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When the nominations were announced on January 22, Juno was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $87.1 million in domestic box office receipts. [13] The film was followed by No Country for Old Men ($48.9 million), Michael Clayton ($39.4 million), Atonement ($32.7 million), and finally There Will Be Blood ($8.7 million).
[12] [13] This was the fifth and final year during the period when Best Picture was limited to only five nominees (1944–2008), where the five films matched precisely with those nominated in the Best Director category. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 22, 2009. [14]
Since 1968, most Best Picture winners have been rated R under the Motion Picture Association's rating system. Oliver! is the only G-rated film and Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film (what is categorized as an NC-17 film today), so far, to win Best Picture; they won in back-to-back years, 1968 and 1969. The latter has since been changed to ...
The best picture Oscar has marked the epitome of the award-show season for 95 years — where only one film comes out on top. ... The full list of Oscar best picture winners: 2023 - "Everything ...
Rachel McAdams, left, Mark Ruffalo, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton and John Slattery in the 2015 drama "Spotlight." (Kerry Hayes/Open Road Films via AP)
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.
Films with the most nominations without a single win: The Turning Point and The Color Purple (11 nominations each) Film with the most awards without winning Best Picture: Cabaret won eight Academy Awards from its ten nominations. It lost Best Picture to The Godfather.
For the 10 movies nominated for best picture, being invited to the party was just the first step. Now the focus is on winning the Oscar in what remains a wide-open race.