This is a list of every film that was the lowest 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 lowest grossing films, to the best of my knowledge.

Special Note: Battle of Algiers is a rare film in that it was nominated across two different ceremonies, the 39th where it was submitted for Foreign Language consideration and the 41st after its American release. As such, it has the unique recognition of being the lowest grossing film at two different ceremonies.

Special Note:
- Only 3 of the 98 films on this list were nominated for Best Picture, for a total of 3.1%
- Out of the 98 films on this list, only 17 actually won a single Oscar, for a total of 17.3%
- In fact, 81 of the 98 films on this list only had a single Oscar nomination, for a total of 82.7%
- The majority of these films made less than a million dollars. Only 33 out of 98 made more than that, for a total of 33.7%
- Six of these films made ten thousand dollars or less, for a total of 6.1%.
- One film, 13th, made less than a thousand dollars. With a reported gross of $566, it is also the lowest grossing Oscar nominee ever.
- There was a tie at the 19th Academy Awards when Rome, Open City and Brief Encounters both made roughly a million dollars.