Oscar Money Watch: 'Imitation Game' Tops $85M Thanks To Oscar Season

In a less "franchise-friendly" world, it can be argued that The Imitation Game would have just been a rock-solid studio programmer with a strong lead performance by a popular actor. But as studios shifted away from mid-priced dramas and star vehicles towards more bombastic fantasy-based would-be franchise films, we are at a point where out-and-out character dramas like this are relatively rare outside of the Oscar season. As such, a film like The Imitation Game, which would have been a solid ...