The Math Behind Oscars' Biggest Best Picture Upsets Ever

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Nomadland on Sunday night became the lowest-grossing film at the domestic box office to walk away with Oscars'top prize — best picture. The history-making statistic wasn't a surprise, considering that theaters across the North America were closed for more than a year, including during the heart of awards season, forcing distributors to rely on hybrid theatrical and in-home releases.

An interesting- though not completely surprising statistic – from the 2021 Academy Awards is about the best picture winner, Nomadland.

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Nomadland’s award for Best Picture. McDormand served as a producer on Chloe Zhao’s independent drama, in which she also stars as a woman struggling to stay afloat on the fringes of society.

Nomadland, the drama from Chloé Zhao starring Frances McDormand, was awarded the evening’s top prize, which rounds out its impressive awards haul since it first premiered in 2019. Zhao accepted the award, thanking “the people on the road” for showing the film’s cast and crew “what true kindness looks like”.

Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director and a historically diverse group of winners took home awards.In the biggest surprise of a socially distanced Oscar ceremony held during the pandemic, best actor went to Anthony Hopkins for his performance in the dementia drama “The Father." The award had been widely expected to go to Chadwick Boseman for his final performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The night’s last award, it ended the ceremony

's illustrious journey down the road ended on the Oscars stage, with Chloé Zhao's drama winning Best Picture during Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards.Taking the stage with team — including the real-life nomads cast in the film — Zhao paid thanks to «all the people we met on the road, thank you for teaching us the power of resilience and hope and reminding us what true kindness looks like.»The win makes Oscars history, as becomes only the second ever Best Picture winner directed by a woman.

Academy Awards fulfilled many expectations but threw in a couple of surprise wins in an unusual ceremony on Sunday evening. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Oscars moved out of their usual venue, the Dolby Theatre, and were based out of Los Angeles’s Union Station instead.

“Nomadland” has wandered straight into the Academy Award for best picture.

Oscars are now underway. The 93rd Academy Awards are taking place tonight (25 April) at Union Station, the main railway station in Los Angeles, famous for its blend of Art Deco and Mission Revival architectural styles.

On a night in which Netflix led all studios with 35 Oscar nominations, traditional distributors had the last laugh, as Searchlight's Nomadland landed the top prize. Likewise, Chloé Zhao picked up the best director statue for the film, a modern-day odyssey of the dispossessed surviving on the edges of the American dream.

Frances McDormand is a big winner!

's illustrious journey down the road ended on the Oscars stage, with director Chloé Zhao's drama winning Best Picture during Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards.Taking the stage with team — including the real-life nomads cast in the film — Zhao said, «We thank all the hearts and hands that came together to make this movie… All the people we met on the road, thank you for teaching us the power of resilience and hope and reminding us what true kindness looks like.»The win makes Oscars history, as becomes

Oscars are now underway. The 93rd Academy Awards are taking place tonight (25 April) at Union Station, the main railway station in Los Angeles, famous for its blend of Art Deco and Mission Revival architectural styles.

It may be a couple of months behind schedule, but the awards season is officially ending with the 93rd Academy Awards. In the past year, since Bong Joon Ho won 4 Oscars for his work on “Parasite,” the world has changed quite a bit, with the COVID pandemic changing every aspect of our lives.

Oscar viewers are reacting to the reveal that the 2021 Oscars ceremony is presenting Best Picture ahead of Best Actor and Best Actress.

This is not a drill: Halle Berry and her new boo made their red carpet debut at the 93rd Academy Awards, so naturally, it’s time to share everything there is to know about Halle Berry’s boyfriend. Let’s get into it.

Academy Awards brought out the biggest names in Hollywood for a night of fun and celebration.Coming together in one of the first non-virtual awards shows since the start of the pandemic, many of the industry's best and brightest were invigorated and excited to be coming together once more.There was no host this year, but that didn't keep the show from stalling, as the long-awaited (and two-months-delayed) ceremony went all out to honor the multitude of films, filmmakers and stars who were