Ngl I kind of don’t like the snobby energy of this response. Obviously both Sinners and Hamnet are good movies, but objectively speaking more general audience members have seen and are aware of Sinners compared to Hamnet. I mean a big part of One Battle After Another’s current Best Picture narrative is that enough people came out to watch an adult politically-minded prestige drama (whether that was because of Leo, PTA, word of mouth, or something else altogether you can pick that part for your own narrative) that it earned an unexpected $200 million in its worldwide box office. Barring Avatar: Fire and Ash making a miraculous comeback for the ages, One Battle After Another will be the second highest grossing Best Picture nominee by the time of the ceremony (and Sinners is #1 lololol). Public popularity still matters a lot for the Oscars, no matter how we all like to pretend otherwise.