In case you didn’t know (and what’s life like there under that rock?), the 89th Academy Awards are on tonight.
Every year the Oscar-givers like to give the Best Picture award to a movie that meets a certain number of criteria, namely one that went over well with the critics, one that went over well with the audiences and one that goes over well with them, too!
So to that end, we’ve gathered all the relevant information on the nine contenders for the big prize tonight, and put together the Rotten Tomatoes score, the total worldwide box office, the number of Oscars in total, and the bookies’ current odds for them to win the top award at the time of writing.
Arrival
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
Worldwide Box Office: $197 million (on a $47 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 8
Bookies’ Odds: 100/1
Fences
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
Worldwide Box Office: $58 million (on a $24 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 4
Bookies’ Odds: 50/1
Hacksaw Ridge
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
Worldwide Box Office: $174 million (on a $40 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 6
Bookies’ Odds: 100/1
Hell Or High Water
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
Worldwide Box Office: $30 million (on a $12 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 4
Bookies’ Odds: 100/1
Hidden Figures
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
Worldwide Box Office: $171 million (on a $25 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 3
Bookies’ Odds: 25/1
La La Land
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
Worldwide Box Office: $343 million (on a $30 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 14
Bookies’ Odds: 1/6
Lion
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
Worldwide Box Office: $86 million (on a $12 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 6
Bookies’ Odds: 50/1
Manchester By The Sea
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
Worldwide Box Office: $62 million (on a $8.5 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 6
Bookies’ Odds: 25/1
Moonlight
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
Worldwide Box Office: $25 million (on a $1.5 million budget)
Total Oscar Nods: 8
Bookies’ Odds: 4/1
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