When "The Hurt Locker" won six Oscars out of a possible nine nominations, including the coveted Best Picture award, it set a new record for the lowest-grossing film ever to take home an Oscar. Its estimated box office revenue of $21 million is less than 2% of what its rival, "Avatar," brought in during the same period.
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