Awards Disparity

"And the Academy Award goes to..." since I was five years old, I have watched this annual celebration of style, grace and glamour. The Red Carpet, has always been the most interesting part of the show, but while the 'show' reveals the best in Hollywood, none of the top films are recognized.

Here is a list of the top 20 movies of all time, courtesy The-Numbers.

Rank	Year	Name	Total Box  Office	Oscar Wins
1	2009	Avatar	$760.5M	3-Art/Cinema/VFx
2	1997	Titanic	$658.6M	11-Picture/Director
3	2012	Marvel's The Avengers	$623.2M	0
4	2008	The Dark Knight	$533.3M	2-Sound/Actor Suport
5	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$474.5M	0
6	1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$460.9M	6-Set/Costume/VFx
7	2012	The Dark Knight Rises	$448.1M	0
8	2004	Shrek 2	$441.2M	0
9	1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$435.1M	4-Sound/VFx/Score
10	2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423.3M	1-VFx
11	1994	The Lion King	$422.7M	2-Score/Song
12	2010	Toy Story 3	$415.0M	2-Song/Animated
13	2012	The Hunger Games	$408.0M	0
14	2002	Spider-Man	$403.7M	0
15	2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$402.1M	0
16	1993	Jurassic Park	$384.7M	3-Sound/VFx
17	2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$381.0M	0
18	2003	Finding Nemo	$380.5M	1-Animated
19	2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380.2M	0
20	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$377.8M	11-Picture/Director

Out of this list of 20 films 3 are not considered Genre. Of the remaining 17, 9 didn't get a single award from the Academy of Arts and Sciences. In this list of 20 films only 2 received top honors of Best Picture and Best Director, so what relevance does the top awards show have on the world of film?

This year's Best Picture winner, Argo, was beaten at the Box-Office by 24 other films, 15 of which were Genre films. When Science Fiction and Fantasy create the best selling books and movies, why do we hand awards to products that generate 1/6th the sales? Like literary works the biggest awards go to obscure performances, not the best performing categories.

We need to look at other awards such as the Hugo and Saturn Awards for our brand of entertainment awards. Maybe we need a new presentation show, with the sparkle of the MTV Video Awards, but with a larger television audience than the obscure Spike TV Scream Awards.