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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. 21-23, 2019

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Toy Story 4 (2019, 92nd) – $120,908,065 ($120,908,065 total) {week 1}
  2. Rocketman (2019, 92nd) – $5,605,936 ($77,284,325 total) {week 4}
  3. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $1,987,849 ($834,596,815 total) {week 9}
  4. Breakthrough (2019, 92nd) – $38,535 ($40,652,899 total) {week 11}
  5. Missing Link (2019, 92nd) – $3,313 ($16,636,521 total) {week 11}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Toy Story 4 (2019, 92nd) – $142,291,369 ($142,291,369 total)
  2. Rocketman (2019, 92nd) – $6,597,379 ($90,952,513 total)
  3. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $2,339,412 ($982,200,182 total)
  4. Breakthrough (2019, 92nd) – $45,350 ($47,842,604 total)
  5. Missing Link (2019, 92nd) – $3,899 ($19,578,788 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]
  • Toy Story 4 (2019, 92nd): Animated Feature [O], Original Song (“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away”)

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 20-22, 2014

Weekend Box Office:

  1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, 87th) – $24,719,312 ($94,596,047 total) {week 2}
  2. Maleficent (2014, 87th) – $12,910,766 ($185,879,334 total) {week 4}
  3. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, 87th) – $6,150,460 ($216,744,710 total) {week 5}
  4. Ida (2014, 87th) – $268,817 ($2,065,330 total) {week 8}
  5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $196,797 ($256,690,279 total) {week 12}
  6. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $172,592 ($256,696,317 total) {week 20}
  7. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $132,861 ($58,347,156 total) {week 16}
  8. Alone Yet Not Alone (2013, 86th) – $80,550 ($830,592 total) {week 3}
  9. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $8,746 ($400,704,377 total) {week 31}
  10. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $7,980 ($1,435,282 total) {week 13}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, 87th) – $32,616,179 ($124,815,837 total)
  2. Maleficent (2014, 87th) – $17,035,258 ($245,260,615 total)
  3. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, 87th) – $8,115,295 ($285,986,288 total)
  4. Ida (2014, 87th) – $354,694 ($2,725,123 total)
  5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $259,666 ($338,692,926 total)
  6. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $227,728 ($338,700,893 total)
  7. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $175,305 ($76,986,823 total)
  8. Alone Yet Not Alone (2013, 86th) – $106,283 ($1,095,934 total)
  9. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $11,540 ($528,713,976 total)
  10. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $10,529 ($1,893,799 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 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. 19-21, 2009

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Up (2009, 82nd) – $23,492,677 ($226,268,932 total) {week 4}
  2. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $5,511,434 ($240,255,340 total) {week 7}
  3. Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd) – $288,194 ($385,920 total) {week 2}
  4. Departures (2008, 81st) – $102,822 ($476,108 total) {week 4}
  5. Revanche (2008, 81st) – $12,592 ($177,988 total) {week 8}
  6. Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $9,397 ($75,265,446 total) {week 20}
  7. Paris 36 (2009, 82nd) – $4,281 ($850,575 total) {week 12}
  8. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $2,763 ($178,025 total) {week 9}
  9. Burma VJ (2009, 82nd) – $1,436 ($33,165 total) {week 5}
  10. 12 (2007, 80th) – $85 ($125,024 total) {week 16}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Up (2009, 82nd) – $33,766,808 ($325,223,878 total)
  2. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $7,921,768 ($345,327,009 total)
  3. Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd) – $414,231 ($554,696 total)
  4. Departures (2008, 81st) – $147,789 ($684,326 total)
  5. Revanche (2008, 81st) – $18,099 ($255,828 total)
  6. Coraline (2009, 82nd) – $13,507 ($108,181,534 total)
  7. Paris 36 (2009, 82nd) – $6,153 ($1,222,560 total)
  8. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $3,971 ($255,881 total)
  9. Burma VJ (2009, 82nd) – $2,064 ($47,669 total)
  10. 12 (2007, 80th) – $122 ($179,701 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. 18-20, 2004

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, 77th) – $18,027,466 ($190,925,253 total) {week 3}
  2. Shrek 2 (2004, 77th) – $13,941,950 ($378,623,263 total) {week 5}
  3. Troy (2004, 77th) – $1,778,352 ($129,031,321 total) {week 6}
  4. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $616,670 ($8,674,990 total) {week 7}
  5. Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th) – $113,846 ($210,789 total) {week 3}
  6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $79,725 ($34,126,138 total) {week 14}
  7. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $41,913 ($370,111,518 total) {week 17}
  8. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $28,856 ($364,368 total) {week 9}
  9. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $17,014 ($2,728,146 total) {week 32}
  10. Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $12,847 ($95,617,788 total) {week 26}
  11. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $1,932 ($6,980,090 total) {week 30}
  12. City of God (2003, 76th) – $1,499 ($7,563,397 total) {week 75}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, 77th) – $31,294,055 ($331,429,022 total)
  2. Shrek 2 (2004, 77th) – $24,201,968 ($657,255,841 total)
  3. Troy (2004, 77th) – $3,087,059 ($223,986,738 total)
  4. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $1,070,484 ($15,059,000 total)
  5. Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th) – $197,626 ($365,911 total)
  6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, 77th) – $138,395 ($59,239,898 total)
  7. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $72,757 ($642,480,220 total)
  8. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $50,091 ($632,510 total)
  9. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $29,535 ($4,735,815 total)
  10. Cold Mountain (2003, 76th) – $22,301 ($165,983,857 total)
  11. The Triplets of Belleville (2003, 76th) – $3,354 ($12,116,807 total)
  12. City of God (2003, 76th) – $2,602 ($13,129,375 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

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 18-20, 1999

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Tarzan (1999, 72nd) – $34,221,968 ($34,361,342 total) {week 1}
  2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, 72nd) – $31,406,630 ($116,148,215 total) {week 2}
  3. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, 72nd) – $18,859,021 ($328,072,869 total) {week 5}
  4. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $3,206,500 ($142,006,580 total) {week 7}
  5. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $1,315,856 ($163,869,151 total) {week 12}
  6. Life (1999, 72nd) – $330,240 ($62,132,854 total) {week 10}
  7. Election (1999, 72nd) – $269,075 ($13,806,822 total) {week 9}
  8. Buena Vista Social Club (1999, 72nd) – $187,298 ($607,989 total) {week 3}
  9. The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $181,749 ($2,594,818 total) {week 23}
  10. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $103,426 ($97,702,543 total) {week 28}
  11. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $85,686 ($57,124,464 total) {week 35}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Tarzan (1999, 72nd) – $72,620,633 ($72,916,391 total)
  2. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, 72nd) – $66,646,353 ($246,472,000 total)
  3. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, 72nd) – $40,019,734 ($696,186,128 total)
  4. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $6,804,344 ($301,344,672 total)
  5. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $2,792,309 ($347,738,080 total)
  6. Life (1999, 72nd) – $700,785 ($131,848,852 total)
  7. Election (1999, 72nd) – $570,990 ($29,298,729 total)
  8. Buena Vista Social Club (1999, 72nd) – $397,455 ($1,290,181 total)
  9. The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $385,680 ($5,506,326 total)
  10. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $219,475 ($207,329,412 total)
  11. Life Is Beautiful (1998, 71st) – $181,830 ($121,220,811 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
  • Tarzan (1999, 72nd): Original Song (“You’ll Be In My Heart”)

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 24-26, 1994

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Lion King (1994, 67th) – $40,888,194 ($44,654,884 total) {week 2}
  2. Speed (1994, 67th) – $12,426,413 ($55,449,180 total) {week 3}
  3. Wyatt Earp (1994, 67th) – $7,543,504 ($7,543,504 total) {week 1}
  4. Maverick (1994, 67th) – $3,635,856 ($80,027,329 total) {week 6}
  5. Freedom on My Mind (1994, 67th) – $4,272 ($6,151 total) {week 1}
  6. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $503,115 ($94,489,783 total) {week 28}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Lion King (1994, 67th) – $105,448,500 ($115,162,596 total)
  2. Speed (1994, 67th) – $32,047,065 ($143,000,517 total)
  3. Wyatt Earp (1994, 67th) – $19,454,300 ($19,454,300 total)
  4. Maverick (1994, 67th) – $9,376,681 ($206,386,270 total)
  5. Freedom on My Mind (1994, 67th) – $11,017 ($15,863 total)
  6. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $1,297,507 ($243,684,177 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Freedom on My Mind (1994, 67th): Documentary Feature
  • 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]
  • Wyatt Earp (1994, 67th): Cinematography

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 23-25, 1989

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Batman (1989, 62nd) – $40,489,746 ($42,705,884 total) {week 1}
  2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd) – $8,160,750 ($136,327,473 total) {week 5}
  3. Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd) – $7,344,976 ($35,586,555 total) {week 4}
  4. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $2,124,325 ($47,723,528 total) {week 10}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Batman (1989, 62nd) – $109,944,449 ($115,962,073 total)
  2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd) – $22,159,417 ($370,178,881 total)
  3. Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd) – $19,944,293 ($96,630,494 total)
  4. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $5,768,318 ($129,586,809 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Batman (1989, 62nd): Art Direction [O]
  • 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. 22-24, 1984

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Ghostbusters (1984, 57th) – $13,059,428 ($61,481,351 total) {week 3}
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th) – $7,768,527 ($116,222,175 total) {week 5}
  3. The Karate Kid (1984, 57th) – $5,031,753 ($5,031,753 total) {week 1}
  4. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $2,064,956 ($36,732,079 total) {week 7}
  5. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984, 57th) – $1,544,624 ($1,544,624 total) {week 1}
  6. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $1,351,076 ($64,493,691 total) {week 13}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Ghostbusters (1984, 57th) – $41,898,998 ($197,252,668 total)
  2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th) – $24,924,024 ($372,879,478 total)
  3. The Karate Kid (1984, 57th) – $16,143,541 ($16,143,541 total)
  4. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $6,625,067 ($117,848,753 total)
  5. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984, 57th) – $4,955,669 ($4,955,669 total)
  6. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $4,334,702 ($206,917,259 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Ghostbusters (1984, 57th): Original Song (“Ghostbusters”), Visual Effects
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th): Original Score, Visual Effects [O]
  • The Karate Kid (1984, 57th): Supporting Actor (Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita)
  • The Natural (1984, 57th): Supporting Actress (Glenn Close), Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction
  • The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984, 57th): Supporting Actress (Geraldine Page)
  • Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th): Film Editing

45 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jun. 22-24, 1979

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Alien (1979, 52nd) – $5,312,945 ($21,778,983 total) {week 5}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Alien (1979, 52nd) – $22,818,146 ($93,536,827 total)

Oscar Details:

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

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