âBohemian Rhapsodyâ had no trouble beating out the No. 2 finisher, Disneyâs âThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms.â That PG-rated holiday film, a riff on the E.T.A. Hoffmann story, also
Movies like âA Star Is Bornâ and âBohemian Rhapsodyâ made as much as they could.â The nomineesâ near-record box office comes with an important asterisk.
According to Box Office Mojo, Bohemian Rhapsody was the sixth highest-grossing film worldwide in 2018. Although the film had a divisive critical response and a tumultuous filmmaking process following the firing of director Bryan Singer, Bohemian Rhapsody had a massive audience response, which translated to several wins at the Academy Awards.