Anorahas had a huge box office surge following its Best Picture win. The movie, which was written and directed by Sean Baker, stars Mikey Madison in the title role as a stripper who marries wealthy Russian heir Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), only to have his parents send a team to try and force them to annul the marriage. At the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, the movie won the most2025 Oscarsout of all the nominated titles, taking home five trophies, for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Actress (for Madison), and Best Picture.
PerThe Numbers, as of Sunday morning,Anorais projected to conclude its 21st weekend at the box office by earning a 3-day total of $1.86 million at the domestic box office, which is a huge surge from the $267,526 it earned the weekend before. This brings its worldwide box office total to $46.2 million and sees it continue to climb the chart of the highest-grossing Best Picture winners. It has now surpassed 1969’sMidnight Cowboy($44.8 million) to becomethe 57th highest-grossing movie on the 97-film chart, which peaks at the $2.26 billion gross of 1997’sTitanic.
What This Means For Anora
Its Post-Oscars Surge Is Huge
This uptick inAnora’s box office prospects is astounding, as it has suddenly surged upward a dazzling 595%. Not only does this huge surge come more than 20 weeks into theAnorarelease, it has provided the movie withone of the biggest single weekends of its entire run. Below, see a breakdown of the five biggest weekends of Anora’s run to date:
$2.52 million
$1.86 million
$1.81 million
$1.76 million
2 (Oct 25-27)
$908,830
In addition to performing well on its own terms, this surge also compares very favorably to the five most recentBest Picture winnersthat were still running in theaters at the time of their win. That roster includes the box office juggernautOppenheimer(+171.2%), which grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide, as well asEverything Everywhere All At Once(+272.9%),Parasite(+245.3%),Green Book(+114.9%), andThe Shape of Water(+58.7%). While all of them saw surges,Anora’s is more than double that ofEEAAO, which was already the highest by 27 points.
Our Take On The Anora Box Office
It Could Still Climb Higher
Although this post-Best Picture surge is unprecedented in the 2020s, it seems likely thatAnora’s box office will quickly deflate in the coming weeks, asit is already available on video on demand at a price point of $5.99. However, if it continues to make a push at the worldwide box office through the end of March, it could eventually climb past the totals of a few more Best Picture winners, includingWest Side Story($47.6 million),The Hurt Locker($49.9 million), andThe Deer Hunter($50.1 million).
