The 2025 Oscars are getting closer, which means that the Best Picture nominees are likely to see some uptake at the box office, but the ranking from the highest to lowest-grossing isn’t likely to change. Now that the 2025 Oscar nominations have been announced, moviegoers who want to expose themselves to some prestige films will naturally go to see contenders that are still in theaters ahead of the event. However, Oscar nominees are still typically not the highest-grossing movies in Hollywood, compared to the biggest action and sci-fi-fantasy blockbusters.
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The Oscars’ history with the box office is messy, as audiences have long complained that the Academy refuses to recognize movies that people actually enjoy seeing. There has been some change in recent years, with more of the year’s highest-grossing movies showing up at the Oscars, but there is still a clear divide between the types of movies that make the most money and the ones most likely to win. However, as this line grows blurrier, all of this year’s nominations are enjoying various kinds of critical and commercial success.
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2025 Best Picture Nominee |
Runtime |
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score |
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I’m Still Here |
2h 18m |
95% |
99% |
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Anora |
2h 19m |
93% |
90% |
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Conclave |
2h |
93% |
86% |
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The Brutalist |
3h 35m |
93% |
81% |
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Dune: Part Two |
2h 46m |
92% |
95% |
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Nickel Boys |
2h 20m |
90% |
76% |
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The Substance |
2h 20m |
89% |
75% |
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Wicked |
2h 40m |
88% |
95% |
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A Complete Unknown |
2h 20m |
80% |
96% |
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Emilia Pérez |
2h 10m |
74% |
19% |
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Nickel Boys
Domestic Gross: $1.73 Million | Worldwide Total: $1.89 Million
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Nickel Boys
PG-13
Drama
8/10
9/10
Release Date
January 3, 2025
Runtime
140 Minutes
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Elwood
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Brandon Wilson
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Nickel Boys lands in the 2025 Oscars Best Picture tier of “just happy to be nominated,” especially when this may still go a long way in helping it at the box office. Following the announcement of its Best Picture and Best Screenplay nominations, Nickel Boys saw a modest increase in profits from the previous weekend during the January 24 to 26 weekend (via boxofficemojo.com). However, with a budget of $23 million, Nickel Boys is still a long way off from breaking even.
Nickel Boys certainly deserves the same success as the other Best Picture nominees. While it faces some of the common obstacles among these titles to major profits — namely being intended for an older audience — it doesn’t have the same publicity as other contenders. Being based on the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction also should have helped it, but Nickel Boys is still this year’s lowest-grossing Best Picture nominee.
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The Brutalist
Domestic Gross: $10.25 Million | Worldwide Total: $12.8 Million
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The Brutalist
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Drama
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9/10
Release Date
December 20, 2024
Runtime
215 Minutes
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Adrien Brody
László Tóth
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Guy Pearce
Harrison Lee Van Buren
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The Brutalist faces a major hurdle in terms of getting people to come to the theater: It’s three-and-a-half hours long. Even with 15 minutes of that being taken up by an intermission, it’s a big commitment for moviegoers’ schedules. However, word could spread as reviewers continue to argue that the grandiose nature and old-school presentation of The Brutalist demands to be seen in theaters.
The Brutalist has also experienced a surge in ticket sales since the Oscar nominations were announced, and with its notably small budget of $10 million, is potentially set up for a modest profit. However, such a movie as The Brutalist was made more with artistry and critical acclaim in mind than the box office. A serious contender for Best Picture, The Brutalist is exactly where one would expect it to be with critics and audiences.
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Emilia Pérez
Domestic Gross: – | Worldwide Total: $13.37 Million
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Emilia Perez
R
Crime
Drama
Comedy
Music
9/10
19
7.8/10
Release Date
November 13, 2024
Runtime
130 Minutes
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Karla Sofía Gascón
Emilia / Manitas
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Rita
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Emilia Pérez was (and is still) primarily watched by U.S. audiences via Netflix, meaning Box Office Mojo has recorded no domestic gross for it. It did remarkably well with an international audience, although this was not particularly surprising given its accoladed debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024. Netflix bought the rights to the movie shortly after, and following its strong festival tour and release in several European countries, it debuted on Netflix.
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Emilia Pérez‘s box office run would be expected to come to a halt, as most viewers will simply choose to stream it. Some theaters are still showing it ahead of its shocking 13 Oscar nominations, and it is still making money internationally. On the other hand, many are also strongly arguing that Emilia Pérez‘s Oscar nominations make no sense, and negative word of mouth presumably won’t encourage more people to go see the film.
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I’m Still Here
Domestic Gross: $515 Thousand | Worldwide Total: $15.56 Million
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I’m Still Here
Drama
History
7/10
9.8/10
Release Date
November 20, 2024
Runtime
137 Minutes
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Fernanda Torres
Eunice Paiva
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Selton Mello
Rubens Paiva
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After Fernanda Torres’ win for Best Actress in a Drama at the Golden Globes, I’m Still Here became the underdog of the 2025 Oscars, achieving a surprise Best Picture nomination. I’m Still Here has also seen a modest turnout at the box office, but is financially secure when it was made on a budget of only $1.5 million. I’m Still Here has also now surpassed The Brutalist with the highest per-theater average (via Collider).
The majority of I’m Still Here‘s profits are also from an international audience, as its official release date in the United States is February 7. There would have to be a major upset for I’m Still Here to gross more than other Best Picture nominees, which are also getting attention and therefore profits, but Torres and the movie’s nominations will almost certainly mean more ticket sales.
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Anora
Domestic Gross: $15.14 Million | Worldwide Total: $33.12 Million
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Anora
Comedy
Drama
Romance
9/10
7.8/10
Release Date
October 18, 2024
Runtime
139 Minutes
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Mikey Madison
Anora
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Mark Eydelshteyn
Ivan
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Anora is looking to be where being an audience favorite intersects with actually being a possible Best Picture winner. The comedy-drama about a sex worker who has a runaway romance and marriage with the son of a Russian oligarch is still proving to be a hit, with a significant bump up in profits from the Best Picture nominees ranking below it. It lacks some of the biggest stars and marketability of other nominees, but it is doing comparatively well.
Anora was also made with a budget of $6 million and has therefore long since broken even, and it stands out as director Sean Baker’s highest-grossing film to date. Anora is now available to rent (for less than the price of an average movie ticket), meaning that it is probably more or less cemented as a mid-tier movie in terms of gross among its contemporaries. It is still a huge success for Baker and everyone involved.
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A Complete Unknown
Domestic Gross: $64.53 Million | Worldwide Total: $75.75 Million
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A Complete Unknown
Biography
Drama
Music
6/10
108
9.5/10
Release Date
December 25, 2024
Runtime
140 minutes
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Timothée Chalamet
Bob Dylan
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Edward Norton
Pete Seeger
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It can never be said that Oscar-bait movies with major stars don’t mean box office profits. Director James Mangold is well-known for his work on amazing movies like Ford v Ferrari and Logan, and has curated goodwill with both the Academy and general audiences. A Complete Unknown‘s star-studded cast has Timothée Chalamet in the monumental role of musical icon Bob Dylan, with no small number of other actors playing famous musicians. Thus, A Complete Unknown has made almost double what Anora has.
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However, A Complete Unknown cost $60 to $70 million to make (via Deadline), and it is a long way off with marketing costs added. Its digital and streaming releases are uncertain, meaning that the studio could be hoping to raise profits by keeping it in theaters a while longer. However, it saw a drop of 17.8% during the January 24 to 26 weekend and is on shakier footing financially despite technically making more money than other nominees.
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The Substance
Domestic Gross: $17.1 Million | Worldwide Total: $76.825 Million
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The Substance
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Horror
Drama
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7.7/10
Release Date
September 20, 2024
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Demi Moore
Elisabeth Sparkle
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Margaret Qualley
Sue
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Just a little bit higher than A Complete Unknown is The Substance, which has absolutely taken off in Hollywood. It has made back its budget with this turnout and is well-discussed as a new movie that is helping overturn the Academy’s noted bias against horrors. Audiences love it for its unique premise and the career-defining performance by icon Demi Moore and only love it more when it is actually getting recognition from major awards bodies.
The Substance is also back/remaining in some movie theaters as part of the Oscars hype, but is available to rent and stream via the Prime Video MUBI channel. However, it has achieved groundbreaking results that make it one of the Oscars’ top earners this year. Moore and rising star Margaret Qualley have cemented themselves in Oscars history by playing two versions of the same character in this disturbing exploration of beauty standards and self-esteem.
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Conclave
Domestic Gross: $31.965 Million | Worldwide Total: $84.535 Million
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Conclave
PG
Thriller
Drama
Mystery
9/10
28
8.3/10
Release Date
October 25, 2024
Runtime
120 Minutes
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Ralph Fiennes
Cardinal Lawrence
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Stanley Tucci
Cardinal Bellini
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Conclave has made more internationally than in the U.S. but has also proven to be an audience favorite this year. Based on the novel by bestselling mystery-thriller author Robert Harris, the movie came with a built-in fanbase. It is also notably rated PG, broadening the potential audience somewhat from the largely R-rated nominees, even if young children might not find the story especially interesting.
Overall, Conclave is a solid movie that was primed to be an Oscar nominee and possibly winner from the beginning, with a riveting plot that keeps viewers engaged throughout. It has a talented, well-known cast, and reviews and word-of-mouth can speak to its strong, but reality-based thriller format. While other titles might be more likely to win Best Picture, Conclave was there this fall for anyone who wanted something more highbrow but genuinely engaging.
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Dune: Part Two
Domestic Gross: $282.14 Million | Worldwide Total: $714.64 Million
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Dune: Part Two
PG-13
Science Fiction
Adventure
9/10
96
8.9/10
Release Date
February 27, 2024
Runtime
167 minutes
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Timothée Chalamet
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Then, there are the true box office phenomenons of 2024 which luckily got their well-deserved places in the Oscars line-up. Made on huge budgets with the expectation of this kind of profits, movies like Dune: Part Two are simply on another level and represent a different kind of entertainment from Conclave and A Complete Unknown. Timothée Chalamet’s second Best Picture nominee this year, Dune: Part Two raked in hundreds of millions.
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All of this makes complete sense: Dune is now a huge modern sci-fi franchise, based on famous source material, with an impressive cast. It is the kind of movie designed to break the box office, even though it falls well below the highest-grossing movies of all time. Beyond that, Dune: Part Two mixes mainstream appeal with its Oscar-worthy story and presentation, following the rise of a religious leader who walks the line between revolutionary and tyrant.
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Wicked
Domestic Gross: $469.66 Million | Worldwide Total: $718 Million
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Wicked
PG
Adventure
Fantasy
Musical
9/10
362
8.7/10
Release Date
November 22, 2024
Runtime
160 Minutes
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Cynthia Erivo
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Glinda Upland
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However, the runaway box office success of the year is decidedly Wicked. Any challenges the Wicked movie had to face evaporated in light of the brilliant direction and out-of-this-world performances by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. The movie was already primed to make money due to being an adaptation of a beloved Broadway musical, as well as a family-friendly story. However, Wicked surpassed all critical and commercial expectations.
Wicked has gradually been seeing a downturn heading into 2025 as it arrived on digital and began to fade at the box office. It will probably remain in theaters for the 2025 Oscars season simply because it is a huge movie that has been nominated, but a lot of people have likely already seen it. While it is not primed to be a Best Picture winner, Wicked is certainly the most popular nominee of the year, and perhaps the only one that is a true cultural phenomenon.
All Rotten Tomatoes and box office information contained in this list is as of February 1, 2025.
Source: Box Office Mojo, Collider, Deadline
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Dates
March 2, 2025
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ABC
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