At the Academy Awards , the film received six nominations , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Supporting Actor for Ruffalo , Best Supporting Actress for McAdams , Best Original Screenplay , and Best Film Editing , winning Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay . It is the first Best Picture winner to win fewer than three Academy Awards since '' The Greatest Show on Earth '' in 1953 . At the time of its win , the film had made $ 39.2 million at the North American box office , which made it the second lowest domestically grossing film ( adjusted for ticket-price inflation ) to win Best Picture within the past four decades ( after '' The Hurt Locker '' with $ 17 million )
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