:Yes. Someone keeps putting it back in.  Not only is it unsourced, but the facts don't back it up at all.  It doesn't really make any sense.  Oscar voters don't vote based on box-office popularity or momentum, and most Oscar winners have made more money and "peaked earlier" in the year than  BBM; the idea of "peaking" before the Oscars is bizzare, considering this is December and they'll start voting for the best film of 2005 not long from now.  At the same time, BBM is exactly the opposite of a "box office disappointment" considering its limited release. The more I think about those two sentences above, the more illogical they are. The two sentences contradict not only each other, but also reality.