2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December Part 2) – Oldman still tops but Kaluuya is coming
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) is an unmovable force in Best Actor as he notches another month at the top of the chart.
But the big move and the big news is Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) bursting into the top 5. He’s jumps over Tom Hanks (The Post), Jake Gyllenhall (Stronger) and James Franco (The Disaster Artist) to reach his highest peak yet and it’s thanks to his SAG, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations. He’s a real contender in this race in a possible Best Picture winner.
Someone else rises and it’s definitely worth a look. Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.) was falling off the chart just two weeks ago (at #9 with just 13 points). His film is a critical and box office flop but then the SAG and Globe noms came out and there he was on both, over stronger competition. Or so it seemed they were. The two-time Oscar winner, SAG winner and Globe winner is still in this game.
2018 Oscar Predictions (December Part 1): BEST PICTURE | BEST DIRECTOR
Here are the 2018 Oscar predictions for Best Actor for the second half of December 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
| BEST ACTOR | ERIK ANDERSON |
BRYAN BONAFEDE | GREG HOWARD | EVAN KOST |
JASON OSIASON | KENNETH POLISHCHUK |
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ | RICHARD ANTHONY |
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT | MATT DINN | TOTAL POINTS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 99 |
| 2 | Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 90 |
| 3 | Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 75 |
| 4 | Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 65 |
| 5 | James Franco – The Disaster Artist | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 63 |
| 6 | Tom Hanks – The Post | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 56 |
| 7 | Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq. | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
| 9 | Robert Pattinson – Good Time | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | James McAvoy – Split | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | |||||||
| 11 | Jeremy Renner – Wind River | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | ||||||
| 11 | Andrew Garfield – Breathe | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||
| 13 | Chadwick Boseman – Marshall | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jacob Tremblay – Wonder | 10 | 10 | 2 |
OTHER CONTENDERS
Christian Bale – Hostiles
Harry Dean Stanton – Lucky
Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
Hugh Jackman – Logan
Matt Damon – Downsizing
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