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And the box office winner is… This is the highest grossing Best Picture nominee at the 2025 Oscars

Critical success doesn’t always lead to financial rewards—here’s how the 10 Best Picture nominees at the 2025 Oscars have performed at the box office.

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Update: Mar 1st, 2025 12:47 EST

The 10 films nominated for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars cover a fantastic range of material, from the body horror of The Substance to the dazzling sci-fi of Dune: Part Two; equally diverse are the films’ returns at the box office.

The smash blockbusters, Wicked and Dune: Part Two, are in a different league when it comes to Box Office receipts, with both having brought in well over $700 million. As of February 28, Wicked leads the pack with $728.3 million worldwide. The fantasy romance is now the top-grossing pic based on a Broadway musical, passing Mamma Mia!, which grossed $611.5 million worldwide since its June 2008 release.

Close behind is Dune: Part Two, which has grossed $714.6 million worldwide, including $432.5 million domestically.

In third place is Conclave, which recently crossed the $100 million mark. The Fiennes-led Papal thriller is nominated for 8 Oscars.

It’s also important to consider release dates—films that debuted later, such as The Nickel Boys (released December 13), have had significantly less time to accumulate box office revenue.

Box office for the 10 Best Picture nominees

Wicked

Worldwide: $728.3 milllion

Domestic: $472.9 million

Dune: Part Two

Worldwide: $714.6 million

Domestic: $432.5 million

A Complete Unknown

Worldwide: $110.7 million

Domestic: $72.9 million

And the box office winner is… This is the highest grossing Best Picture nominee at the 2025 Oscars — Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in a Complete Unknown

Conclave

Worldwide: $101.2 million

Domestic: $32.3 million

The Substance

Worldwide: $77.2 million

Domestic: $17.4 million

Anora

Worldwide: $40.9 million

Domestic: $15.7 million

The Brutalist

Worldwide: $36.8 million

Domestic: $15.4 million

I’m Still Here

Worldwide: $28.6 million

Domestic: $4.6 million

The Nickel Boys

Worldwide: $2.9 million

Domestic: $2.7 million

Emilia Pérez

Netflix does not release box office totals and there is no information for domestic receipts. According to Box Office Mojo, Emilia Pérez has brought in $15.4 million internationally, the same as the Brutalist.