NEW YORK -- Focus Features' “Brokeback Mountain” has become the top-grosser among the five films nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award this year. As of Sunday, the film has now topped $60 million domestically, outpacing the domestic grosses for fellow Best Picture nominees “Capote,” “Crash,” “Good Night, and Good Luck” and “Munich.”

This past weekend also saw the film, entering its ninth week of release, achieve its widest point of domestic release by expanding nationwide to 2,089 theaters. “Brokeback Mountain,” directed by Ang Lee, has already become Focus' top-grossing release of all time.

The theaters expansion came on the heels of the film being nominated for eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director), more than any other film this year. Following the nominations announcement, “Brokeback Mountain” attained its highest weekend boxoffice ranking yet, finishing at number four at the national boxoffice for the Feb. 3 through 5. The film had previously finished at number five, two weekends prior, following its four Golden Globe Award wins (including Best Picture [Drama] and Best Director), more than any other film this year.

Also over the weekend, “Brokeback Mountain” screenwriters Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a prize that follows the film's wins last month of top honors from the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America as well as the director, screenwriters, and producers' also winning Golden Globe Awards.

The film's international release got underway only three weeks ago, but has already yielded overseas grosses approaching $40 million. With both domestic and international runs continuing apace, the worldwide gross for “Brokeback Mountain” will top $100 million later this week.