North American box-office performance as of Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 for Oscar best-picture nominees:

  • "Avatar," 20th Century Fox, nine nominations, US$596 million, released Dec. 18
  • "The Blind Side," Warner Bros., two nominations, $238 million, released Nov. 20
  • "District 9," Sony, four nominations, $116 million, released Aug. 14
  • "An Education," Sony Pictures Classics, three nominations, $9 million, released Oct. 9
  • "The Hurt Locker," Summit, nine nominations, $12.7 million, released June 26
  • "Inglourious Basterds," The Weinstein Co., eight nominations, $121 million, released Aug. 21
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," Lionsgate, six nominations, $45 million, released Nov. 6
  • "A Serious Man," Focus, two nominations, $9.2 million released Oct. 2
  • "Up," -- Disney, five nominations, $293 million, released May 29
  • "Up in the Air," Paramount, six nominations, $73 million, released Dec. 4