| Category |
Film |
Distributor |
Gross ($M) |
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| Picture |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
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Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
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Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
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The Reader |
Weinstein Co. |
20.1 |
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Frost/Nixon |
Universal |
16.7 |
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| Director |
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
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Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
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Gus Van Sant, Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
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Stephen Daldry, The Reader |
Weinstein Co. |
20.1 |
|
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon |
Universal |
16.7 |
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| Actor |
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Sean Penn, Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
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Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler |
Fox Searchlight |
19.5 |
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Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon |
Universal |
16.7 |
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Richard Jenkins, The Visitor |
Overture |
9.4 |
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| Actress |
Angelina Jolie, Changeling |
Universal |
35.7 |
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Meryl Streep, Doubt |
Miramax |
30.3 |
|
Kate Winslet, The Reader |
Weinstein Co. |
20.1 |
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Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married |
Sony Classics |
12.1 |
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Melissa Leo, Frozen River |
Sony Classics |
2.3 |
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| Supporting Actor |
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
|
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder |
Paramount |
110.5 |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt |
Miramax |
30.3 |
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Josh Brolin, Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
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Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road |
Par. Vantage |
20.7 |
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| Supporting Actress |
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Amy Adams, Doubt |
Miramax |
30.3 |
|
Viola Davis, Doubt |
Miramax |
30.3 |
|
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
Weinstein Co. |
23.2 |
|
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler |
Fox Searchlight |
19.5 |
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| Original Screenplay |
WALL•E |
Buena Vista |
223.8 |
|
Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
|
In Bruges |
Focus |
7.8 |
|
Happy-Go-Lucky |
Miramax |
3.5 |
|
Frozen River |
Sony Classics |
2.3 |
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| Adapted Screenplay |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
|
Doubt |
Miramax |
30.3 |
|
The Reader |
Weinstein Co. |
20.1 |
|
Frost/Nixon |
Universal |
16.7 |
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| Animated Film |
WALL•E |
Buena Vista |
223.8 |
|
Kung Fu Panda |
Paramount |
215.4 |
|
Bolt |
Buena Vista |
113.6 |
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| Art Direction |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Changeling |
Universal |
35.7 |
|
Revolutionary Road |
Par. Vantage |
20.7 |
|
The Duchess |
Par. Vantage |
13.8 |
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| Cinematography |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
|
Changeling |
Universal |
35.7 |
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The Reader |
Weinstein Co. |
20.1 |
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| Costume Design |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Australia |
Fox |
49.4 |
|
Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
|
Revolutionary Road |
Par. Vantage |
20.7 |
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The Duchess |
Par. Vantage |
13.8 |
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| Documentary Feature |
Man on Wire |
Magnolia |
2.9 |
|
Encounters at the End of the World |
ThinkFilm |
0.9 |
|
Trouble the Water |
Zeitgeist |
0.5 |
|
The Betrayal |
Cinema Guild |
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The Garden |
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| Editing |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
|
Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
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Frost/Nixon |
Universal |
16.7 |
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| Foreign Language Film |
Waltz with Bashir |
Sony Classics |
1.4 |
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The Class |
Sony Classics |
0.9 |
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The Baader Meinhof Complex |
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Departures |
Regent |
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Revanche |
Janus |
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| Makeup |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
Universal |
76.0 |
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| Original Score |
WALL•E |
Buena Vista |
223.8 |
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
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Milk |
Focus |
26.9 |
|
Defiance |
Paramount |
26.6 |
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| Original Song |
"Down to Earth," WALL•E |
Buena Vista |
223.8 |
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"Jai Ho," Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
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"O Saya," Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
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| Sound Editing |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
|
Iron Man |
Paramount |
318.4 |
|
WALL•E |
Buena Vista |
223.8 |
|
Wanted |
Universal |
134.5 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
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| Sound Mixing |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
|
WALL•E |
Buena Vista |
223.8 |
|
Wanted |
Universal |
134.5 |
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
89.3 |
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| Visual Effects |
The Dark Knight |
Warner Bros. |
533.1 |
|
Iron Man |
Paramount |
318.4 |
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount |
122.8 |