Tuesday, January 14, 2014

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

Thursday, January 2, 2014

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