Like previous winners, Oscar winners like “Anora” and “The Brutalist” tried to parlay their awards into ticket sales.
A24’s “The Brutalist,” which landed three Oscars, didn’t manage a box office boost with just $153,072 from 214 screens and $16.1 million in total.
Best-picture winner Anora, however, notched one of its biggest weekend hauls to date with $1.8 million from 1,938 screens.
Sean Baker’s comedy about a Brooklyn sex worker who marries a Russian oligarch’s son, is still among the lowest-grossing best picture winners in modern history with $18 million domestically and $42 million worldwide.
It’s right up there with Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which grossed $17 million domestically and $49 million worldwide in 2009.
These distinctions don’t include “Nomadland,” which barely played in theaters because of COVID, or “CODA,” which barely played in theaters because it was released by Apple.
