Adrien Brody may have won Best Actor at this year’s Oscars, but they won’t actually even own it.
This isn’t to say they won’t be able to take it home though, as The Brutalist actor will surely be tucked up at home with their golden statue under arm.
Brody won this year after beating out Timothee Chalamet for A Complete Unknown, Colman Domingo for Sing Sing, Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice, and Ralph Fiennes for Conclave.
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The actor was awarded the trophy for his performance as László Tóth, an architect who comes to America to rebuild his life.
Brody won't be the owner of the coveted gold statue.
This is due to the Academy having strict rules about their Oscars – an agreement that every winner will have to sign tonight.
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This agreement outlines the fact that actors cannot sell their Oscars.
Some have tried to do this in the past, which has even led to lawsuits, as winners are forced to sign an agreement stating that, if they ever wanted to sell their award, they must first offer it to a measly $1.
While we can never know for certain, as it hasn’t been an option since 1951, the market would likely be incredibly generous when it came to buying certain Oscars.
Imagine how much a collector would pay to hold on to the famous Moonlight Best Picture Oscar?
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Or Will Smith’s Best Actor award he collected after smacking the sh*t out of Chris Rock?
Alas, if these actors find strapped for cash, they will have to follow the way of Will Smith and wheel out sequels to their old films.
As such, the film industry stars who win these awards are considered to not actually own them, but instead they're essentially being lent the statues from the Academy.
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There is still, however, a market for Oscar trophies handed out prior to the 1951 rule, as it does not apply to them.
Michael Jackson bought the Best Picture award for Gone With the Wind in 1999 for $1.54 million, while magician David Copperfield owns the Casablanca Best Director trophy.
Copperfield bought this for $232,000 in 2002.
Brody beat out his fellow nominees, talking in his Oscar speech about the honour that was being awarded Best Actor due to how unstable the acting industry is.
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This comes as his second win, having previously won for his only other nomination - the lead role in The Pianist.
Oscars 2025 results: the nominees and winners announced so far
Best supporting actor
Yura Borisov - Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain - WINNER
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
Best animated feature
Flow - WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best costume design
Wicked - WINNER
Nosferatu
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Best original screenplay
Anora - Sean Baker - WINNER
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 - Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
Best adapted screenplay
A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold
Conclave - Peter Straughan - WINNER
Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best make-up and hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance - WINNER
Wicked
Best film editing
Anora - WINNER
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best supporting actress
Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande - Wicked
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez - WINNER
Best production design
Wicked - WINNER
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Conclave
Best original song
'Never Too Late' - Elton John: Never Too Late
'El Mal' - Emilia Pérez - WINNER
'Mi Camino' - Emilia Pérez
'Like A Bird' - Sing Sing
'The Journey' - The Six Triple Eight
Best sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best visual effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Best cinematography
The Brutalist - WINNER
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Best original score
The Brutalist - WINNER
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best international feature
I'm Still Here - Brazil - WINNER
The Girl with the Needle - Denmark
Emilia Pérez - France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
Flow - Latvia
Best actor
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist - WINNER
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
Best director
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker - Anora - WINNER
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
Best actress
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison - Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here
Best picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
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