Oscar-Winning Films, From Least to Most Commercially Successful
The films that nab the coveted honor of Best Picture at the Oscars are always critical darlings, but they don’t always achieve the same level of commercial success.
Take a look back at the Oscar-winning films of the past 25 years, ranked from the lowest to highest domestic box office totals, ahead.
The Hurt Locker
Best Picture Winner:2010 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$17 Million
Birdman
Best Picture Winner:2015 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$42.3 Million
The Artist
Best Picture Winner:2012 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$44.7 Million
Crash
Best Picture Winner:2006 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$54.6 Million
12 Years a Slave
Best Picture Winner:2014 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$56.7 Million
No Country for Old Men
Best Picture Winner:2008 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$74.3 Million
Braveheart
Best Picture Winner:1996 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$75.6 Million
The English Patient
Best Picture Winner:1997 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$78.7 Million
Schindler’s List
Best Picture Winner:1994 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$96 Million
Shakespeare in Love
Best Picture Winner:1999 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$100.3 Million
Million Dollar Baby
Best Picture Winner:2005 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$100.5 Million
Unforgiven
Best Picture Winner:1993 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$101.1 Million
American Beauty
Best Picture Winner:2000 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$130 Million
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Picture Winner:1992 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$130.7 Million
The Departed
Best Picture Winner:2007 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$132.4 Million
Argo
Best Picture Winner:2013 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$136 Million
The King’s Speech
Best Picture Winner:2011 Oscars
Domestic Lifetime Gross:$138.8 Million
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture Winner:2009 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$141.3 Million
Chicago
Best Picture Winner:2003 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$170.7 Million
A Beautiful Mind
Best Picture Winner:2002 Oscars
Dances With Wolves
Best Picture Winner:1991 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$184.2 Million
Gladiator
Best Picture Winner:2001 Oscars
Domestic Total Gross:$187.7 Million
Forrest Gump
Best Picture Winner:1995 Oscars
Domestic Lifetime Gross:$330.2 Million
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Picture Winner:2004 Oscars
Domestic Lifetime Gross:$377.8 Million
Titanic
Best Picture Winner:1998 Oscars
Domestic Lifetime Gross:$658.7 Million
Merie Weismiller Wallace/ Paramount Pictures; Pierre Vinet/New Line Cinema
Courtesy of Summit Entertainment
Alison Rosa/Fox Searchlight
Peter Iovino/The Weinstein Company
Lorey Sebastian/Lionsgate
Jaap Buitendijk
Richard Foreman/Miramax
Andrew Cooper/Paramount Pictures
Phil Bray/Miramax
Universal/Everett Collection
Miramax
Merie W. Wallace/Warner Bros. Entertainment
Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
DreamWorks/ Courtesy Everett Collection
Orion Pictures
Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
Keith Bernstein/ Warner Brothers
Laurie Sparham/The Weinstein Company
Ishika Mohan
Miramax/Courtesy Everett Collection
Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jaap Buitendijk/Dreamworks
Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection.
Pierre Vinet
Merie Weismiller
