Parasite, Number One on Twitter Too?..."Most Tweeted Movie on Academy Day"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] On the day of the 92nd Academy Awards (Oscars), director Bong Joon-ho's film "Parasite," which won four major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film, was the most mentioned movie on Twitter, Twitter announced on the 13th.

Twitter analyzed global tweets related to the Academy Awards from the announcement of the nominees on the 13th of last month until the ceremony day on the 10th (Korean time). "Parasite" was mentioned 1.6 million times worldwide within 24 hours on the day of the ceremony, ranking as the most tweeted movie.

The second most mentioned movie was "Joker," which earned Joaquin Phoenix the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards, followed by "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," which won Brad Pitt the Best Supporting Actor award and also took home the Best Production Design award. Fourth and fifth places went to "Jojo Rabbit" and "Toy Story 4," respectively.

The moment with the highest volume of tweets on the day of the ceremony was when "Parasite" won Best Picture. Approximately 500,000 related tweets were posted worldwide at the moment the Best Picture award for "Parasite" was confirmed. The moment director Bong received the Best Director award ranked third in tweet volume.

The moment Joaquin Phoenix was announced as the Best Actor winner for "Joker" ranked second in the most tweeted moments, while fourth and fifth places were when Ren?e Zellweger won Best Actress and when Eminem performed his congratulatory performance at the Academy Awards.

Director Bong was the most tweeted celebrity on the day of the ceremony. During the event, tweets related to Bong reached 520,000, followed by Joaquin Phoenix, Eminem, Brad Pitt, and Natalie Portman in that order.

The tweet with the most retweets related to this Academy Awards ceremony was the official Academy Awards account (@TheAcademy) tweet announcing "Parasite" winning Best Picture.