Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars. An estimated 19.7 million viewers watched Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony, the biggest audience in five years.

Filmmaker Sean Baker’s Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards, securing five Oscars, including the prestigious Best Picture award. In recognition of its outstanding success, the Red Lorry Film Festival will feature the film on the big screen,

This year’s Oscars telecast that celebrated independent film “Anora” brought in 19.7 million U.S. viewers, the largest audience for Hollywood’s highest honors in five years, broadcaster ABC DIS.N said on Tuesday.