3 – Number of Best Picture nominees that Michael Stuhlbarg appears in, thanks to his roles in “Call Me By Your Name,” “The Shape Of Water” and “The Post.” The last performer to manage this feat was John C. Reilly, who was in “Gangs Of New York,” “Chicago” and “The Hours” back in 2002 (and that was doubly tricky because there were only five nominees).
6 – Number of actors who appear in two Best Picture nominees: Bradley Whitford is in “Get Out” and “The Post” Timothée Chalamet is in “Call Me By Your Name,” and “Lady Bird,” Tracy Letts is in “Lady Bird” and “The Post,” Lucas Hedges is in “Lady Bird” and ‘Three Billboards,’ Nick Searcy is in ‘Three Billboards’ and “The Shape Of Water,” and Caleb Landry Jones is in “Get Out” and “Three Billboards.”
4 – Number of actors who appeared in Best Picture nominees both last year and this year: Stuhlbarg was in “Arrival,” last year, Stephen McKinley Henderson went from “Fences” and “Manchester By The Sea” last year to “Lady Bird” this year, Lucas Hedges did “Manchester” to “Lady Bird” and Octavia Spencer was in “Hidden Figures” and more recently “The Shape Of Water.”
51 – number of nominations John Williams now has after his nod today. That’s more than anyone alive, and just eight shy of record-holder Walt Disney.
14 – number of nominations that “Blade Runner 2049” cinematographer Roger Deakins now has without a win. Maybe this year?
$100m – The highest estimated budget of any Best Picture nominee — for “Dunkirk,” of course. That said, it was still Nolan’s smallest budget since “The Prestige” over a decade ago. “The Post,” at $50m, is the closest behind.
$3.5m – The lowest estimated budget for any Best Picture nominee — for “Call Me By Your Name.” “Get Out” cost a million dollars more.
99% – The highest Rotten Tomatoes score of any Best Picture nominee — shared by “Get Out” and “Lady Bird.” “Moonlight” and “Hell Or High Water” had 98% last year.
86% – The lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of any Best Picture nominee, for “Darkest Hour” (“The Post” is slightly ahead, with 88%). “Hacksaw Ridge” had the lowest last year with 86.
94 – The highest Metacritic score of the Best Picture nominees, shared by “Lady Bird” and “Dunkirk.” “Moonlight” was top with 99 last year.
75 – The lowest Metacritic score of the Best Picture nominees, for “Darkest Hour” again. “The Post” is next up with 83. That’s still well ahead of “Lion,” which had a 69 last year. Nice.
6 – Number of Best Picture nominees that premiered at a festival: “Call Me By Your Name” and “Get Out” were at Sundance (the latter a secret screening), “Darkest Hour” and “Lady Bird” at Telluride, and “The Shape Of Water” and “Three Billboards” at Venice. “Dunkirk,” “Phantom Thread” and “The Post” all skipped the festival circuit.
2 – Number of Best Picture nominees that went wide their first weekend — “Get Out” and “Dunkirk.”
26 – Number of years since a movie with a February release date was last Best Picture nominated, as “Get Out” managed this year — “Silence Of The Lambs” (also the last horror film nominated for Best Picture) was the previous one. It’s also the first since “Four Weddings And A Funeral” in 1994 to be released before the Oscar ceremony the year before the one it was nominated at.
$6 million – The lowest domestic gross to date of any Best Picture nominee this year, belonging to “Phantom Thread.” “Moonlight” was the lowest this time last year, with $15 million (it added another $10m by the time it left theaters).
$188 million – The highest domestic gross of any Best Picture nominee, belonging to “Dunkirk” at 188 million, just ahead of “Get Out” with 175. Last year,“Arrival” was the biggest at this point with 95 million, though “Hidden Figures” ended up the top grosser with 169. Nice.
$562 million – The total domestic box office to date of all 9 Best Picture nominees (last year’s batch had taken in $476 million up to the same point)
$1.059 billion – The worldwide box office total of all 9 Best Picture nominees. Nearly half of that belongs to “Dunkirk,” though it’s worth noting that neither “Lady Bird” or “Phantom Thread” have opened outside the U.S. yet. It’s still significantly up on last year’s total at this point of $730 million.
$62.4 million – The average domestic box office of a Best Picture nominee this year, up from $52 million last year.
$117.67 million – the average worldwide box office of a Best Picture nominee this year, up from $81 million last year.
$103, 233 – The best screen average of a Best Picture nominee, recorded by “Call Me By Your Name” back in October. “Lady Bird” is just behind with $91,109.
14 – Number of acting nominations from the nine best picture nominees. Last year it was the same number.
46 – Total nominations, out of 86, from the best picture nominees. Last year it was 50.
6 – Number of Best Picture nominees with at least one female producer —“Call Me By Your Name,” “Darkest Hour,” “Dunkirk,” “Lady Bird,” “Phantom Thread” and “The Post.” (in fact, the latter two have two each).
1 – Number of black women nominated for screenwriting before Dee Rees’ nomination for “Mudbound” today.
0 – Number of female cinematographers nominated before Rachel Morrison’s nod for “Mudbound” — she’s the first woman ever in the category.
