INFOGRAPHIC: The Price of Hollywood Awards

Every year the biggest movies in the industry compete against one another to claim the most coveted prizes at prestigious awards events. With awards for everything from the best costume design to scriptwriting, movie awards are serious business that can make the careers of actors, directors, and specialist movie staff alike.

While there are hundreds of movies competing for swathes of awards, these ceremonies are often dominated by big Hollywood blockbusters that often have eye-watering budgets. Having more funding than their competitors means these movies can afford the most prestigious actors and directors, the best scriptwriters, costume designers, composers, and special effects, as well as excellent film locations and sets.

However, while these big-budget behemoths are often produced to be as profitable as possible, does their financial success really translate into award ceremony wins?

To try and get to the bottom of this, the fine folks at Giggster have conducted a small study to find out if a bigger budget leads to success at the awards. Looking at the winners of some of the most prestigious movie awards of the 21st century, namely the Academy Award for Best Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, we can reveal just how much an award is worth, and which movies have received the most on the smallest budget.

The movies that spent the most for every award they received

Before looking at a more detailed breakdown of the financial stats of each movie, as well the total number of awards they received, we will compare the two against one another. Here we can see which of our selected movies had to spend the most money for each award they received.