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Box Office History (Week 41, 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 Oct. 12-14, 2018

Weekend Box Office:

  1. A Star Is Born (2018, 91st) – $28,445,205 ($94,605,565 total) {week 2}
  2. First Man (2018, 91st) – $16,006,065 ($16,006,065 total) {week 1}
  3. Free Solo (2018, 91st) – $891,033 ($2,134,005 total) {week 3}
  4. Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $211,902 ($607,474,495 total) {week 18}
  5. Christopher Robin (2018, 91st) – $144,032 ($98,595,476 total) {week 11}
  6. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018, 91st) – $3,462 ($28,905 total) {week 5}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. A Star Is Born (2018, 91st) – $32,629,242 ($108,521,202 total)
  2. First Man (2018, 91st) – $18,360,415 ($18,360,415 total)
  3. Free Solo (2018, 91st) – $1,022,096 ($2,447,898 total)
  4. Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st) – $243,071 ($696,828,592 total)
  5. Christopher Robin (2018, 91st) – $165,218 ($113,097,994 total)
  6. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018, 91st) – $3,971 ($33,157 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Christopher Robin (2018, 91st): Visual Effects
  • First Man (2018, 91st): Production Design, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing, Visual Effects
  • Free Solo (2018, 91st): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018, 91st): Documentary Feature
  • Incredibles 2 (2018, 91st): Animated Feature
  • A Star Is Born (2018, 91st): Picture, Actor (Bradley Cooper), Actress (Lady Gaga), Supporting Actor (Sam Elliott), Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (“Shallow”) [O], Cinematography, Sound Mixing

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 11-13, 2013

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Gravity (2013, 86th) – $43,188,256 ($122,323,175 total) {week 2}
  2. Captain Phillips (2013, 86th) – $25,718,314 ($25,718,314 total) {week 1}
  3. Prisoners (2013, 86th) – $3,635,392 ($53,590,271 total) {week 4}
  4. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $505,615 ($363,060,130 total) {week 15}
  5. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $230,428 ($31,672,810 total) {week 12}
  6. The Grandmaster (2013, 86th) – $7,808 ($6,585,451 total) {week 8}
  7. Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $615 ($8,110,621 total) {week 21}
  8. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $441 ($443,203 total) {week 13}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Gravity (2013, 86th) – $55,512,580 ($157,229,665 total)
  2. Captain Phillips (2013, 86th) – $33,057,365 ($33,057,365 total)
  3. Prisoners (2013, 86th) – $4,672,798 ($68,882,944 total)
  4. Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th) – $649,899 ($466,664,005 total)
  5. Blue Jasmine (2013, 86th) – $296,184 ($40,711,053 total)
  6. The Grandmaster (2013, 86th) – $10,036 ($8,464,694 total)
  7. Before Midnight (2013, 86th) – $790 ($10,425,091 total)
  8. The Act of Killing (2013, 86th) – $567 ($569,677 total)

Oscar Details:

  • 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
  • Captain Phillips (2013, 86th): Picture, Supporting Actor (Barkhad Abdi), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing
  • Despicable Me 2 (2013, 86th): Animated Feature, Original Song (“Happy”)
  • The Grandmaster (2013, 86th): Cinematography, Costume Design
  • Gravity (2013, 86th): Picture, Directing [O], Actress (Sandra Bullock), Original Score [O], Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Production Design, Sound Mixing [O], Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • Prisoners (2013, 86th): Cinematography

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 10-12, 2008

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Duchess (2008, 81st) – $3,304,841 ($5,603,061 total) {week 4}
  2. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $528,328 ($526,690,914 total) {week 13}
  3. Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st) – $445,628 ($863,746 total) {week 2}
  4. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $409,355 ($221,595,782 total) {week 16}
  5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, 81st) – $252,468 ($21,445,663 total) {week 9}
  6. Tropic Thunder (2008, 81st) – $150,760 ($109,731,757 total) {week 9}
  7. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008, 81st) – $73,867 ($73,867 total) {week 1}
  8. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $53,444 ($2,600,296 total) {week 12}
  9. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $40,283 ($2,061,019 total) {week 11}
  10. Trouble the Water (2008, 81st) – $16,451 ($354,928 total) {week 8}
  11. Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $2,427 ($926,736 total) {week 18}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Duchess (2008, 81st) – $4,809,971 ($8,154,873 total)
  2. The Dark Knight (2008, 81st) – $768,945 ($766,562,681 total)
  3. Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st) – $648,581 ($1,257,123 total)
  4. WALL-E (2008, 81st) – $595,788 ($322,517,538 total)
  5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, 81st) – $367,450 ($31,212,699 total)
  6. Tropic Thunder (2008, 81st) – $219,421 ($159,707,084 total)
  7. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008, 81st) – $107,508 ($107,508 total)
  8. Man on Wire (2008, 81st) – $77,784 ($3,784,553 total)
  9. Frozen River (2008, 81st) – $58,629 ($2,999,673 total)
  10. Trouble the Water (2008, 81st) – $23,943 ($516,573 total)
  11. Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st) – $3,532 ($1,348,801 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Dark Knight (2008, 81st): Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger) [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing [O], Visual Effects
  • The Duchess (2008, 81st): Art Direction, Costume Design [O]
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
  • Frozen River (2008, 81st): Actress (Melissa Leo), Original Screenplay
  • Happy-Go-Lucky (2008, 81st): Original Screenplay
  • Man on Wire (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature [O]
  • Rachel Getting Married (2008, 81st): Actress (Anne Hathaway)
  • Tropic Thunder (2008, 81st): Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.)
  • Trouble the Water (2008, 81st): Documentary Feature
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, 81st): Supporting Actress (Penelope Cruz) [O]
  • WALL-E (2008, 81st): Animated Feature [O], Original Screenplay, Original Song (“Down to Earth”), Original Score, Sound Mixing, Sound Film Editing

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 10-12, 2003

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Lost in Translation (2003, 76th) – $2,812,279 ($18,122,174 total) {week 5}
  2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $1,022,122 ($299,468,874 total) {week 14}
  3. Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $640,815 ($828,422 total) {week 1}
  4. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $626,484 ($337,367,455 total) {week 20}
  5. Seabiscuit (2003, 76th) – $314,985 ($118,742,235 total) {week 12}
  6. Thirteen (2003, 76th) – $145,168 ($4,305,654 total) {week 8}
  7. American Splendor (2003, 76th) – $107,520 ($5,591,638 total) {week 9}
  8. Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $105,332 ($20,480,971 total) {week 19}
  9. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $100,244 ($7,704,994 total) {week 13}
  10. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $56,663 ($10,441,130 total) {week 26}
  11. Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $8,280 ($5,672,176 total) {week 24}
  12. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $5,117 ($3,117,985 total) {week 20}
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $4,967 ($4,664,357 total) {week 39}
  14. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $3,698 ($433,766 total) {week 19}
  15. Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $3,521 ($6,178,092 total) {week 32}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Lost in Translation (2003, 76th) – $4,873,684 ($31,405,758 total)
  2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, 76th) – $1,771,339 ($518,980,055 total)
  3. Mystic River (2003, 76th) – $1,110,533 ($1,435,657 total)
  4. Finding Nemo (2003, 76th) – $1,085,698 ($584,658,359 total)
  5. Seabiscuit (2003, 76th) – $545,870 ($205,780,490 total)
  6. Thirteen (2003, 76th) – $251,576 ($7,461,706 total)
  7. American Splendor (2003, 76th) – $186,332 ($9,690,318 total)
  8. Whale Rider (2003, 76th) – $182,541 ($35,493,557 total)
  9. Dirty Pretty Things (2003, 76th) – $173,723 ($13,352,767 total)
  10. Winged Migration (2002, 75th) – $98,197 ($18,094,496 total)
  11. Spellbound (2002, 75th) – $14,349 ($9,829,890 total)
  12. Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th) – $8,868 ($5,403,473 total)
  13. City of God (2003, 76th) – $8,608 ($8,083,338 total)
  14. The Weather Underground (2003, 76th) – $6,409 ($751,717 total)
  15. Nowhere in Africa (2002, 75th) – $6,102 ($10,706,644 total)

Oscar Details:

  • American Splendor (2003, 76th): Adapted Screenplay
  • Capturing the Friedmans (2003, 76th): Documentary Feature
  • 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
  • Lost in Translation (2003, 76th): Picture, Director, Actor (Bill Murray), Original Screenplay [O]
  • Mystic River (2003, 76th): Picture, Director, Actor (Sean Penn) [O], Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins) [O], Supporting Actress (Marcia Gay Harden), Adapted Screenplay
  • 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
  • Seabiscuit (2003, 76th): Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound Mixing
  • Spellbound (2002, 75th): Documentary Feature
  • Thirteen (2003, 76th): Supporting Actress (Holly Hunter)
  • 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 Oct. 9-11, 1998

Weekend Box Office:

  1. What Dreams May Come (1998, 71st) – $10,917,143 ($31,248,297 total) {week 2}
  2. One True Thing (1998, 71st) – $1,920,795 ($20,183,340 total) {week 4}
  3. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $1,300,581 ($186,258,536 total) {week 12}
  4. Armageddon (1998, 71st) – $723,198 ($198,798,517 total) {week 15}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. What Dreams May Come (1998, 71st) – $24,324,977 ($69,625,736 total)
  2. One True Thing (1998, 71st) – $4,279,810 ($44,971,408 total)
  3. Saving Private Ryan (1998, 71st) – $2,897,883 ($415,011,024 total)
  4. Armageddon (1998, 71st) – $1,611,390 ($442,951,920 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Armageddon (1998, 71st): Original Song (“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”), Sound, Sound Effects, Visual Effects
  • One True Thing (1998, 71st): Actress (Meryl Streep)
  • 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]
  • What Dreams May Come (1998, 71st): Art Direction, Visual Effects [O]

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 8-10, 1993

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Age of Innocence (1993, 66th) – $3,404,626 ($18,447,142 total) {week 4}
  2. The Fugitive (1993, 66th) – $2,340,011 ($169,640,042 total) {week 10}
  3. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $844,760 ($326,919,630 total) {week 18}
  4. Short Cuts (1993, 66th) – $106,553 ($134,670 total) {week 2}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Age of Innocence (1993, 66th) – $8,593,802 ($46,563,438 total)
  2. The Fugitive (1993, 66th) – $5,906,550 ($428,197,691 total)
  3. Jurassic Park (1993, 66th) – $2,132,305 ($825,195,684 total)
  4. Short Cuts (1993, 66th) – $268,956 ($339,928 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Age of Innocence (1993, 66th): Supporting Actress (Winona Ryder), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Art Direction, Costume Design [O]
  • The Fugitive (1993, 66th): Picture, Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones) [O], Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Sound Effects
  • Jurassic Park (1993, 66th): Sound [O], Sound Effects [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • Short Cuts (1993, 66th): Director

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Oct. 7-9, 1988

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Gorillas in the Mist (1988, 61st) – $4,042,940 ($9,195,683 total) {week 3}
  2. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st) – $1,636,968 ($53,318,164 total) {week 13}
  3. Die Hard (1988, 61st) – $1,513,576 ($72,770,440 total) {week 13}
  4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st) – $1,404,155 ($141,978,958 total) {week 16}
  5. Big (1988, 61st) – $84,625 ($105,591,874 total) {week 19}
  6. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, 61st) – $308,885 ($7,100,522 total) {week 9}
  7. Running on Empty (1988, 61st) – $343,847 ($1,798,399 total) {week 5}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Gorillas in the Mist (1988, 61st) – $10,279,495 ($23,380,751 total)
  2. A Fish Called Wanda (1988, 61st) – $4,162,121 ($135,565,648 total)
  3. Die Hard (1988, 61st) – $3,848,387 ($185,024,598 total)
  4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, 61st) – $3,570,175 ($360,992,728 total)
  5. Big (1988, 61st) – $215,166 ($268,475,689 total)
  6. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, 61st) – $785,365 ($18,053,639 total)
  7. Running on Empty (1988, 61st) – $874,258 ($4,572,572 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Big (1988, 61st): Actor (Tom Hanks), Original Screenplay
  • 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
  • Gorillas in the Mist (1988, 61st): Actress (Sigourney Weaver), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Sound
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, 61st): Director
  • Running on Empty (1988, 61st): Supporting Actor (River Phoenix), 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 Oct. 14-16, 1983

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Big Chill (1983, 56th) – $3,253,763 ($13,448,866 total) {week 3}
  2. Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $724,676 ($90,463,574 total) {week 27}
  3. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $622,402 ($240,962,087 total) {week 21}
  4. Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $542,383 ($88,621,914 total) {week 19}
  5. Zelig (1983, 56th) – $537,769 ($9,772,241 total) {week 14}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Big Chill (1983, 56th) – $10,794,230 ($44,616,079 total)
  2. Flashdance (1983, 56th) – $2,404,084 ($300,109,317 total)
  3. Return of the Jedi (1983, 56th) – $2,064,794 ($799,382,162 total)
  4. Trading Places (1983, 56th) – $1,799,334 ($293,999,683 total)
  5. Zelig (1983, 56th) – $1,784,027 ($32,419,022 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Big Chill (1983, 56th): Picture, Supporting Actress (Glenn Close), Original Screenplay
  • 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
  • Zelig (1983, 56th): Cinematography, Costume Design

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