Comparison of Decay Slopes for FOTR and TTT

 

 

FOTR Box Office plot by day since release and day of the week:

 

 

TTT Box Office plot by day since release and day of the week:

 

 

The decay is steeper in the weekdays for FOTR (Mon-Weds) and steeper for the weekend days including Thursdays for TTT:

 

 

 

 

 

Oscar Nomination and Award Bump

 

When the box office data for the full run of FOTR are plotted the boost in box office can be seen at the time of the Oscar nominations and Awards at days 54 and 96.  The slope between the nominations and awards is less steep than either before or after the awards: