A box-office analyst explains how the Oscars impact a movie's earnings, and what film got one of the biggest bumps in recent memory

· Oscar nominations can give a movie a box-office boost, but it's harder to come by in the age of streaming and online video.
· Paul Dergarabedian, the Comscore senior media analyst, told Business Insider that it depends on whether a movie still has an "untapped audience."
· "American Beauty" experienced one of the biggest...