Oscars scores have been up 4% for this 12 months’s ceremony with 19.5 million Individuals tuning in.
It makes it the most-watched since 2020 and meant that it was the third consecutive 12 months of viewership development with Covid affecting the logistics of and public curiosity in awards reveals.
However whereas it was up from 2023’s 18.8 million consequence, it was barely down in the important thing 18-49 demographic, which dropped 5% since final 12 months. The evening, hosted once more by Jimmy Kimmel, kicked off an hour sooner than normal, seen as a technique to bolster viewership.
After reaching greater than 43 million viewers again in 2014, when 12 Years a Slave received finest image, viewership has fallen. That ceremony, hosted by Ellen Degeneres and that includes a viral selfie, was probably the most watched since 2000.
Wins have been led by Christopher Nolan’s hit biopic Oppenheimer which picked up seven awards together with finest image and finest actor for Cillian Murphy. The movie, which revamped $950m on the world field workplace final summer time, is the highest-grossing finest image winner since Lord of the Rings: Return of the King in 2004.
Whereas final 12 months’s highest-grossing movie Barbie solely picked up one win, for finest authentic tune, its presence was felt all through the evening with a gap skit that includes footage from the movie and two songs carried out in the course of the evening, one led by Ryan Gosling.
On the Academy’s official YouTube channel, Gosling’s efficiency is the most-watched video from the evening with over 1.3m views up to now. Shut behind is Robert Downey Jr’s acceptance speech with 1.2m.
Within the UK, broadcast rights went to ITV for the primary time with viewers averaging 630,000 for the present which went on till 2.30am GMT.
Earlier this 12 months, the 2024 Golden Globes rose to 10 million viewers, up 50% from the earlier 12 months. The Grammys, which came about weeks after, additionally noticed a 34% rise in viewership.
