How many Oscars did Gladiator win and all the other nominations it had?

Gladiator was nominated for several Oscars, winning a few in the process. Ridley Scott’s swords-and-sandals epic, starring Russell Crowe as Maximus, debuted in 2000 and instantly became a critical and popular hit. At the time of writing, over 250 different critics’ reviews have been compiled to earn a Certified Fresh score of 80% on the review aggregator platform Rotten Tomatoes. More than 250,000 members of the public also weighed in, giving it an even more favorable score of 87%.

The film was also a commercial success, which led to it spawning the 2024 sequel Gladiator II. Although it cost a whopping $100 million ($183.8 million when adjusted for inflation), grossed US$4,565.4 million worldwide ($855.63 million when adjusted for inflation). This made it the second highest-grossing release of 2000, behind only the Tom Cruise-led sequel. Mission: Impossible IIwhich grossed US$546.4 million against a budget of US$125 million. It considerably outperformed the year’s other franchise-generating hits, including X-Men ($296.3 million), horror movie ($278 million) and Charlie’s Angels ($264.1 million).

Gladiator won 5 Oscars, including best picture

Russell Crowe was also awarded

At the 73rd Academy Awards, which took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 25, 2001, the original Gladiator gain five Oscars, the most of any film during that ceremony. This includes winning Best Picture and beating out other nominees chocolate, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovichand Traffic. The other awards the historical epic won were Best Actor (Russell Crowe), Best Costume Design, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.

Gladiator had 12 Oscar nominations in total

There were nods for direction, editing and more

The five Oscars that Gladiator won came from a total of 12 nominations in various categories including Ridley Scott receiving a Best Director nomination and future Clown Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance as Commodus. Most of the awards he lost went to Steven Soderbergh Traffic and Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonwho won four Oscars each. Below, see a breakdown of the other nominations the film received and which films actually won these awards during the 2001 ceremony:

Despite the fact that won less than half of the awards for which it was nominatedRidley Scott’s film performed admirably. In addition to winning the most Oscars at the 73rd Academy Awards, Gladiator received the most nominations, followed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with 10, meaning the blockbuster martial arts film also went home with less than half the awards it was nominated for.