The 99th Academy Awards (Oscars) will be held on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Eastern and 4:00 p.m. Pacific.
Nominations are announced on Thursday, January 21, 2027. Conan O’Brien hosts for a third consecutive year.
The 2027 ceremony is the penultimate Oscars under two long-running arrangements.
It is the second-last broadcast on ABC, the network’s home for the show since 1976, and the second-last held at the Dolby Theatre, which has hosted every ceremony but one since 2002.
From the 101st Oscars in 2029, the show streams on YouTube and moves to the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
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When are the Oscars 2027?
Sunday, March 14, 2027, 7:00 p.m. ET. The full awards season calendar, as published by the Academy:
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| Thursday, January 1, 2026 | Eligibility period begins |
| Thursday, November 12, 2026 | Final submission deadline, general entry categories |
| Sunday, November 15, 2026 | 17th Governors Awards |
| Monday, December 7, 2026 | Preliminary voting begins, 9:00 a.m. PT |
| Friday, December 11, 2026 | Preliminary voting ends, 5:00 p.m. PT |
| Tuesday, December 15, 2026 | Shortlists announced |
| Monday, January 11, 2027 | Nominations voting begins |
| Friday, January 15, 2027 | Nominations voting ends |
| Thursday, January 21, 2027 | Nominations announced |
| Thursday, February 25, 2027 | Final voting begins, 9:00 a.m. PT |
| Thursday, March 4, 2027 | Final voting ends, 5:00 p.m. PT |
| Sunday, March 14, 2027 | 99th Academy Awards ceremony |
The Academy notes these dates are subject to change. Films released in 2026 are eligible.
99th Academy Awards details
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| Ceremony | 99th Academy Awards |
| Date | Sunday, March 14, 2027 |
| Start time | 7:00 p.m. ET, 4:00 p.m. PT |
| Venue | Dolby Theatre, Ovation Hollywood, Los Angeles |
| Host | Conan O’Brien, third consecutive year |
| Producers | Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan |
| Broadcast | ABC, live in more than 200 territories |
| Streaming | Hulu |
| Categories | 24 |
| Honours | Films released in 2026 |
Why the Oscars move dates each year
The ceremony has no fixed rule. Recent dates have ranged from February 9 in 2020, moved up to reduce awards-season fatigue, to April 21 in 2021, pushed back by the pandemic.
The Academy schedules around competing broadcasts. It avoids direct conflicts with the NFL playoffs and the Olympics in particular — both of which are ABC or ESPN concerns as well as ratings ones.
The 2027 date of March 14 sits a month after Super Bowl LXI on February 14, and there are no Winter Olympics in 2027.
The 2028 ceremony moves earlier, to Sunday, March 5, marking the centenary.
Key Figures and Facts
- 13.5 Inches & 8.5 Pounds: The exact physical dimensions of the Oscar statuette—depicting a knight holding a crusader’s sword standing atop a reel of film with five spokes (representing the Academy’s original branches: actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers).
- 24-Karat Gold Plating: The statuette is cast in solid bronze and finished in 24-karat gold plating by the Polich Tallix fine art foundry in Rock Tavern, New York.
- May 16, 1929: The date of the 1st Academy Awards ceremony, held during a private dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with 270 guests. The awards presentation lasted just 15 minutes.
- $1 Contract Rule: Winners do not own the full commercial rights to their trophy. Since 1951, Academy rules mandate that winners or their heirs cannot sell a statuette without first offering to sell it back to the Academy for $1 (upheld in federal court to prevent memorabilia auctions).
- 10,000+ Voting Members: The current voting body of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), organized across 19 specialized branches.
Historical Milestones & Broadcast Evolution
1st Academy Awards & $5 Tickets – 1929
Tickets cost $5 for the banquet. Winners were announced to the press three months in advance; the silent film Wings won the first Outstanding Picture award.
The Sealed Envelope Debuts – 1941
After the Los Angeles Times broke an embargo in 1940 and printed the winners before the ceremony, the Academy permanently introduced sealed envelopes to maintain total secrecy.
Plaster Statuettes During WWII – 1942–1945
Due to wartime metal shortages, Oscars were cast in painted plaster for three years. After the war ended, the Academy invited recipients to exchange their plaster trophies for gold-plated metal ones.
First Television Broadcast – 1953
The 25th Academy Awards aired on television for the first time on NBC, hosted by Bob Hope in Hollywood and Fredric March in New York City, drawing an estimated 43 million viewers.
The Permanent Home at Dolby Theatre – 2002
The ceremony moved to its permanent venue in Hollywood (originally the Kodak Theatre, now the Dolby Theatre), featuring a 900-foot red carpet and a 3,400-seat auditorium.
First Non-English Best Picture – 2020
Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean thriller Parasite became the first non-English-language film in Academy history to win Best Picture.
All-Time Academy Records
| Record Category | Record Holder(s) | Figure | Details |
| Most Wins by a Film | Ben-Hur (1959) Titanic (1997) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 11 wins | Return of the King holds the clean-sweep record (11 nominations, 11 wins). |
| Most Nominations by a Film | All About Eve (1950) Titanic (1997) La La Land (2016) | 14 nominations | Tied for the most total category nods in history. |
| Most Wins by an Individual | Walt Disney | 22 competitive (26 total) | From 59 total nominations, plus 4 Honorary Oscars. |
| Most Acting Wins | Katharine Hepburn | 4 wins | All in Best Actress (Morning Glory, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, On Golden Pond). |
| Most Acting Nominations | Meryl Streep | 21 nominations | 17 for Best Actress, 4 for Best Supporting Actress (3 wins total). |
| The “Big Five” Sweep | It Happened One Night (1934) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | 3 films only | Swept Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay. |
Voting Mechanics & The Red Carpet Economy
- Nomination Stage (Peer Voting): AMPAS members only vote within their branch for nominations (e.g., actors nominate actors, cinematographers nominate cinematographers), while everyone votes on nominees for Best Picture.
- Preferential Ballot (Best Picture): The Best Picture winner is determined using ranked-choice voting. Voters rank nominees in order of preference; if no film secures over 50% of first-place votes, the lowest film is eliminated and its ballots redistributed until one title reaches a majority.
- 45-Second Speech Limit: Implemented to curb runtimes after Greer Garson set the record with a 5-minute, 30-second acceptance speech in 1943. A countdown teleprompter and swelling orchestra music warn speakers when time runs out.
- The “Oscar Bump”: Winning or securing a Best Picture nomination historically yields a box office and streaming surge estimated between $15 million and $50+ million, particularly for independent and mid-budget features.
March 14, 2027 is unusually crowded
| Observance | Time | Set by |
|---|---|---|
| Daylight saving time begins | 2:00 a.m. local | 15 U.S.C. 260a |
| Pi Day | All day | Convention, 3/14 |
| Selection Sunday, March Madness | Bracket reveal | NCAA |
| 99th Academy Awards | 7:00 p.m. ET | AMPAS |
Because the clocks move forward at 2:00 a.m., Sunday, March 14, 2027 runs 23 hours. The ceremony begins at 7:00 p.m.
Eastern on a day an hour shorter than usual, which shortens the red-carpet window against the clock rather than against the schedule.
The NCAA and the Academy set their dates independently, and the Academy’s stated scheduling constraints do not include the college basketball calendar.
Recent and upcoming Oscars dates
| Ceremony | Date | Venue | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98th | March 15, 2026 | Dolby Theatre | ABC |
| 99th | March 14, 2027 | Dolby Theatre | ABC |
| 100th | March 5, 2028 | Dolby Theatre | ABC |
| 101st | 2029, date to be announced | Peacock Theater | YouTube |
The 100th ceremony in 2028 is the last on ABC and the last at the Dolby Theatre.
From 2029 the show streams on YouTube from the Peacock Theater at LA Live, where it is contracted to remain through 2039.
What the Oscars 2027 are not
The 99th Academy Awards honour films released in 2026, not 2027. Awards ceremonies are named for the year they are held; the eligibility period runs the preceding calendar year.
They are not on a fixed date. The ceremony has moved between early February and late April in recent years, and the Academy sets each date individually.
They are not the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards or the BAFTAs, all of which run separate ceremonies earlier in the season and are frequently reported as Oscar predictors.
Nomination day is not ceremony day. Nominations are announced on Thursday, January 21, 2027, nearly eight weeks before the ceremony.
Frequently asked questions
When are the Oscars 2027?
Sunday, March 14, 2027, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Eastern and 4:00 p.m. Pacific, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. It is the 99th Academy Awards, honouring films released in 2026, and airs live on ABC with streaming on Hulu.
When are the 2027 Oscar nominations announced?
Thursday, January 21, 2027. Nominations voting runs from January 11 to January 15, and the shortlists in the specialty categories were announced earlier, on December 15, 2026.
Who is hosting the Oscars 2027?
Conan O’Brien, for a third consecutive year. He hosted the 97th ceremony in 2025 and the 98th in 2026. Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan produce.
