LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -This year’s Oscars telecast that honored independent film “Anora” brought in an estimated 18.1 million U.S. viewers on television and streaming, according to data released by broadcaster ABC on Monday.
The audience for the highest honors in Hollywood fell 7% from the 2024 ceremony, when 19.5 million people tuned in to see blockbuster biopic “Oppenheimer” take best picture.
“Anora,” an unconventional fairy tale about a sex worker and the son of a Russian oligarch, won this year’s best picture prize and four other honors at the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. The movie has brought in $40 million at global box offices, compared with nearly $976 million for “Oppenheimer.”
Comedian Conan O’Brien hosted the Oscars for the first time and was generally applauded by TV critics. The show ran nearly four hours and mostly avoided politics.
O’Brien “absolutely rocked his debut as a host, walking the perfect line between acid and affection,” wrote Owen Gleiberman of Variety. “This was Conan at his acerbic best, giving Jimmy Kimmel a run for his money.”
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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