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Sinners Tops Oscars 2026 Box Office Race
25 Jan
Summary
- Sinners leads Oscar 2026 nominees with best budget return.
- The supernatural horror film earned over four times its budget.
- F1 and Sentimental Value also showed strong financial performance.
As the Oscar 2026 Best Picture nominations were announced, a financial analysis reveals which films delivered the strongest return on investment. Sinners, a supernatural horror directed by Ryan Coogler, leads the pack with an earnings-to-budget ratio of 4.09x. This means the film grossed over four times its production cost worldwide.
Following closely is Brad Pitt's sports drama F1, which achieved a 3.16x return on its substantial budget. Other nominees like Sentimental Value and Marty Supreme also posted positive earnings-to-budget ratios of 2.10x and 1.71x, respectively, indicating successful theatrical runs.
Bugonia and Hamnet were among the nominees that did not recoup their production budgets during their theatrical releases, with earnings-to-budget ratios below 1x. The analysis considered estimated production budgets and worldwide box office earnings, excluding limited theatrical releases.
