Awards & Box Office Records Quiz

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Awards and box office records celebrate two different sides of filmmaking-artistic excellence and commercial success. Together, they highlight the movies, actors, directors, and pr...

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All 20 questions in this Awards & Box Office Records quiz
  1. Which film was the first animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?

    • A. The Lion King
    • B. Beauty and the Beast
    • C. Up
    • D. Toy Story
  2. Which film franchise has the highest cumulative box office of all time?

    • A. Star Wars
    • B. Harry Potter
    • C. James Bond
    • D. Marvel Cinematic Universe
  3. Which film broke box office records in 2023 as the highest-grossing film directed by a woman?

    • A. Barbie
    • B. Captain Marvel
    • C. Black Widow
    • D. Wonder Woman
  4. What was the global box office total for Avengers Endgame making it briefly the highest-grossing film ever?

    • A. $1.9 billion
    • B. $2.79 billion
    • C. $2.5 billion
    • D. $3.1 billion
  5. What record did Top Gun Maverick set at the box office in 2022?

    • A. Both A and C
    • B. It broke the record for the biggest Memorial Day opening weekend
    • C. It was Tom Cruise's first billion-dollar film
    • D. It was the highest-grossing film of 2022 globally
  6. What is the significance of the film The Blair Witch Project in box office history?

    • A. It was the first found footage film
    • B. It was the most downloaded film illegally
    • C. It set a record for profit ratio relative to budget for a wide release
    • D. It was the first film marketed primarily online
  7. What was notable about the 96th Academy Awards ceremony in 2024 regarding female nominees?

    • A. Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous woman nominated for Best Actress
    • B. First all-female producing team won Best Picture
    • C. First woman won Best Director
    • D. Record number of women nominated across all categories
  8. How many acting nominations did Titanic receive at the 70th Academy Awards?

    • A. 0
    • B. 1
    • C. 2
    • D. 4
  9. Who presented the infamous wrong Best Picture envelope at the 2017 Academy Awards?

    • A. Billy Crystal
    • B. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway
    • C. Ryan Seacrest
    • D. Jimmy Kimmel
  10. What is the Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG Award) and what does winning it suggest about Oscar chances?

    • A. A student film award
    • B. A technical industry award with no Oscar correlation
    • C. A peer-voted acting award considered a strong Oscar predictor
    • D. A streaming-focused acting award
  11. Which film earned the biggest single-day box office record in history?

    • A. Avengers Endgame
    • B. Avengers Infinity War
    • C. Spider-Man No Way Home
    • D. Star Wars The Force Awakens
  12. What was the first film rated PG-13 in the United States?

    • A. Gremlins
    • B. Ghostbusters
    • C. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    • D. Red Dawn
  13. What is the Razzie Award and what does it recognise?

    • A. The worst performances and films of the year
    • B. Outstanding achievement in cinematography
    • C. The best debut performances
    • D. Outstanding visual effects
  14. Which film was the first to earn $2 billion at the worldwide box office?

    • A. Titanic
    • B. Avatar
    • C. Jurassic World
    • D. Avengers Endgame
  15. Who has won the Academy Award for Best Actor the most times?

    • A. Spencer Tracy
    • B. Jack Nicholson
    • C. Daniel Day-Lewis
    • D. Marlon Brando
  16. Which Marvel film became the first superhero movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide?

    • A. The Avengers
    • B. Captain America The First Avenger
    • C. Thor
    • D. Iron Man
  17. What was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature introduced in 2002?

    • A. Shrek
    • B. Finding Nemo
    • C. Ice Age
    • D. Monsters Inc
  18. What is the Academy Award history of 'Gone with the Wind' (1939)?

    • A. No Oscar wins
    • B. It won one Oscar
    • C. It won 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, and Actress - and Hattie McDaniel became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award
    • D. It was not nominated
  19. What is the Cannes Film Festival Golden Camera award and who receives it?

    • A. The award for best cinematography
    • B. The award for best debut performance
    • C. The award given to a first-time director
    • D. The lifetime achievement award
  20. Which film franchise has produced the most sequels in Hollywood history?

    • A. Friday the 13th
    • B. James Bond
    • C. Fast and Furious
    • D. Halloween