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January 17, 2013
 

Oscar Odds: After the Golden Globes

After its Golden Globes win for Best Drama, the odds of winning Best Picture for Argo improved a bit (moving from a $7.50 payout on a $1 wager to $5.25 and moving past Les Miserables into second place).  But the favorite remains Lincoln, which also actually tightened to a $1.29 payout (from $1.40 last week), as Les Miz and especially Zero Dark Thirty became more of long shots this week.  With Golden Globe winner Ben Affleck not even nominated for the Best Director Oscar, Steven Spielberg remains almost a sure thing.

OSCAR WINNINGS (Payout on $1 Bet)
BEST PICTURE Jan 17 Jan 10 Jan 3
Lincoln 1.29 1.40 1.80
Argo Up 5.25 7.50 7.50
Les Miserables Down 10 6 4.12
Life of Pi 21 19 19
Silver Linings Playbook 25 21 21
Zero Dark Thirty Down 27 10 5.50
Amour 42 50
Django Unchained 83 76
Beasts of the Southern Wild 103 84
BEST DIRECTOR Jan 17 Jan 10 Jan 3
Steven Spielberg/ Lincoln 1.18 1.30 2.12
Ang Lee/ Life of Pi 6.50 6 16
Michael Haneke/ Amour 11 9.5
David O Russell/ Silver Linings Playbook 17 13 30
Benh Zeitlin/ Beasts of the Southern Wild 38 31

Median payouts from oddschecker.com as of today (following the Golden Globes), Jan 10 (immediately following the Oscar nominations announcement) and the week before

Very little change in the Best Actor odds, while Christoph Waltz moved into the running for Best Supporting Actor, thanks to his Golden Globe win.  But the race remains a good one between Tommy Lee Jones and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

BEST ACTOR Jan 17 Jan 10 Jan 3
Daniel Day-Lewis/ Lincoln 1.08 1.12 1.24
Hugh Jackman/ Les Miserables 10 9.5 9.5
Denzel Washington/ Flight 25 14 8
Joaquin Phoenix/ The Master 27 16 12
Bradley Cooper/ Silver Linings Playbook 27 25 20
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Jan 17 Jan 10 Jan 3
Tommy Lee Jones/ Lincoln 2.29 2.19 2.47
Philip Seymour Hoffman/ The Master 2.56 2.35 2.35
Christoph Waltz/ Django Unchained Up 5 18.50
Robert DeNiro/ Silver Linings Playbook 14 10 10
Alan Arkin/ Argo Down 17 8.50 13.50

Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain moved a little closer in the odds for Best Actress, as both claimed a Golden Globe for drama and musical/comedy, respectively.  Anne Hathaway remains the surest of sure things: now paying only $1.06 on a $1 wager for Best Supporting Actress.

BEST ACTRESS Jan 17 Jan 10 Jan 3
Jennifer Lawrence/ Silver Linings Playbook 1.58 1.47 1.48
Jessica Chastain/ Zero Dark Thirty 2.68 3 3
Emannuelle Riva/ Amour 13 11 13
Naomi Watts/ The Impossible 20 19
Quvenzhane Wallis/ Beasts of the Southern Wild 38 27 19
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jan 17 Jan 10 Jan 3
Anne Hathaway/ Les Miserables 1.06 1.10 1.11
Sally Field/ Lincoln 13 11 9.50
Helen Hunt/ The Sessions 14 12 9.50
Amy Adams/ The Master 20 18 14
Jacki Weaver/ Silver Linings Playbook 46 42 34


About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.