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Box Office History (Week 31, 2023)

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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.

5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 3-5, 2018

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Christopher Robin (2018, 91st) – $24,585,139 ($24,585,139 total) {week 1}
  2. Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $4,980,232 ($583,112,522 total) {week 8}
  3. Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $253,846 ($678,070,679 total) {week 15}
  4. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $192,923 ($213,029,424 total) {week 11}
  5. RBG (2018, 91st) – $107,634 ($13,582,985 total) {week 14}
  6. Black Panther (2018, 91st) – $37,389 ($700,006,415 total) {week 25}
  7. Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $4,544 ($31,982,248 total) {week 20}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Christopher Robin (2018, 91st) – $28,201,394 ($28,201,394 total)
  2. Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $5,712,780 ($668,883,189 total)
  3. Avengers: Infinity War (2018, 91st) – $291,184 ($777,808,847 total)
  4. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st) – $221,300 ($244,364,158 total)
  5. RBG (2018, 91st) – $123,466 ($15,580,921 total)
  6. Black Panther (2018, 91st) – $42,889 ($802,971,135 total)
  7. Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st) – $5,212 ($36,686,552 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
  • Christopher Robin (2018, 91st): Visual Effects
  • Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st): Animated Feature
  • Isle of Dogs (2018, 91st): Animated Feature, Original Score
  • RBG (2018, 91st): Original Song (“I’ll Fight”), Documentary Feature
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, 91st): Visual Effects

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 2-4, 2013

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $10,134,120 ($326,411,585 total) {week 5}
  2. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $1,858,696 ($2,845,115 total) {week 2}
  3. The Lone Ranger (2013, 86th) – $660,645 ($86,765,352 total) {week 5}
  4. Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $478,353 ($226,222,380 total) {week 12}
  5. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $297,406 ($3,493,735 total) {week 8}
  6. Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $239,573 ($407,676,359 total) {week 14}
  7. The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $178,714 ($144,512,215 total) {week 13}
  8. Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $160,242 ($7,814,792 total) {week 11}
  9. The Croods (2013, 86th) – $140,922 ($186,651,133 total) {week 20}
  10. The Hunt (2013, 86th) – $75,444 ($383,811 total) {week 4}
  11. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $50,240 ($159,621 total) {week 3}
  12. Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th) – $8,783 ($1,511,798 total) {week 15}
  13. Dirty Wars (2013, 86th) – $3,156 ($365,604 total) {week 9}
  14. Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $256 ($3,692,866 total) {week 54}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $13,026,021 ($419,557,326 total)
  2. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $2,389,099 ($3,657,005 total)
  3. The Lone Ranger (2013, 86th) – $849,169 ($111,524,960 total)
  4. Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th) – $614,857 ($290,777,844 total)
  5. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th) – $382,275 ($4,490,717 total)
  6. Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th) – $307,938 ($524,012,048 total)
  7. The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th) – $229,712 ($185,750,633 total)
  8. Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $205,969 ($10,044,843 total)
  9. The Croods (2013, 86th) – $181,136 ($239,914,433 total)
  10. The Hunt (2013, 86th) – $96,973 ($493,336 total)
  11. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $64,577 ($205,171 total)
  12. Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th) – $11,289 ($1,943,209 total)
  13. Dirty Wars (2013, 86th) – $4,057 ($469,934 total)
  14. Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th) – $329 ($4,746,673 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 20 Feet from Stardom (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • The Act of Killing (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature
  • Before Midnight (2013, 86th): Adapted Screenplay
  • Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th): Actress (Cate Blanchett) [O], Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins), Original Screenplay
  • The Croods (2013, 86th): Animated Feature
  • Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Happy”)
  • Dirty Wars (2013, 86th): Documentary Feature
  • The Great Gatsby (2013, 86th): Production Design [O], Costume Design [O]
  • The Hunt (2013, 86th): Foreign Language Film
  • Iron Man 3 (2013, 86th): Visual Effects
  • Kon-Tiki (2012, 85th): Foreign Language Film
  • The Lone Ranger (2013, 86th): Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects
  • Searching for Sugar Man (2012, 85th): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, 86th): Visual Effects

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 1-3, 2008

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $42,664,219 ($393,751,065 total) {week 3}
  2. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $4,603,179 ($204,078,076 total) {week 6}
  3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008, 81st) – $2,488,525 ($71,234,335 total) {week 4}
  4. Wanted (2008, 81st) – $1,239,980 ($131,320,095 total) {week 6}
  5. Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $626,363 ($210,480,901 total) {week 9}
  6. Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $580,179 ($315,687,768 total) {week 14}
  7. Mongol (2007, 80th) – $131,388 ($5,398,009 total) {week 9}
  8. The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $80,606 ($9,148,645 total) {week 17}
  9. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $70,234 ($70,234 total) {week 1}
  10. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $48,477 ($133,737 total) {week 2}
  11. Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $46,301 ($659,666 total) {week 8}
  12. The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $3,259 ($5,476,356 total) {week 24}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $62,094,859 ($573,077,804 total)
  2. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $6,699,613 ($297,021,712 total)
  3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008, 81st) – $3,621,878 ($103,676,713 total)
  4. Wanted (2008, 81st) – $1,804,706 ($191,127,436 total)
  5. Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st) – $911,629 ($306,340,587 total)
  6. Iron Man (2008, 81st) – $844,411 ($459,462,002 total)
  7. Mongol (2007, 80th) – $191,226 ($7,856,434 total)
  8. The Visitor (2008, 81st) – $117,317 ($13,315,228 total)
  9. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $102,221 ($102,221 total)
  10. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $70,555 ($194,645 total)
  11. Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $67,388 ($960,099 total)
  12. The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th) – $4,743 ($7,970,462 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Counterfeiters (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • The Dark Knight (2008, 81st): Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger) [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
  • Frozen River (2008, 81st): Actress (Melissa Leo), Original Screenplay
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008, 81st): Makeup
  • Iron Man (2008, 81st): Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Kung Fu Panda (2008, 81st): Animated Feature
  • Man on Wire (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Mongol (2007, 80th): Foreign Language Film
  • The Visitor (2008, 81st): Actor (Richard Jenkins)
  • WALL-E (2008, 81st): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Down to Earth”), Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
  • Wanted (2008, 81st): Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 1-3, 2003

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $18,844,044 ($209,531,292 total) {week 4}
  2. Seabiscuit (2003, 76th) – $17,636,985 ($49,223,245 total) {week 2}
  3. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $3,860,462 ($320,020,760 total) {week 10}
  4. Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $1,108,798 ($11,303,967 total) {week 9}
  5. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $363,218 ($680,765 total) {week 3}
  6. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $332,130 ($6,507,010 total) {week 16}
  7. Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $175,157 ($4,753,691 total) {week 14}
  8. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $103,072 ($2,527,366 total) {week 10}
  9. Chicago (2002, 75th) – $73,051 ($170,449,649 total) {week 32}
  10. Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $40,272 ($5,888,057 total) {week 22}
  11. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $32,232 ($179,593 total) {week 9}
  12. The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $20,216 ($4,412,640 total) {week 13}
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $14,483 ($4,518,707 total) {week 29}
  14. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $7,550 ($339,758,803 total) {week 33}
  15. Balseros (2003, 76th) – $6,014 ($16,783 total) {week 2}
  16. Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $3,221 ($21,553,439 total) {week 43}
  17. The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $2,054 ($878,765 total) {week 18}
  18. The Quiet American (2002, 75th) – $1,727 ($12,987,647 total) {week 37}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $32,656,760 ($363,118,077 total)
  2. Seabiscuit (2003, 76th) – $30,564,924 ($85,303,965 total)
  3. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $6,690,187 ($554,596,508 total)
  4. Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $1,921,549 ($19,589,794 total)
  5. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $629,457 ($1,179,767 total)
  6. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $575,582 ($11,276,659 total)
  7. Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $303,547 ($8,238,154 total)
  8. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $178,624 ($4,379,929 total)
  9. Chicago (2002, 75th) – $126,598 ($295,389,524 total)
  10. Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $69,791 ($10,204,013 total)
  11. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $55,858 ($311,235 total)
  12. The Barbarian Invasions (2003, 76th) – $35,034 ($7,647,112 total)
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $25,099 ($7,830,927 total)
  14. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, 75th) – $13,084 ($588,802,569 total)
  15. Balseros (2003, 76th) – $10,422 ($29,085 total)
  16. Bowling for Columbine (2002, 75th) – $5,582 ($37,352,146 total)
  17. The Man Without a Past (2002, 75th) – $3,560 ($1,522,901 total)
  18. The Quiet American (2002, 75th) – $2,993 ($22,507,614 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Balseros (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature
  • 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
  • Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th): Original Screenplay
  • 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
  • Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th): Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th): Actor (Johnny Depp), Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • The Quiet American (2002, 75th): Actor (Michael Caine)
  • Seabiscuit (2003, 76th): Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound Mixing
  • Spellbound (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature
  • 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 Jul. 31-Aug. 2, 1998

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $23,601,801 ($73,362,161 total) {week 2}
  2. The Mask of Zorro (1998, 71st) – $8,320,932 ($61,953,317 total) {week 3}
  3. Armageddon (1998, 71st) – $7,561,217 ($163,139,999 total) {week 5}
  4. Mulan (1998, 71st) – $1,581,005 ($111,506,109 total) {week 7}
  5. Titanic (1997, 70th) – $1,168,551 ($595,467,018 total) {week 33}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $52,588,235 ($163,461,531 total)
  2. The Mask of Zorro (1998, 71st) – $18,540,243 ($138,040,973 total)
  3. Armageddon (1998, 71st) – $16,847,488 ($363,499,571 total)
  4. Mulan (1998, 71st) – $3,522,708 ($248,451,778 total)
  5. Titanic (1997, 70th) – $2,603,701 ($1,326,786,852 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Armageddon (1998, 71st): Original Song (“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”), Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
  • The Mask of Zorro (1998, 71st): Sound, Sound Effects
  • Mulan (1998, 71st): Original Musical or Comedy Score
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st): Picture, Director [O], Actor (Tom Hanks), Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Makeup, Sound [O], Sound Effects [O]
  • 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]

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jul. 30-Aug. 1, 1993

Weekend Box Office:

  1. In the Line of Fire (1993, 66th) – $8,006,617 ($67,751,737 total) {week 4}
  2. The Firm (1993, 66th) – $7,076,680 ($125,004,859 total) {week 5}
  3. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $6,883,315 ($283,094,155 total) {week 8}
  4. Poetic Justice (1993, 66th) – $5,021,226 ($20,923,955 total) {week 2}
  5. Sleepless in Seattle (1993, 66th) – $4,898,880 ($90,118,893 total) {week 6}
  6. Cliffhanger (1993, 66th) – $888,440 ($78,299,666 total) {week 10}
  7. Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $29,625 ($63,000,644 total) {week 32}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. In the Line of Fire (1993, 66th) – $20,209,939 ($171,015,858 total)
  2. The Firm (1993, 66th) – $17,862,634 ($315,531,589 total)
  3. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $17,374,551 ($714,573,411 total)
  4. Poetic Justice (1993, 66th) – $12,674,351 ($52,815,297 total)
  5. Sleepless in Seattle (1993, 66th) – $12,365,530 ($227,474,017 total)
  6. Cliffhanger (1993, 66th) – $2,242,560 ($197,640,461 total)
  7. Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th) – $74,778 ($159,023,365 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Cliffhanger (1993, 66th): Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
  • The Firm (1993, 66th): Supporting Actress (Holly Hunter), Original Score
  • In the Line of Fire (1993, 66th): Supporting Actor (John Malkovich), Original Screenplay, Film Editing
  • Jurassic Park (1993, 66th): Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • Poetic Justice (1993, 66th): Original Song (“Again”)
  • Scent of a Woman (1992, 65th): Picture, Director, Actor (Al Pacino) [O], Adapted Screenplay
  • Sleepless in Seattle (1993, 66th): Original Screenplay, Original Song (“A Wink and a Smile”)

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jul. 29-31, 1988

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st) – $6,556,367 ($95,308,294 total) {week 6}
  2. Coming to America (1988, 61st) – $6,430,730 ($92,011,700 total) {week 5}
  3. Die Hard (1988, 61st) – $6,107,608 ($20,140,735 total) {week 3}
  4. Big (1988, 61st) – $3,152,237 ($80,460,648 total) {week 9}
  5. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st) – $2,004,144 ($2,408,924 total) {week 3}
  6. Bull Durham (1988, 61st) – $1,800,644 ($39,389,305 total) {week 7}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st) – $16,670,082 ($242,328,874 total)
  2. Coming to America (1988, 61st) – $16,350,640 ($233,947,023 total)
  3. Die Hard (1988, 61st) – $15,529,076 ($51,209,411 total)
  4. Big (1988, 61st) – $8,014,812 ($204,577,560 total)
  5. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st) – $5,095,695 ($6,124,880 total)
  6. Bull Durham (1988, 61st) – $4,578,280 ($100,150,423 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Big (1988, 61st): Actor (Tom Hanks), Original Screenplay
  • Bull Durham (1988, 61st): Original Screenplay
  • Coming to America (1988, 61st): Costume Design, Makeup
  • Die Hard (1988, 61st): Film Editing, Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
  • A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st): Director, Supporting Actor (Kevin Kline) [O], Original Screenplay
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st): Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O], Special Achievement Award (Animation Direction, Richard Williams)

40 Years Ago: The Weekend of Aug. 5-7, 1983

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $4,499,005 ($209,656,205 total) {week 11}
  2. Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $2,659,513 ($68,487,723 total) {week 9}
  3. WarGames (1983, 56th) – $1,797,728 ($58,245,219 total) {week 10}
  4. Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $1,468,485 ($71,216,567 total) {week 17}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $14,925,271 ($695,526,140 total)
  2. Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $8,822,829 ($227,205,303 total)
  3. WarGames (1983, 56th) – $5,963,891 ($193,226,203 total)
  4. Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $4,871,641 ($236,258,135 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 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]
  • Trading Places (1983, 56th): Original Song Score
  • WarGames (1983, 56th): Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound

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