2018 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ANIMATED FEATURE, VISUAL EFFECTS (September)

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No changes in the top spots; Dunkirk leads Original Score once again, Coco is #1 in Animated Feature and Blade Runner 2049 holds onto Visual Effects.

These are the official 2018 Oscar Predictions in Original Score, Animated Feature and Visual Effects for September from the Gold Rush Gang. Keep an eye on all of the Gold Rush Gang’s 2018 Oscar predictions updated LIVE throughout the month.

Green – moves up from last month
Red – moves down from last month
Blue – debut/new entry

ORIGINAL SCORE ERIK
ANDERSON
BRYAN BONAFEDE GREG HOWARD EVAN
KOST
JASON OSIASON KENNETH
POLISHCHUK
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ RICHARD
ANTHONY
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT MATT DINN TOTAL
POINTS
1 Dunkirk 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 93
2 Post, The 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 86
3 Shape of Water, The 4 1 1 4 1 4 3 4 3 2 83
4 Darkest Hour 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 67
5 Wonderstruck 2 8 7 3 3 1 5 6 5 5 65
6 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 8 6 5 9 10 7 6 7 6 6 40
7 Blade Runner 2049 8 6 7 5 7 22
8 Greatest Showman, The 6 6 8 9 9 7 21
9 mother! 10 9 6 6 10 10 10 16
10 Phantom Thread 7 8 7 7 15
10 Coco 7 9 10 8 9 10 9 15
12 Detroit 8 8 8 9 11
13 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 5 9 8
14 Roman J. Israel, Esq. 9 10 10 4
15 War for the Planet of the Apes 8 3
16 Victoria and Abdul 10 10 2
OTHER CONTENDERS
All the Money in the World
Current War, The
Downsizing
Ferdinand
Killing of a Sacred Deer, The
Last Flag Flying
Mudbound
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

 

ANIMATED FEATURE ERIK
ANDERSON
BRYAN BONAFEDE GREG HOWARD EVAN
KOST
JASON OSIASON KENNETH
POLISHCHUK
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ RICHARD
ANTHONY
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT MATT DINN TOTAL
POINTS
1 Coco 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 97
2 Breadwinner, The 2 1 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 91
3 Lego Batman Movie, The 3 2 5 3 3 3 3 55
4 Boss Baby, The 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 53
5 Mary and the Witch’s Flower 3 3 4 6 5 4 5 47
6 Ferdinand 4 4 3 3 4 4 44
7 My Little Pony: The Movie 5 7 10
8 Lego Ninjago Movie, The 5 8 9
9 In This Corner of the World 5 6
OTHER CONTENDERS
Animal Crackers
Blazing Samurai
Captain Underpants
Cars 3
Despicable Me 3
Emoji Movie, The
Girl Without Hands, The
Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature
Rock Dog
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Son of Bigfoot, The
Star, The
Stork’s Journey, A

VISUAL EFFECTS ERIK
ANDERSON
BRYAN BONAFEDE GREG HOWARD EVAN
KOST
JASON OSIASON KENNETH
POLISHCHUK
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ RICHARD
ANTHONY
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT MATT DINN TOTAL
POINTS
1 Blade Runner 2049 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 96
2 War for the Planet of the Apes 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 90
3 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 3 3 1 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 82
4 Dunkirk 5 5 6 4 6 4 7 4 5 5 59
5 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 7 4 5 6 5 7 4 5 6 4 57
6 Shape of Water, The 10 6 4 5 2 5 5 8 4 9 52
7 Beauty and the Beast (2017) 6 7 7 7 10 6 6 9 7 7 38
8 Kong: Skull Island 9 8 10 8 9 8 10 8 8 21
9 Thor: Ragnarok 4 9 9 10 8 9 10 10 19
10 Wonder Woman 8 10 8 9 10 6 9 17
11 Transformers: The Last Knight 7 10 5
12 Spider-Man: Homecoming 7 4
13 Okja 8 3
14 mother! 9 2
OTHER CONTENDERS
Alien: Covenant
Colossal
Dark Tower, The
Downsizing
Fate of the Furious, The
Geostorm
Ghost in the Shell
Great Wall, The
Greatest Showman, The
John Wick: Chapter 2
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Justice League
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Logan
Mummy, The
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Power Rangers
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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