Oscars Prediction Dartboard: Who Was Wrong-est?
Visualizing Oscars predictions.
Predictor | Correct |
Tom O'Neil Gold Derby |
91% |
Paul Sheehan Gold Derby |
82% |
Michael Musto Village Voice |
82% |
Dave Weigel Slate |
82% |
L.V. Anderson Slate |
82% |
Anthony Breznican Entertainment Weekly |
82% |
Michael Hogan Huffington Post |
82% |
Anne Thompson Indiewire |
82% |
Scott Feinberg Hollywood Reporter |
82% |
Jeffrey Bloomer Slate |
73% |
David Rothschild Huffington Post |
73% |
Richard Horgan Mediabistro FishbowlLA |
73% |
Dave Karger Fandango |
73% |
Ben Zauzmer International Business Times |
73% |
Danny King The Film Stage |
64% |
Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood |
64% |
Thom Geier Entertainment Weekly |
64% |
Tariq Khan Fox News |
64% |
Glenn Whipp LA Times |
64% |
Steve Pond The Wrap |
64% |
Susan Wloszczyna USA Today |
64% |
Chris Wade Slate |
64% |
Thelma Adams Yahoo |
64% |
Keith Simanton IMDB |
64% |
Emma Roller Slate |
55% |
Allison Benedikt Slate |
55% |
Christopher Rosen Huffington Post |
55% |
Byron Boneparth Slate |
55% |
Matt Atchity Rotten Tomatoes |
55% |
Aisha Harris Slate |
55% |
David Haglund Slate |
55% |
Alex Suskind Moviefone |
55% |
Kevin Polowy Next Movie |
55% |
Chuck Walton Fandango |
55% |
Ramin Setoodeh Newsweek Daily Beast |
55% |
Forest Wickman Slate |
45% |
Mark Hughes Forbes |
45% |
Dan Kois Slate |
27% |
Jeremy Stahl Slate |
27% |
David Plotz Slate |
27% |
John Swansburg Slate |
27% |
Bryan Lowder Slate |
27% |
Katy Waldman Slate |
18% |
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The Oscars may be less consequential than presidential elections, but it’s another opportunity to gamble for predictive bragging rights. Some, such as the Huffington Post’s David Rothschild, have adopted a data-driven, Nate Silver-esque approach, while others simply seem to combine their personal preferences with nebulous theories of the film industry. Now that the Oscars are over, who made all the wrong calls, and who should be condemned for witchcraft?
In the dartboard above, each dart represents the percentage of correct Oscar calls a commentator made out of 11 categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Best Animated Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature, and Best Cinematography. Red darts represent Slate writers, while blue darts represent writers from other publications. Hover over each dart to learn more.
Correction, Feb. 25: Due to a bug in this feature, the scores of some predictions that correctly predicted Searching for Sugar Man would win Best Documentary were off by 9 percentage points. The bug has since been resolved.