#Oscars winner #Parasite was the most Tweeted-about movie during the 92nd Academy Awards

• 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 

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

1. Parasite
2. Joker
3. Once Upon a Time in
   Hollywood
4. Jojo Rabbit
5. 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

1. Parasite wins Best Picture
2. Joaquin Phoenix wins Best
   Actor for Joker 
3. Bong Joon-ho wins Best
   Director for Parasite
4. Renee Zellweger wins Best Actress
   for Judy
5. 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

1. Bong Joon-ho
2. Joaquin Phoenix
3. Eminem
4. Brad Pitt
5. 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: 

1. https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226724066779750400
2. https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/1226661824994480131
3. https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/1226688802816573440
4. https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226715499188244480
5. https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226682200617127936

And here are the Top
5 Tweets about Parasite on the 2020 Oscars night: 

1. https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226730862735003650
2. https://twitter.com/TheAcademy/status/1226719645849145344
3. https://twitter.com/ParasiteMovie/status/1226727007133634560
4. https://twitter.com/ParasiteMovie/status/1226552095848812544
5. 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!

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