'Anora' Passes New Box Office Milestone After Best Picture Win at the Oscars

Director Sean Baker made an impassioned plea in support of the theatrical experience (and independent cinema) when he picked up four Academy Awards recently. And it’s fitting that his Best Picture-winning Anora has passed its biggest box office milestone on the same weekend as Joe Russo and Anthony Russo debuted their Netflix film The Electric State. Produced on a reported budget of $320 million, The Electric State is the antithesis of the kind of cinema that Baker stands for. He has declared that he’s an indie filmmaker for life, and that his follow-up to Anora will likely be an even smaller project.