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Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as 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. And to start each week off, we’ll be looking at the films releasing over the weekend that have the best chance of getting Oscar nominations and specifying the categories where we think they have the best shots at this stage of the game. If you have any suggestions for more data you’d like to see, please let us know.

This Year: Potential Oscar Nominees Releasing This Weekend

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5 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 6-8, 2012

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – $11,364,714 ($76,900,628 total) {week 3}
  2. War Horse – $8,679,470 ($56,904,682 total) {week 3}
  3. The Adventures of Tintin – $6,727,740 ($62,008,015 total) {week 3}
  4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – $5,478,521 ($10,129,670 total) {week 5}
  5. The Descendants – $2,584,137 ($43,960,700 total) {week 8}
  6. Hugo – $1,600,851 ($52,630,908 total) {week 7}
  7. The Muppets – $1,358,289 ($85,561,195 total) {week 7}
  8. The Artist – $1,120,111 ($7,097,612 total) {week 7}
  9. My Week with Marilyn – $827,327 ($10,458,340 total) {week 7}
  10. Puss in Boots – $587,390 ($146,597,215 total) {week 11}
  11. Real Steel – $204,587 ($84,857,545 total) {week 14}
  12. The Iron Lady – $176,374 ($520,669 total) {week 2}
  13. Moneyball – $167,252 ($75,267,105 total) {week 16}
  14. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – $99,125 ($498,669 total) {week 3}
  15. A Separation – $92,638 ($198,046 total) {week 2}
  16. Pina – $83,027 ($384,068 total) {week 3}
  17. The Ides of March – $71,199 ($40,962,534 total) {week 14}
  18. Drive – $56,208 ($34,912,451 total) {week 17}
  19. Margin Call – $31,234 ($5,299,642 total) {week 12}
  20. The Help – $28,247 ($169,556,178 total) {week 22}
  21. Midnight in Paris – $15,335 ($56,407,283 total) {week 34}
  22. Hell and Back Again – $1,235 ($35,872 total) {week 14}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – $11,664,537 ($78,929,413 total)
  2. War Horse – $8,908,451 ($58,405,936 total)
  3. The Adventures of Tintin – $6,905,231 ($63,643,905 total)
  4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – $5,623,055 ($10,396,910 total)
  5. The Descendants – $2,652,311 ($45,120,467 total)
  6. Hugo – $1,643,085 ($54,019,412 total)
  7. The Muppets – $1,394,123 ($87,818,463 total)
  8. The Artist – $1,149,662 ($7,284,861 total)
  9. My Week with Marilyn – $849,153 ($10,734,251 total)
  10. Puss in Boots – $602,886 ($150,464,729 total)
  11. Real Steel – $209,984 ($87,096,249 total)
  12. The Iron Lady – $181,027 ($534,405 total)
  13. Moneyball – $171,664 ($77,252,795 total)
  14. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – $101,740 ($511,825 total)
  15. A Separation – $95,082 ($203,271 total)
  16. Pina – $85,217 ($394,200 total)
  17. The Ides of March – $73,077 ($42,043,204 total)
  18. Drive – $57,691 ($35,833,508 total)
  19. Margin Call – $32,058 ($5,439,457 total)
  20. The Help – $28,992 ($174,029,394 total)
  21. Midnight in Paris – $15,740 ($57,895,415 total)
  22. Hell and Back Again – $1,268 ($36,818 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Adventures of Tintin: Original Score
  • The Artist: Picture [O], Directing [O], Actor (Jean Dujardin) [O], Supporting Actress (Bรฉrรฉnice Bejo), Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Film Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design [O]
  • The Descendants: Picture, Directing, Actor (George Clooney), Adapted Screenplay [O], Film Editing
  • Drive: Sound Editing
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Picture, Supporting Actor (Max von Sydow)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Actress (Rooney Mara), Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
  • Hell and Back Again: Documentary Feature
  • The Help: Picture, Actress (Viola Davis), Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer [O])
  • Hugo: Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Film Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design, Sound Mixing [O], Sound Editing [O], Visual Effects [O]
  • The Ides of March: Adapted Screenplay
  • The Iron Lady: Actress (Meryl Streep) [O], Makeup [O]
  • Margin Call: Original Screenplay
  • Midnight in Paris: Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay [O], Art Direction
  • Moneyball: Picture, Actor (Brad Pitt), Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound Mixing
  • The Muppets: Original Song (“Man or Muppet”)
  • My Week with Marilyn: Actress (Michelle Williams), Supporting Actor (Kenneth Branagh)
  • Pina: Documentary Feature
  • Puss in Boots: Animated Feature
  • Real Steel: Visual Effects
  • A Separation: Original Screenplay, Foreign Language Film [O]
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Actor (Gary Oldman), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • War Horse: Picture, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing

10 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 5-7, 2007

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Pursuit of Happyness – $12,880,926 ($124,039,482 total) {week 4}
  2. Children of Men – $10,197,775 ($11,805,273 total) {week 2}
  3. Dreamgirls – $8,663,380 ($54,322,145 total) {week 4}
  4. The Good Shepherd – $6,446,345 ($48,344,025 total) {week 3}
  5. Happy Feet – $4,004,462 ($185,414,182 total) {week 8}
  6. Blood Diamond – $3,822,423 ($43,894,082 total) {week 5}
  7. Apocalypto – $1,762,525 ($47,335,193 total) {week 5}
  8. Notes on a Scandal – $1,125,281 ($2,056,476 total) {week 3}
  9. The Queen – $1,048,232 ($29,933,112 total) {week 15}
  10. Pan’s Labyrinth – $763,795 ($1,853,154 total) {week 2}
  11. Volver – $596,869 ($5,959,367 total) {week 10}
  12. Borat – $467,034 ($126,557,312 total) {week 10}
  13. Babel – $454,022 ($20,744,537 total) {week 11}
  14. Little Children – $385,217 ($2,994,348 total) {week 14}
  15. The Curse of the Golden Flower – $335,759 ($2,219,011 total) {week 3}
  16. The Departed – $296,547 ($120,927,301 total) {week 14}
  17. The Prestige – $151,816 ($52,782,382 total) {week 12}
  18. The Good German – $86,958 ($636,726 total) {week 4}
  19. Letters from Iwo Jima – $79,297 ($472,372 total) {week 3}
  20. Little Miss Sunshine – $27,865 ($59,548,063 total) {week 24}
  21. Venus – $27,195 ($166,276 total) {week 3}
  22. The Last King of Scotland – $26,461 ($3,668,990 total) {week 15}
  23. The Illusionist – $20,610 ($39,815,352 total) {week 21}
  24. Jesus Camp – $4,255 ($878,623 total) {week 17}
  25. Iraq in Fragments – $946 ($65,573 total) {week 7}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Pursuit of Happyness – $15,296,100 ($147,296,885 total)
  2. Children of Men – $12,109,858 ($14,018,762 total)
  3. Dreamgirls – $10,287,764 ($64,507,547 total)
  4. The Good Shepherd – $7,655,035 ($57,408,530 total)
  5. Happy Feet – $4,755,299 ($220,179,341 total)
  6. Blood Diamond – $4,539,127 ($52,124,222 total)
  7. Apocalypto – $2,092,998 ($56,210,542 total)
  8. Notes on a Scandal – $1,336,271 ($2,442,065 total)
  9. The Queen – $1,244,776 ($35,545,571 total)
  10. Pan’s Labyrinth – $907,007 ($2,200,620 total)
  11. Volver – $708,782 ($7,076,748 total)
  12. Borat – $554,603 ($150,286,808 total)
  13. Babel – $539,151 ($24,634,138 total)
  14. Little Children – $457,445 ($3,555,788 total)
  15. The Curse of the Golden Flower – $398,714 ($2,635,076 total)
  16. The Departed – $352,150 ($143,601,170 total)
  17. The Prestige – $180,282 ($62,679,079 total)
  18. The Good German – $103,263 ($756,112 total)
  19. Letters from Iwo Jima – $94,165 ($560,942 total)
  20. Little Miss Sunshine – $33,090 ($70,713,325 total)
  21. Venus – $32,294 ($197,453 total)
  22. The Last King of Scotland – $31,422 ($4,356,926 total)
  23. The Illusionist – $24,474 ($47,280,731 total)
  24. Jesus Camp – $5,053 ($1,043,365 total)
  25. Iraq in Fragments – $1,123 ($77,868 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Apocalypto: Makeup, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
  • Babel: Picture, Supporting Actress (Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi), Director, Original Screenplay, Original Score [O], Editing
  • Blood Diamond: Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou), Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
  • Borat: Adapted Screenplay
  • Children of Men: Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography
  • The Curse of the Golden Flower: Costume Design
  • The Departed: Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Mark Wahlberg), Adapted Screenplay [O], Editing
  • Dreamgirls: Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy), Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson) [O], Original Song (“Listen”, “Love You I Do”, “Patience”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound [O]
  • The Good German: Original Score
  • The Good Shepherd: Art Direction
  • Happy Feet: Animated Feature [O]
  • The Illusionist: Cinematography
  • Iraq in Fragments: Documentary Feature
  • Jesus Camp: Documentary Feature
  • The Last King of Scotland: Actor (Forest Whitaker [O])
  • Letters from Iwo Jima: Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Sound Editing [O]
  • Little Children: Actress (Kate Winslet), Supporting Actor (Jackie Earle Haley), Adapted Screenplay
  • Little Miss Sunshine: Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin [O]), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin), Original Screenplay [O]
  • Notes on a Scandal: Actress (Judi Dench), Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score
  • Pan’s Labyrinth: Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Makeup [O], Foreign Language Film
  • The Prestige: Cinematography, Art Direction
  • The Pursuit of Happyness: Actor (Will Smith)
  • The Queen: Picture, Director, Actress (Helen Mirren [O]), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Costume Design
  • Venus: Actor (Peter O’Toole)
  • Volver: Actress (Penelope Cruz)

15 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 4-6, 2002

Weekend Box Office:

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – $23,006,447 ($205,509,869 total) {week 3}
  2. A Beautiful Mind – $16,565,820 ($37,779,241 total) {week 3}
  3. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – $9,015,854 ($62,339,089 total) {week 3}
  4. The Royal Tenenbaums – $8,512,122 ($20,697,480 total) {week 4}
  5. Vanilla Sky – $7,125,023 ($81,080,174 total) {week 1}
  6. Ali – $7,006,528 ($49,467,604 total) {week 2}
  7. Kate & Leopold – $6,125,410 ($30,588,006 total) {week 2}
  8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – $5,930,425 ($300,404,434 total) {week 8}
  9. Monsters, Inc. – $3,877,647 ($244,638,458 total) {week 10}
  10. In the Bedroom – $1,637,851 ($4,275,876 total) {week 7}
  11. Gosford Park – $1,567,041 ($2,193,544 total) {week 2}
  12. Amelie – $1,024,884 ($17,695,648 total) {week 10}
  13. Black Hawk Down – $193,021 ($558,812 total) {week 2}
  14. Black Hawn Down – $193,021 ($558,812 total) {week 2}
  15. Mulholland Drive – $150,920 ($5,780,033 total) {week 13}
  16. Monster’s Ball – $133,208 ($385,688 total) {week 2}
  17. The Man Who Wasn’t There – $83,864 ($6,971,906 total) {week 10}
  18. No Man’s Land – $43,926 ($295,104 total) {week 5}
  19. I Am Sam – $25,993 ($111,089 total) {week 2}
  20. Iris – $20,138 ($77,735 total) {week 3}
  21. Ghost World – $19,759 ($6,122,747 total) {week 20}
  22. Moulin Rouge! – $14,660 ($57,065,562 total) {week 34}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – $32,351,579 ($288,987,200 total)
  2. A Beautiful Mind – $23,294,793 ($53,125,026 total)
  3. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – $12,678,060 ($87,660,991 total)
  4. The Royal Tenenbaums – $11,969,714 ($29,104,718 total)
  5. Vanilla Sky – $10,019,180 ($114,014,634 total)
  6. Ali – $9,852,553 ($69,561,157 total)
  7. Kate & Leopold – $8,613,528 ($43,012,738 total)
  8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – $8,339,341 ($422,427,578 total)
  9. Monsters, Inc. – $5,452,733 ($344,009,673 total)
  10. In the Bedroom – $2,303,140 ($6,012,721 total)
  11. Gosford Park – $2,203,567 ($3,084,553 total)
  12. Amelie – $1,441,188 ($24,883,553 total)
  13. Black Hawk Down – $271,425 ($785,799 total)
  14. Black Hawn Down – $271,425 ($785,799 total)
  15. Mulholland Drive – $212,223 ($8,127,861 total)
  16. Monster’s Ball – $187,317 ($542,353 total)
  17. The Man Who Wasn’t There – $117,929 ($9,803,868 total)
  18. No Man’s Land – $61,769 ($414,974 total)
  19. I Am Sam – $36,551 ($156,213 total)
  20. Iris – $28,318 ($109,311 total)
  21. Ghost World – $27,785 ($8,609,784 total)
  22. Moulin Rouge! – $20,615 ($80,245,377 total)

Oscar Details:

  • Ali: Actor (Will Smith), Supporting Actor (Jon Voight)
  • Amelie: Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Foreign Language Film
  • A Beautiful Mind: Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Russell Crowe), Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly) [O], Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Editing, Makeup
  • Black Hawk Down: Directing, Film Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound [O]
  • Black Hawn Down: Director, Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound [O]
  • Ghost World: Adapted Screenplay
  • Gosford Park: Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith), Original Screenplay [O], Art Direction, Costume Design
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Original Score, Art Direction, Costume Design
  • I Am Sam: Actor (Sean Penn)
  • In the Bedroom: Picture, Actor (Tom Wilkinson), Actress (Sissy Spacek), Supporting Actress (Marisa Tomei), Adapted Screenplay
  • Iris: Actress (Judi Dench), Supporting Actor (Jim Broadbent) [O], Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet)
  • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: Animated Feature
  • Kate & Leopold: Original Song (“Until”)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Ian McKellen), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score [O], Original Song (“May It Be”), Editing, Cinematography [O], Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup [O], Sound, Visual Effects [O]
  • The Man Who Wasn’t There: Cinematography
  • Monster’s Ball: Actress (Halle Berry) [O], Original Screenplay
  • Monsters, Inc.: Animated Feature, Original Song (If I Didn’t Have You [O]), Original Score, Sound Editing
  • Moulin Rouge!: Picture, Actress (Nicole Kidman), Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Makeup, Sound
  • Mulholland Drive: Director
  • No Man’s Land: Foreign Language Film
  • The Royal Tenenbaums: Original Screenplay
  • Vanilla Sky: Original Song (“Vanilla Sky”)

20 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 3-5, 1997

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Jerry Maguire – $12,030,145 ($83,006,355 total) {week 4}
  2. One Fine Day – $6,218,887 ($32,246,925 total) {week 3}
  3. Ghosts of Mississippi – $5,016,767 ($5,782,753 total) {week 3}
  4. The Preacher’s Wife – $4,925,287 ($38,655,329 total) {week 4}
  5. The English Patient – $2,732,463 ($28,007,132 total) {week 8}
  6. Daylight – $1,825,515 ($29,133,930 total) {week 5}
  7. Star Trek: First Contact – $1,760,201 ($89,128,389 total) {week 7}
  8. Shine – $1,614,152 ($6,694,360 total) {week 7}
  9. The Crucible – $1,319,366 ($4,652,487 total) {week 6}
  10. Evita – $1,064,660 ($2,225,737 total) {week 2}
  11. Romeo + Juliet – $604,009 ($44,798,596 total) {week 7}
  12. The People vs. Larry Flynt – $597,692 ($1,744,214 total) {week 2}
  13. Independence Day – $8,116 ($306,167,040 total) {week 27}
  14. Troublesome Creek – $8,318 ($8,318 total) {week 1}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Jerry Maguire – $21,413,134 ($147,747,695 total)
  2. One Fine Day – $11,069,348 ($57,398,121 total)
  3. Ghosts of Mississippi – $8,929,627 ($10,293,048 total)
  4. The Preacher’s Wife – $8,766,796 ($68,804,801 total)
  5. The English Patient – $4,863,665 ($49,851,475 total)
  6. Daylight – $3,249,337 ($51,857,126 total)
  7. Star Trek: First Contact – $3,133,081 ($158,644,649 total)
  8. Shine – $2,873,120 ($11,915,669 total)
  9. The Crucible – $2,348,414 ($8,281,224 total)
  10. Evita – $1,895,048 ($3,961,715 total)
  11. Romeo + Juliet – $1,075,110 ($79,739,549 total)
  12. The People vs. Larry Flynt – $1,063,866 ($3,104,625 total)
  13. Independence Day – $14,446 ($544,963,991 total)
  14. Troublesome Creek – $14,806 ($14,806 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Crucible: Supporting Actress (Joan Allen), Adapted Screenplay
  • Daylight: Sound Effects Editing
  • The English Patient: Picture [O], Director [O], Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas), Supporting Actress (Juliette Binoche [O]), Adapted Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score [O], Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O], Sound [O]
  • Evita: Original Song (“You Must Love Me”) [O], Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound
  • Ghosts of Mississippi: Supporting Actor (James Woods), Makeup
  • Independence Day: Sound, Visual Effects [O]
  • Jerry Maguire: Picture, Actor (Tom Cruise), Supporting Actor (Cuba Gooding Jr.) [O], Original Screenplay, Film Editing
  • One Fine Day: Original Song (“For the First Time”)
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt: Director, Actor (Woody Harrelson)
  • The Preacher’s Wife: Original Musical or Comedy Score
  • Romeo + Juliet: Art Direction
  • Shine: Picture, Director, Actor (Geoffrey Rush) [O], Supporting Actor (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Original Screenplay, Original Dramatic Score, Editing
  • Star Trek: First Contact: Makeup
  • Troublesome Creek: Documentary Feature

25 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 3-5, 1992

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Hook – $11,472,860 ($82,068,245 total) {week 4}
  2. Beauty and the Beast – $8,804,918 ($82,470,981 total) {week 8}
  3. The Prince of Tides – $8,506,482 ($31,290,397 total) {week 2}
  4. JFK – $6,823,544 ($30,855,433 total) {week 3}
  5. Bugsy – $5,365,950 ($25,313,262 total) {week 4}
  6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – $4,679,441 ($60,541,445 total) {week 5}
  7. The Addams Family – $4,581,225 ($98,427,931 total) {week 7}
  8. Cape Fear – $3,520,025 ($65,633,297 total) {week 8}
  9. Fried Green Tomatoes – $196,879 ($465,609 total) {week 2}
  10. Grand Canyon – $71,618 ($264,933 total) {week 2}
  11. Madame Bovary – $234,608 ($770,722 total) {week 2}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Hook – $22,586,329 ($161,565,678 total)
  2. Beauty and the Beast – $17,334,019 ($162,358,534 total)
  3. The Prince of Tides – $16,746,496 ($61,600,613 total)
  4. JFK – $13,433,338 ($60,744,310 total)
  5. Bugsy – $10,563,810 ($49,833,578 total)
  6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – $9,212,297 ($119,186,411 total)
  7. The Addams Family – $9,018,942 ($193,772,577 total)
  8. Cape Fear – $6,929,784 ($129,210,611 total)
  9. Fried Green Tomatoes – $387,591 ($916,633 total)
  10. Grand Canyon – $140,993 ($521,567 total)
  11. Madame Bovary – $461,867 ($1,517,301 total)

Oscar Details:

  • The Addams Family: Costume Design
  • Beauty and the Beast: Picture, Original Song (“Be Our Guest”, “Beauty and the Beast” [O], “Belle”), Original Score [O], Sound
  • Bugsy: Picture, Directing, Actor (Warren Beatty), Supporting Actor (Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley), Original Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction [O], Costume Design [O]
  • Cape Fear: Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis)
  • Fried Green Tomatoes: Supporting Actress (Jessica Tandy), Adapted Screenplay
  • Grand Canyon: Original Screenplay
  • Hook: Original Song (“When You’re Alone”), Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Visual Effects
  • JFK: Picture, Directing, Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), Adapted Screnplay, Original Score, Film Editing [O], Cinematography [O], Sound
  • Madame Bovary: Costume Design
  • The Prince of Tides: Picture, Actor (Nick Nolte), Supporting Actress (Kate Nelligan), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography, Art Direction
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: Makeup, Visual Effects

30 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 2-4, 1987

Weekend Box Office:

  1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – $6,193,836 ($81,263,842 total) {week 7}
  2. Crocodile Dundee – $4,676,392 ($122,920,198 total) {week 15}
  3. Little Shop of Horrors – $4,004,838 ($19,546,049 total) {week 3}
  4. The Morning After – $3,354,965 ($12,772,572 total) {week 2}
  5. Heartbreak Ridge – $3,240,994 ($34,909,032 total) {week 5}
  6. An American Tail – $2,698,775 ($37,195,596 total) {week 7}
  7. Crimes of the Heart – $2,174,423 ($11,433,268 total) {week 4}
  8. Platoon – $1,645,169 ($3,621,038 total) {week 3}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – $12,942,107 ($169,801,941 total)
  2. Crocodile Dundee – $9,771,387 ($256,843,483 total)
  3. Little Shop of Horrors – $8,368,165 ($40,841,744 total)
  4. The Morning After – $7,010,247 ($26,688,469 total)
  5. Heartbreak Ridge – $6,772,103 ($72,942,913 total)
  6. An American Tail – $5,639,128 ($77,720,721 total)
  7. Crimes of the Heart – $4,543,487 ($23,889,974 total)
  8. Platoon – $3,437,604 ($7,566,210 total)

Oscar Details:

  • An American Tail: Original Song (“Somewhere Out There”)
  • Crimes of the Heart: Actress (Sissy Spacek), Supporting Actress (Tess Harper), Adapted Screenplay
  • Crocodile Dundee: Original Screenplay
  • Heartbreak Ridge: Sound
  • Little Shop of Horrors: Original Song (“Mean Green Mother from Outer Space”), Visual Effects
  • The Morning After: Actress (Jane Fonda)
  • Platoon: Picture [O], Director [O], Supporting Actor (Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe), Original Screenplay, Editing [O], Cinematography, Sound [O]
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: Original Score, Cinematography, Sound, Sound Effects

35 Years Ago: The Weekend of Jan. 1-3, 1982

Weekend Box Office:

  1. On Golden Pond – $88,705 ($653,529 total) {week 5}

Weekend Box Office (Adjusted for Inflation):

  1. On Golden Pond – $246,503 ($1,816,099 total)

Oscar Details:

  • On Golden Pond: Picture, Director, Actor (Henry Fonda) [O], Actress (Katharine Hepburn) [O], Supporting Actress (Jane Fonda), Adapted Screenplay [O], Original Score, Editing, Cinematography, Sound

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