These Are The Lowest-Grossing Best Picture Nominees Since Category Expansion

These Are The Lowest-Grossing Best Picture Nominees Since Category Expansion

"Ahead of nominations, the eight movies nominated for Best Picture had earned a combined $203.1 million. That's the lowest total since the Academy expanded the field beyond five nominees — and by a large margin, too. The previous low was 2011, when the movies had earned a combined $519 million ahead of nominations."