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Academy Awards May Return to 5 Best Picture Nominees

boyhood sequel ellar coltrane Academy Awards May Return to 5 Best Picture NomineesIn 2008, critically acclaimed blockbusters like The Dark Knight and WALL-E were left off the Oscars’ Best Picture ballot, despite being considered by many to be among the best films of the year. The outrage surrounding those high profile snubs famously influenced the Academy Awards to expand the Best Picture field to 10 nominees; today, it is a sliding scale where anywhere between five and 10 movies can be nominated. It was an effort by the organization to invite more commercially successful titles to the party, and perhaps increasing viewership of the televised ceremony.

Arguably, the experiment has been a mixed success. It’s true that several box office smashes like Avatar, Toy Story 3, Inception, and Gravity all competed for the Academy’s top honor, but there have also been a couple of years where the Oscars reaffirmed the notion they were out of touch with the public. In 2011, the average gross for a nominee was $69.8 million (the lowest since 2006), and this year’s Oscars broadcast saw a significant decrease in the ratings – believed in part to be caused by the mediocre box office performance of the eight nominees.

It’s becoming obvious that the Academy needs to do some retooling ahead of the 2015 awards season, so what can they do? According to THR, several Academy members are making a strong push for a return to the old five nominee rule. A formal proposal has not yet been made, but there is a chance that it becomes a topic of discussion when the Academy governors meet on March 24.

JK Simmons in Whiplash Academy Awards May Return to 5 Best Picture NomineesThose in favor of the move state that having a wider pool of Best Picture contenders waters down the prestige of a nomination (which was a deciding factor for the adaptation of the sliding scale). However, there are sure to be an equal amount of detractors who fear that limiting the total number of nominees will only cause the TV ratings to continue to go down. Some have mentioned that the record-breaking success of Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper helped bring in audiences who otherwise might not have watched.

On one hand, going back to five nominees might not be a bad idea. As awards season goes on and the Oscar precursors are handed out, the race for Best Picture becomes tighter and tighter, and by the time the Academy Awards roll around there are only a select few who have a legitimate shot (think vs. Boyhood). Nobody really expected Sniper to win this year, so fans of that film were probably discouraged from watching. This would also eliminate the need for studios to put together fruitless campaigns for contenders that have no chance.

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