Walt Disney may personally have won the most Oscarsbut House of Mouse itself proved far less fortunate in terms of Best Picture. Again, excluding Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Studios (née Fox), Walt Disney Studios has collected 13 Best Picture Academy Awards, but no wins among films released through Walt Disney Pictures (four heads), Touchstone Pictures (six Normans). Hollywood Pictures (two nods) and Marvel Studios (one nod). Fortunately, the Oscar math gets a little less convoluted when it comes to the rest of Hollywood's "Big Five," with Universal and Warner Bros. both winning Best Picture nine times (the same as MGM) and 20th Century Studios having 10 wins. , and Paramount is sitting pretty with 11 wins.

That leaves Columbia Pictures as the current reigning champion with 12 Best Picture Oscars. As funny as it is to realize that the record belongs to the same studio that released Madame Web, Harold and the Purple Crayon and Kraven the Hunter over the course of 10 months in 2024 (a bit of a bummer, I know, but those are the facts), you also have to remember that Columbia Pictures was an Oscar machine around the middle of the 20th century. Between "All the King's Men," "From Here to Eternity," "On the Waterfront," "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Lawrence of Arabia," "A Man for All Seasons" and "Oliver!" the studio added seven Oscars for best film on the belt only from 1950 to 1969. Only then did Colombia slow down; had to wait 11 years for his next win (for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1980), then Gandhi miraculously defeated E.T. the extraterrestrial" for best film in 1983 (which even its director Richard Attenborough thought was nonsense), and most recently The Last Emperor was awarded the same honor back in 1988.

Will Colombia find a way to defend the title in the foreseeable future? It is not impossible. Let's not forget, the studio was still a Best Picture Oscar nomination magnet in the early 2010s, releasing The Social Network, Moneyball, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, Captain Phillips and American Hustle.” within three years not to put more pressure on him than he already has, but all eyes are on you, reboot Anaconda.