Every February, film lovers would be expecting where would the Oscar Awards go to. Academy Awards, known as Oscar has gone through 94 years, encouraging the workers as well as the industry developing. When we go back to the data about Oscar and the film production industry, we can find some interesting facts. I collected the data about Oscar and film production industry from 1980 to 2020 in this research, trying to show the hidden fun facts about Oscar.
Genre and Oscar
Oscar has categories, and the name of the category always changes. But the jury of Oscar do have some similar tastes about where the awards go. Drama, crime, biography are the three genres that won the most awards. Adventure and action are not the favorite of the jury.
Box office and Oscar
Some companies are good at producing popcorn films to earn a high box office, but some companies would like to focus on quality. The profit rate on Oscar winning films and total profit rate have a huge difference.
High budget is not always guarantee high box office and winning an award. But the budget some times do worth it. Here is the top 10 high budget films in each category, high budget films are more likely to win big awards.
Age and Oscar
The average age for Oscar winning actors and actresses are getting higher. Are the young actors not good enough to win?
