Box Office: Did You Know?

If The Oscar Best Picture Goes By Populism: The five 2008 Best Picture nominees go like this so far:
- "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" - $104 million total
- "Slumdog Millionaire" - $44.7 million total
- "Milk" - $20.6 million
- "Frost/Nixon" - $8.8 million (note: still in limited release; goes wide Friday, Jan 23)
- "The Reader - $8 million

Best Actor Film Grosses
Brad Pitt - 'Ben Button' $104 million total
Sean Penn - "Milk" - $20.6 million
Richard Jenkins - "The Visitor" - $9.4 million (total for its now long-finished theatrical run)
Frank Langella - "Frost/Nixon" - $8.8 million
Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler" - $5.6 million

Best Actress Film Grosses
Angelina Jolie - "Changeling" - $35.7 million (total for its now long-finished theatrical run)
Meryl Streep - "Doubt" - $25 million
Anne Hathaway - "Rachel Getting Married"- $10.7 million (total for its now long-finished theatrical run)
Kate Winslet - "The Reader" - $8 million
Melissa Leo - "Frozen River" - $2.3 million

Not A Bomb Or The Disaster Some Critics Suggested (from a bottom dollar point of view)
"Valkyrie" - $78.8 million total
"Seven Pounds" - $69.5 million total

Wow, Who Knew? Fastest 2008 Comedy To Almost Reach $100 million?
"Yes Man" - $94.3 million ($162.million worldwide!) Not yet 5 weeks in theaters.

Oscar Snubbed Because No One Saw It?
"Revolutionary Road" - $6.4 million total (note: still in limited release; goes wide Friday, Jan 23)

Still Puttering Along To An Eventual Loss? Not Internationally!
"Australia" - $48.4 million, plus $118 million= $166.9 million worldwide! Holy crap

Pacing Nicely, An Older Audience Clearly Satisfied
"Gran Torino" - $79.8 million total - this one seems poised to break the $100 million mark which seems unbelievable.

More Dollars For 'New Moon' And Almost At $200 Million Domestically
"Twilight" - $184 million

Highest Grossing Comedies of 2008 (that aren't "Yes Man")
"Four Christmases" - $119 million
"Tropic Thunder" - $110 million
"Step Brothers" - $100.4 million
"You Don't Mess With Zohan" - $100.01 million
"Pineapple Express" - $87 million

Watch for much of the nominated Oscar pictures to receive a big box-office boost this weekend especially the 13-times nominated 'Benjamin Button.' No, we're not suggesting the numbers are the be all end all for Oscar, we're just providing context.

*"total" means "total" so far unless stated otherwise
^all figures domestic unless stated otherwise
all figures: Box Office Mojo