US EditionAnora's big night at the Oscars puts an end to the most chaotic awards season in years
- Sean Baker's Anora won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, totaling a gross of $18.45 million after 21 weeks in theaters.
- Anora's weekend box office earnings reached an estimated $1.86 million, contributing to its total gross.
- The Oscars ceremony showcased a change in preferences, as younger, international voters now value artistic purity over crowd-pleasing films.
- Conan O'Brien's hosting improved the telecast's presentation, making it a brisk and elegantly executed media event, according to critics.
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Oscars 2025: Anora’s Cinderella triumph
“We may all need to update our mental model of what a Best Picture winner looks like,” said Nate Jones in NYMag.com. When Anora added the top prize to its already impressive haul at the close of this year’s Oscars ceremony, it made Oppenheimer, last year’s winner, look like a big-budget outlier in an otherwise growing run of scrappy art house hits—Moonlight, Parasite, etc.—that have emerged as Academy favorites.Sean Baker’s low-budget tragicomed…
Sheryl Lee Ralph Sparks Debate With Hilariously NSFW Take On How To Win An Oscar
Iconic starlet Sheryl Lee Ralph gave a racy response on what "the fastest way to an Oscar" was following 25-year-old Mikey Madison's Best Actress Oscar win for her starring role in Anora at the 67th Academy Awards earlier this month. Anora swept the Oscars with five golden statuettes, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Madison), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.In the surprise hit black comedy-drama, Madison star…
‘Anora’ Gets Nice Bump In Post-Oscar Expansion, Hits No. 7 After 21 Weeks – Specialty Box Office
Sean Baker’s Anora from Neon — which swept the Academy Awards for Best Director, Picture, Original Screenplay, Lead Actress and Editing – added 800+ screens to celebrate after the ceremony last Sunday and brought in in an estimated $1.86 million for the three-day weekend. The cume after 21 weeks in theaters now stands at $18.45 […]
On "Anora": Armenian representation or reinforced stereotypes?
Sean Baker’s Anora, a film that features not only two Armenian actors but also plenty of dialogue in the Armenian language, took home several awards at the Oscars this year. Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan walked onto the stage of the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025, to accept Hollywood’s highest accolade—an undeniably celebratory moment for America’s Armenian diaspora. They look Armenian, they speak Armenian, their names are Armenian, they…
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