For the first time in its history, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) scored more Oscar nominations than any other studio. The streaming giant's total tally was 24 nominations, which beat out Disney's (NYSE: DIS) 23 and Sony's (NYSE: SNE) 20.
Netflix earned Best Picture nominations for Martin Scorsese's The Irishman and Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, Best Actor nominations for Adam Driver in Marriage Story and Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes, a Best Actress nomination for Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story, Best Supporting Actor nominations for Anthony Hopkins in The Two Popes and Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in The Irishman, and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Laura Dern in Marriage Story, along with 15 others.
There's no question it's great for Netflix to earn these accolades. The more positive press and general buzz the company and its content receives, the better it is for its subscriber numbers and future growth. It's also incredible how far Netflix has come considering it only released its first original content, the political series House of Cards, in 2013, and only made its first movie about four years ago. So to have just earned more Oscar nominations than Disney, even after Disney's mega-merger with Fox, is remarkable.