Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance was third-highest-grossing film at the 87th Academy Awards .
The Imitation Game was the second-highest-grossing film with $ 42.7 million ; this was followed by Birdman ( $ 26.6 million ) , The Theory of Everything ( $ 26.2 million ) , Boyhood ( $ 24.3 million ) , Selma ( $ 16.5 million ) , Whiplash ( $ 6.2 million ) , and finally American Sniper ( $ 3.3 million ) .Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year , 23 nominations went to 13 films on the list .
87th Academy Awards