693 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 12 (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film
  • Burma VJ (2009, 82nd): Documentary Feature
  • Coraline (2009, 82nd): Animated Feature
  • Departures (2008, 81st): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Il Divo (2009, 82nd): Makeup
  • Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd): Documentary Feature
  • Paris 36 (2009, 82nd): Original Song (“Loin de Paname”)
  • Revanche (2008, 81st): Foreign Language Film
  • Star Trek (2009, 82nd): Makeup [O], Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Up (2009, 82nd): Picture, Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Sound Film Editing

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 11-13, 2004

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, 77th) – $34,910,393 ($157,975,042 total) {week 2}
  2. Shrek 2 (2004, 77th) – $23,316,920 ($353,333,317 total) {week 4}
  3. Troy (2004, 77th) – $3,417,016 ($125,604,418 total) {week 5}
  4. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $820,686 ($7,533,912 total) {week 6}
  5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $119,120 ($33,971,672 total) {week 13}
  6. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $63,467 ($370,025,697 total) {week 16}
  7. Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th) – $38,792 ($72,926 total) {week 2}
  8. Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $28,389 ($95,589,607 total) {week 25}
  9. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $26,109 ($321,168 total) {week 8}
  10. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $15,297 ($2,699,982 total) {week 31}
  11. City of God (2003, 76th) – $5,445 ($7,558,260 total) {week 74}
  12. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $3,020 ($6,975,689 total) {week 29}
  13. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $750 ($564,632 total) {week 54}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, 77th) – $60,601,294 ($274,230,427 total)
  2. Shrek 2 (2004, 77th) – $40,476,070 ($613,354,776 total)
  3. Troy (2004, 77th) – $5,931,632 ($218,037,943 total)
  4. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $1,424,637 ($13,078,192 total)
  5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $206,782 ($58,971,759 total)
  6. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $110,173 ($642,331,242 total)
  7. Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th) – $67,339 ($126,593 total)
  8. Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $49,281 ($165,934,938 total)
  9. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $45,323 ($557,519 total)
  10. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $26,554 ($4,686,925 total)
  11. City of God (2003, 76th) – $9,452 ($13,120,458 total)
  12. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $5,242 ($12,109,167 total)
  13. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $1,302 ($980,150 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 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]
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, 77th): Original Score, Visual Effects
  • My Architect (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature
  • The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th): Original Score, Cinematography, Makeup
  • Shrek 2 (2004, 77th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Accidentally in Love”)
  • Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th): Documentary Feature
  • Super Size Me (2004, 77th): Documentary Feature
  • The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Belleville Rendez-vous”)
  • Troy (2004, 77th): Costume Design
  • The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th): Foreign Language Film
  • The Weather Underground (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 11-13, 1999

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, 72nd) – $54,917,604 ($57,442,682 total) {week 1}
  2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, 72nd) – $25,632,861 ($296,964,911 total) {week 4}
  3. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $5,483,460 ($136,213,325 total) {week 6}
  4. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $2,069,930 ($161,567,685 total) {week 11}
  5. Election (1999, 72nd) – $602,448 ($13,248,614 total) {week 8}
  6. Life (1999, 72nd) – $569,815 ($61,554,344 total) {week 9}
  7. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $196,617 ($97,496,951 total) {week 27}
  8. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $137,951 ($56,954,125 total) {week 34}
  9. Buena Vista Social Club (1999, 72nd) – $132,502 ($338,285 total) {week 2}
  10. The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $87,133 ($2,370,235 total) {week 22}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, 72nd) – $116,537,750 ($121,896,085 total)
  2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, 72nd) – $54,394,142 ($630,173,571 total)
  3. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $11,636,161 ($289,051,111 total)
  4. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $4,392,489 ($342,854,261 total)
  5. Election (1999, 72nd) – $1,278,423 ($28,114,185 total)
  6. Life (1999, 72nd) – $1,209,174 ($130,621,226 total)
  7. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $417,231 ($206,893,136 total)
  8. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $292,739 ($120,859,344 total)
  9. Buena Vista Social Club (1999, 72nd) – $281,176 ($717,857 total)
  10. The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $184,900 ($5,029,751 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, 72nd): Makeup
  • Buena Vista Social Club (1999, 72nd): Documentary Feature
  • Election (1999, 72nd): Adapted Screenplay
  • 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
  • The Red Violin (1999, 72nd): Original Score [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
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, 72nd): Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 17-19, 1994

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Speed (1994, 67th) – $12,940,034 ($35,685,508 total) {week 2}
  2. Maverick (1994, 67th) – $4,822,445 ($74,132,631 total) {week 5}
  3. The Lion King (1994, 67th) – $1,586,753 ($2,209,030 total) {week 1}
  4. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $125,980 ($93,910,028 total) {week 27}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Speed (1994, 67th) – $33,371,667 ($92,031,047 total)
  2. Maverick (1994, 67th) – $12,436,832 ($191,184,154 total)
  3. The Lion King (1994, 67th) – $4,092,152 ($5,696,972 total)
  4. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $324,896 ($242,189,020 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Lion King (1994, 67th): Original Song (“Can You Feel the Love Tonight” [O], “Circle of Life”, “Hakuna Matata”), Original Score [O]
  • Maverick (1994, 67th): 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
  • Speed (1994, 67th): Film Editing, Sound [O], Sound Effects [O]

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 16-18, 1989

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd) – $11,724,730 ($122,378,936 total) {week 4}
  2. Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd) – $9,102,459 ($22,464,763 total) {week 3}
  3. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $2,439,417 ($44,215,258 total) {week 9}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd) – $31,836,924 ($332,303,509 total)
  2. Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd) – $24,716,501 ($61,000,037 total)
  3. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $6,623,908 ($120,060,575 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd): Picture, Director, Actor (Robin Williams), Original Screenplay [O]
  • Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd): Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd): Original Score, Sound, Sound Effects [O]

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 15-17, 1984

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Ghostbusters (1984, 57th) – $15,093,905 ($38,261,242 total) {week 2}
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th) – $9,116,347 ($103,487,041 total) {week 4}
  3. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $2,502,952 ($33,645,465 total) {week 6}
  4. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $1,688,123 ($62,258,588 total) {week 12}
  5. Footloose (1984, 57th) – $743,987 ($75,846,770 total) {week 18}
  6. Under the Volcano (1984, 57th) – $31,000 ($31,000 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Ghostbusters (1984, 57th) – $48,426,279 ($122,754,818 total)
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th) – $29,248,280 ($332,020,923 total)
  3. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $8,030,304 ($107,945,867 total)
  4. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $5,416,061 ($199,746,303 total)
  5. Footloose (1984, 57th) – $2,386,958 ($243,341,720 total)
  6. Under the Volcano (1984, 57th) – $99,458 ($99,458 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Footloose (1984, 57th): Original Song (“Footloose”, “Let’s Hear It for the Boy”)
  • Ghostbusters (1984, 57th): Original Song (“Ghostbusters”), Visual Effects
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th): Original Score, Visual Effects [O]
  • The Natural (1984, 57th): Supporting Actress (Glenn Close), Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction
  • Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th): Film Editing
  • Under the Volcano (1984, 57th):

45 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 15-17, 1979

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Alien (1979, 52nd) – $2,240,772 ($14,923,670 total) {week 4}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Alien (1979, 52nd) – $9,623,714 ($64,094,487 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Alien (1979, 52nd): Art Direction, Visual Effects [O]

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