Netflix Leads Oscar Nominations With 18: Studio Scorecard
variety.comTatiana Siegel Netflix beat streaming rival Apple in the studio race for most Oscar nominations, scoring 18 including one for best picture for “Maestro.” That total topped Apple, which nabbed 13 nods.
In fact, Netflix’s haul was most bolstered by the Bradley Cooper-helmed Leonard Bernstein biopic, which scored seven nominations including best picture.
Apple made a run for the title with a slew of nominations for “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Napoleon.” And overall, Walt Disney Company nabbed 20 nominations via its various content brands and platforms representing 20th Century Studios, Disney+, Hulu, Lucasfilm Ltd., Marvel Studios, National Geographic Documentary Films, Pixar Animation Studios and Searchlight, but Variety counts each label separately.
Netflix and Apple’s big day capped off a year of extravagant awards-season spending from all of the studios, with some films going all out with eight-figure budgets.
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