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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Guide to Oscar: Best Picture

The big prize, the Best Picture category is the one that defines the ceremony every year. In the first year there were two Best Picture awards, one for "Best Picture, Production" and one for "Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production." In every year since there's only been one Best Picture award.

This year's nominees:

The Artist


Producers: Thomas Langmann
Total Nominations: 10
Box Office to Date: $24 million

The Descendants


Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Total Nominations: 5
Box Office to Date: $70 million

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close


Producers: Scott Rudin
Total Nominations: 2
Box Officer to Date: $29 million

The Help


Producers: Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
Total Nominations: 4
Box Office to Date: $169 million

Hugo


Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese
Total Nominations: 11
Box Officer to Date: $64 million

Midnight In Paris


Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Total Nominations: 4
Box Office to Date: $56 million

Moneyball


Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
Total Nominations: 6
Box Office to Date: $75 million

The Tree of Life


Producers: Grant Hill, Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner
Total Nominations: 3
Box Office to Date: $13 million

War Horse


Producers: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Total Nominations: 6
Box Office to Date: $78 million

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