The popularity of Best Picture winners

The popularity of Best Picture winners -- We look at the declining audience numbers for Academy Award winning movies

By
and Sean Smith
Published on February 29, 2008 05:00AM EST

55.2 MIL
Titanic
1998

45.6 MIL
Shakespeare in Love
1999

46.3 MIL
American Beauty
2000

42.9 MIL
Gladiator
2001

41.8 MIL
A Beautiful Mind
2002

33 MIL
Chicago
2003

43.5 MIL
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004

42.1 MIL
Million Dollar Baby
2005

38.9 MIL
Crash
2006

40.2 MIL
The Departed
2007

32 MIL
No Country for Old Men
2008

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