Oscar front-runners "Argo" and "Lincoln" have already blown past box office projections and, with the awards season kicking in, are positioned pick up more steam this week.
Disney plans to expand Oscar front-runner "Lincoln" into about 200 more theaters this weekend, after the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday and Golden Globes on Thursday.
"Argo," Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage thriller, has made $103 million for Warner Bros since opening on Oct. 12. "Lincoln," director Steven Spielberg’s saga of the 16th U.S. president’s fight to abolish slavery, will pass that mark in the next few days. That means both films are around $40 million above analysts' pre-release projections, and they're still counting.