Box office is booming, and ABC News takes a look on the Friday before the Oscar telecast.

If you look closely, yours truly has apparently gotten a new job as spokesman for the previously unknown "National Association of Theatregoers".  Aside from the really ugly acronym (NATg), they don't exist.  We really like theatregoers, but we don't speak for them.

Winners are in bold.

Best picture 
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire" 

Director 
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" 

Actor 
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn, "Milk" 
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Actress 
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader" 

Supporting actor 
Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" 
Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting actress 
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" 
Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"

Original screenplay 
Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"
Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"
Dustin Lance Black, "Milk" 
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E"

Adapted screenplay 
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"
Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"
David Hare, "The Reader"
Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire" 

Animated feature film 
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"WALL-E" 

Foreign-language film 
"The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany
"The Class," France
"Departures," Japan 
"Revanche," Austria
"Waltz With Bashir," Israel

The complete list is here.