Box Office trivia
Box Office Mini Quiz
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Which 2013 icy musical won the Best Animated Feature Oscar?
Frozen was the first Walt Disney Animation Studios film to win the Best Animated Feature Oscar. It is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen.
Focusing on social class, what South Korean hit was the first non-English film to win the Best Picture Oscar?
Director Bong Joon-ho famously called the Oscars a "very local" film festival before Parasite broke history by becoming the first non-English Best Picture winner.
Which South Korean movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 2020?
Parasite was the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Which 1997 shipwreck movie won 11 Academy Awards?
Titanic is one of only three films to win 11 Academy Awards, a record it shares with Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Which 1975 shark movie started the summer blockbuster era?
The mechanical shark nicknamed Bruce frequently malfunctioned, leading Steven Spielberg to use music and POV shots to suggest its presence and heighten the film's suspense.
Which 2018 Marvel movie earned a Best Picture nomination?
Black Panther was the first superhero movie to earn a Best Picture nomination. It won three Academy Awards for its costume design, production design, and original score.
Known for its scary mechanical shark, which 1975 film is widely called the first ever "summer blockbuster"?
The mechanical shark, nicknamed "Bruce," malfunctioned so often that Spielberg was forced to hint at its presence with music and barrels, accidentally creating more suspense.
Set during the American Civil War, what 1939 film is the top earner of all time when adjusted for inflation?
Inflation adjustments propel this film past modern blockbusters because tickets in 1939 were far cheaper, yet it sold an estimated 202 million tickets in the US alone.
With 11 Oscar wins, what fantasy movie was the first in its genre to earn 1 billion dollars at the box office?
The film swept the Oscars, winning all 11 categories it was nominated for, tying the record for most wins held by Ben-Hur and Titanic.
Set on the moon Pandora, what James Cameron film was the first to earn over 2 billion dollars at the global box office?
To create the world of Pandora, James Cameron waited over a decade for motion-capture technology to advance enough to handle the film's complex visual effects.