Warner Bros. Dominates Oscars With 11 Wins Ahead Of Its Acquisition By Paramount

Ahead of its acquisition by Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. dominated nan 2026 Oscars pinch 11 wins chiefly for Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another. Netflix besides put successful a beardown showing pinch 7 Academy Awards, including 2 for KPop Demon Hunters and 3 for Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein.

All told, dedicated streaming services chalked up 8 awards, but were unopen retired of nan awesome prizes. Frankenstein took nan trophies for for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while KPop Demon Hunters took Best Animated Feature and Best original Song. Netflix besides took prizes for All The Empty Rooms (Best Documentary Short Film) and The Singers (Best Live Action Short Film). Apple TV garnered nan different streaming work Oscar for F1 (Best Sound).

Warner Bros. dominated nan much prestigious awards. The workplace took its first Oscar for Best Picture (One Battle After Another) since Argo won successful 2012, while besides winning Anderson nan prizes for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and giving Sean Penn nan Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Sinners, meanwhile, won for Best Cinematography, giving Autumn Durald Arkapaw nan first ever triumph for a female and female of colour successful that category. Michael B. Jordan took nan Best Actor prize for that film, while Director Ryan Coogler won for Best Original Screenplay.

Other notable acting prizes were won by Jessie Buckley (Best Actress, Hamnet) and Amy Madigan (Best Support Actress, Weapons).

Host Conan O'Brien joked that it was nan "first clip successful a theater" for Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. It remains to beryllium seen, however, whether Netflix losing retired to Paramount Skydance connected nan Warner Bros. acquisition will beryllium to nan movie industry's use aliases detriment. One clear loser of precocious is broadcast tv arsenic nan 2026 Oscars will beryllium nan third-to-last aired by Walt Disney's ABC, pinch YouTube group to watercourse nan ceremonial exclusively starting successful 2029.