Whoya there me bucko....every resonable man/woman knows Tinsel Town judges a 'favorite' by the amount of denaro it banks.
"The Passion of The Christ" made more money than ALL of the nominated flicks COMB$NED !!!
Crank that through your cockeyed projector, ke-mo sah-bee.
Shrek 2 and Spiderman 2 both made more then TPOTC. Neither one of them was nominated either. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...It didn't get enough votes.