For instance, last year, with 5 nominations, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo seemed the most likely to have filled a tenth Best
Picture nomination opening.
The site notes that with a March 3 release date, «it would be one of those rare titles that managed a Best
Picture nomination opening so early in the year.
Not exact matches
For many this year, Oscar competition has focused on the family films «Hugo» and «War Horse,» which have received so much recognition from the Academy — «Hugo» leads the pack with the most
nominations this year (although «The Artist» and «The Descendants» will offer stiff competition when the envelope is
opened for Best
Picture on Feb. 26).
Nomination Polls
Open · Television Programs: December 5, 2017 · Theatrical Motion
Pictures and Animated Theatrical Motion
Pictures: December 14, 2017
2) The «Budapest» spoiler: «Grand Budapest Hotel» has emerged as an unexpectedly strong awards season player, as the Wes Anderson comedy that
opened way back in March matched «Birdman» for the most Oscar
nominations (nine, including best
picture).
The Globe
nominations were kind to other films coming out later this year: Both «The Wolf of Wall Street,» the account of a win - at - all - costs stockbroker premiering on Christmas, and «Her,» a dystopian tale of severed interpersonal relationships
opening Dec. 18, received multiple
nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., including selections alongside «American Hustle» for best comedy or musical motion
picture.
In recent years, The Help and Hell or High Water managed to
open in August yet maintain enough steam to pick up Best
Picture nominations the following January.
2 — Annie Award online voting
opens 2 — Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala 3 — Deadline for receipt of final Golden Globe ballots from HFPA members 3 — Voting ends for Art Directors Guild
nominations 3 — Cinema Audio Society
nomination ballot voting ends 3 — NYFCC awards dinner 4 — WGA theatrical and documentary screenplays announced 4 — Art Directors Guild
nominations announced 4 — PGA
nominations polls close for motion
pictures and animated motion
pictures 5 — AFI Awards luncheon 5 — PGA Awards
nominations announced 5 — PGA
nominations for TV, animated, motion
pictures and digital announced 5 — Academy Award
nominations voting
opens at 8AM PST 7 — Golden Globe Awards 8 — Final ballots go out to BFCA members 8 — Final ballots go out to BTJA members 9 — Deadline for BFCA returning final ballots 9 — Deadline for BTJA returning final ballots 9 — National Board of Review gala 9 — BAFTA
nominations announced 10 — Cinema Audio Society nominees announced 10 — DGA TV, Commercial and Documentary nominees announced 11 — Critics» Choice Awards 11 — DGA feature film and first - time feature
nominations announced 12 — Academy Award
nominations voting closes at 5PM PST 15 — NAACP Image Awards 19 — PGA final voting closes 20 — PGA Awards 19 — SAG final voting closes 21 — SAG Awards 23 - Annie Award final voting closes 23 — Academy Award
nominations announced 26 — ACE Eddie Awards Gala 27 — Art Directors Guild Awards
It has been a good week for
Open Road Films, A24, Bleecker Street, Broad Green
Pictures and Netflix — with multiple
nominations
9 — IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony 10 — British Independent Film Awards winners announced 10 — SAG
nominations voting closes at 5PM PsT 11 — Golden Globes
nominations announced 11 — DGA online voting for TV noms
opens 14 — Cinema Audio Society
nomination ballot voting begins 13 — SAG
nominations announced 14 — PGA
nominations poll
open for motion
pictures and animation features 15 — round one BAFTA
nominations voting begins 18 — Golden Globes final ballots mailed 19 — SAG final voting
opens
It became the first animated feature to get a best -
picture nomination at the Oscars, and it enabled the whole concept of the Disney heroine to be broken
open.
Logan was released in March, which means if it nabs a Best
Picture nomination, it will be in an elite club of rare titles that have managed a
nomination after
opening so early in the year.
«Spotlight» Year: 2015 Director: Tom McCarthy Cast: Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci Distributor:
Open Road Films Premiere history: Venice Film Festival Sept. 2015; wide release Nov. 6, 2015 Other awards won: Independent Spirit Awards Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Robert Altman Award; British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Original Screenplay; Critics» Choice Awards Best
Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Original Screenplay; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion
Picture Academy Award
nominations: Best
Picture (won), Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Supporting Actress (Rachel McAdams), Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing