Did a mini-report for my Industrial Organization class about movies that are nominated for and win Academy Awards, and what month of the year they were released. I collected data from the past 5 ceremonies, and here are my results. Over half of the nominations and a little over 68% of the wins come from months 10-12 (Oct, Nov, Dec). So the majority of quality movies are released towards the end of the year.
The second figure shows what percentage of the nominations in a given month actually win. In this chart, I used two different (but overlapping) data sets— one with all of the awards, and one with just the “major” awards. Thanks to the Hurt Locker this year, winning % is particularly high in month 6 (June), but month 11 (Nov.) wins out for “major” awards.
