Can You Win Best Picture If You Flop?

That movie that was supposed to be in hot contention for the Oscars this year? Well, it turns out it flopped. The Emma Stone–Yorgos Lanthimos vehicle Bugonia, which surely was intended to repeat the pair’s past success with the Academy, “still hasn’t recovered a 10th of its $55 million budget.” Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere failed to serenade audiences at the box office and “will have to vie to stay relevant to moviegoers in the weeks ahead.” That Julia Roberts–Luca Guadagnino thriller that looked like a shoo-in for Best Actress?