If you watched the livestream of Monday’s Met Gala arrivals on the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and thought at any point, “This feels like a lot” — you were not wrong. The sheer volume of arrivals on the museum steps felt overwhelming at times, especially for an event that had been fraught with controversy before the first guest arrived . But the abundance of stars and the brands they wore also set a record for earned engagement on a red carpet. The results are in for The Hollywood Reporter ‘s Red Carpet Power Rankings, an exclusive partnership with data firm Launchmetrics , revealing that earned engagement for the evening totaled $1.56 billion — that’s a new record for red carpet impact, surpassing the 2025 Met Gala, which totaled $1.3 billion. That number far outpaces every other red carpet of the year, including the March 15 Academy Awards .…