In a historic announcement for the 98th Academy Awards, Ryan Coogler’s supernatural thriller “Sinners” has broken all previous records.
The film earned 16 Oscar nominations and left with 14 nods, a record held by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land.”
The 2025 horror/action film received nominations in major categories including:
- Best picture
- Director
- Actor
- Supporting actor
- Supporting role
- Original manuscript
- Cinematography
- Production design
- Editing
- Original score
- Healthy
- Visual effects
- Costume design
- Makeup
- Hair styling
- New Casting Award
The film’s director was Ryan Coogler, who has previously made films such as “Fruitvale Station”, “Creed” and “Black Panther”.
Sinners was a huge box office hit, crossing $300 million globally and reaching $368 million or more. This makes it the best original horror film of all time, given its reported $90 million production budget.
Aside from “Sinners,” Leonardo DiCaprio’s “One Battle After Another” received 13 nominations.
Frankenstein, Marty Supremeand Ssentimental value each received 9 nominations. While Brad Pit is F1 received four nominations.
The official Oscar ceremony will take place on March 15, 2025 and will conclude the fate of these films.
