The 2024 Oscars are behind us, and yet people remember this year’s ceremony quite well since it was one of the most exciting ones we have had in years. And adding a little bit more spice to the mix, Christopher Nolan, along with his cast and crew from Oppenheimer swept all of the most prestigious categories from the rest of the nominees, including the revered Best Picture award.
Thus, setting an example for generations to come, this film not only raised the bar on the critical scale through the eyes of critics and journalists but also managed to become a smashing success at the box office with a total grossing figure of $959 Million. This was the first time in almost a decade that an almost billion dollar movie managed to bag the Best Picture category.
Christopher Nolan Managed To Break An Upsetting Best Picture Oscar Streak With Oppenheimer’s Revenue
While it’s been almost a week since the 2024 Oscar Awards ceremony was held, it is still fresh in the memories of the public as it was something that the public was more excited than ever before to witness which is apparent from the record-breaking viewer count that it experienced.
But this wasn’t the only milestone that was achieved that night. In fact, Christopher Nolan, with his film Oppenehiemer, managed to win the coveted Best Picture award, making it the first major cinematic blockbuster to have won in this category in the last decade.
If we look at the history of the winners of this category from the past decade, films like Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite and Peter Farrelly’s Green Book were the only films that grossed more than $200 Million at the box office while the rest were critically praised to extremes, but didn’t do so well on the commercial scale.
This changed when Oppenheimer won the Best Picture award after grossing a staggering $959 million at the box office.
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Thus, the streak of award-winning films not being able to do well on the commercial scale despite being a cinematic masterpiece was finally broken at the 2024 Academy Awards. This was also the reason why this year’s ceremony was so highly viewed as people who witnessed Cillian Murphy‘s performance in the movie were excited and in anticipation of the fate that awaited it.
How Many Awards Did Oppenheimer Win At The 2024 Oscars?
This year was the year of Christopher Nolan at the Academy Awards, as four of the most coveted categories were taken over by Oppenheimer.
Along with Murphy winning his first-ever Academy Award for Best Actor, co-star Robert Downey Jr. won his first-ever Best Supporting Actor award. But more impactful than that was Nolan himself winning his first Oscar for Best Director in this film after eight nominations in total in his career.
Along with Best Picture, the film also won Best Cinematography, which went to Hoyte van Hoytema, and Best Film Editing which was received by Jennifer Lame, while Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson took home the Best Original Score for providing the memorable music for the film.
Oppenheimer, streaming on Peacock.
