March 2, 2008–The Coen brothers' Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men” enjoyed a 67% surge in business over the weekend as it nearly doubled its theater count in the wake of the Oscar victory.

Comedies seldom win the Best Picture, and “Working Girl” was no exception. What made it exceptional, though, is that three women were nominated for Oscars, and Sigourney Weaver was also nominated for the lead that year in “Gorillas in the Mist.”

The WWII combat film “Wake Island” was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, but won none.

Easily one of the worst films to win the Best Picture Oscar, Mrs. Miniver competed against other, better pictures in 1942: The Invaders, Kings Row, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Pied Piper, The Pride of the Yankees, Random Harvest, The Talk of the Town, Wake Island, and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Musical films have been overrepresented in the Best Picture Oscar category. Nine of the Oscar-winning films have been musicals. Here is a list of the winners, with the number of nominations and awards for each one.