Overview
- The London Critics’ Circle named the film its nominations leader with nine, including Film, Director and Screenwriter of the Year, with winners set for Feb. 1, 2026 at The May Fair Hotel hosted by Mark Kermode.
- Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet followed with eight nominations and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners earned seven, as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jessie Buckley landed lead acting nods.
- San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle voters awarded the film Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, plus Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro and Editing for Andy Jurgensen.
- IndieWire’s year-end critics survey ranked the film No. 1 overall, with Paul Thomas Anderson named Best Director in the poll.
- Warner Bros. set a Dec. 19 HBO Max debut with an ASL streaming option and an HBO linear premiere the next day, as the film’s global box office reached about $204 million.