When it came to recognizing this year’s achievements in filmmaking, the Academy Awards nominated movies the public has actually seen. Five out of the nine best picture contenders have already…
The crop of movies have earned a combined $748 million in the U.S. and $1.98 billion globally, according to Comscore, one of the best showings for Oscar best picture nominees in recent history. Contenders last year had earned $1.26 billion at the domestic box office when nominations were unveiled in late January, thanks mostly to “Black Panther’s” massive $700 million haul.
, has made strides in recognizing populist fare, including 2019’s best picture winner “Green Book” , and nominees “Black Panther” , “A Star Is Born” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” .” is by far the biggest blockbuster in this year’s bunch, the rare best picture nominee to gross over $1 billion worldwide. Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” an R-rated origin story based on Batman’s eventual enemy, debuted in October and has been on home video since December.
Those movies could also get renewed life as they enter their home entertainment window. On Tuesday, Fandango reported that “Parasite” ranks among its top five-most anticipated pre-selling digital releases in history.
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