Oscars for Best Picture Don"t Mean Box-Office Gold

Jennifer Lawrence poses in front of an Oscar statue on Feb. 4, 2013. This year, Lawrence is nominated for Best Support Actress in American Hustle, which is nominated for Best Picture.

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Films that win the Academy Award for Best Picture — arguably the most prestigious distinction of the entire Oscar ceremony — don’t necessarily rake in the green at the box office.

In fact, the past 10 winners of the award, which include films such as Argo, The Artist and The King’s Speech, made considerably less, on average, than the highest grossing films of the past 10 years. That may not sound so surprising, but the difference is jarring: Overall, the highest-grossing films from the past 10 years raked in $1.3 billion, compared to just $310 million from the Best Picture winners.

The following chart, created by Statista and using public data from Box Office Mojo, gives us the visual breakdown.

Image: Statista

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Oscars for Best Picture Don"t Mean Box-Office Gold

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