 awards season box office how this year s contenders are shaping up awards season box office how this year s contenders are shaping up awards season box office how this year s contenders are shaping up mon 10292018 1616 https pmcvarietyfileswordpresscom 201810 oscarsastarisbornbohemianrhapsodyjpg an aspiring singer an astronaut and a magical nanny walk into a movie theater and with that oscar season is officially underway history proves that festival raves don t necessarily translate into box office success and massive ticket sales don t always correlate with awards love still v ariety  has started to take a look at this year s crop of oscar hopefuls and assess their profits and in a few cases their losses as october comes to a close there s no official kickoff to awards season though pundits usually consider the start around major film festivals including venice telluride and toronto but every year a few earlier movies manage to stay top of mind get out premiered at sundance and opened nationwide last february before scoring four academy award nominations the following march that could happen again as disney s black panther has been part of the conversation since it dazzled audiences and critics alike at the beginning of the year the marvel blockbuster is easily be the biggest earner of all awards hopefuls topping out with a massive 700 million in north america and 13 billion worldwide likewise john krasinski s a quiet place crept in this april with a massive 338 million black panther still looks likely to score a best picture nod but both of those movies would have also been likely contenders if the academy had moved forward with its controversial popular movies category source variety  