The Golden Globes Make History With Stand-Up Comedy & Blockbuster Movie Awards

Putting the stand-up comedy of it all aside, the Variety article does specify that movies nominated in the blockbuster category will also be able to compete in the long-standing Best Motion Picture categories of Comedy and Drama. So what does this mean? Well, based on the way 2023 has been going, at least a few movies stand to dominate all of the major film categories at this year’s Globes.

«Super Mario Bros.» was the first 2023 film to cross $1 billion at the box office, but in July, It was easily surpassed by Greta Gerwig’s «Barbie» movie, which earned its billion within just a few short weeks and set several box office records in the process. It might feel wild to mention «Barbie» and «Super Mario Bros.» in the same breath, but truthfully, these two movies could well be going up against each other in the new blockbuster category, whereas it feels like a given that «Barbie» will compete in Best Motion Picture – Comedy, based on its overwhelming critical acclaim. Then there’s Christopher Nolan’s «Oppenheimer,» which didn’t make it to the billion-dollar mark, but still performed pretty spectacularly for a three-hour biopic, earning well over $300 million at the domestic box office; it seems like a certainty that, like «Barbie,» Nolan’s movie will end up in both the blockbuster and drama categories.