In this annual special edition of The Numbers, we will break down the voting from the 36th Golden Reel Awards, including the percentage of the vote received by every nominee. We’ll also reveal the films and talents that just missed a nomination by finishing fifth in the nomination polling, along with some category-by-category GRA trivia.
45% — FLETCH
35% — GRAY
10% — BOBA FETT
10% — THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
JUST MISSED: Lobo / 1995
TRIVIA: Adaptations have historically held the edge in Best Production Design, winning the award 22 times across 36 ceremonies.
60% — THE CHAIN
25% — 1995
10% — GRAY
5% — FLETCH
JUST MISSED: Luke Cage: The Purple Man
TRIVIA: Diane Esposito has dominated Best Soundtrack in recent years, winning the category in 5 of the last 6 seasons dating back to Season 31.
60% — ASSASSIN'S CREED: ETERNAL
15% — BOBA FETT
15% — FLETCH
10% — LUKE CAGE: THE PURPLE MAN
JUST MISSED: Donkey Kong Country
TRIVIA: Since the category was introduced in Season 3, this marks just the 11th time that a non-superhero film has won Most Wanted Sequel.
55% — THE CHAIN
25% — THE SONG OF ROLAND
15% — ASSASSIN'S CREED: ETERNAL
5% — FLETCH
JUST MISSED: Gray
TRIVIA: This marks the first Best Ensemble Cast win for a film written by Diane Esposito. Songbird and Material Girl had both earned nominations in the category in previous seasons.
40% — TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET & JARED LETO — GRAY
30% — JOE KEERY & SYDNEY SWEENEY — THE CHAIN
15% — JACOB ELORDI & EMMA MACKEY — ASSASSIN'S CREED: ETERNAL
15% — JOHNNY DEPP & MONICA BARBARO — PIROUETTE
JUST MISSED: Joey King & Olivia Rodrigo
TRIVIA: This is the first time since Season 32 that Best Starring Couple was not won by either Jacob Elordi or Sydney Sweeney — despite both returning as nominees this season.
40% — JAVIER BARDEM — THE SONG OF ROLAND
30% — MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER — LUKE CAGE: THE PURPLE MAN
15% — TIMOTHY OLYPHANT — THE HULK 3
15% — TOM HOPPER — LOBO
JUST MISSED: Tom Hopper — Boba Fett / Sophie Lowe — Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2 / Shea Whigham — Fletch
TRIVIA: Javier Bardem is the first Spanish actor to win the Best Villain GRA trophy. Previously, the closest was Mexican-born, half-Spanish Salma Hayek, who won for Cocaine Cowboys in Season 18.
75% — GRAY
15% — THE SONG OF ROLAND
5% — DONKEY KONG COUNTRY
5% — FLETCH
JUST MISSED: Assassin's Creed: Eternal
TRIVIA: This is Roy Horne’s third Best Adaptation win, and his first nomination — and victory — in the category since Season 23.
45% — PIROUETTE
30% — THE CHAIN
20% — 1995
5% — ECHOES OF RED
JUST MISSED: Fading Star / The Quiet Between Us / Three Rounds
TRIVIA: This is now the 6th Best Original Story victory for a film co-written by Jimmy Ellis. He has shared the award with John Malone four times, Chad Taylor once, and Dwight Gallo once.
40% — CHRISTINA HENDRICKS — FLETCH
25% — SAOIRSE RONAN — THE CHAIN
20% — EMMA MACKEY — PIROUETTE
15% — UMA THURMAN — GRAY
JUST MISSED: Laura Linney — Fading Star / Annette Bening — Kill Bin Laden
TRIVIA: This is Christina Hendricks’ 6th overall GRA trophy, but her first win for Best Supporting Actress. She was previously nominated in the category for Excalibur in Season 16.
50% — JOHNNY DEPP — PIROUETTE
40% — JARED LETO — GRAY
5% — TOBY KEBBELL — THE CHAIN
5% — RUSSELL CROWE — THE SONG OF ROLAND
JUST MISSED: Ralph Fiennes — Heartbeat / Boyd Holbrook — Three Rounds
TRIVIA: This is Johnny Depp’s first GRA victory following four previous nominations: Best Actor in Seasons 1, 17 and 31, and Best Starring Couple in Season 31.
55% — SYDNEY SWEENEY — THE CHAIN
35% — MONICA BARBARO — PIROUETTE
5% — SUKI WATERHOUSE — GRAY
5% — CAREY MULLIGAN — HEARTBEAT
JUST MISSED: Chloë Grace Moretz — Fading Star
TRIVIA: Sydney Sweeney becomes the first 3-time Best Actress winner in GRA history, finally breaking the two-win tie she had shared with Elizabeth Olsen, Brie Larson, Emma Stone, and Christina Hendricks.
46% — TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET — GRAY
44% — JOE KEERY — THE CHAIN
5% — GLEN POWELL — FLETCH
5% — JONATHAN BAILEY — THE SONG OF ROLAND
JUST MISSED: Jacob Elordi — Assassin's Creed: Eternal / Jamie Foxx — Kill Bin Laden
TRIVIA: This is the 3rd Best Actor GRA trophy for a Roy Horne-penned film. Chalamet narrowly beat Joe Keery in the Diane Esposito-penned The Chain; Esposito-written films have yet to produce a Best Actor winner.
50% — BRADY CORBET — THE SONG OF ROLAND
30% — LUCA GUADAGNINO — GRAY
10% — CHARLOTTE WELLS — THE CHAIN
10% — MAÏWENN — PIROUETTE
JUST MISSED: Edward Berger — Assassin's Creed: Eternal / Richard Linklater — Fletch
TRIVIA: Best Director has now gone to a first-time winner in 10 consecutive seasons, a streak dating back to four-time winner Christopher Nolan’s victory in Season 26.
31% — GRAY
23% — THE CHAIN
23% — PIROUETTE
23% — THE SONG OF ROLAND
JUST MISSED: Fletch
TRIVIA: This is the second Best Picture win for a Roy Horne-penned film, following Excalibur in Season 16. Horne earned seven more Best Picture nominations after that victory, but none since Season 24.
