Golden Globes Film Nominations Analysis: As ‘Barbenheimer’ Crushes The Field, Summer Blockbusters Take Triumphs To Awards Season

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Was the Oscar race defined all the way back in July? This morning’s predictable Golden Globe nominations provided few surprises as far as the motion pictures contenders go but also give credence to my theory that the cinematic story of the year with the so-called “Barbenheimer” summer box office phenomenon also could become the story of Oscar season.

With a record nine mentions for Barbie and eight for Oppenheimer, these two very different but original movies easily led all comers and were nominated in pretty much every single category you might expect, with the snub of Barbie’s America Ferrera perhaps the only glaring omission for either one.

The rivalry is likely to carry on to the Globes ceremony January 7, and both could walk away with Best Motion Picture awards since the Globes splits those prizes between Drama and Comedy/Musical.

They are, however, going head to head for Screenplay (the Globes makes no distinction between originals and adaptations), Director (Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan) and the new money category of “Cinematic Box Office Achievement” (more on that in a moment), so should one of them sweep those, a clear Oscar front-runner would emerge. RELATED: Golden Globes New Box Office Tentpole Category Delivers First-Time Noms To ‘Mission: Impossible’, ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ & ‘John Wick’ Franchises Actually since three of Barbie’s nominations come in the Best Song category, Oppenheimer has the edge here, being named in the most categories of any 2023 contender with eight to Barbie‘s six.