2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (May)
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Paramount’s Silence holds onto the #1 spot for the 3rd month in a row and in fact, the top 5 is the same (and in the same order) as last month. The Weinstein Company’s Lion makes another move up, to #6 where it’s tied with A24’s Moonlight (which has its first test screening tonight). Warner Bros.’ Sully and Lionsgate’s La La Land fall a bit while Paramount’s space drama Story of Your Life moves up. The fourth of Paramount’s films on the list, Five Seconds of Silence, gets a name change (to Allied) and Woody Allen’s Café Society (from Amazon Studios and Lionsgate) enters the chart.
OTHER CONTENDERS
Bleed For This
Deepwater Horizon
The Founder
The Girl on the Train
Hidden Figures
HHhH
LBJ
The Light Between Oceans
The Lobster
The Lost City of Z
Nocturnal Animals
The Zookeeper’s Wife
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BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
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