Why do blockbusters rarely 勝利，勝つ 最高の，を越す 栄誉（を受ける）s at Oscars?
So who has 現実に seen the 最高の，を越す Oscar movies? Film buffs, mostly.
That's because -- let's 直面する it -- most of the films shortlisted for 学院 Awards glory are 比較して small-予算 独立した・無所属 flicks, not （人が）群がる-pleasing blockbusters.
And it's even more the 事例／患者 this year, with only one of the eight films up for best picture produced by a major Hollywood studio.
"Boyhood" actors Ellar Coltrane (L), Patricia Arquette (C) and Ethan 強硬派 提起する／ポーズをとる with director Richard Linklater at the 20th 年次の Critics Choice Awards at the Palladium in Hollywood, California on January 15, 2015 ?Frederic J. Brown (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
Take the two frontrunners: "Birdman" was written, produced and directed by Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for some $18 million, while "Boyhood" cost only $4 million to make -- over 12 years.
That is a 減少（する） in the ocean compared to the $100-200 million 予算s of studio 攻撃する，衝突するs from last year like "Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1," "後見人s of the 星雲" or "Big Hero 6."
Each of them made at least $200 million at the North American box office alone.
By comparison, "Boyhood" and "Birdman" have so far earned $44 million and $72 million, それぞれ, in 世界的な ticket sales.
Other best picture Oscar 指名された人s like "Whiplash" and "Selma" made even いっそう少なく.
"The Theory of Everything" -- the story of British scientist Stephen 強硬派ing -- did better ($98 million) and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" made $174 million, but that's still a long way from the year's biggest blockbusters.
"A lot of times, 'Oscar bait' movies are very personal 事業／計画（する）s that have meaty 役割s for actresses and actors, but don't やむを得ず reach a wide audience," said Jeff Bock of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.
- Changing Oscar 傾向s -
A １０年間 ago, Hollywood blockbusters were more 定期的に rewarded by the 学院: "The Lord of the （犯罪の）一味s: The Return of the King" won the best picture Oscar in 2004, after "Gladiator" in 2001 and "Titanic" in 1998.
More recently, 投票（する）ing members of the 学院 of 動議 Picture Arts and Sciences, which 手渡すs out the golden statuettes, have 栄誉（を受ける）d indie darlings such as "No Country for Old Men" (2008), "Slumdog Millionaire" (2009) and "The King's Speech" in 2011.
This year, the exception is Clint Eastwood's "American 狙撃者."
It's the only studio film -- produced by Warner Bros -- in the best picture race and is 指名するd in five other 部類s.
The movie, based on the life of 海軍 SEAL 狙撃者 Chris Kyle, has been a 抱擁する box office 攻撃する，衝突する, making $400 million since its December 25 解放（する）, with $300 million in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs and Canada alone.
Its $ 60 million 予算 puts it somewhere between an 独立した・無所属 and a big studio movie ーに関して／ーの点でs of cost.
As Hollywood's finest gather for the Oscars on Sunday, US film-going audiences have made their tastes known.
Erotic romance "Fifty Shades of Grey" is far and away this month's box office 粉砕する 攻撃する，衝突する, amassing more than $300 million 世界的な since its 開始 about a week ago, にもかかわらず decidedly lukewarm reviews.
In Oscars history, the biggest-予算 film ever 指名するd was James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar," which made $2.8 billion at the 全世界の box office.
But it was beaten at the 2010 学院 Awards by "The 傷つける Locker," about a 爆弾 squad 無所属の政治家 in Iraq, which only made $49 million 世界的な.
Other 最近の 勝利者s 含むing "衝突，墜落" (2006), "The Artist" (2012) and even last year's "12 Years a Slave" -- all low-予算 indies with modest 国内の box office 運ぶ／漁獲高s.
Ethan 強硬派, 指名するd for best supporting actor for his work on "Boyhood," said there is a 決定的な link between 独立した・無所属 movies and awards season.
"Awards are the 産業's way of advertising itself. If we didn't have awards, then 生産者s would have no 協議事項. The only 協議事項 would be to make money and awards create a 反対する-協議事項 of something 事実," 強硬派 said.
"They're important for indie cinema. It's how 独立した・無所属 movies make it through the 法人組織の／企業の maelstrom. They're important, they keep us all fighting and it makes 独立した・無所属 cinema part of the popular culture."
Michael Keaton with the award for Best Actor - 動議 Picture, Comedy or Musical for his 役割 in "Birdman" at the 72nd 年次の Golden Globe Awards, January 11, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California ?Frederic J. Brown (AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
