After Oscar nominations were announced, some of the nominated films got a boost at the box office. Not a HUGE amount but enough to be noticeable. Meanwhile, The Power of the Dog on Netflix made its way back into the Netflix Global Top 10 Movies List with 5.46 million hours viewed for the week. On Netflix, that is how they measure how many views – by hours. So 5.46 million hours might represent as many as 2,750,000 viewers. In theaters, that could’ve added up to an additional $22 million in ticket sales.
Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile opened at number one, taking in $12 million for the weekend, which is more than Belfast has earned in its total limited run. And of course, Spider-Man: No Way Home has now become the third highest-grossing film of all time, despite the lack of a Best Picture nomination.
Other movies that got a bump include Drive My Car, which cracked one million, West Side Story, which is now inching its way out of the low 30s and heading toward $40 million. King Richard got a boost to $14 million. Licorice Pizza is up to $14 million, and Dune has now topped $400 million worldwide. All of these films are on streaming now except for Drive My Car (coming to HBOMax on March 2). That makes it even more impressive that they’re out there making money.
Source: Box Office Mojo
