Films Earn Early Oscars Gold
February 1, 2005
Oscar Nominations gave a box office boost to many films this past weekend while other films are too far into their runs for it to make a difference, (The Motorcycle Diaries) or out of theatres completely, (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.) But of the 35 films that received Oscar Nominations, 17 saw increases in either their overall box office, per theatre average or both.
Leading the way with 11 nominations was The Aviator, which also saw impressive growth in its box office / per theatre average. The film jumped by 56% over last weekend and perhaps more impressively, 41% on the per theatre charts.
Other films to see increasing in both overall box office and per theatre charts were:
The post Oscar Nomination weekend corresponded with massive theatre count increases for several films, and while these films saw increases in their overall box office, separating how much of that came from the theatre count increase, and how much came from the Oscar nods would be nearly impossible.
Six films only received token bounces, their overall box office dropped but thanks to large drops in their theatre count the per theatre average increased. These films are in Kinsey, Closer, Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, House of Flying Daggers, The Polar Express and The Incredibles.
Submitted by: C.S.Strowbridge
Filed under: The Aviator, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Sideways, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Being Julia, Vera Drake, Les Choristes, Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids, Mar adentro