Statistics are valid through the 2009 (82nd) Academy Awards, presented on March 7, 2010. [document last updated 3/10]


BEST PICTURE FACTS

[NOTE: For the 1927/28 through the 1950 Awards, the nomination went to the production company or studio that produced the film. For the 1951 Awards through the present, the nomination goes to the producer(s) credited on the film.]


By Studio
[Applies only to the 1927/28 (1st) — 1950 (23rd) Academy Awards (see note above)]

MOST NOMINATIONS ([#] indicates number of awards)
38 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [5]
21 Warner Bros. [2]
16 20th Century-Fox [3]

MOST AWARDS ([#] indicates number of nominations)
5 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [38]
3 20th Century-Fox [16]
2 Columbia [12]
2 Paramount [13]
2 Selznick International Pictures [5]
2 Warner Bros. [21]


By Producer
[Applies only to the 1951 (24th) — 2009 (82nd) Academy Awards (see note above)]

MOST NOMINATIONS ([#] indicates number of awards)
6 Kathleen Kennedy [0]
6 Stanley Kramer [0]
6 Steven Spielberg [1]
5 Francis Ford Coppola [1]
5 Frank Marshall [0]
4 Warren Beatty [0]
4 James L. Brooks [1]
4 David Brown [0]
4 Clint Eastwood [2]
4 Peter Jackson [1]
4 Norman Jewison [0]
4 Sydney Pollack [1]
4 David Puttnam [1]
4 Sam Spiegel [3]
4 George Stevens [0]
4 Irwin Winkler [1]

MOST AWARDS ([#] indicates number of nominations)
3 Sam Spiegel [4]
3 Saul Zaentz [3]
2 Clint Eastwood [4]
2 Arthur Freed [2]
2 Branko Lustig [2]
2 Albert S. Ruddy [2]
2 Robert Wise [3]

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