Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic received two nominations. with Kate Winslet up for Best Supporting Actress, and Michael Fassbender getting a Best Actor nomination. The Academy Awards will be held on February 28th.
Steve Jobs won two Golden Globes on Sunday, with Kate Winslet taking home the Best Supporting Actress award, and Aaron Sorkin receiving the award for Best Screenplay.
Sorkin, in accepting that award, offered up a comment that acknowledged the film’s less than stellar performance at the box office:
The title of the movie changed to ‘Box Office Failure Steve Jobs’ after its third week. It took some of the air out of the pride that we were feeling. We didn’t want that to be the epithet of the movie. This is just very, very nice.
The movie reportedly had estimated production and marketing costs of around $60 million, meaning the film would have been required to make around $120 million just to break even. So far, the U.S. box office amounts to around $17.7 million. (The Guardian)
The film was badmouthed by many of Jobs’ closest friends and co-workers, including his widow, Laureen Powell Jobs, and current Apple CEO Tim Cook. Powell Jobs was reportedly offered a chance to be included in the film’s production, and to be on set, but her disdain for the Walter Isaacson biography – which the biopic is based on – led her to refuse the offer.
“Steve Jobs” will see a home video release in February, with a digital launch on February 2, and it will hit retailer’s shelves on physical media on February 16.
Here is the complete list of nominations for the 88th Academy Awards (via ABC News):
BEST PICTURE
- The Big Short
- Bridge of Spies
- Brooklyn
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revanant
- Room
- Spotlight
BEST ACTOR
- Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
- Matt Damon, The Martian
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revanant
- Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESS
- Kate Blanchett, Carol
- Brie Larson, Room
- Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
- Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
- Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Christian Bale, The Big Short
- Tom Hardy, The Revenant
- Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
- Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
- Sylvester Stallone, Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
- Rooney Mara, Carol
- Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
- Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
- Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
DIRECTING
- The Big Short
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revanant
- Room
- Spotlight
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- Anomolisa
- Boy and the World
- Inside Out
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- When Marie Was There
COSTUME DESIGN
- Carol
- Cinderella
- The Danish Girl
- Mad Mad: Fury Road
- The Revenant
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Amy
- Cartel Land
- The Look of Silence
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
- Winter on Fire
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- Body Team
- Chau, Beyong the Lines
- Flaude Lanzmann
- A Girl in the River
- Last Day of Freedom
MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
- The Revenant
ORIGINAL SONG
- Earned It
- Simple Song #3
- The Hunting Ground
- Til It Happens to You
- Writings on the Wall
ANIMATED SHORT
- Bear Story
- Prologue
- Sanjay’s Super Team
- We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos
- World of Tomorrow
SOUND EDITING
- Mad Mad: Fury Road
- Sicario
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- The Martian
- The Revenant
FILM EDITING
- The Big Short
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revanant
- Spotlight
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Mustang
- Son of Saul
- Theeb
- A War
ORIGINAL SCORE
- Bridge of Spies
- Carol
- The Hateful Eight
- Sicario
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Bridge of Spies
- The Danish Girl
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Ex Machina
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Big Short
- Brooklyn
- Carol
- The Martian
- Room
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Bridge of Spies
- Ex Machina
- Inside Out
- Spotlight
- Straight Outta Compton
