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Why Big Budget Films Don’t Always Mean Oscar Success

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    FOX News contributor Kevin McCarthy on hit pictures and the Oscars.

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It's a take a look at the highest grossing films of last year point well none of these valves are nominated for.

The best picture Academy Award.

They're to big budgets and box office success equal out at the Oscars.

I guess not Kevin McCarthy -- -- founder of the -- cheers dot com the Fox News contributor as well good to see -- pleasure to be on the show they like having me doesn't it translate directly why he spends so much and then you can get -- -- -- -- -- and our box on a success really in in the public they love those films but Oscar films are always those safe.

-- the Oscar voters are generally more -- they go for films.

Like Lincoln and a more and elegant made a ton of money that Steven Spielberg but generally you do not see a correlation -- those five -- you just saw on the screen avengers.

And -- I would look at those nominated for best picture but you would never see -- -- like that up yeah the classic -- avatar avatar is the highest grossing film of all time made two point seven billion dollars but lost best picture to Hurt Locker were -- -- 49 worldwide.

Our -- take the opposite of this at least this year six of the nine best picture nominee so far have made at least a hundred million dollars.

Only a more are beasts of the southern wild and at zero dark thirty is close to breaking that marks -- we've had some hit pictures thank desolate.

Because last year the artist what grossed 44 million dollars the upside of this is that people will actually wanna watch this we think his books have seen these four.

I agreed about the the benefit of having the nine nominees -- we had five nominees the classic years the Dark -- year in 2008 when the reader.

Got nominated over the Dark -- -- I -- a billion dollars worldwide that we early -- and we're in right at its -- I -- why couldn't see films like that what can we -- geek out films and they did he got computers up for best picture -- apple should be nominated this is Kentucky where you're gonna Dickens two point because usually I don't -- I've never seen -- the movies in the combatant and afterwards -- -- -- -- -- -- -- see this thing and one best picture and you'll see that.

I guess the sales go up though this year we've all.

While not I accidentally you've seen most of right I've seen -- -- a few of them want and I -- -- what's the point asthmatic so they've done well.

Civilized playbook really really benefited from having to all all the embassies in that movie right that movie ended up in the top ten after being helpful like ten or eleven weeks -- the movie has an incredible the -- definitely help boost your picture in the in in the -- box office are about wins best picture yes now it -- and here's why the best.

Think it ever happened to Argo was Ben -- being snubbed after that happened it went on to win everything it -- that director's -- at one sat holding on -- along ball had won the sag ensemble award it one of after the British Academy Award.

It less speculative the -- -- nearly enough odds of four -- and against getting to why they're against it.

In the 84 years of Oscar history only three films that ever won best picture without having a best director nomination the last -- it ever happened was 1990 was Driving Miss Daisy -- the the odds -- that.

Aspect are extra gets hit but right now -- everything going forward all the awards it's won it's gonna take home best picture.

On Oscar night I think jingle and change should take that were personally -- -- -- -- your favorite movie I've -- well the -- pulp -- much APR Tarantino afraid that here of course -- I have a big Tarantino -- I -- yeah.

Art what I -- Jackie Brown fan I'm a huge fan it's like maybe my favorite -- Tarantino -- what we can best friends because I -- Elmore Leonard.

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