Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Golden Globe Awards, taking home five awards including the top prize.
Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were both recognised for their acting performances, while Christopher Nolan won best director.
Succession scored the most wins in the TV categories following its acclaimed fourth and final season.
Meanwhile, Barbie won the first box office achievement award, after grossing $1.4bn (£1.13m) worldwide.
There were two wins each for Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers and Poor Things, and one for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
The film’s star Lily Gladstone was named best drama actress, making her the first indigenous person to win the award, something she described as “historic”.
Oppenheimer star Murphy paid tribute to Nolan’s “rigour, focus and dedication” in making the film, which grossed $954m (£750m) at the box office.
In his acceptance speech. he said: “I knew the first time I walked on Christopher Nolan’s set that it was different,” he said in his acceptance speech.
“I could tell by the level of rigour, focus, dedication, and the complete lack of seating options for actors,” he joked, “that I was in the hands of a visionary director.”
Robert Downey Jr won best supporting actor for his performance in Oppenheimer.
Downey Jr acknowledged the film’s unlikely box office success in his acceptance speech, joking: “A sweeping story about the ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons grosses $1bn?”
The actor continued: “Dozens of folks have come up to me since the summertime saying I was unrecognisably subtle as Lewis Strauss. To my fellow nominees, let’s not pretend this is a compliment.”
He also referred to the changes made to the Golden Globes membership following a scandal over corruption and a lack of diversity. “Thanks for changing your game,” he said.
Succession was the big winner in the TV categories – following the fourth and final season of the series about a media mogul and his children who battle for control of his company.
Kieran Culkin, who played Roman Roy in the series, was named best leading TV actor – an award previously won by his co-stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong.
“I was nominated for a Golden Globe like 20 years ago,” he recalled, “and when that moment passed, I thought, ‘I’ll never be in this room again’.
“I accepted I was never going to be on this stage. But thanks to Succession…. this is a nice moment.”
His co-star Sarah Snook was named best leading TV actress, and told the audience: “This show has changed my life.”
British star Matthew Macfadyen was also named best supporting actor for his role in the show. “I just adored every second of playing the human grease stain that is Tom Wambsgans,” he joked.
Barbie won the cinematic and box office achievement award – a newly added category this year which aimed to increase recognition of commercially successful films.
Billie Eilish also won best original song for What Was I Made For? – one of three songs which were nominated from the film’s soundtrack.
“It was exactly a year ago when I was shown the movie, and I was very miserable and depressed at the time, and writing that song kind of saved me a little bit,” Eilish said.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won best supporting actress for her portrayal in The Holdovers of a woman suffering immense grief after the death of her son.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actress for her performance in The Holdovers.
Her co-star Paul Giamatti was named best leading actor in a drama. He plays a teacher who is forced to stay in his boarding school over Christmas to look after the children who are not returning home for the holidays.
Courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall was named best screenplay. Its director Justine Triet recalled the process of writing the film with her partner Arthur Harari.
Early winners in the TV categories include Steven Yeun and Ali Wong – who were both recognised for their performances in Beef – and The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri.
Elsewhere, Elizabeth Debicki was named best supporting actress in a TV series for her portrayal of Princess Diana in The Crown. She thanked the show’s producers “for trusting me with this part”.
The Globes mark the first major ceremony of the film awards season, which culminates with the Oscars on 10 March.
Emma Stone was named Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her performance in Poor Things, which also won best musical or comedy film.
Poor Things sees Stone play a young woman, Bella Baxter, who goes on a journey of self-discovery and sexual awakening as she travels around the world.
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