The name on everybody’s lips at the 96th Academy Awards was Oppenheimer.
Christopher Nolan’s historical drama took home the Oscar for Best Picture, as well as six other awards: Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography.
The Oscar win marks the end of a dominant awards season for Oppenheimer, which picked up top prizes at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, PGA Awards, DGA Awards, BAFTAs, and Critics Choice Awards.
But Oppenheimer didn’t just dominate awards season. It also crushed at the box office, with a global gross of just over $950 million as of writing this article. On top of all that, it became a pop culture sensation along with Barbie, its partner in Barbenheimer crime. (For its part, Barbie picked up one award, for Best Original Song for “What Was I Made For.”) Truly, there was no stopping Oppenheimer this year.
How to watch: Oppenheimer is now streaming on Peacock.
