See Where Top Gun Maverick Ranks on Oscars Odds List
Scott Morris | June 19, 2022
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, hands out golden silhouette trophy every year for movies they think are the best in that group. The most anticipated awards of the ceremony are Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Picture.
The ceremony takes place every March. If you recall just three months ago Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on national TV. This was the most excitement around this ceremony in many years. There are still many months to go before the awards for this year are announced. But that doesn’t mean you can’t see which films and actors are favored to win.
Top Gun Maverick has been a true blockbuster this summer. We haven’t had one of those in quite awhile because of the Pandemic. Not only is the movie raking in the dough, it is very highly rated on Rotten Tomatoes with both the fans and the critics, 97% and 99% respectively. But surprisingly it is not even listed in the top 20 movies to win on the betting sheet.
The odds are created based on which movies are most likely to win. Usually, the winner isn’t even the best movie of the year. It’s whatever movie strikes the fancy of Academy voters. It’s whichever movie is sending the message that they want to send at that particular time. For example, Apocalypse Now is clearly a better movie than Kramer vs. Kramer, in almost every aspect. But the political messaging in Kramer vs Kramer won it the award that year. Also, the Deer Hunter, another Vietnam based movie, won the year prior. These are all factors which must be considered.
Regarding the best actor and actress, often times it will go to the person who is “due” for the award vs. the actual best performance of that year. These reasons are why the Academy has lost some major credibility over the years. Conversely, the Golden Globes have gained credibility by awarding the actual best picture and best actor. But I digress. Here are the odds for best actor, best actress and best picture as they stand now. The list will be cut down when the Academy announces the finalists at the start of the new year.
Best Actor Odds
from BetUS.com
| Austin Butler | +300 |
| Hugh Jackman | +375 |
| Brendan Fraser | +450 |
| Jesse Plemons | +800 |
| Colman Domingo | +800 |
| Christian Bale | +1000 |
| Adam Driver | +1000 |
| Nicolas Cage | +1200 |
| Colin Farrell | +1400 |
| Ryan Gosling | +1400 |
| Viggo Mortensen | +1600 |
| Harry Styles | +1600 |
| Alexander Skarsgard | +1800 |
| Timothee Chamalet | +1800 |
| Anthony Hopkins | +2000 |
| Brad Pitt | +2000 |
| Bill Nighy | +2200 |
| Daniel Kaluuya | +2200 |
| Willem Dafoe | +2200 |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | +2200 |
| Kelvin Harrison Jr. | +3300 |
| Tom Hanks | +3300 |
| Joaquin Phoenix | +3300 |
| Daniel Craig | +4000 |
| Idris Elba | +4000 |
| Michael Fassbender | +4000 |
| Will Smith | +6000 |
Best Actress Odds
from BetUS.com
| Cate Blanchett | +450 |
| Michelle Yeoh | +475 |
| Viola Davis | +550 |
| Naomi Ackie | +550 |
| Margot Robbie | +800 |
| Carey Mulligan | +800 |
| Florence Pugh | +1000 |
| Danielle Deadwyler | +1000 |
| Michelle Williams | +1200 |
| Emma Thompson | +1400 |
| Laura Dern | +1600 |
| Greta Gerwig | +1600 |
| Tilda Swinton | +1800 |
| Ana de Armas | +1800 |
| Saide Sink | +1800 |
| Jennifer Lawrence | +2000 |
| Dakota Johnson | +2000 |
| Regina King | +2000 |
| Emma Stone | +2200 |
| Olivia Colman | +2000 |
| Frances McDormand | +2200 |
| Zoe Kazan | +2200 |
| Jessica Chastain | +3300 |
| Anne Hathaway | +3300 |
| Zoe Zaldana | +3300 |
| Saoirse Ronan | +4000 |
| Emma Corrin | +4000 |
Best Picture Odds
from BetUS.com
| Thirteen Lives | +550 |
| Amsterdam | +650 |
| The Killers of the Flower Moon | +650 |
| She Said | +850 |
| The Woman King | +1000 |
| The Fabelmans | +1200 |
| Everything Everywhere All At Once | +1200 |
| The Son | +1400 |
| Poor Things | +1600 |
| Empire of Light | +1600 |
| The Killer | +1800 |
| Don't Worry Darling | +1800 |
| Red, White and Water | +2000 |
| Nope | +2000 |
| Bardo | +2000 |
| White Noise | +2000 |
| Women Talking | +2200 |
| Next Goal | +2200 |
| Elvis | +2200 |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | +2200 |
| The Color Purple | +3000 |
| The Whale | +3000 |
| Blonde | +3000 |
| The Northman | +3000 |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | +4000 |
| Bones and All | +4000 |
| Knives Out 2 | +4000 |
| Spaceman | +4000 |
| Armageddon Time | +6000 |
| Top Gun: Maverick | +6000 |
| Showing Up | +6600 |
| The Actor | +6600 |
| Asteroid City | +6600 |
| I Wanna Dance with Somebody | +8000 |
| The Gray Man | +8000 |
| Avatar 2 | +8000 |
| The Batman | +8000 |
| Men | +10000 |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Pt. 1) | +10000 |
| Lightyear | +10000 |
| Disappointment Blvd. | +10000 |
