‘Anora’s Oscar Win Will Help It Become NEON’s Third Highest-Grossing Movie Ever Globally

Already NEON‘s fifth highest-grossing domestic hit of all time, Sean Baker‘s moving, hilarious, and simply breathtaking Anora is ready to hit another major milestone for the production company. In light of the film taking home multiple trophies at the 97th Academy Awards, millions have flocked to their local theaters to see what all the fuss is about, helping Anora‘s box office renaissance shoot to impressive heights, with the movie now on $51 million worldwide, split between a $20 million domestic haul and $31 million in overseas markets.

Thanks to this figure, Anora now sits just outside the top three highest-grossing NEON movies of all time, with less than $2 million separating it and the current third-place holder, I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie. Any attempt to reach the top two would be redundant for Anora, with Longlegs‘ $125 million and Parasite‘s $253 million far too high to catch, although that doesn’t change just how impressive this latest milestone will be for Baker and co., considering Anora had all but died at the box office prior to the Academy Awards.

However, this success doesn’t come without shaky ground underneath Anora‘s feet, with Osgood Perkins’s latest horror, The Monkey, currently just $2 million behind and performing better at the box office. In fact, should the current financial trends continue, Anora entering the #3 spot on the list will soon be eradicated by The Monkey, should the horror flick sustain its run of earning between $400,000 and $500,000 per day in the US alone.

Who Won This Weekend’s Domestic Box Office?

Anora‘s box office success might pale in comparison to its Oscar wins for Best Actress, Best Film Editing, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture, but it is still yet another sign of the movie’s triumph. With that in mind, exactly how did Anora fair in the latest box office weekend rankings? Officially, Anora finished 13th overall, ahead of the likes of Rule Breakers, In the Lost Lands, and One of Them Days. Although a poor weekend in total for domestic box office ticket sales, the top five still made over $30 million between them. In fifth, the brand-new Looney Tunes adventure, The Day the Earth Blew Up, earned $3.1 million, with fourth place going to Captain America: Brave New World‘s $5.4 million. Black Bag marked another strong debutante at the box office with $7.5 million, just short of second-placed Mickey 17. However, above the rest in first place was Novocaine starring Jack Quaid, which earned an opening weekend haul of $8.7 million.