2023 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Are History’s Top-Grossing Class

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  • Author: Pamela McClintock
  • January 24,2023

For years, many have bemoaned the lack of commercial box office hits vying for the Oscar for best picture, saying it alienates the average consumer who might otherwise tune into the Academy Awards telecast, which has seen its ratings plummet. Tuesday’s 2023 Oscar nominations are a key test of whether awards voters are truly ready to crown a blockbuster rather than the sort of specialty title that has come to dominate Hollywood’s favorite annual battle.

As a class, the 2023 best picture contenders have collectively grossed more at the domestic box office than any previous group in history at the time of nominations, not adjusted for inflation. Needless to say, Top Gun: Maverick (718.7 million) and Avatar: The Way of Water (598.4 million) lead the way. Elvis is also no slouch (151 million). At the other end, there are no box office grosses for Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front since it is a streaming title,
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