2014 The Oscars: Early Odds
(The Spread) – The 86th annual Academy Awards don’t take place until March 2, 2014 but we’ve got a sneak peak at the early odds for some of the main categories.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, “12 Years a Slave” is the early favorite to take home Best Picture at 2/3 odds. “Gravity” has the next-best odds at 7/2, while “American Hustle” is 4/1 and “Saving Mr. Banks” is 10/1. “Captain Phillips” is also 16/1, while “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Blue Jasmine” are both 25/1, respectively.
Not surprisingly, Chiwetel Ejiofor is the current early favorite to win Best Actor for his role in “12 Years a Slave.” He’s 3/2, which gives him an edge over Robert Redford (“All is Lost”) at 7/4, Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”) at 5/1, and Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips”) at 7/1, among others. Idris Elba of “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” is also 9/1 while Bruce Dem of “Nebraska” and Leonardo DiCaprio of “The Wolf of Wall Street” are both 15/1, respectively.
For Best Actress, Cate Blanchett is a 1/3 favorite for her work in “Blue Jasmine,” while Sandra Bullock is 3/1 after starring in “Gravity.” Judi Dench (“Philomena”) and Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”) are 10/1, respectively, while Emma Thompson is 12/1 for her role in “Saving Mr. Banks.”
Steve McQueen and Alfonso Cuaron are both 5/4 favorites, respectively, to win an Oscar for Best Director. McQueen directed “12 Years a Slave” while Cuaron directed “Gravity.” David O. Russell has the next-best odds at 4/1 for his direction of “American Hustle.”
For a complete list of early odds for The Oscars, see below.
The Oscars – Best Picture
12 Years a Slave 2/3
Gravity 7/2
American Hustle 4/1
Saving Mr. Banks 10/1
Captain Phillips 16/1
The Wolf of Wall Street 25/1
Blue Jasmine 25/1
Inside Llewyn Davis 30/1
The Butler 40/1
Nebraska 45/1
August: Osage County 45/1
Her 50/1
Dallas Buyers Club 50/1
Fruitvale Station 100/1
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 100/1
Prisoners 100/1
Rush 100/1
Blue is the Warmest Color 100/1
The Great Gatsby 100/1
The Oscars – Best Director
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) 5/4
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) 5/4
David O. Russell (American Hustle) 4/1
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) 10/1
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) 25/1
Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) 25/1
Spike Jonze (Her) 33/1
Ron Howard (Rush) 33/1
Alexander Payne (Nebraska) 50/1
John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks) 50/1
Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) 50/1
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine) 50/1
Lee Daniels (The Butler) 50/1
Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby) 66/1
Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club) 66/1
Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners) 66/1
The Oscars – Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) 3/2
Robert Redford (All is Lost) 7/4
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) 5/1
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) 7/1
Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) 9/1
Bruce Dern (Nebraska) 15/1
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) 15/1
Forest Whitaker (The Butler) 25/1
Christian Bale (American Hustle) 50/1
Joaquin Phoenix (Her) 50/1
Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) 50/1
Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station) 66/1
Hugh Jackman (Prisoners) 66/1
Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight) 66/1
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Great Gatsby) 66/1
The Oscars – Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) 1/3
Sandra Bullock (Gravity) 3/1
Judi Dench (Philomena) 10/1
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) 10/1
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) 12/1
Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color..) 33/1
Amy Adams (American Hustle) 33/1
Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby) 50/1
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Enough Said) 50/1
Paulina Garcia (Gloria) 50/1
Brie Larson (Short Term 12) 66/1
Berenice Bejo (The Past) 66/1
Kate Winslet (Labor Day) 66/1
Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) 66/1
Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) 66/1
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