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How awards can revive a movie at the box office

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That emotional tear-jerking speech is mostly a highly effective promotional tool. Statues are handed out largely to secure a lucrative spike in post-theatrical distribution viewing. The prestige is just a shiny veneer over a massive coordinated push to revive dormant box office numbers.

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