The 17 current Oscar-nominated films that have been seen the least

Superhero films generally rake at the box office, even when they aren’t critically acclaimed. That last bit is not the case with the Wolverine-centric X-Men film “Logan,” which not only amassed more than $226 million in the U.S. and another $390.5 million abroad (against a budget of $97 million), but also received a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nomination for Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green. This makes it the first superhero flick to ever garner a nod in either of the Academy Awards’ screenplay categories.

Like “Logan,” “Dunkirk” is one of the few films in this slideshow that made more money abroad than at home. Although $188,373,161 in the U.S. is nothing to scoff at, internationally, the Christopher Nolan war film made nearly twice that amount with $337,200,000 since its summertime release. In all, “Dunkirk” earned eight Oscar nods for Best Picture, Director, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Production Design, Cinematography and Film Editing.

In more than a year since its release, Jordan Peele’s thriller, “Get Out,” has made upwards of a quarter-billion dollars worldwide, including $176,040,665 in the U.S. alone. Thus, it comes as no surprise that “Get Out” is up for four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Peele), Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), and Best Original Screenplay (Peele).

With Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep headlining the Steven Spielberg-directed “The Post,” $77,069,372 at the domestic box office seems modest, but this is one of numerous Oscar-nominated films that snuck into the 2018 event just under the deadline, having only been released nationwide on Dec. 22, 2017. Somewhat surprisingly, “The Post” has fared just as well abroad in the same timeframe, bringing the worldwide total to $134,669,372, in addition to its Academy Award nods for Best Picture and Best Actress (Streep).

Directed by Guillermo del Toro and co-written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, “The Shape of Water” has a 92 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has already won two Golden Globes (Best Director and Best Original Score), two Satellite Awards (Best Actress for lead Sally Hawkins and Best Art Direction & Production Design), and all four of the Venice Film Festival Awards for which it was nominated after its release at the event on Aug. 31, 2017. However, the fantasy-drama film didn’t hit theaters nationwide until Dec. 1 2017, making the $53 million domestically and $38 million internationally quite the achievement. Even more impressive? “The Shape of Water” is up for 13 Academy Awards, which adds up to a nod in more than half of the possible categories, as well as the most for any film this year.

Centering on the early days of Winston Churchill’s tenure as Prime Minister of England, “Darkest Hour” is up for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Gary Oldman). For his portrayal of Churchill, Oldman has already earned  Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG awards, and the veteran actor can also take credit for some of the $53,386,692 the drama has made in the U.S. and $78,000,000 internationally, for a grand total north of $131 million.

Written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh (who, interestingly, already owns an Oscar for the 2005 live-action short film, “Six Shooter”) and headlined by Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, and Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” has made north of $48 million since it’s November 2017 release, and another $64 million abroad. Some of the attention can likely be attributed to the drama’s potential for success at the Academy Awards, as it’s up for seven awards, including Best Picture, Actress (McDormand), Supporting Actor (both Harrelson and Rockwell), and Original Screenplay. At the Golden Globes earlier this year, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” took home statues for four of its six nods.

In her feature-film directorial debut, indie darling Greta Gerwig slayed audiences around the world to the tune of $48 million, almost all of which was made in the U.S. Not to suggest that “Lady Bird” doesn’t have international appeal, though. After receiving a standing ovation at its Toronto Film Festival debut, the coming-of-age flick went on to earn a near-perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes, two Golden Globe wins (including Best Picture - Musical or Comedy), a Satellite Award for Gerwig, and five Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Supporting Actress (Laurie Metcalf), and Original Screenplay (also Gerwig).

Loosely based on their actual relationship, comedians Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani penned the script for “The Big Sick,” the story of a Pakistani-American man who has to suddenly deal with both an ailing girlfriend and her white, American family. Audiences laughed their way to a total of nearly $43 million in the states and another $13 million abroad, and the sharp, funny, and heartfelt script earned both Gordon and Nanjiani an Oscar nod for Best Original Screenplay.

“Molly’s Game,” a crime drama that was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin (in his directorial debut) has thus far amassed $28 million at the domestic box office and more than $24 million abroad since its theatrical release on Christmas Day 2017. Featuring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner and Michael Cera (to name just a few members of the star-studded cast), “Molly’s Game” is up for Best Adapted Screenplay, as the film is based on Molly Bloom’s memoir, “Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World.”

With a 90 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a Golden Globe win under its belt, one might think the Tonya Harding biopic “I, Tonya” would have fared better than the $27,227,664 it has thus far made at the box office (and just a modest $6 million internationally), but keep in mind that it was only released on Dec. 8, 2017. As was the case at the Globes, “I, Tonya” has three pending Oscar nominations: Best Actress (Margot Robbie), Best Supporting Actress (Allison Janney), and Best Film Editing.

When disgraced actor Kevin Spacey had his scenes from Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World” cut, the future of the film was uncertain. However, another veteran actor, Christopher Plummer, was recast into the role of J. Paul Getty, re-shoots were completed in nine days, and the film still managed to make a Christmas 2017 release date. Subsequently, it has earned $25 million in the states, $21 million abroad, and a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for Plummer.

For a film based on one of the worst movies ever made, “The Disaster Artist” did pretty well for itself. In addition to featuring big names like director/actor James Franco and actors Seth Rogen, Dave Franco, Megan Mullally, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson and Jacki Weaver (not to mention an extremely long list of cameos), the biographical comedy-drama earned $21 million in the U.S. and a total of $28.5 million since its December 2017 release. It also grabbed a Best Adapted Screenplay nod for Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, who based their script on the memoir of the same name by “The Room” actor Greg Sestero and writer Tom Bissell.

In what could be Daniel Day-Lewis’ final film following his announced retirement from acting, “Phantom Thread” has been universally praised by critics and audiences alike , and currently holds a 91 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Paul Thomas Anderson film was released on Christmas Day 2017, but thus far has only amassed a modest $17.9 million at the domestic box office and another $10 million abroad. However, this viewership could be boosted by an Oscar win, and the odds of that are pretty good. “Phantom Thread” has six pending nominations for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Day-Lewis), Supporting Actress (Lesley Manville), Original Score, and Costume Design.

Luca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age film “Call Me By Your Name” hit theaters three months ago and earned four Oscar nods (Best Picture, Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, Best Adapted Screenplay for James Ivory, and Best Original Song for Sufjan Stevens), but audiences in the U.S. have only seen it enough to amass $15 million at the domestic box office. However, the international premieres are still underway, so the $26 million total figure is sure to rise over the next few months.

“Roman J. Israel, Esq.” earned only $61,999 in its limited opening-weekend release and only holds a mixed 51 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but Denzel Washington nevertheless shined in his titular role, enough to earn a Best Actor nod and make him the most honored African-American actor and the fifth-most honored actor in Academy Award history. Although the total box office numbers are now around $12 million (nearly all of which came from domestic numbers), this figure pales in comparison to the film’s $20 million budget.

Despite premiering at Cannes nearly nine months ago, “The Florida Project” has only totalled about $6 million at the U.S. box office, partially because it wasn’t released in the U.S. until November 2017. However, these poor numbers (which only add up to $7,317,946 worldwide) shouldn’t be a reflection of the quality of “The Florida Project,” as it earned an Oscar nod for lead actor Willem Dafoe and holds a 96 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.