Film studio ranking by number of "Best Picture" Academy Awards 2023

As of 2023, Columbia Pictures was the film studio with the most Academy Awards in the Best Picture category. The studio, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024, has collected 12 wins in the category over the years – outperforming Paramount by one trophy.

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures is an American film studio and production company founded in 1924. The now Sony-owned business ranks among the top film studios in North America, generating box office revenue of over 1.06 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. In addition to that, Sony/Columbia managed to nearly double its market share in recent years and outperform competitors such as Warner Bros. amid the pandemic. Comparing the two studios' performances at the Academy Awards in recent years, however, one can see that Columbia has not scored a Best Picture win since 1987, whereas a Warner Bros. movie last won the category in 2012.

The 95th Academy Awards: the night of the indies

The 95th Academy Awards took place on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The show marked a milestone for independent filmmaking as an A24 film won the coveted Best Picture award. Even prior to the ceremony, A24 managed to amass the highest number of Oscar nominations among all movie distributors, followed closely by the streaming platform Netflix.