‘Poor Things’ Ended Up With the Box Office Run Oscar Contenders Used to Have

With Oscars airing on Sunday, most of the Best Picture contenders have been released on home platforms for those interested in catching up. But there’s one film that has had the sort of box office bump Oscar nominees used to enjoy before the pandemic: Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.”

Nominated in 11 categories — including Best Picture, Actress, Director and Supporting Actor — “Poor Things” was first released in nine theaters by Searchlight Pictures on Dec. 8 and earned a per-theater average of $73,470, third highest among all films last year. The film expanded to 800 theaters the weekend prior to Christmas Day, and again to 1,400 theaters on Jan.