I kind of fell into a rabbit hole of research in the past week. Joe Russo’s comments last week sent me into research mode. The interview was in The Sunday Times, to which I do not subscribe. The quote below is from Variety.
"This trend was started by Harvey Weinstein. He vilified mainstream movies to champion the art films he pushed for Oscar campaigns. Popular films were winning Oscars before the mid-Nineties, then Weinstein started mudslinging campaigns … It affected how audiences view the Oscars, because they've not seen most of the movies. We're in a complicated place. Things we should all enjoying collectively we instead punch each other in the face over. Like this argument that Marvel movies were killing cinema. Well, Marvel movies seemed to be keeping cinemas open for quite a long time."
Is this true? I’ll write about this later.
My research was to use the box office charts on Box Office Mojo. I noted every film that was nominated for Best Picture every year, and every other film that won an Oscar, noting where it ranked on the box office chart for its year of release. The last several years have streaming releases that did not report grosses, even though many have played theaters. Those are noted with “not reported”. I also noted every film in the top ten for the year per Box Office Mojo.
I started at 1979 for two reasons: First, it was the first year I saw the best picture winner in its original release. Second, the information on Box Office Mojo gets incomplete before that. That is the most recent year that no box office info on Box Office Mojo exists for an Oscar winner. That’s why A Little Romance is noted with a “?”,
1979
Best Picture: Kramer vs Kramer (1)
Other picture nominees: All That Jazz (17), Apocalypse Now (6), Breaking Away (41), Norma Rae (29)
Other winners: Being There (24), Alien (5), A Little Romance (?), The Black Stallion (18)
The rest of the box office top ten: The Amityville Horror (2), Rocky II (3), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (4), 10 (7), The Jerk (8), Moonraker (9), The Muppet Movie (10)
1980
Best Picture: Ordinary People (11)
Other picture nominees: Coal Miner’s Daughter (7), The Elephant Man (25), Raging Bull (27), Tess (33)
Other winners: Melvin and Howard (84), Fame (32), The Empire Strikes Back (1)
The rest of the box office top ten: 9 to 5 (2), Stir Crazy (3), Airplane! (4), Any Which Way You Can (5), Private Benjamin (6), Smokey and the Bandit II (8), The Blue Lagoon (9), The Blues Brothers (10)
1981
Best Picture: Chariots of Fire (7)
Other picture nominees: Atlantic City (56), On Golden Pond (2), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1), Reds (13)
Other winners: Arthur (4), An American Werewolf in London (23)
The rest of the box office top ten: Superman II (3), Stripes (5), The Cannonball Run (6), For Your Eyes Only (8), The Four Seasons (9), Time Bandits (10)
1982
Best Picture: Gandhi (12)
Other picture nominees: E.T. (1), Missing (56), Tootsie (2), The Verdict (11)
Other winners: An Officer and a Gentleman (3), Sophie’s Choice (24), Quest for Fire (38), Victor/Victoria (26)
The rest of the box office top ten: Rocky III (4), Porky’s (5), Star Trek II (6), 48 HRS (7), Poltergeist (8), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (9), Annie (10)
1983
Best Picture: Terms of Endearment (2)
Other picture nominees: The Big Chill (13), The Dresser (100), The Right Stuff (33), Tender Mercies (78)
Other winners: The Year of Living Dangerously (71), Fanny and Alexander (82), Flashdance (3), Yentl (18)
The rest of the box office top ten: Return of the Jedi (1), Trading Places (4), WarGames (5), Octopussy (6), Sudden Impact (7), Staying Alive (8), Mr. Mom (9), Risky Business (10)
1984
Best Picture: Amadeus (12)
Other picture nominees: The Killing Fields (25), A Passage to India (34), Places in the Heart (24), A Soldier’s Story (47)
Other winners: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (3), The Woman in Red (41), Purple Rain (11), The River (72)
The rest of the box office top ten: Beverly Hills Cop (1), Ghostbusters (2), Gremlins (4), The Karate Kid (5), Police Academy (6), Footloose (7), Romancing the Stone (8), Star Trek III (9), Splash (10)
1985
Best Picture: Out of Africa (5)
Other picture nominees: The Color Purple (4), Kiss of the Spider Woman (53), Prizzi’s Honor (32), Witness (8)
Other winners: Cocoon (6), The Trip to Bountiful (103), Ran (124), Back to the Future (1), Mask (15), White Nights (17)
The rest of the box office top ten: Rambo: First Blood Part II (2), Rocky IV (3), The Jewel of the Nile (7), The Goonies (9), Spies Like Us (10)
1986
Best Picture: Platoon (3)
Other picture nominees: Children of a Lesser God (32), Hannah and Her Sisters (30), The Mission (52), A Room with a View (44)
Other winners: The Color of Money (12), Aliens (7), The Fly (23), ‘Round Midnight (125), Top Gun (1)
The rest of the box office top ten: Crocodile Dundee (2), The Karate Kid Part II (4), Star Trek IV (5), Back to School (6), The Golden Child (8), Ruthless People (9), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (10)
1987
Best Picture: The Last Emperor (25)
Other picture nominees: Broadcast News (18), Fatal Attraction (2), Hope and Glory (88), Moonstruck (5)
Other winners: Wall Street (26), The Untouchables (6), Innerspace (47), Harry and the Hendersons (43), Dirty Dancing (11), RoboCop (16)
The rest of the box office top ten: Three Men and a Baby (1), Beverly Hills Cop II (3), Good Morning Vietnam (4), The Secret of My Success (7), Stakeout (8), Lethal Weapon (9), The Witches of Eastwick (10)
1988
Best Picture: Rain Man (1)
Other picture nominees: The Accidental Tourist (35), Dangerous Liaisons (32), Mississippi Burning (33), Working Girl (11)
Other winners: A Fish Called Wanda (12), The Accused (36), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (2), Beetlejuice (10), The Milagro Beanfield War (71), Bird (152)
The rest of the box office top ten: Coming to America (3), Big (4), Twins (5), Crocodile Dundee II (6), Die Hard (7), The Naked Gun (8), Cocktail (9)
1989
Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy (8)
Other picture nominees: Born of the Fourth of July (17), Dead Poets Society (10), Field of Dreams (19), My Left Foot (68)
Other winners: Glory (45), Batman (1), Henry V (85), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (2), The Abyss (24), The Little Mermaid (13)
The rest of the box office top ten: Lethal Weapon 2 (3), Look Who’s Talking (4), Honey I shrunk the Kids (5), Back to the Future Part II (6), Ghostbusters II (7), Parenthood (9)
1990
Best Picture: Dances with Wolves (3)
Other picture nominees: Awakenings (23), Ghost (2), The Godfather Part III (17), Goodfellas (26)
Other winners: Reversal of Fortune (79), Misery (19), Dick Tracy (9), Cyrano de Bergerac (117), The Hunt for Red October (6), Total Recall (7)
The rest of the box office top ten: Home Alone (1), Pretty Woman (4), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (5), Die Hard 2 (8), Kindergarten Cop (10)
1991
Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs (4)
Other picture nominees: Beauty and the Beast (3), Bugsy (25), JFK (17), The Prince of Tides (16)
Other winners: City Slickers (5), The Fisher King (31), Terminator 2 (1), Thelma and Louise (28)
The rest of the box office top ten: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (2), Hook (6), The Addams Family (7), Sleeping with the Enemy (8), Father of the Bride (9), The Naked Gun 2 1/2 (10)
1992
Best Picture: Unforgiven (11)
Other picture nominees: The Crying Game (20), A Few Good Man (5), Howards End (48), Scent of a Woman (19)
Other winners: My Cousin Vinny (29), A River Runs Through It (37), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (15), Death Becomes Her (24), Aladdin (1), The Last of the Mohicans (17)
The rest of the box office top ten: Home Alone 2 (2), Batman Returns (3), Lethal Weapon 3 (4), Sister Act (6), The Bodyguard (7), Wayne’s World (8), Basic Instinct (9), A League of Their Own (10)
1993
Best Picture: Schindler’s List (9)
Other picture nominees: The Fugitive (3), In the Name of the Father (61), The Piano (38), The Remains of the Day (66)
Other winners: Philadelphia (12), The Age of Innocence (51), Jurassic Park (1), Mrs. Doubtfire (2)
The rest of the box office top ten: The Firm (4), Sleepless in Seattle (5), Indecent Proposal (6), In the Line of Fire (7), The Pelican Brief (8), Cliffhanger (10)
1994
Best Picture: Forest Gump (1)
Other picture nominees: Four Weddings and a Funeral (21), Pulp Fiction (10), Quiz Show (56), The Shawshank Redemption (51)
Other winners: Ed Wood (136), Blue Sky (150), Bullets Over Broadway (97), The Madness of King George (93), Legends of the Fall (18), The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (105), Speed (8), The Lion King (2)
The rest of the box office top ten: True Lies (3), True Lies (4), The Flintstones (5), Dumb and Dumber (6), Clear and Present Danger (7), The Mask (9)
1995
Best Picture: Braveheart (18)
Other picture nominees: Apollo 13 (3), Babe (28), Il Postino (77), Sense and Sensibility (39)
Other winners: Leaving Las Vegas (56), The Usual Suspects (75), Dead Man Walking (42), Mighty Aphrodite (139), Restoration (156), Pocahontas (4), Toy Story (1)
The rest of the box office top ten: Batman Forever (2), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (5), GoldenEye (6), Casper (7), Jumanji (8), Seven (9), Die Hard with a Vengeance (10)
1996
Best Picture: The English Patient (19)
Other picture nominees: Fargo (67), Jerry Maguire (4), Secrets and Lies (108), Shine (41)
Other winners: The Ghost and the Darkness (38), Independence Day (1), The Nutty Professor (8), Emma (72), Evita (32), Sling Blade (68)
The rest of the box office top ten: Twister (2), Mission Impossible (3), Ransom (5), 101 Dalmatians (6), The Rock (7), The Birdcage (9), A Time to Kill (10)
1997
Best Picture: Titanic (1)
Other picture nominees: As Good as It Gets (6), The Full Monty (44), Good Will Hunting (7), L.A. Confidential (24)
Other winners: Men in Black (2)
The rest of the box office top ten: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (3), Liar Liar (4), Air Force One (5), Star Wars (8), My Best Friend’s Wedding (9), Tomorrow Never Dies (10)
1998
Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love (18)
Other picture nominees: Elizabeth (65), Life is Beautiful (35), Saving Private Ryan (1), The Thin Red Line (59)
Other winners: Affliction (147), What Dreams May Come (40), The Prince of Egypt (16), Gods and Monsters (146)
The rest of the box office top ten: Armageddon (2), There’s Something About Mary (3), A Bug’s Life (4), The Waterboy (5), Doctor Dolittle (6), Rush Hour (7), Deep Impact (8), Godzilla (9), Patch Adams (10)
1999
Best Picture: American Beauty (13)
Other picture nominees: The Cider House Rules (41), The Green Mile (12), The Insider (69), The Sixth Sense (2)
Other winners: Boys Don’t Cry (117), Girl Interrupted (70), Sleepy Hollow (21), Topsy-Turvy, The Matrix (5), The Red Violin (128), Tarzan (6)
The rest of the box office top ten: Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (1), Toy Story 2 (3), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (4), Big Daddy (7), The Mummy (8), Runaway Bride (9), The Blair Witch Project (10)
2000
Best Picture: Gladiator (4)
Other picture nominees: Chocolat (32), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (12), Erin Brockovich (13), Traffic (15)
Other winners: Pollock (138), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1), Wonder Boys (98), U-571 (28), Almost Famous (80)
The rest of the box office top ten: Cast Away (2), Mission Impossible II (3), What Women Want (5), The Perfect Storm (6), Meet the Parents (7), X-Men (8), Scary Movie (9), What Lies Beneath (10)
2001
Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (11)
Other picture nominees: Gosford Park (59), In the Bedroom (68), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2), Moulin Rouge! (43)
Other winners: Training Day (29), Monster’s Ball (76), Iris (143), Black Hawk Down (18), Pearl Harbor (7), Monsters Inc. (4), Shrek (3)
The rest of the box office top ten: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1), Rush Hour 2 (5), The Mummy Returns (6), Ocean’s Eleven (8), Jurassic Park III (9), Planet of the Apes (10)
2002
Best Picture: Chicago (10)
Other picture nominees: Gangs of New York (35), The Hours (56), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2), The Pianist (80)
Other winners: Adaptation (102), Talk to Her (152), Road to Perdition (24), Frida (96), 8 Mile (23), Spirited Away (150)
The rest of the box office top ten: Spider-Man (1), Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones (3), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (4), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (5), Signs (6), Austin Powers in Goldmember (7), Men in Black II (8), Ice Age (9)
2003
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (1)
Other picture nominees: Lost in Translation (67), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (31), Mystic River (33), Seabiscuit (17)
Other winners: Monster (83), Cold Mountain (30), Finding Nemo (2)
The rest of the box office top ten: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (3), The Matrix Reloaded (4), Bruce Almighty (5), X2: X-Men United (6), Elf (7), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (8), The Matrix Revolutions (9), Cheaper by the Dozen (10)
2004
Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby (24)
Other picture nominees: The Aviator (22), Finding Neverland (61), Ray (37), Sideways (40)
Other winners: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (80), The Motorcycle Diaries (117), The Incredibles (5), Spider-Man 2 (2), A Series of Unfortunate Events (18)
The rest of the box office top ten: Shrek 2 (1), The Passion of the Christ (3), Meet the Fockers (4), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (6), The Day After Tomorrow (7), The Bourne Supremacy (8), National Treasure (9), The Polar Express (10)
2005
Best Picture: Crash (49)
Other picture nominees: Brokeback Mountain (22), Capote (95), Good Night and Good Luck (89), Munich (62)
Other winners: Walk the Line (16), Syriana (56), The Constant Gardener (80), Memoirs of a Geisha (45), Hustle and Flow (110), King Kong (5), Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (47), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2)
The rest of the box office top ten: Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith (1), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (3), War of the Worlds (4), Wedding Crashers (6), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (7), Batman Begins (8), Madagascar (9), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (10)
2006
Best Picture: The Departed (15)
Other picture nominees: Babel (92), Letters from Iwo Jima (138), Little Miss Sunshine (51), The Queen (57)
Other winners: The Last King of Scotland (124), Dreamgirls (19), Pan’s Labyrinth (82), Marie Antoinette (131), An Inconvenient Truth (106), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (1), Happy Feet (7)
The rest of the box office top ten: Night at the Museum (2), Cars (3), X-Men: The Last Stand (4), The Da Vinci Code (5), Superman Returns (6), Ice Age: The Meltdown (8), Casino Royale (9), The Pursuit of Happyness (10)
2007
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men (36)
Other picture nominees: Atonement (50), Juno (15), Michael Clayton (55), There Will Be Blood (66)
Other winners: La Vie En Rose (145), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (49), The Bourne Ultimatum (7), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (121), Once (150), The Golden Compass (39), Ratatouille (11)
The rest of the box office top ten: Spider-Man 3 (1), Shrek the Third (2), Transformers (3), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (4), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (5), I Am Legend (6), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (8), Alvin and the Chipmunks (9), 300 (10)
2008
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire (16)
Other picture nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (20), Frost/Nixon (120), Milk (89), The Reader (82)
Other winners: The Dark Knight (1), Vicky Christina Barcelona (111), The Duchess (129), WALL-E (5)
The rest of the box office top ten: Iron Man (2), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (3), Hancock (4), Kung Fu Panda (6), Twilight (7), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (8), Quantum of Solace (9), Horton Hears a Who! (10)
2009
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker (116)
Other pictures nominated: A Serious Man (145), An Education (132), Avatar (1), District 9 (27), Inglourious Basterds (25), Precious (65), The Blind Side (8), Up (5), Up in the Air (38)
Other winners: Crazy Heart (75), The Young Victoria (136), Star Trek (7)
The rest of the box office top ten: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (3), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (4), The Hangover (6), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Sequel (9), Sherlock Holmes (10)
2010
Best Picture: The King’s Speech (18)
Other pictures nominated: 127 Hours (119), Black Swan (25), The Fighter (35), Inception (6), The Kids Are All Right (114), The Social Network (32), Toy Story 3 (1), True Grit (13), Winter’s Bone (143)
Other winners: Alice in Wonderland (2), The Wolfman (53)
The rest of the box office top ten: Iron Man 2 (3), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (4), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (5), Despicable Me (7), Shrek Forever After (8), How to Train Your Dragon (9), Tangled (10)
2011
Best Picture: The Artist (71)
Other pictures nominated: The Tree of Life (132), The Descendants (39), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (97), The Help (13), Hugo (49), Midnight in Paris (59), Moneyball (47), War Horse (41)
Other winners: The Iron Lady (100), Beginners (150), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (28), The Muppets (34), Rango (22)
The box office top ten: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (1), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (3), The Hangover, Part II (4), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (5), Fast Five (6), Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (7), Cars 2 (8), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (9), Thor (10)
2012
Best Picture: Argo (22)
Other pictures nominated: Amour (145), Beasts of the Southern Wild (130), Django Unchained (15), Les Miserables (18), Life of Pi (27), Lincoln (13), Silver Linings Playbook (23), Zero Dark Thirty (32)
Other winners: Anna Karenina (129), Skyfall (4), Brave (8)
The remainder of the box office top ten: The Avengers (1), The Dark Knight Rises (2), The Hunger Games (3), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (5), The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (6), The Amazing Spider-Man (7), Ted (9), Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (10)
2013
Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave (62)
Other pictures nominated: The Wolf of Wall Street (28), American Hustle (17), Nebraska (117), Captain Phillips (32), Philomena (80), Dallas Buyers Club (95), Gravity (6), Her (100)
Other winners: Blue Jasmine (86), The Great Gatsby (18), Frozen (3)
The remainder of the box office top ten: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (1), Iron Me 2 (2), Despicable Me 2 (4), Man of Steel (5), Monsters University (7), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (8), Fast and Furious 6 (9), Oz: The Great and Powerful (10)
2014
Best Picture: Birdman (78)
Other pictures nominated: American Sniper (1), Boyhood (100), The Imitation Game (36), The Grand Budapest Hotel (54), Selma (61), The Theory of Everything (85), Whiplash (125)
Other winners: Still Alice (103), Interstellar (16), Big Hero 6 (10)
The remainder of the box office top ten: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2), Guardians of the Galaxy (3), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (4), The Lego Movie (5), The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (6), Transformers: Age of Extinction (7), Maleficent (8), X-Men: Days of Future Past (9)
2015
Best Picture: Spotlight (62)
Other pictures nominated: The Revenant (13), Room (111), Brooklyn (70), Bridge of Spies (42), The Martian (8), Mad Max: Fury Road (21), The Big Short (44)
Other winners: The Danish Girl (124), Spectre (10), The Hateful Eight (54), Ex Machina, Inside Out (4)
The remainder of the box office top ten: Star Wars: Episode One - The Force Awakens (1), Jurassic World (2), Avengers: Age of Ultron (3), Furious 7 (5), Minions (6), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (7), Cinderella (9)
2016
Best Picture: Moonlight (92)
Other pictures nominated: Arrival (29), Fences (57), Hacksaw Ridge (46), Hell or High Water (95), Hidden Figures (14), La La Land (19), Lion (66), Manchester by the Sea (69)
Other winners: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (12), Suicide Squad (9), The Jungle Book (5), Zootopia (7)
The remainder of the box office top ten: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (1), Finding Dory (2), Captain America: Civil War (3), The Secret Life of Pets (4), Deadpool (6), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (8), Sing (10)
2017
Best Picture: The Shape of Water (46)
Other pictures nominated: Call Me by Your Name (108), Darkest Hour (50), Dunkirk (14), Get Out (15), Lady Bird (56), The Post (39), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (52), Phantom Thread (100)
Other winners: I Tonya (83), Blade Runner 2049 (34), Coco (13)
The box office top ten: Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (1), Beauty and the Beast (2), Wonder Woman (3), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (4), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (5), Spider-Man: Homecoming (6), It (7), Thor: Ragnorok (8), Despicable Me 3 (9), Justice League (10)
2018
Best Picture: Green Book (36)
Other pictures nominated: BlacKkKlansman (58), Black Panther (1), Bohemian Rhapsody (10), The Favourite (81), Roma (not reported), A Star is Born (11), Vice (60)
Other winners: If Beale Street Could Talk (116), First Man (66), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (15)
The remainder of the box office top ten: Avengers: Infinity War (2), The Incredibles 2 (3), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (4), Aquaman (5), Deadpool 2 (6), The Grinch (7), Mission Impossible - Fallout (8), Ant-Man and the Wasp (9)
2019
Best Picture: Parasite (54)
Other pictures nominated: Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (20), 1917 (17), Marriage Story (not reported), Joker (9), Jojo Rabbit (76), Little Women (28), Ford v Ferrari (22), The Irishman (not reported)
Other winners: Judy (90), Bombshell (78), Rocketman (33), Toy Story 4 (5)
The remainder of the box office top ten: Avengers: Endgame (1), The Lion King (2), Star Wars Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (3), Frozen II (4), Captain Marvel (6), Spider-Man: Far from Home (7), Aladdin (8), Jumanji: The Next Level (10)
2020
Best Picture: Nomadland (84)
Other pictures nominated: Mank (not reported), The Trial of the Chicago 8 (not reported), Promising Young Woman (36), Minari (90), Sound of Metal (not reported), Judas of the Black Messiah (76), The Father (105)
Other winners: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (not reported), Soul (not reported), Tenet (9)
The remainder of the box office top ten: Bad Boys for Life (1), Sonic the Hedgehog (2), Birds of Prey (3), Dolittle (4), The Invisible Man (5), The Call of the Wild (6), Onward (7), The Croods: A New Age (8), Wonder Woman 1984 (10)
2021
Best Picture: CODA (not reported)
Other pictures nominated: Belfast (68), West Side Story (34), Licorice Pizza (49), Dune: Part One (13), The Power of the Dog (not reported), King Richard (56), Drive My Car (100), Don’t Look Up (not reported), Nightmare Alley (63)
Other winners: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (99), Cruella (17), No Time to Die (8), Encanto (15)
The rest of the box office top ten: Spider-Man: No Way Home (1), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (3), Black Widow (4), F9: The Fast Saga (5), Eternals (6), Sing 2 (7), A Quiet Place Part II (9), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (10)
2022
Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once (25)
Other pictures nominated: Elvis (12), Top Gun: Maverick (1), The Banshees of Inisherin (71), The Fabelmans (58), Tar (87), Avatar: The Way of Water (2), Women Talking (92), Triangle of Sadness (97), All Quiet on the Western Front (not reported)
Other winners: The Whale (57), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (3), RRR (63), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (not reported)
The rest of the box office top ten: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (4), Jurassic World: Dominion (5), Minions: The Rise of Gru (6), The Batman (7), Thor: Love and Thunder (8), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (9), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (10)
2023
Best Picture: Oppenheimer (5)
Other pictures nominated: Barbie (1), Killers of the Flower Moon (35), Poor Things (60), The Holdovers (73), Anatomy of a Fall (128), Past Lives (97), Maestro (not reported), The Zone of Interest (105), American Fiction (70)
Other winners: Godzilla Minus One (45), The Boy and the Heron (52)
The rest of the box office top ten: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2), Spider-Man: Across the Universe (3), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (4), The Little Mermaid (6), Wonka (7), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (8), Jon Wick: Chapter 4 (9), Sound of Freedom (10)
2024 (as of 3/25/25)
Best Picture: Anora (64)
Other pictures nominated: Wicked (3), The Substance (74), Conclave (46), The Brutalist (75), Dune: Part Two (7), Emilia Perez (not reported), Nickel Boys (144), A Complete Unknown (28), I’m Still Her (2025 film)
Other winners: A Real Pain (96), Flow (124)
The rest of the box office top ten: Inside Out 2 (1), Deadpool and Wolverine (2), Moana 2 (4), Despicable Me 4 (5), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (6), Twisters (8), Mufasa: The Lion King (9), Sonic the Hedgehog (10)