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Friday, July 25, 2008

Box Office History for Best Picture Oscar Movies

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Released    Movie Name    1st Weekend    US Gross    Worldwide Gross    Budget   
1/1/1934 It Happened One Night - $2,500,000 - $325,000
3/23/1936 The Great Ziegfeld - $3,000,000 - -
1/1/1938 You Can't Take It With You - $4,000,000 - $1,644,000
12/15/1939 Gone with the Wind $945,000 $198,680,470 $390,525,192 $3,900,000
1/1/1940 Rebecca - $6,000,000 - $1,288,000
1/1/1942 Casablanca - $10,462,500 - $950,000
6/4/1942 Mrs. Miniver - $13,500,000 - -
5/3/1944 Going My Way - $16,300,000 - -
1/1/1945 The Lost Weekend - $11,000,000 - $1,250,000
11/21/1946 The Best Years of Our Lives - $23,600,000 - $2,100,000
1/1/1947 Gentleman's Agreement - $7,800,000 - $2,000,000
1/1/1950 All About Eve $10,177 $8,400,000 - -
11/9/1951 An American in Paris - $4,500,000 - -
1/10/1952 The Greatest Show on Earth - $36,000,000 - $4,000,000
8/5/1953 From Here to Eternity - $30,500,000 - $1,650,000
7/28/1954 On the Waterfront - $9,600,000 - $910,000
10/17/1956 Around the World in 80 Days - $42,000,000 - $6,000,000
12/18/1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai - $33,300,000 - $3,000,000
1/1/1958 Gigi - $7,300,000 - -
11/18/1959 Ben-Hur - $73,000,000 - $15,000,000
1/1/1960 The Apartment - $18,600,000 $24,600,000 $3,000,000
10/18/1961 West Side Story - $43,700,000 - $6,000,000
12/16/1962 Lawrence of Arabia - $37,495,385 $69,995,385 $15,000,000
10/7/1963 Tom Jones - $37,600,000 - $1,000,000
10/22/1964 My Fair Lady - $72,000,000 - $17,000,000
4/1/1965 The Sound of Music - $163,214,286 - $8,200,000
12/12/1966 A Man for All Seasons - $28,350,000 - $3,900,000
8/2/1967 In the Heat of the Night - $24,379,978 - $2,000,000
12/11/1968 Oliver! - $37,402,877 - $10,000,000
5/25/1969 Midnight Cowboy - $44,785,053 - $3,600,000
1/1/1970 Patton - $62,500,000 - $12,000,000
10/9/1971 The French Connection - $41,158,757 - $2,200,000
3/15/1972 The Godfather $302,393 $134,966,411 $268,500,000 $7,000,000
12/25/1973 The Sting - $159,616,327 - $5,500,000
12/11/1974 The Godfather: Part II - $57,300,000 - $13,000,000
11/19/1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest $99,761 $108,981,275 - $4,400,000
11/21/1976 Rocky - $117,235,147 $225,000,000 $1,000,000
4/20/1977 Annie Hall - $38,251,425 - $4,000,000
1/1/1979 The Deer Hunter - $50,000,000 - $15,000,000
12/19/1979 Kramer vs. Kramer - $106,260,000 - -
9/19/1980 Ordinary People $170,335 $52,302,978 - $6,000,000
9/25/1981 Chariots of Fire $68,907 $57,159,946 - $5,500,000
12/8/1982 Gandhi $131,153 $52,767,889 - $22,000,000
11/23/1983 Terms of Endearment $3,498,813 $108,423,489 - -
9/19/1984 Amadeus $505,276 $51,973,029 - $18,000,000
12/18/1985 Out of Africa $3,637,290 $79,096,868 $258,210,860 $31,000,000
12/19/1986 Platoon - $137,963,328 - $6,000,000
11/20/1987 The Last Emperor - $43,984,000 - $25,000,000
12/16/1988 Rain Man $7,005,719 $172,825,435 $412,800,000 $25,000,000
12/13/1989 Driving Miss Daisy - $106,593,296 - $7,500,000
11/9/1990 Dances with Wolves $598,257 $184,208,842 $424,200,000 $19,000,000
2/14/1991 The Silence of the Lambs $13,766,814 $130,726,716 $275,726,716 $19,000,000
8/7/1992 Unforgiven $15,018,007 $101,157,447 - -
12/15/1993 Schindler's List $656,636 $96,067,179 $321,200,000 $25,000,000
7/6/1994 Forrest Gump $24,450,602 $329,694,499 $679,400,525 $55,000,000
5/24/1995 Braveheart $12,908,202 $75,545,647 $209,000,000 $72,000,000
11/15/1996 The English Patient $278,439 $78,716,374 $231,700,000 $35,000,000
12/19/1997 Titanic $28,638,131 $600,788,188 $1,848,813,795 $200,000,000
12/11/1998 Shakespeare in Love $224,012 $100,317,794 $279,500,000 $26,000,000
9/15/1999 American Beauty $861,531 $130,058,047 $356,258,047 $15,000,000
5/5/2000 Gladiator $34,819,017 $187,683,805 $457,683,805 $103,000,000
12/21/2001 A Beautiful Mind $367,151 $170,708,996 $316,708,996 $78,000,000
12/27/2002 Chicago $2,074,929 $170,687,518 $306,403,013 $30,000,000
12/17/2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $72,629,713 $377,027,325 $1,133,027,325 $94,000,000
12/15/2004 Million Dollar Baby $179,953 $100,492,203 $216,763,646 $30,000,000
5/6/2005 Crash $9,107,071 $55,334,418 $99,164,179 $6,500,000
10/6/2006 The Departed $26,887,467 $133,311,000 $290,539,042 $90,000,000
Totals $5,810,856,147 $11,226,308,406 $1,221,317,000
Averages $86,729,196 $167,556,842 $21,057,190




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