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The combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees when the Oscars were announced was $188 million with an average gross of $37.7 million per film. [42] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $104.4 million in domestic box office receipts. [41]
On June 24, 2009, Academy president Sid Ganis announced at a press conference that, in an attempt to revitalize interest surrounding the awards, the 2010 ceremony would feature ten Best Picture nominees instead of five, [9] a practice that had been discontinued after the 16th ceremony in 1944.
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films.Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards).
The best picture Oscar has marked the epitome of the award-show season for 95 years — where only one film comes out on top. Read on to see all the films that have won best picture thus far.
The rival Best Picture nominees in 1974 included Lenny, Chinatown and The Conversation (also directed by Francis Ford Coppola). All would have been worthy winners in other years. 3. Unforgiven (1992)
It's an honor to be nominated. Yeah, yeah, whatever. But it's really more of a financial windfall.The body that awards the Oscars knows that when it nominates a movie or a performer, people pay to ...
Academy Award for Best Picture; Awarded for: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Country: United States: Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) First awarded: May 16, 1929; 95 years ago () (for films released during the 1927/1928 film season) Most recent winner: Oppenheimer : Website: oscar.go.com /nominees /best-picture
If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title.. Competitive Academy Awards are separated from non-competitive Awards; as such, any films that were awarded a non-competitive award will be shown in brackets next to the number of competitive wins.