Winners of the 78th Academy Awards
| Category | Winner | Distributor | Gross ($M) |
| Picture | Crash | Lionsgate | 54.4 |
| Director | Brokeback Mountain | Focus | 82.6 |
| Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote | Sony Classics | 28.2 |
| Actress | Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line | Fox | 119.3 |
| Supporting Actor | George Clooney, Syriana | Warner Bros. | 50.5 |
| Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener | Focus | 33.6 |
| Original Screenplay | Crash | Lionsgate | 54.4 |
| Adapted Screenplay | Brokeback Mountain | Focus | 82.6 |
| Animated Film | Wallace & Gromit | DreamWorks | 56.1 |
| Art Direction | Memoirs of a Geisha | Sony | 57.1 |
| Cinematography | Memoirs of a Geisha | Sony | 57.1 |
| Costume Design | Memoirs of a Geisha | Sony | 57.1 |
| Editing | Crash | Lionsgate | 54.4 |
| Foreign Language Film | Tsotsi | Miramax | 1.2 |
| Makeup | The Chronicles of Narnia | Buena Vista | 290.6 |
| Original Score | Brokeback Mountain | Focus | 82.6 |
| Original Song | Hustle & Flow | Paramount Class. | 22.2 |
| Sound Mixing | King Kong | Universal | 217.9 |
| Sound Editing | King Kong | Universal | 217.9 |
| Visual Effects | King Kong | Universal | 217.9 |
| Documentary Feature | March of the Penguins | Warner Ind. | 77.4 |
| Documentary Short | A Note of Triumph | ||
| Animated Short | The Moon and the Son | ||
| Live Action Short | Six Shooter |
Last Updated : March 27, 2006