- Receiving more than
1.6million Tweets worldwide,
#Parasite was the most Tweeted about movie at the
#Oscars
- Director Bong Joon-ho was the most discussed celeb on Twitter during the 2020 Oscars night
- Parasite winning the Best Picture Award was the most Tweeted moment of the night
https://twitter.com/ParasiteMovie/status/1226727007133634560
The official Twitter account for "Parasite" Movie Tweeted a parody image of the Oscar Statuette to thank The Academy
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Media OutReach - 11 February 2020 - "Parasite" (@ParasiteMovie), which won four
awards at the 92nd Academy Awards Oscars (
@TheAcademy), including Best
Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Original
Screenplay, fired up Twitter all over the world.
"Parasite", the first Korean movie in history to win an Oscar for Best Picture, was the world's most Tweeted about movie during the award show. "Parasite" received more than 1.6 million Tweets worldwide from the time nominees were announced on 13 January 2020. The second most Tweeted movie was "Joker", with Joaquin Phoenix also winning the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role. The third most Tweeted film was "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", with Hollywood royalty Brad Pitt also winning for Best Actor in Supporting Role. Fourth place went to "Jojo Rabbit", while Best Animated Feature Film, "Toy Story 4" rounded up the list in fifth place.
Most Tweeted about movies during the 2020 Oscars night
- Parasite
- Joker
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Jojo Rabbit
- Toy Story 4
Twitter also announced the 'Top 5 most Tweeted moments of the 2020 Oscars night'. With more than 500,000 Tweets around the world, Parasite's Best Picture Win was the top Tweeted moment of the night.
Top 5 most Tweeted moments of the 2020 Oscars night
- Parasite wins Best Picture
- Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor for Joker
- Bong Joon-ho wins Best Director for Parasite
- Renee Zellweger wins Best Actress for Judy
- Eminem's surprise performance at the Oscars
In addition, Director Bong Joon-ho was first on the list of the 'Most discussed celebrities on Twitter during the 2020 Oscars night'. 520,000 Tweets were related to Bong Joon-ho on the day of the awards ceremony alone. The rest of the top five celebrities were Joaquin Phoenix, Eminem, Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman in that order.
Most Tweeted about celebs during the 2020 Oscars night
- Bong Joon-ho
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Eminem
- Brad Pitt
- Natalie Portman
The Top Tweet of the
award show came from the official account of The Academy Awards (@TheAcademy)
announcing
"Parasite" as the winner of the Best Picture award.
Here are the Top 5 Tweets about the 2020 Oscars during the show:
https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226724066779750400
https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/1226661824994480131
https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/1226688802816573440
https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226715499188244480
https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226682200617127936
And here are the Top 5 Tweets about Parasite on the 2020 Oscars night:
https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226730862735003650
https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226719645849145344
https://twitter.com/ParasiteMovie/status/1226727007133634560
https://twitter.com/ParasiteMovie/status/1226552095848812544
https://twitter.com/MillennialOfMNL/status/1226731333591846916
Check out hashtag #Oscars,
#Parasite, and
#Bonghive, or follow the
@TheAcademy and
@ParasiteMovie official handles to
keep updated with what's happening on Twitter celebrating this historic moment
for Korean cinema!