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I am putting together a list of the highest grossing films that earned nominations or wins in the Best Actress Oscar category. I did not include inflation. Gone With The Wind is still the highest grossing film ever if we use inflation. These numbers are pulled from Wikipedia, so if something is wrong, please correct me. As of now, I’ve included the films that have grossed $300 million+. Let’s have fun and look at these numbers.
EDIT: Thank you to @SN for the numbers. I’ve taken what you’ve posted and added a few.
Special Thanks to @wolfali for another update.
*Films that crossed $100 million!1. Titanic – $2.194 Billion (Kate Winslet)
2. Gravity – $723.2 Million (Sandra Bullock)
3. Pretty Woman – $463.4 Million (Julia Roberts)
4. La La Land – $448.9 Million (Emma Stone) WON
5. The Exorcist – $441.3 Million (Ellen Burstyn)
6. A Star Is Born – $436.2 Million (Lady Gaga)
7. Gone With The Wind – $390 Million (Vivian Leigh) WON
8. Gone Girl – $369.3 Million (Rosemund Pike)
9. American Beauty – $356.3 Million (Annette Bening)
10. Black Swan – $330 Million (Natalie Portman) WON
11. The Devil Wears Prada – $326.7 Million (Meryl Streep)
12. Fatal Attraction – $320.1 Million (Glenn Close)
13. As Good As It Gets – $314.1 Million (Helen Hunt) WON
14. The Blind Side – $309.2 Million (Sandra Bullock) WON
15. Chicago – $306.8 Million (Renee Zellweger)16. Shakespeare in Love – $289.3 Million (Gwyneth Paltrow) WON
17. The Sound of Music – $286.2 Million (Julie Andrews)
18. Bridget Jones’s Diary – $281.9 Million (Renee Zellweger)
19. The Silence of the Lambs – $272.7 Million (Jodie Foster) WON
20. Something’s Gotta Give – $265.3 Million (Diane Keaton)
21. Erin Brokovich – $256.3 Million (Julia Roberts) WON
22. American Hustle – $251.2 Million (Amy Adams)
23. Silver Linings Playbook – $236.4 Million (Jennifer Lawrence) WON
24. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – $232.6 Million (Rooney Mara)
25. The English Patient – $232.0 Million (Kristin Scott Thomas)
26. Juno – $231.4 Million (Ellen Page/Elliot Page)
27. Out Of Africa – $227.5 Million (Meryl Streep)
28. Rocky – $225 Million (Talia Shire)
29. Million Dollar Baby – $216.8 Million (Hillary Swank) WON
30. The Help – $216.6 Million (Viola Davis)
31. Little Women – $216.6 Million (Saoirse Ronan)32. The Impossible – $198.1 Million (Naomi Watts)
33. The Shape of Water – $195.3 Million (Sally Hawkins)
34. An Officer and a Gentleman – $190 Million (Debra Winger)
35. Walk the Line – $187 Million (Reese Witherspoon) WON
36. Aliens – $183.3 Million (Sigourney Weaver)
37. The Bridges of Madison County – $182 Million (Meryl Streep)
38. The Post – $179.8 Million (Meryl Streep)
39. Moulin Rouge – $179.2 Million (Nicole Kidman)
40. Terms of Endearment – $165 million (Shirley MacLaine) WON
41. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – $160.2 Million (Frances McDormand) WON
42. Chocolat – $152.7 Million (Juliette Binoche)
43. Driving Miss Daisy – $145.8 Million (Jessica Tandy) WON
44. The Color Purple – $142 Million (Whoopi Goldberg)
45. The Piano – $140 Million (Holly Hunter) WON
46. Sense and Sensibility – $135 Million (Emma Thompson)47. Zero Dark Thirty – $132.8 Million (Jessica Chastain)
48. Julie and Julia – $129.5 Million (Meryl Streep)
49. The Theory of Everything – $123.7 Million (Felicity Jones)
50. The Queen – $123.5 Million (Helen Mirren) WON
51. Pride and Prejudice – $121.6 Million (Keira Knightley)
52. On Golden Pond – $119.3 Million (Katharine Hepburn) WON
53. Unfaithful – $119 Million (Diane Lane)
54. The Client – $117.6 Million (Susan Sarandon)
55. Casino – $116.1 Million (Sharon Stone)
56. The Iron Lady – $115.9 Million (Meryl Streep) WON
57. Changeling – $113.4 Million (Angelina Jolie)
58. The Reader – $108.9 Million (Kate Winslet) WON
59. The Hours – $108.8 Million (Nicole Kidman) WON
60. Nell – $106.7 Million (Jodie Foster)
61. Working Girl – $103 Million (Sigourney Weaver)
62. Joy – $101.1 Million (Jennifer Lawrence)
64. Philomena – $100.1 Million (Judi Dench)*Feel free to add the next top grossing films.
ReplySandra Bullock being on this list twice is a testimony to why the Academy felt so ready to give her an Oscar for The Blind Side. She’s a movie star that can act and The Blind Side’s respectable 300 million at the box office certainly helped in that narrative.
ReplyCopy URLMichelle (Yeoh, Williams) Oscar campaign manager.
FYC:
Best Picture: Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Decision to Leave
Best Director: Park Chan-Wook Todd Field
Best Original Screenplay: Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actor: Colin Farrell
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, Tang Wei
Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, Ke Huy Quan
Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, Nina HossThis is quite interesting. Would be keen to know how many BP nominees/winners had a Best Actress winner/nominee over time, just to see whether women are perceived to be able to carry a movie, or whether interesting roles are written for women to carry a movie.
It would also be interesting to know how much every Best Actress winner’s movies took at the box office, to see their bankability (especially compared with Best Actor winners’ movies).
ReplyCopy URLHere for the comedies
I was waiting for someone to respond after my hard work!🤣🤣🤣
Ok, here are the ones that grossed above $200 million:
16. Shakespeare in Love – $289.3 million (Gwyneth Paltrow) WON
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17. Bridget Jones’s Diary – $281.9 million (Renee Zellweger)
18. The Silence of the Lambs – $272.7 million (Jodie Foster) WON
19. Something’s Gotta Give – $265.3 million (Diane Keaton)
20. Erin Brokovich – $256.3 million (Julia Roberts) WON
21. American Hustle – $251.2 million (Amy Adams)
22. Silver Linings Playbook – $236.4 million (Jennifer Lawrence) WON
23. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – $232.6 million (Rooney Mara)
24. The English Patient – $232.0 million (Kristin Scott Thomas)
25. Million Dollar Baby – $216.8 million (Hillary Swank) WON
26. The Help – $216.6 (Viola Davis)
27. Little Women – $216.6 (Saoirse Ronan)
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