in 2010. The film was the highest-grossing Spanish film of all-time in Spain with a gross of 1.1 billion pesetas, surpassing La vaquilla (1985), equivalent to US$8 million. It was also the most successful Spanish movie in the United States at the time, with a gross of $7.2 million. Nils Gollersrud comments that "Almodóvar’s signature formula of gaudy, ironic, genre-bending storytelling had achieved a symbiosis of sorts, presenting a more confident and satisfying version of his unique cinematic vision that his earlier, rougher films had not yet achieved". Awards and nominations United States Academy Awards Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe Awards Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film National Board of Review Won: Best Foreign Language Film New York Film Critics Won: Best Foreign Language Film Runner-up: Best Actress (Carmen Maura) United Kingdom BAFTA Awards (UK) Nominated: Best Film not in the English Language Europe David di Donatello Awards (Italy) Won: Best Foreign Direction (Pedro Almodóvar) European Film Awards Won: Best Actress – Leading Role (Carmen Maura) Won: Best Young Film (Pedro Almodóvar) Nominated: Best Art Direction (Félix Murcia) Goya Awards (Spain) Won: Best Actress – Leading Role (Carmen Maura) Won: Best Actress – Supporting Role (María Barranco) Won: Best Editing (José Salcedo) Won: Best Film Won: Best Screenplay – Original (Pedro Almodóvar) Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Guillermo Montesinos) Nominated: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Julieta Serrano) Nominated: Best Cinematography (José Luis Alcaine) Nominated: Best Costume Design (José María Cossío) Nominated: Best Director (Pedro Almodóvar) Nominated: Best Makeup and Hairstyles (Jesús Moncusi and Gregorio Ros) Nominated: Best Original Score (Bernardo Bonezzi) Nominated: Best Production Design (Félix Murcia) Nominated: Best Production Supervision (Esther García) Nominated: Best Sound (Gilles Ortion) Nominated: Best Special Effects (Reyes Abades) Venice Film Festival (Italy) Won: Golden Osella – Best Screenplay (Pedro Almodóvar) Stage adaptation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown has been adapted into a musical by Jeffrey Lane (book) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics). The production opened on Broadway in previews on 5 October 2010, and officially on 4 November 2010, at the Belasco Theatre. The cast included Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott, Laura Benanti, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Danny Burstein, Mary Beth Peil, Justin Guarini, de'Adre Aziza, and Nikka Graff Lanzarone, with direction by Bartlett Sher. The production was a limited engagement that was scheduled to end 23 January 2011, but due to low grosses and ticket sales, closed early