Gitesh Pandya of BoxOfficeGuru.com gave us this report on how Golden Globes benefited some contenders at the box office. Here's what he says:

"Babel," which led all films with 7 Globe nods, enjoyed the best box office boost on the weekend after the nominations were announced. Since expanding nationwide, the film had been dropping by more than 45% each week. But thanks to the Globes, it jumped up 8% last weekend despite losing more than one-third of its theaters. That repped a sensational 84% boost in its per-theater average.

"The Queen" lost 23% of its theaters but saw its average ease by a scant 1%. Miramax has done a terrific job with the release of this awards contender enjoying 11 consecutive weeks in the Top 20. Some Globe wins and Oscar nods could allow the distrib to re-expand the pic in January when audience attention will shift from holiday films to awards contenders.

With so many high-profile holiday films entering the marketplace in wide release, it will be hard for some of these Globe-nominated pictures to hold onto their screens, but they do still have long-term potential which could allow them to stay relevant well past New Years weekend.

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