Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE (There will be 9 nominees; listed by likelihood of nomination for ten)

1. American Hustle

2. 12 Years a Slave

3. Gravity

4. Captain Phillips

5. Nebraska

6. Wolf of Wall Street

7. Saving Mr. Banks

8. Inside Llewyn Davis

9. Dallas Buyers Club

10. Her

BEST DIRECTOR

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

David O. Russell, American Hustle

Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips

Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Martin Scorsese, Wolf of Wall Street

Alternate: Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTOR

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Robert Redford, All is Lost

Alternate: Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Judy Dench, Philomena

Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Alternate: Amy Adams, American Hustle

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Daniel Bruhl, Rush

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

James Gandolfini, Enough Said

Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Alternate: Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

June Squibb, Nebraska

Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Alternate: Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

12 Years a Slave

August: Osage County

Before Midnight

Captain Phillips

Wolf of Wall Street

Alternate: Philomena

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

American Hustle

Blue Jasmine

Her

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Alternate: Gravity

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

12 Years a Slave

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Alternate: Prisoners

BEST EDITING

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Rush

Alternate: Wolf of Wall Street

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smoag

Gravity

Pacific Rim

Alternate: Iron Man 3

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Atlas”, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

“Let It Go”, Frozen

“My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)”, 12 Years a Slave

Alternate: “Ordinary Love”, Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

12 Years a Slave

All is Lost

Gravity

Her

Saving Mr. Banks

Alternate: The Book Thief

BEST SOUND EDITING

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Rush

Alternate: Iron Man 3

BEST SOUND MIXING

All is Lost

Captain Phillips

Gravity

Inside Llewyn Davis

Rush

Alternate: Lone Survivor

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Inside Llewyn Davis

Alternate: Her

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

The Great Gatsby

Oz: The Great & Powerful

Saving Mr. Banks

Alternate: The Hunger Games

BEST MAKEUP

American Hustle

The Great Gatsby

The Lone Ranger

Alternate: Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

Monsters University

The Wind Rises

Alternate: Epic

Winter Box Office Draft Results (5/11 Update)

Stephen 
Total Profit: $481.81 million

1. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
    Budget: $5 million  Worldwide B.O.: $86.36 million  Profit: $73.86 million

2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Budget: $170 million  Worldwide B.O.: $683.57 million  Profit: $258.57 million

3. The Lego Movie
    Budget: $60 million  Worldwide B.O.: $457.51 million  Profit: $307.51 million

4. Transcendence
    Budget: $100 million  Worldwide B.O.: $65.10 million  Profit: $(184.9) million

5. About Last Night
    Budget: $13 million  Worldwide B.O.: $49 million  Profit: $16.5 million

6. Endless Love
     Budget: $20 million  Worldwide B.O.: $32.75 million  Profit: $(17.25) million

7. Vampire Academy
     Budget: $4.1 million  Worldwide B.O.: $15.39 million  Profit: $ 5.14 million

8. Tyler Perry presents Tyler Perry’s Single Moms Club (starring Tyler Perry)
     Budget: not reported yet  Worldwide B.O.: $15.98 million  Profit: $ (?) million

9. Non-Stop
    Budget: $50 million  Worldwide B.O.: $191.36 million  Profit: $66.36 million

10. Draft Day
    Budget: $25 million  Worldwide B.O.: $26.47 million  Profit: $(36.03) million

Alternate. Veronica Mars
    Budget: $6 million  Worldwide B.O.: $3.46 million  Profit: $(11.54) million

Bomb. Robocop
    Budget: $100 million  Worldwide B.O.: $242.05 million  Profit: $(7.95) million 

Justina 
Total Profit: $(52.25) million

1. Rio 2
     Budget: $103 million  Worldwide B.O.: $413.79 million  Profit: $156.29 million

2. Divergent
    Budget: $85 million Worldwide B.O.: $250.92 million  Profit: $38.42 million

3. Monuments Men
     Budget: $70 million  Worldwide B.O.: $154.8  million  Profit: $(20.2) million

4. I, Frankenstein
    Budget: $65 million  Worldwide B.O.: $71.15 million  Profit: $(91.35) million

5. Labor Day
    Budget: $18 million  Worldwide B.O.: $14.47 million  Profit: $(30.53) million

6. The Quiet Ones
     Budget: not reported yet Worldwide B.O.: $5.9 million  Profit: $(?) million

7. A Haunted House 2
     Budget: $4 million Worldwide B.O.: $16.5 million  Profit: $6.5 million

8. Winter’s Tale
    Budget: $60 million  Worldwide B.O.: $27.4 million  Profit: $(123.6) million

9. Ride Along
    Budget: $25 million  Worldwide B.O.: $151.3 million  Profit: $88.8 million

10. Mr. Peabody and Sherman
     Budget: $145 million  Worldwide B.O.: $265.91 million  Profit: $(96.59) million

Alternate. St. Vincent
     Budget: not reported yet

Bomb. Noah
    Budget: $125 million Worldwide B.O.: $332.51 million  Profit: $20.01 million