Category: Academy Awards History

Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…

Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…

There has always been a slight correlation between Oscar’s Best Picture category and the box office, usually in that it boosts Best Picture winners beyond $100 million. But what about blockbusters heading TO the Oscars? The term blockbuster had been used before in other media, but it wasn’t until the massive success of Jaws in…