Opinions on which drama movie should win the Golden Globes per U.S. citizens 2023

During a 2023 survey conducted in the United States, 21 percent of respondents agreed that the movie Top Gun: Maverick should win the Best Drama Motion Picture award at the Golden Globes, an opinion shared also by 39 percent of respondents who have seen the movie. Its closest competitor was Avatar: The Way of Water, which should win the award at the Golden Globes according to 38 percent of interviewees who have watched it.

Award shows in the United States

Every year, several TV and movie award shows take place in the United States to recognize excellence in the film and television industries, both within the country and abroad. Among the most popular include the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and Emmy Awards, with the first recording the largest audience in the past years. As inclusion became a recurrent issue in the awards world, such ceremonies have been criticized for their lack of diversity in the voters, nominees, and winners.

The film industry in the U.S. and Canada

The United States and Canada are some of the leading markets in the film industry. Indeed, many of the most popular movies are either made in the United States or in collaboration with studios in the country. As a whole, the American motion picture and sound recording industries employ around 422 thousand people. However, in terms of box office revenue, China was the leading market, followed by the U.S. and Canada. Since the coronavirus pandemic, American moviegoers changed their habits and visited movie theaters less frequently than before the outbreak.