Wednesday, May 6, 2026

THE NUMBERS: SEASON 35 GRA EDITION

 

In this annual special edition of The Numbers, we will take a look at the voting of the 35th Golden Reel Awards. Specifically, we will take a look at the percentage of votes each nominee received. In addition to that, we also will reveal what films and talents just missed out on a GRA nomination by placing 5th in the nomination polling, as well as bringing in some trivia to coincide with each category.




40% - EIDOLON
20% - THE FRIEND ZONE
20% - NEW CHRISTIANITY
20% - TARA'S WRATH

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: RUBICON LIES

TRIVIA: This is the third time a John Malone-penned film has won both Best Production Design AND Best Picture. Eidolon joins The Prisoner and Risico with the feat. 




30% - TARA'S WRATH
28% - THE PUNISHER: PURGATORY
21% - THE DAM
21% - VULTURES

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: DISCOVERY

TRIVIA: Roy Horne now has 5 Best Soundtrack GRA trophies to his resume along with 9 more nominations since his debut in Season 6.




35% - THE HOUSE OF BLACK
25% - BATMAN: DUALITY
25% - EIDOLON
15% - ZORRO

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: THE PUNISHER: PURGATORY (TIE) / THE TICK (TIE)

TRIVIA: The House of Black is the first non-superhero Fantasy film to win the Most Wanted Sequel GRA since Gargoyles in Season 7. The only other winner with that criteria is Inferno in Season 3. Both Gargoyles and Inferno did indeed garner sequels.




60% - DISCOVERY
25% - EIDOLON
15% - THE HOUSE OF BLACK
0% - RUBICON LIES

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: BLOOD AND GLORY (TIE) / VULTURES (TIE)

TRIVIA: Writers Jimmy Ellis and Chad Taylor have now combined to make up 40% of all Best Ensemble Cast winners in LRF history.




35% - JACOB ELORDI & VICTORIA PEDRETTI - TARA'S WRATH
25% - ANNA KENDRICK & CHRIS PRATT - THE FRIEND ZONE
25% - CRISTIN MILIOTI & CHANNING TATUM - UNREASONABLE 
DOUBT
15% - LUPITA NYONG'O & DAN STEVENS - EIDOLON

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: DAVE BAUTISTA & COSMO JARVIS - BLOOD AND GLORY

TRIVIA: In the past 10 seasons, Jacob Elordi has been nominated for Best Starring Couple six times, now winning twice.




40% - VICTORIA PEDRETTI - TARA'S WRATH
30% - ROBERT ARAMAYO - MAN OF GOD
15% - SHARLTO COPLEY - EIDOLON
15% - JONATHAN TUCKER - THE PUNISHER: PURGATOTY

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: CHRIS ROCK - BATMAN: DUALITY

TRIVIA: Victoria Pedretti joins rare company as just the third talent in LRF history to win GRAs for Best Starring Couple and Best Villain in the same season (for the same film). Russell Crowe and Angelina Jolie are the only other talents to accomplish this feat for Season 10's Kite and Season 24's Natural Selection, respectively.




55% - EIDOLON
15% - THE DAM
15% - THE HOUSE OF BLACK
15% - THE PUNISHER: PURGATORY

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: THE MOLANDER CASE

TRIVIA: Writer John Malone has now won the Best Adaptation GRA over 29% of the time since the category joined the awards in Season 2.




40% - DISCOVERY
30% - RUBICON LIES
15% - DUST SAINT
15% - TARA'S WRATH

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: THUS DREAMED ZARATHUSTRA

TRIVIA: On the flipside, Jimmy Ellis and Chad Taylor have combined to be awarded over 41% of the Best Original Story trophies in GRA history.




40% - JESSIE BUCKLEY - DUST SAINT
35% - LUPITA NYONG'O - EIDOLON
25% - RENATE REINSVE - DISCOVERY
0% - EMMA MACKEY - THE HOUSE OF BLACK

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: CARLA GUGINO - THE PUNISHER: PURGATORY

TRIVIA: Jessie Buckley and Dust Saint winning this award continues the long-standing trend of the Best Supporting Actress GRA NOT going to the eventual Best Picture-winning film. In 35 Seasons, the two categories have only lined up three times.




50% - MICHAEL SHANNON - MAN OF GOD
25% - CHRIS ROCK - BATMAN: DUALITY
25% - JASON CLARKE - RUBICON LIES
0% - JOSH O'CONNOR - DISCOVERY

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: SHARLTO COPLEY - EIDOLON (TIE) / ROBERT ARAMAYO - MAN OF GOD (TIE)

TRIVIA: Michael Shannon has now won GRA trophies for Best Ensemble Cast, Best Villain, and Best Supporting Actor. He's just missing Best Actor and Best Starring Couple from a GRA full-house.




35% - JULIA ROBERTS - DISCOVERY
30% - VICTORIA PEDRETTI - TARA'S WRATH
30% - YULIYA SNIGIR - THE WOMAN WHO WALKED ON RED SNOW
5% - RINKO KIKUCHI - UNKEMPT GARDEN

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: ALLISON WILLIAMS - MAN-THING

TRIVIA: Julia Roberts at 55 years old is the second oldest Best Actress GRA winner in LRF history, only behind Patricia Clarkson, who was 59 years old when she won for Suzanne.




27% - JOSH BROLIN - MAN OF GOD
26% - JACOB ELORDI - TARA'S WRATH
24% - LEONARDO DICAPRIO - RUBICON LIES
23% - DAN STEVENS - EIDOLON

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: PAUL DANO - DUST SAINT (TIE) / HIROYUKI SANADA - UNKEMPT GARDEN (TIE)

TRIVIA: Josh Brolin has now won the Best Actor GRA all three times he has been nominated. The only award he's been nominated for that he did not win was in Season 3 for Best Ensemble Cast for the film Inferno.




45% - DANNY BOYLE - EIDOLON
25% - DAMIEN CHAZELLE - DISCOVERY
15% - ROSE GLASS - DUST SAINT
15% - MARTIN SCORSESE - RUBICON LIES

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: JAMES MANGOLD - MAN OF GOD (TIE) / LYNNE RAMSAY - TARA'S WRATH (TIE)

TRIVIA: The James Bond franchise, with four Best Director wins, now make up 11% of all Best Director trophies.




35% - EIDOLON
30% - DISCOVERY
20% - RUBICON LIES
15% - DUST SAINT

5TH PLACE NOMINEE: TARA'S WRATH (TIE) / THUS DREAMED ZARATHUSTRA (TIE)

TRIVIA: Writer John Malone's films now accounts for over one-third of all Best Picture GRA wins - 37% to be more precise.



Stay tuned for MOST STREAMED on May 8th!

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