A blockbuster is almost two definitions. A blockbuster is how much money a movie is made, but also a genre of movie that is action blockbuster. That's the thing that has changed because back in the stat that I bring up a lot and the stat that he thinks a lot of Oscar sort of nerds bring up a lots. 1979. Best Picture winner is Kramer versus Kramer. 1988. Dustin Hoffman once again. Apparently America couldn't get enough of Dustin Hoffman. 82 82 82 what? Am I just a tooth picture?
Huge hits like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water got nominated alongside Tár. In this episode of Into It, which is now available twice a week, Vulture’s Joe Reid explains the on-again, off-again relationship between the Oscars and the box office.
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