if your movie hasn't been at least somewhat widely seen, there's a really good chance it wasn't the year's best picture. sometimes the academy unearths some gems that audiences overlooked, but more often than not we just get mediocre oscar bait like 'an education' that nobody's seen and for a good reason. what i'm saying is that there's a reason hurt locker only made $12 mil its entire run. it never found an audience because it's not the best picture of the year.