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Best Picture Nomination Effect

Below is a breakdown, by year or by movie, showing what box office effect the Oscars may have had on Best Picture nominees. Viewing by year shows the average effect of all five movies nominated in a given year, while viewing by movie shows a detailed breakdown of all movies nominated between 1982 and the present.
RowYearPre-Nom / PercPost-Nom / PercPost-Awards / PercTotal GrossDays in Season
1 1995 $332.6 88.4% $31.1 8.3% $12.6 3.4% $376.4 41
2 1994 $468.3 86.2% $46.4 8.5% $28.8 5.3% $543.5 41
3 2009 $1,515.4 88.9% $151.2 8.9% $38.5 2.3% $1,705.1 33
4 2003 $637.9 87.9% $65.2 9.0% $22.9 3.2% $726.0 33
5 1990 $458.2 80.8% $52.7 9.3% $56.5 10.0% $567.4 41
6 2010 $1,194.6 88.0% $130.4 9.6% $32.5 2.4% $1,357.5 33
7 1991 $393.7 83.6% $50.1 10.6% $27.2 5.8% $470.9 48
8 2011 $518.7 82.6% $86.5 13.8% $23.1 3.7% $628.3 33
9 1999 $521.0 80.5% $90.9 14.0% $35.1 5.4% $647.0 47
10 1982 $495.7 75.4% $103.1 15.7% $58.3 8.9% $657.1 62
11 2001 $484.3 78.3% $97.3 15.7% $37.2 6.0% $618.7 40
12 2006 $243.7 82.1% $47.5 16.0% $5.6 1.9% $296.8 33
13 1993 $260.8 70.8% $60.3 16.4% $46.6 12.6% $368.4 41
14 1985 $210.5 71.7% $49.7 16.9% $33.4 11.4% $293.6 41
15 2002 $486.8 73.5% $118.1 17.8% $57.6 8.7% $662.5 40
16 1983 $150.1 75.2% $35.7 17.9% $13.9 7.0% $199.7 55
17 2000 $471.3 74.0% $115.8 18.2% $49.9 7.8% $637.0 40
18 1998 $302.0 68.5% $81.2 18.4% $57.4 13.0% $440.6 40
19 1989 $244.7 69.6% $65.2 18.5% $41.7 11.9% $351.6 41
20 2005 $186.4 76.0% $49.2 20.1% $9.7 4.0% $245.3 33
21 1996 $210.0 68.5% $65.4 21.3% $31.2 10.2% $306.6 41
22 1987 $221.5 64.7% $73.1 21.3% $47.9 14.0% $342.5 62
23 1992 $252.3 64.0% $88.3 22.4% $53.6 13.6% $394.1 48
24 1984 $103.5 60.8% $39.4 23.1% $27.3 16.0% $170.2 41
25 1997 $578.8 58.0% $260.9 26.1% $158.6 15.9% $998.3 41
26 2008 $186.7 52.8% $104.4 29.5% $62.4 17.7% $353.5 31
27 2007 $216.7 60.5% $111.0 31.0% $30.2 8.4% $358.0 33
28 1986 $119.4 48.9% $77.9 31.9% $46.6 19.1% $244.0 49
29 2012 $620.4 61.9% $323.3 32.3% $58.3 5.8% $1,002.0 45
30 2004 $205.2 51.1% $139.6 34.8% $56.8 14.1% $401.6 33
31 1988 $188.5 55.7% $129.4 38.2% $20.5 6.1% $338.5 80
Note: All grosses displayed in millions.



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