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2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004 – 2003 – 2002 – 2001 – Full Index  View:    By Category   By Movie   By Studio   Picture Detail   Actor Detail   Actress Detail  BEST PICTURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Slumdog Millionaire Christian Colson Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Cean Chaffin Paramount $127,509,326 The Reader Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris, Producers Weinstein Company $34,194,407 Milk Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen Focus Features $31,841,299 Frost/Nixon Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner Universal $18,622,031 Total Gross: $353,486,991 Average Gross: $70,697,398   BEST DIRECTOR Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher Paramount $127,509,326 The Reader Stephen Daldry Weinstein Company $34,194,407 Milk Gus Van Sant Focus Features $31,841,299 Frost/Nixon Ron Howard Universal $18,622,031 Total Gross: $353,486,991 Average Gross: $70,697,398   BEST ACTOR Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Brad Pitt Paramount $127,509,326 Milk Sean Penn Focus Features $31,841,299 The Wrestler Mickey Rourke Fox Searchlight $26,238,243 Frost/Nixon Frank Langella Universal $18,622,031 The Visitor Richard Jenkins Overture Films $9,427,089 Total Gross: $213,637,988 Average Gross: $42,727,598   BEST ACTRESS Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Changeling Angelina Jolie Universal $35,739,802 The Reader Kate Winslet Weinstein Company $34,194,407 Doubt Meryl Streep Miramax $33,446,470 Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway Sony Classics $12,796,841 Frozen River Melissa Leo Sony Classics $2,511,476 Total Gross: $118,688,996 Average Gross: $23,737,799   BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight Heath Ledger Warner Bros. $533,345,358 Tropic Thunder Robert Downey, Jr. Paramount (DreamWorks) $110,515,313 Doubt Philip Seymour Hoffman Miramax $33,446,470 Milk Josh Brolin Focus Features $31,841,299 Revolutionary Road Michael Shannon Paramount Vantage $22,911,480 Total Gross: $732,059,920 Average Gross: $146,411,984   BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Taraji P. Henson Paramount $127,509,326 Doubt Amy Adams Miramax $33,446,470 Doubt Viola Davis Miramax $33,446,470 The Wrestler Marisa Tomei Fox Searchlight $26,238,243 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Penelope Cruz MGM (Weinstein) $23,216,709 Total Gross: $243,857,218 Average Gross: $48,771,444   BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Picture Nominees Studio Box Office WALL-E Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon.Story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter. Buena Vista $223,808,164 Milk Written by Dustin Lance Black Focus Features $31,841,299 In Bruges Written by Martin McDonagh Focus Features $7,800,824 Happy-Go-Lucky Written by Mike Leigh Miramax $3,512,016 Frozen River Written by Courtney Hunt Sony Classics $2,511,476 Total Gross: $269,473,779 Average Gross: $53,894,756   BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Slumdog Millionaire Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay by Eric Roth. Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord. Paramount $127,509,326 The Reader Screenplay by David Hare Weinstein Company $34,194,407 Doubt Written by John Patrick Shanley Miramax $33,446,470 Frost/Nixon Screenplay by Peter Morgan Universal $18,622,031 Total Gross: $355,092,162 Average Gross: $71,018,432   BEST EDITING Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight Lee Smith Warner Bros. $533,345,358 Slumdog Millionaire Chris Dickens Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall Paramount $127,509,326 Milk Elliot Graham Focus Features $31,841,299 Frost/Nixon Mike Hill and Dan Hanley Universal $18,622,031 Total Gross: $852,637,942 Average Gross: $170,527,588   BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight Wally Pfister Warner Bros. $533,345,358 Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Claudio Miranda Paramount $127,509,326 Changeling Tom Stern Universal $35,739,802 The Reader Chris Menges and Roger Deakins Weinstein Company $34,194,407 Total Gross: $872,108,821 Average Gross: $174,421,764   BEST ART DIRECTION Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight Nathan Crowley (Art Direction); Peter Lando (Set Decoration) Warner Bros. $533,345,358 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration) Paramount $127,509,326 Changeling James J. Murakami (Art Direction); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration) Universal $35,739,802 Revolutionary Road Kristi Zea (Art Direction); Debra Schutt (Set Decoration) Paramount Vantage $22,911,480 The Duchess Michael Carlin (Art Direction); Rebecca Alleway (Set Decoration) Paramount Vantage $13,848,978 Total Gross: $733,354,944 Average Gross: $146,670,989   BEST COSTUME DESIGN Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Jacqueline West Paramount $127,509,326 Australia Catherine Martin Fox $49,554,002 Milk Danny Glicker Focus Features $31,841,299 Revolutionary Road Albert Wolsky Paramount Vantage $22,911,480 The Duchess Michael O'Connor Paramount Vantage $13,848,978 Total Gross: $245,665,085 Average Gross: $49,133,017   BEST MAKEUP Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan Warner Bros. $533,345,358 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Greg Cannom Paramount $127,509,326 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz Universal $75,986,503 Total Gross: $736,841,187 Average Gross: $245,613,729   BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin Warner Bros. $533,345,358 Iron Man John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan Paramount $318,412,101 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron Paramount $127,509,326 Total Gross: $979,266,785 Average Gross: $326,422,262   BEST SOUND Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick Warner Bros. $533,345,358 WALL-E Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt Buena Vista $223,808,164 Slumdog Millionaire Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 Wanted Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montano and Petr Forejt Universal $134,508,551 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten Paramount $127,509,326 Total Gross: $1,160,491,327 Average Gross: $232,098,265   BEST SOUND EDITING Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Dark Knight Richard King Warner Bros. $533,345,358 Iron Man Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes Paramount $318,412,101 WALL-E Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood Buena Vista $223,808,164 Slumdog Millionaire Tom Sayers Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 Wanted Wylie Stateman Universal $134,508,551 Total Gross: $1,351,394,102 Average Gross: $270,278,820   BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office WALL-E Thomas Newman Buena Vista $223,808,164 Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Alexandre Desplat Paramount $127,509,326 Milk Danny Elfman Focus Features $31,841,299 Defiance James Newton Howard Paramount Vantage $28,644,813 Total Gross: $553,123,530 Average Gross: $110,624,706   BEST ORIGINAL SONG Picture Nominees Studio Box Office WALL-E "Down to Earth" -- Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel Buena Vista $223,808,164 Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho" -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 Slumdog Millionaire "O Saya" -- Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam Fox Searchlight $141,319,928 Total Gross: $506,448,020 Average Gross: $168,816,007   BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office WALL-E Andrew Stanton Buena Vista $223,808,164 Kung Fu Panda John Stevenson and Mark Osborne Paramount (DreamWorks) $215,434,591 Bolt Chris Williams and Byron Howard Buena Vista $114,053,579 Total Gross: $553,296,334 Average Gross: $184,432,111   BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Class France Sony Classics $3,766,810 Waltz with Bashir Israel Sony Classics $2,283,849 Total Gross: $6,050,659 Average Gross: $3,025,330 Departures Japan - - Revanche Austria - - The Baader Meinhof Complex Germany - -   BEST DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Man on Wire James Marsh and Simon Chinn Magnolia $2,962,242 Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser ThinkFilm $944,933 Trouble the Water Tia Lessin and Carl Deal Zeitgeist $520,151 The Betrayal Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath Cinema Guild $41,271 Total Gross: $4,468,597 Average Gross: $1,117,149 The Garden Scott Hamilton Kennedy - -   BEST DOCUMENTARY - SHORT SUBJECT Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Smile Pinki Megan Mylan - - The Conscience of Nhem En Steven Okazaki - - The Final Inch Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant - - The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde - -   BEST ANIMATED SHORT Picture Nominees Studio Box Office La Maison En Petits Cubes Kunio Kato - - Lavatory - Lovestory Konstantin Bronzit - - Oktapodi Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand - - Presto Doug Sweetland - - This Way Up Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes - -   BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Auf Der Strecke (On the Line) Reto Caffi - - Manon on the Asphalt Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont - - New Boy Steph Green and Tamara Anghie - - Spielzeugland (Toyland) Jochen Alexander Freydank - - The Pig Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Hogh - -    View:    By Category   By Movie   By Studio   Picture Detail   Actor Detail   Actress Detail

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