So...8 Oscar nominations!!
Best Picture
Best Actor - Hugh Jackman
Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway
Best Original Song - "Suddenly"
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Sound Mixing
Best Hairstyling (why did I not know that was a category??)
Not bad! No nomination for Tom Hooper, although that was pretty much expected. Everyone was pretty surprised he got the DGA nomination over Quentin Tarantino. Would have loved to have seen Samantha Barks or Eddie Redmayne in there too, but still, they're just getting started.
And obviously no Russell Crowe nomination (which wasn't even remotely anticipated - although The Onion's been having some fun with that). He's been really pushing his mate Hugh for the nomination in interviews, so I imagine he's pretty thrilled.
The movie also got 9 BAFTA nominations yesterday - those are the British version of the Academy Awards:
Best Film
Best British Film
Lead Actor - Hugh Jackman
Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway
Cinematography
Production Design
Costume Design
Sound
Makeup & Hair
It's also doing quite well at the box office - $106 million domestically so far, and it's the fastest movie musical to go past the $100 million mark. Earned another $80 million overseas, with a ton of markets to go - it opens in the UK tomorrow, where the original production (after the French concert version) is still playing, so it should be a big hit there.
All in all...it's good to be Les Mis.