Warner Bros. dominates Oscars with 11 wins ahead of its acquisition by Paramount

Forward of its acquisition by Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. dominated the 2026 Oscars with 11 wins primarily for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other. Netflix additionally put in a robust displaying with seven Academy Awards, together with two for KPop Demon Hunters and three for Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein.

All advised, devoted streaming companies chalked up eight awards, however had been shut out of the most important prizes. Frankenstein took the trophies for for Greatest Manufacturing Design, Greatest Costume Design and Greatest Make-up and Hairstyling, whereas KPop Demon Hunters took Greatest Animated Characteristic and Greatest unique Music. Netflix additionally took prizes for All The Empty Rooms (Greatest Documentary Quick Movie) and The Singers (Greatest Dwell Motion Quick Movie). Apple TV garnered the opposite streaming service Oscar for F1 (Greatest Sound).

Warner Bros. dominated the extra prestigious awards. The studio took its first Oscar for Greatest Image (One Battle After One other) since Argo gained in 2012, whereas additionally successful Anderson the prizes for Greatest Director and Greatest Tailored Screenplay, and giving Sean Penn the Greatest Supporting Actor Oscar. Sinners, in the meantime, gained for Greatest Cinematography, giving Autumn Durald Arkapaw the primary ever win for a girl and girl of shade in that class. Michael B. Jordan took the Greatest Actor prize for that movie, whereas Director Ryan Coogler gained for Greatest Unique Screenplay.

Different notable performing prizes had been gained by Jessie Buckley (Greatest Actress, Hamnet) and Amy Madigan (Greatest Help Actress, Weapons).

Host Conan O’Brien joked that it was the “first time in a theater” for Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. It stays to be seen, nevertheless, whether or not Netflix shedding out to Paramount Skydance on the Warner Bros. acquisition might be to the movie business’s profit or detriment. One clear loser of late is broadcast tv because the 2026 Oscars would be the third-to-last aired by Walt Disney’s ABC, with YouTube set to stream the ceremony solely starting in 2029.