‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads the Oscar nominations

In a year when moviegoers returned en masse to big-budget spectacles — and skipped nearly everything else — Oscar voters on Tuesday spread nominations remarkably far and wide.

The blockbuster sequels "Top Gun: Maverick” and "Avatar: The Way of Water,” with $3.5 billion in combined ticket sales worldwide, were recognized in the best picture category. "Elvis,” an old-fashioned musical biopic (draped in Baz Luhrmann bling) heard its name called alongside the newfangled "Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Additional nominations went to the ultrasophisticated "Tár,” which took in a scant $6 million in theaters; the German-language "All Quiet on the Western Front,” a streaming-service entry; "The Banshees of Inisherin,” a dark comedy about a frayed friendship; Steven Spielberg’s memory piece, "The Fabelmans”; the sexual assault drama "Women Talking,” set in an isolated religious colony; and a satire about the superrich, "Triangle of Sadness.”

Eight films received five or more nominations. "Everything Everywhere” had the most, with 11. "The Banshees of Inisherin” and "All Quiet on the Western Front” each had nine.

In some ways, spreading nominations widely over a number of films reflected the jumbled state of Hollywood. No one in the movie capital seems to know which end is up, with streaming services such as Netflix hot then not, and studios unsure about how many films to release in theaters and whether anything but superheroes, sequels and horror stories can succeed.

The inclusion of multiple blockbusters could also signal that voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have finally decided to help the Oscars show by widening the best picture aperture. In 2009, academy leaders expanded the nominee pool to 10 from five. The audience for the ceremony was in decline, and more slots would make room for a broader range of films, perhaps even populist movies — or so academy officials hoped. Voters mostly just doubled down on little-seen art films.

The 2022 show drew 16.6 million viewers, the second-worst turnout on record after the pandemic-affected 2021 telecast. If the Nielsen ratings do not improve, the academy faces a financial precipice: Most of its revenue comes from the sale of broadcasting rights to the show. Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.

ABC will broadcast the 95th ceremony live on March 12.

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Oscars 2023 nominee list

Nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning, ahead of a ceremony on March 12 in Los Angeles. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s oddball sci-fi movie, "Everything Everywhere All at Once,” led in sheer number of nominations, with 11 total; Martin McDonagh’s "The Banshees of Inisherin” and Edward Berger’s "All Quiet on the Western Front” tied for second, with 9 each.

Best Picture

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "Avatar: The Way of Water”
• "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• "Elvis”
• "Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• "The Fabelmans”
• "Tár”
• "Top Gun: Maverick”
• "Triangle of Sadness”
• "Women Talking”

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Best Director

• Martin McDonagh, "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Steven Spielberg, "The Fabelmans”
• Todd Field, "Tár”
• Ruben Ostlund, "Triangle of Sadness”

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Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett, "Tár”
• Ana de Armas, "Blonde”
• Andrea Riseborough, "To Leslie”
• Michelle Williams, "The Fabelmans”
• Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once”

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Best Actor

• Austin Butler, "Elvis”
• Colin Farrell, "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Brendan Fraser, "The Whale”
• Paul Mescal, "Aftersun”
• Bill Nighy, "Living”

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Best Supporting Actress

• Angela Bassett, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• Hong Chau, "The Whale”
• Kerry Condon, "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Stephanie Hsu, "Everything Everywhere All at Once”

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Best Supporting Actor

• Brendan Gleeson, "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Brian Tyree Henry, "Causeway”
• Judd Hirsch, "The Fabelmans”
• Barry Keoghan, "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once”

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Cinematography

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
• "Elvis”
• "Empire of Light”
• "Tár”

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International Feature

• "All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany
• "Argentina, 1985,” Argentina
• "Close,” Belgium
• "EO,” Poland
• "The Quiet Girl,” Ireland

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Production Design

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "Avatar: The Way of Water”
• "Babylon”
• "Elvis”
• "The Fabelmans”

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Editing

• "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• "Elvis”
• "Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• "Tár”
• "Top Gun: Maverick”

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Animated Feature

• "Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
• "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
• "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
• "The Sea Beast”
• "Turning Red”

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Documentary Feature

• "All That Breathes”
• "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
• "Fire of Love”
• "A House Made of Splinters”
• "Navalny”

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Documentary Short

• "The Elephant Whisperers”
• "Haulout”
• "How Do You Measure a Year?”
• "The Martha Mitchell Effect”
• "Stranger at the Gate”

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Visual Effects

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "Avatar: The Way of Water”
• "The Batman”
• "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• "Top Gun: Maverick”

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Original Song

• "Applause” ("Tell It like a Woman”)
• "Hold My Hand” ("Top Gun: Maverick”)
• "Lift Me Up” ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
• "Naatu Naatu” ("RRR”)
• "Time” ("Amsterdam”)
• "This Is a Life ("Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

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Sound

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "Avatar: The Way of Water”
• "The Batman”
• "Elvis”
• "Top Gun: Maverick”

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Makeup and Hairstyling

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "The Batman”
• "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• "Elvis”
• "The Whale”

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Costume Design

• "Babylon”
• "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• "Elvis”
• "Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”

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Original Score

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "Babylon”
• "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• "Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• "The Fabelmans”

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Original Screenplay

• "The Banshees of Inisherin”
• "Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• "The Fabelmans”
• "Tár”
• "Triangle of Sadness”

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Animated Short

• "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
• "The Flying Sailor”
• "Ice Merchants”
• "My Year of Dicks”
• "An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”

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Live-Action Short

• "An Irish Goodbye”
• "Ivalu”
• "Le Pupille”
• "Night Ride”
• "The Red Suitcase”

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Adapted Screenplay

• "All Quiet on the Western Front”
• "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
• "Living”
• "Top Gun: Maverick”
• "Women Talking”

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.