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Article: Hollywood.com Report Shows That Only 20% Of Oscar(R) Winners Earned Box Office Gold Over 20 Years.

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March 1, 2006
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Is the golden Oscar(R) worth his weight at the box office? Hollywood.com ( http://www.hollywood.com/ ) compared each year's Oscar(R)-winning Best Picture to that year's highest- grossing movie to reveal some surprising facts about box office performance and Academy Award(R) winners. After adjusting box office figures to reflect current day ticket prices, Hollywood.com found that in the past 20 years, the highest-grossing films were also the year's Best Picture winner 20% of the time, while only 25% of the best performers at the box office were nominated.

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