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Highest Grossing Oscar Nominees by Ceremony

This is a list of every film that was the highest grossing for its ceremony each year at the Oscars. This list does not include non-competitive honorary awards.

Especially for older films, this is a difficult task to catalog, since those box office numbers aren't as well documented. So, these are the highest grossing films, to the best of my knowledge. I will be using unadjusted box offices, to the best of my ability.

Special Note:
- Only 45 of the 98 films on this list were nominated for Best Picture, for a total of 45.9%
- Only 20 of them went on to win Best Picture, for a total of 20.4%
- Only 22 of these films made over a billion dollars at the Box Office, for a total of 22.4%

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  • Sadie Thompson
  • The Broadway Melody
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Trader Horn
  • Grand Hotel
  • Cavalcade
  • The Merry Widow
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
  • San Francisco
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • You Can't Take It with You
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Pinocchio
  • Sergeant York
  • Bambi
  • This Is the Army
  • Meet Me in St. Louis
  • The Bells of St. Mary's
  • Notorious
  • Song of the South
  • The Three Musketeers
  • Battleground
  • Cinderella
  • Quo Vadis
  • The Greatest Show on Earth
  • This Is Cinerama
  • Rear Window
  • Mister Roberts
  • The Ten Commandments
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai
  • South Pacific
  • Ben-Hur
  • Spartacus
  • West Side Story
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  • Mary Poppins
  • The Sound of Music
  • Is Paris Burning?
  • The Graduate
  • Oliver!
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • Love Story
  • Diamonds Are Forever
  • The Godfather
  • The Exorcist
  • The Towering Inferno
  • Jaws
  • Rocky
  • Star Wars
  • Grease
  • Moonraker
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Return of the Jedi
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Back to the Future
  • Top Gun
  • Fatal Attraction
  • Rain Man
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Ghost
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Aladdin
  • Jurassic Park
  • The Lion King
  • Toy Story
  • Independence Day
  • Titanic
  • Armageddon
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
  • Gladiator
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Shrek 2
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • The Dark Knight
  • Avatar
  • Toy Story 3
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  • The Avengers
  • Frozen
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • Tenet
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Barbie
  • Inside Out 2
  • Zootopia 2