One Battle After Another took home Best Picture along with five other awards, including Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson (who, if you can believe it, had been nominated for 11 Oscars before this and never won a single one). The film also grabbed Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn (who didn't even show up -classic Penn), and the brand new Best Casting award, the first new Oscar category in 25 years.

But the biggest story might've been Sinners. Ryan Coogler's vampire horror epic came in with a record-shattering 16 nominations - the most any film has ever received - and walked away with four wins, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan.

Jessie Buckley took home Best Actress for Hamnet, Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons, and Conan O'Brien returned as host for a second year, opening the show dressed as Madigan's character Aunt Gladys. He joked that every seat filler in the building would "be Michael B. Jordan" in reference to his twin roles, and the camera cut to a crowd of Jordan lookalikes. Peak Conan.

Oh, and KPop Demon Hunters won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. Didn't see that coming.

Hoppers Still on Top

Over at the box office, Pixar's Hoppers held the number one spot for a second straight weekend with $28.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $86.8 million. That's a solid 37% drop from its massive $46 million opening - strong legs for an animated film that's clearly connecting with audiences. Globally, it's already sitting at $164.7 million. The little beaver that could keeps chugging along.

Reminders of Him Overperforms

The big new opener this weekend was Reminders of Him, the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation. It pulled in $18.2 million domestically - nearly double what industry trackers had expected ($10-12M). Directed by Vanessa Caswill, the film stars Maika Monroe as a woman fighting to rebuild her life and reconnect with her daughter after a stint in jail. Add in $10 million from overseas and you've got a $28.2 million worldwide debut. Hoover's book-to-film pipeline remains undefeated.

A24 Strikes Again

A24's Undertone quietly crept into third place with $9.3 million from 2,570 theaters. This Canadian horror film, made for just $500K, follows a young woman and her friend who run a paranormal podcast - until anonymous recordings start drawing them into genuine terror. The kicker? Only two characters ever appear on screen; everyone else is just a voice. It's the kind of wild creative swing that makes A24... well, A24.

Box Office Elsewhere

Scream 7 landed in fourth with $8.35 million, pushing its domestic total past the $100 million mark and its worldwide gross to $176.9 million - officially making it the highest-grossing entry in the entire Scream franchise. Not bad for a horror sequel that plenty of people counted out.

GOAT rounded out the top five with $4.7 million in its fifth weekend, pushing the animated Sony film north of $90 million domestic. Meanwhile, The Bride! continued its freefall with just $2.1 million in weekend two - a brutal 70% drop from an already rough $7 million opening. This one's headed straight to streaming.

Coming Soon

Keep your eyes on Project Hail Mary, Ryan Gosling's sci-fi epic from Andy Weir (The Martian), hitting theaters this Friday, March 20. Early reviews are glowing - it follows an astronaut who wakes up alone on a spaceship with no memory, tasked with saving Earth from an extinction-level event. Big sci-fi energy.

And get this: the first full trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day reportedly drops March 18. Tom Holland is back, four years after No Way Home, in a world that's forgotten Peter Parker exists. It's directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and swings into theaters July 31.

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Box Office Update

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Movie

Weekend Gross

1

Hoppers

$28.5M

2

Reminders of Him

$18.3M

3

Undertone

$9.3M

4

Scream 7

$8.4M

5

GOAT

$4.7M

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