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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 Jul. 12-14, 2019

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Toy Story 4 (2019, 92nd) – $20,945,639 ($346,650,213 total) {week 4}
  2. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $2,104,276 ($851,612,415 total) {week 12}
  3. Rocketman (2019, 92nd) – $1,685,106 ($91,960,016 total) {week 7}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Toy Story 4 (2019, 92nd) – $24,649,999 ($407,957,347 total)
  2. Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd) – $2,476,430 ($1,002,225,091 total)
  3. Rocketman (2019, 92nd) – $1,983,127 ($108,223,687 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Avengers: Endgame (2019, 92nd): Visual Effects
  • 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 Jul. 11-13, 2014

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, 87th) – $72,611,427 ($72,611,427 total) {week 1}
  2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, 87th) – $6,073,372 ($152,276,733 total) {week 5}
  3. Maleficent (2014, 87th) – $4,180,586 ($222,005,394 total) {week 7}
  4. Begin Again (2014, 87th) – $2,820,839 ($5,171,587 total) {week 3}
  5. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, 87th) – $1,025,365 ($229,162,436 total) {week 8}
  6. Boyhood (2014, 87th) – $387,618 ($387,618 total) {week 1}
  7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $213,468 ($258,258,222 total) {week 15}
  8. Ida (2014, 87th) – $147,712 ($3,119,854 total) {week 11}
  9. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $78,612 ($257,335,781 total) {week 23}
  10. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $969,321 ($58,848,866 total) {week 19}
  11. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $5,751 ($400,736,600 total) {week 34}
  12. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $4,854 ($1,479,309 total) {week 16}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, 87th) – $95,807,978 ($95,807,978 total)
  2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014, 87th) – $8,013,580 ($200,923,278 total)
  3. Maleficent (2014, 87th) – $5,516,122 ($292,927,558 total)
  4. Begin Again (2014, 87th) – $3,721,988 ($6,823,710 total)
  5. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, 87th) – $1,352,930 ($302,370,999 total)
  6. Boyhood (2014, 87th) – $511,447 ($511,447 total)
  7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th) – $281,663 ($340,761,767 total)
  8. Ida (2014, 87th) – $194,900 ($4,116,527 total)
  9. The Lego Movie (2014, 87th) – $103,726 ($339,544,641 total)
  10. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, 87th) – $1,278,982 ($77,648,810 total)
  11. Frozen (2013, 86th) – $7,588 ($528,756,493 total)
  12. Finding Vivian Maier (2014, 87th) – $6,405 ($1,951,891 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Begin Again (2014, 87th): Original Song (“Lost Stars”)
  • Boyhood (2014, 87th): Picture, Directing, Supporting Actor (Ethan Hawke), Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, 87th): Visual Effects
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (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 Jul. 10-12, 2009

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009, 82nd) – $24,213,875 ($339,221,800 total) {week 3}
  2. Up (2009, 82nd) – $4,715,746 ($273,834,761 total) {week 7}
  3. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $1,164,416 ($251,970,795 total) {week 10}
  4. The Hurt Locker (2009, 82nd) – $641,168 ($1,101,834 total) {week 3}
  5. Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd) – $251,114 ($1,708,941 total) {week 5}
  6. Departures (2008, 81st) – $60,352 ($831,018 total) {week 7}
  7. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $3,588 ($204,044 total) {week 12}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009, 82nd) – $34,803,410 ($487,574,801 total)
  2. Up (2009, 82nd) – $6,778,099 ($393,591,830 total)
  3. Star Trek (2009, 82nd) – $1,673,654 ($362,166,023 total)
  4. The Hurt Locker (2009, 82nd) – $921,572 ($1,583,703 total)
  5. Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd) – $360,935 ($2,456,318 total)
  6. Departures (2008, 81st) – $86,746 ($1,194,450 total)
  7. Il Divo (2009, 82nd) – $5,157 ($293,279 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Departures (2008, 81st): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Il Divo (2009, 82nd): Makeup
  • Food, Inc. (2009, 82nd): Documentary Feature
  • The Hurt Locker (2009, 82nd): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Jeremy Renner), Original Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing [O]
  • Star Trek (2009, 82nd): Makeup [O], Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009, 82nd): Sound Mixing
  • Up (2009, 82nd): Picture, Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Sound Film Editing

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jul. 9-11, 2004

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Spider-Man 2 (2004, 77th) – $45,180,743 ($256,438,326 total) {week 2}
  2. Shrek 2 (2004, 77th) – $4,450,316 ($418,517,158 total) {week 8}
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, 77th) – $4,052,317 ($232,795,692 total) {week 6}
  4. Before Sunset (2004, 77th) – $485,117 ($885,542 total) {week 2}
  5. Troy (2004, 77th) – $221,415 ($132,195,898 total) {week 9}
  6. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $173,242 ($10,349,135 total) {week 10}
  7. Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th) – $112,152 ($684,868 total) {week 6}
  8. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $19,425 ($370,232,710 total) {week 20}
  9. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $7,274 ($418,635 total) {week 12}
  10. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $2,547 ($2,740,675 total) {week 35}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Spider-Man 2 (2004, 77th) – $78,429,696 ($445,153,809 total)
  2. Shrek 2 (2004, 77th) – $7,725,347 ($726,508,046 total)
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, 77th) – $7,034,457 ($404,112,328 total)
  4. Before Sunset (2004, 77th) – $842,119 ($1,537,221 total)
  5. Troy (2004, 77th) – $384,356 ($229,480,158 total)
  6. Super Size Me (2004, 77th) – $300,732 ($17,965,165 total)
  7. Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th) – $194,686 ($1,188,869 total)
  8. The Passion of the Christ (2004, 77th) – $33,720 ($642,690,598 total)
  9. The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th) – $12,627 ($726,713 total)
  10. My Architect (2003, 76th) – $4,421 ($4,757,565 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Before Sunset (2004, 77th): Adapted Screenplay
  • 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”)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004, 77th): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects [O]
  • Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, 77th): Documentary Feature
  • Super Size Me (2004, 77th): Documentary Feature
  • Troy (2004, 77th): Costume Design
  • The Twilight Samurai (2003, 76th): Foreign Language Film

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jul. 9-11, 1999

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Tarzan (1999, 72nd) – $10,811,295 ($129,005,420 total) {week 4}
  2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, 72nd) – $7,491,397 ($385,184,373 total) {week 8}
  3. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999, 72nd) – $7,062,131 ($35,503,056 total) {week 2}
  4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, 72nd) – $6,827,232 ($182,515,800 total) {week 5}
  5. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $867,505 ($149,609,505 total) {week 10}
  6. The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $518,184 ($5,454,304 total) {week 26}
  7. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $511,368 ($99,418,544 total) {week 31}
  8. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $510,407 ($167,505,401 total) {week 15}
  9. Buena Vista Social Club (1999, 72nd) – $254,339 ($1,912,838 total) {week 6}
  10. Life (1999, 72nd) – $169,505 ($63,077,804 total) {week 13}
  11. Election (1999, 72nd) – $58,454 ($14,455,310 total) {week 12}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Tarzan (1999, 72nd) – $22,942,079 ($273,755,596 total)
  2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999, 72nd) – $15,897,098 ($817,379,437 total)
  3. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999, 72nd) – $14,986,176 ($75,339,162 total)
  4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, 72nd) – $14,487,709 ($387,307,150 total)
  5. The Mummy (1999, 72nd) – $1,840,887 ($317,478,438 total)
  6. The Red Violin (1999, 72nd) – $1,099,611 ($11,574,291 total)
  7. Shakespeare in Love (1998, 71st) – $1,085,147 ($210,970,847 total)
  8. The Matrix (1999, 72nd) – $1,083,108 ($355,454,375 total)
  9. Buena Vista Social Club (1999, 72nd) – $539,719 ($4,059,133 total)
  10. Life (1999, 72nd) – $359,698 ($133,854,080 total)
  11. Election (1999, 72nd) – $124,042 ($30,674,851 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
  • 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
  • South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999, 72nd): Original Song (“Blame Canada”)
  • 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 Jul. 15-17, 1994

Weekend Box Office:

  1. True Lies (1994, 67th) – $25,869,770 ($25,869,770 total) {week 1}
  2. Forrest Gump (1994, 67th) – $24,125,273 ($72,117,610 total) {week 2}
  3. The Lion King (1994, 67th) – $16,886,224 ($174,348,094 total) {week 5}
  4. Speed (1994, 67th) – $5,103,359 ($93,515,856 total) {week 6}
  5. Wyatt Earp (1994, 67th) – $1,005,164 ($21,631,944 total) {week 4}
  6. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $142,515 ($95,777,418 total) {week 31}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. True Lies (1994, 67th) – $66,716,775 ($66,716,775 total)
  2. Forrest Gump (1994, 67th) – $62,217,809 ($185,987,521 total)
  3. The Lion King (1994, 67th) – $43,548,683 ($449,634,558 total)
  4. Speed (1994, 67th) – $13,161,294 ($241,172,471 total)
  5. Wyatt Earp (1994, 67th) – $2,592,265 ($55,787,645 total)
  6. Schindler’s List (1993, 66th) – $367,539 ($247,004,920 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Forrest Gump (1994, 67th): Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Tom Hanks) [O], Supporting Actor (Gary Sinise), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction, Makeup, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects [O]
  • The Lion King (1994, 67th): Original Song (“Can You Feel the Love Tonight” [O], “Circle of Life”, “Hakuna Matata”), Original Score [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
  • Speed (1994, 67th): Film Editing, Sound [O], Sound Effects [O]
  • True Lies (1994, 67th): Visual Effects
  • Wyatt Earp (1994, 67th): Cinematography

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jul. 14-16, 1989

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989, 62nd) – $17,188,126 ($49,212,120 total) {week 2}
  2. Batman (1989, 62nd) – $15,114,415 ($167,635,148 total) {week 4}
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd) – $4,613,927 ($165,962,813 total) {week 8}
  4. Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd) – $4,258,839 ($63,871,066 total) {week 7}
  5. Do the Right Thing (1989, 62nd) – $3,017,880 ($13,447,106 total) {week 3}
  6. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $1,098,630 ($55,168,709 total) {week 13}
  7. When Harry Met Sally… (1989, 62nd) – $1,094,453 ($1,094,453 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989, 62nd) – $46,672,040 ($133,628,880 total)
  2. Batman (1989, 62nd) – $41,041,157 ($455,190,654 total)
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd) – $12,528,497 ($450,649,653 total)
  4. Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd) – $11,564,303 ($173,433,272 total)
  5. Do the Right Thing (1989, 62nd) – $8,194,646 ($36,513,804 total)
  6. Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd) – $2,983,182 ($149,803,195 total)
  7. When Harry Met Sally… (1989, 62nd) – $2,971,840 ($2,971,840 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Batman (1989, 62nd): Art Direction [O]
  • Dead Poets Society (1989, 62nd): Picture, Director, Actor (Robin Williams), Original Screenplay [O]
  • Do the Right Thing (1989, 62nd): Supporting Actor (Danny Aiello), Original Screenplay
  • Field of Dreams (1989, 62nd): Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989, 62nd): Original Score, Sound, Sound Effects [O]
  • Lethal Weapon 2 (1989, 62nd): Sound Effects
  • When Harry Met Sally… (1989, 62nd): Original Screenplay

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jul. 13-15, 1984

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Ghostbusters (1984, 57th) – $9,761,392 ($115,635,510 total) {week 6}
  2. The Karate Kid (1984, 57th) – $4,763,399 ($28,607,858 total) {week 4}
  3. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984, 57th) – $4,416,022 ($4,416,022 total) {week 1}
  4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th) – $4,104,665 ($141,729,774 total) {week 8}
  5. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $1,014,338 ($42,767,283 total) {week 10}
  6. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $1,003,947 ($69,570,644 total) {week 16}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Ghostbusters (1984, 57th) – $31,317,799 ($370,997,261 total)
  2. The Karate Kid (1984, 57th) – $15,282,572 ($91,783,544 total)
  3. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984, 57th) – $14,168,071 ($14,168,071 total)
  4. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, 57th) – $13,169,134 ($454,716,358 total)
  5. The Natural (1984, 57th) – $3,254,334 ($137,211,700 total)
  6. Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th) – $3,220,997 ($223,205,816 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 Muppets Take Manhattan (1984, 57th): Original Song Score
  • The Natural (1984, 57th): Supporting Actress (Glenn Close), Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction
  • Romancing the Stone (1984, 57th): Film Editing

45 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jul. 13-15, 1979

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Alien (1979, 52nd) – $2,777,042 ($40,515,877 total) {week 8}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Alien (1979, 52nd) – $11,926,898 ($174,008,428 total)

Oscar Details:

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

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