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Hot off the success of last year's Best Picture winner Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu is shifting gears with The Revenant.

The details: Alejandro G. Iñárritu chases his Best Picture winner Birdman with an expensive and ambitious Western opus.

Best Picture winner Birdman was at # 3.

Iñárritu, who made his name with the savage dog - fighting drama Amores Perros, has burnished a reputation for technically complex films starring Hollywood A-listers, including Oscar best picture winner Birdman, starring Michael Keaton, and the Leonardo DiCaprio - fronted survival epic The Revenant, both of which landed him best director Oscars.

«Julie is Telluride, she is synonymous with Telluride,» said Fox Searchlight president Nancy Utley, whose best - picture winners Birdman, 12 Years a Slave, and Slumdog Millionaire all premiered on Huntsinger's watch.

Not exact matches

That said, Moonlight, which focuses on a young man growing up gay in Miami, is one of the least widely seen best picture winners, trailing the likes of Spotlight ($ 45 million, domestically) and Birdman ($ 42.3 million, domestically).

It's worth noting that another Fox Searchlight film, Birdman, was among the lowest - grossing Best Picture Oscar winners of all - time, but it went on to gross more than $ 100 million worldwide, while 12 Years a Slave (another slavery - themed period drama) grossed $ 187 million in global ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo.

Even with a boost in ticket sales potentially on the way, though, Birdman is currently among the lowest - grossing Best Picture winners at the Academy Awards over at least the past four decades.

But the winner of last night's Oscar for Best Picture, Birdman, was only the 82nd best - grossing film of 2014, with only about $ 37 million in domestic ticket sales.

Ultimately, that ending (and the preferential ballot) probably hurt La La Land even more than the so - called backlash — most Best Picture winners (with the possible exception of The Hurt Locker and MAYBE Birdman) have satisfying endings.

From Village Roadshow Pictures and New Line Cinema, «Collateral Beauty» features an all - star cast, including Will Smith («Suicide Squad,» «Concussion»), Edward Norton («Birdman or [The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance]»), Keira Knightley («The Imitation Game»), Michael Peña («The Martian»), Naomie Harris («Spectre»), Jacob Latimore («The Maze Runner»), with Oscar ® winners Kate Winslet («The Reader,» «Steve Jobs») and Helen Mirren («The Queen,» «Trumbo»).

Last year's Best Picture winner, Birdman, went the Telluride route, which I'm sure didn't please Toronto organizers one bit, but the fact remains that the last five Picture winners have had their debut over there.

The last four Spirit Best Picture winners have gone on to pick up the Best Picture at the Oscars, Moonlight, «Spotlight, «Birdman,»12 Years a Slave.

Last year's Best Picture winner, «Birdman,» was nominated for an Eddie but didn't make the cut in the equivalent Academy Awards category.

Lesher, a former agent and Oscar winner for 2015's best picture champion «Birdman,» is very wary of the Hollywood status quo after having worked as a top executive at Paramount Pictures.

BEST PICTURE: WINNER: Birdman American Sniper Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash

Once seen as a waning force in the film industry calendar, the world's oldest film festival has regained its status as a kingmaker for award - season hopefuls, with a record of launching films that have gone on to enjoy success at the Academy Awards, including two recent best picture winners in Spotlight and Birdman, and the film that took home the highest number of Oscars this year, La La Land.

With $ 37.7 million in domestic ticket sales since its release in October, «Birdman» is one of the lowest grossing best picture winners ever, underscoring the unusually wide gap this year between Oscar nominated films and box - office results.

However despite those major differences, for the past four years running the Spirit Award has shared its Best Picture winner with the Academy Awards: «12 Years a Slave» (with 2013 in consideration), «Birdman» (2014), «Spotlight» (2015), and «Moonlight» (2016).

Prior to that, Galifianakis starred opposite Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone and Ed Norton in the 2015 Oscar winner for Best Picture, BIRDMAN, directed by Alejandro Gonzàlez Iñárritu.

This is to say nothing of established competitors like Fox Searchlight, which put out best - picture winners like Birdman and 12 Years a Slave, or fellow newbies Broad Green Pictures and Bleecker Street.

Two - time Academy Award winning cinematographer Emmanuel «Chivo» Lubezki will go to any length to capture an image, so it's clear why he gets along well with fellow Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Inarritu, the audacious director of last year's Best Picture Oscar winner, Birdman.

Just a day after the New York Film Critics Circle named «Boyhood» the best film of the year and the Gotham Awards crowned «Birdman» comes another list of winners and another best picture: «A Most Violent Year» has been selected by the National Board of Review as the year's...

But at this point last year Boyhood was a much stronger frontrunner, was the perceived Best Picture winner and began its losing streak here, to Birdman.

Over the last nine years, 2014's «Birdman» was the only Oscar Best Picture winner not to screen in Toronto.

2016 — Moonlight — supporting actress 2015 — Spotlight — supporting actress 2014 — Birdman — supporting actress 2013 — 12 Years a Slave — supporting actress 2012 — Argo 2011 — The Artist — supporting actress 2010 — The King's Speech — supporting actress 2009 — The Hurt Locker 2008 — Slumdog Millionaire 2007 — No Country for Old Men 2006 — The Departed 2005 — Crash (the closest thing to it is ensemble work) 2004 — Million Dollar Baby — Swank is the only Best Actress nominee or winner to star in a Best Picture winner in this period

With no clear front - runner leading up to the 87th Academy Awards, winners were spread across various films, with «Birdman» earning best picture.

After directing Birdman, last year's Best Picture winner, Alejandro Gonzales Iñárritu returns with a survival tale set against the backdrop of American colonialism as settlers try to claim the land an...

The 2017 best picture winner «Moonlight» played the Ross, as did «Birdman,» the 2015 best picture, and 2014's «12 Years a Slave.»

For the past three years the Gothams have honored the same best picture winner as the Oscars — «Moonlight,» «Spotlight» and «Birdman» — and tipped «The Hurt Locker» before that.

You breathe...» Now playing in theaters nationwide is the action survival thriller The Revenant, the follow - up feature from Best Director winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu (who also won Best Picture with Birdman last year).

In a stark contrast from previous years (think La La Land vs. Moonlight and Birdman vs. Boyhood), even the most accomplished award pundits are having a difficult time predicting 2018's Best Picture winner.

The last four Spirit winners for best film («Moonlight,» «Spotlight,» «Birdman,» «12 Years a Slave») have won best picture at the Oscars.

«Lost in London» is highly reminiscent of «Birdman» — the 2014 Best Picture Oscar winner also about a troubled actor — that was (essentially) done in «one continuous shot» (maybe this is what inspired Harrelson.)

Under the Skin won Best Picture and Best Score, Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) beat out Oscar winner Julianne Moore (Still Alice) for Best Actress and Edward Norton (Birdman) beat out Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash).

Winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography as well as Golden Globes for Best Screenplay and Best Actor in 2014, Birdman will sit solidly on our list making it strongly probable that it will remain in the Top 50 for the rest of the decade.

The likes of The Artist and Argo may still coast to victory sometimes, but contemporary winners like 12 Years A Slave, Birdman, Spotlight, Moonlight, The Hurt Locker, Slumdog Millionaire, No Country For Old Men, and The Departed add up to an eclectic batch of films that only feel like inevitable Best Picture winners in retrospect.

Not quite sure when or where the critical backlash against Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's «Birdman» began, but it will probably only gain pace now that it's a Best Picture winner — how terribly de trop!

Birdman (Fox Searchlight) Boyhood (IFC Films) *** WINNER *** Gone Girl (20th Century Fox) The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) Nightcrawler (Open Road) Selma (Paramount Pictures) The Theory of Everything (Focus Features) Unbroken (Universal Pictures) Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)

Watch how the movie poster design of «Best Picture» winners has evolved, from «Casablanca» to «Birdman.»