Warner Bros has secured a record 11 Academy Awards at the 98th Oscars, tying the all-time mark set by MGM (1959), Paramount (1997) and New Line Cinema (2003). The studio, currently in advanced talks to be acquired by Paramount, entered the ceremony with 30 nominations – surpassing its previous best of 28 from 1943, when Casablanca won Best Picture.
The bulk of Warner Bros' nominations came from two films: Ryan Coogler's Sinners (16 nods) and Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (13 nods). One Battle After Another took home six Oscars, while Sinners won four. Amy Madigan's supporting actress nomination for Weapons accounted for the studio's final nod, with the film winning one award.
Netflix finished second with six wins, while Disney, Apple and Focus Features each took one award. Neon, which had 18 nominations – the second-highest tally – left with a single win for Sentimental Value in the foreign language category. Paramount had no nominations.
The record haul strengthens Warner Bros' position in negotiations with Paramount Skydance over the proposed $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, the parent company of HBO, HBO Max, CNN, TBS, Food Network and the Warner Bros studios.
