2015 Oscars Betting Guide

2015 Oscars Betting Guide

The 2015 Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, February 22 at 8:30 PM eastern time. This marks the 87th year of the ceremony, which will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.

Awards will be handed out in 24 different categories ranging from Best Picture and Best Director to more technical awards such Best Editing and Best Visual Effects. There are five nominees for every category with the exception of Best Picture (which has eight nominees) and Best Hair and Makeup (which has just three nominees).

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead all films with nine Oscar nominations followed by The Imitation Game (8), American Sniper (6) and Boyhood (6).

Many offshore sportsbooks have posted odds for a handful of more prominent categories like Best Picture and Best Actor, but Bovada has actually posted odds for 21 different categories.

It’s interesting to note that although Birdman is currently a -200 favorite to take home Best Picture, just over a month ago Boyhood was actually a massive favorite at -1500.

In the past two weeks the odds of Boyhood winning the #Oscar for Best Picture have dropped from -1500 to -150. Birdman closing fast at -120.

— SportsInsights.com (@SportsInsights) February 3, 2015

Boyhood isn’t the only film that once looked like a lock. When these odds first opened Boyhood’s director, Richard Linklater, was a massive favorite (-1500) to take home the Oscar for Best Director. Just over a month later, Linklater has dropped to +125 with Birdman’s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu now listed as a -225 favorite.

#Oscar “Locks” Picture: Boyhood -1500 Director: Linklater -1300 Actress: Moore -2500 Supp Actor: Simmons -2000 Supp Actress: Arquette -3500

— SportsInsights.com (@SportsInsights) January 15, 2015

The table below display the 2015 Academy Award odds at Bovada and will be updated if we see any significant changes between now and Sunday evening.

Best Picture

Film	Bovada (2/18)
Birdman	-200
Boyhood	+140
American Sniper	+1200
The Imitation Game	+3300
Selma	+4000
The Grand Budapest Hotel	+5000
Theory of Everything	+6600
Whiplash	+6600

Best Director

Director	Bovada (2/18)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman	-225
Richard Linklater - Boyhood	+125
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel	+3300
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher	+5000
Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game	+5000

Best Actor

Actor	Bovada (2/18)
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything	-400
Michael Keaton - Birdman	+250
Bradley Cooper - American Sniper	+1200
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game	+2800
Steve Carrell - Foxcatcher	+5000

Best Actress

Actress	Bovada (2/18)
Julianne Moore - Still Alice	-5000
Reese Witherspoon - Wild	+1200
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl	+2500
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything	+4000
Marion Cotillard - Two Days One Night	+5000

Best Supporting Actor

Actor	Bovada (2/18)
JK Simmons - Whiplash	-5000
Edward Norton - Birdman	+1200
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher	+1600
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood	+3300
Robert Duvall - The Judge	+3300

Best Supporting Actress

Actress	Bovada (2/18)
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood	-5000
Emma Stone - Birdman	+1400
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game	+2500
Laura Dern - Wild	+2500
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods	+2500

Best Adapted Screenplay

Film	Bovada (2/18)
The Imitation Game	-250
Whiplash	+250
The Theory of Everything	+500
American Sniper	+1600
Inherent Vice	+3300

Best Original Screenplay

Film	Bovada (2/18)
The Grand Budapest Hotel	-200
Birdman	+125
Boyhood	+1000
Foxcatcher	+5000
Nightcrawler	+5000

Best Animated Film

Film	Bovada (2/18)
How To Train Your Dragon 2	-400
Big Hero 6	+250
Song of the Sea	+1600
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	+1600
The Boxtrolls	+1800

Best Foreign Film

Film	Bovada (2/18)
Ida (Poland)	-225
Leviathan (Russia)	+175
Wild Tales (Argentina)	+700
Timbuktu (Mauritania)	+2000
Tangerines (Estonia)	+3300

Best Documentary

Documentary	Bovada (2/18)
CitizenFour	-500
Virunga	+300
Finding Vivian Maier	+1200
Last Days in Vietnam	+2000
The Salt of the Earth	+2000

Best Original Score

Film	Bovada (2/18)
The Theory of Everything (Johann Joannsson)	-160
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)	+125
The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat)	+900
Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)	+1200
Mr. Turner (Gary Yershon)	+5000

Best Original Song

Song	Bovada (2/18)
Glory (Selma)	-500
Everything is Awesome (The Lego Movie)	+400
Lost Stars (Begin Again)	+900
I'm Not Gonna Miss You (Glen Campbell: I'II Be Me)	+1000
Grateful (Beyond the Lights)	+3300

Best Costume Design

Film	Bovada (2/18)
The Grand Budapest Hotel	-1000
Into The Woods	+450
Maleficent	+1200
Mr. Turner	+2000
Inherent Vice	+2500

Best Animated Short

Film	Bovada (2/18)
Feast	-350
The Bigger Picture	+400
The Dam Keeper	+500
A Single Life	+1600
Me and my Moulton	+1600

Best Live-Action Short

Film	Bovada (2/18)
The Phone Call	-225
Boogaloo and Graham	+400
Butter Lamp	+550
Parvaneh	+700
Aya	+1000

Best Production Design

Film	Bovada (2/18)
The Grand Budapest Hotel	-700
Into The Woods	+400
Mr. Turner	+1000
Interstellar	+2000
The Imitation Game	+2500

Best Visual Effects

Film	Bovada (2/18)
Interstellar	-300
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	+225
Guardians of the Galaxy	+700
Captain America: The Winter Soldier	+3300
X-Men: Days of Future Past	+3300

Best Cinematography

Film	Bovada (2/18)
Birdman	-600
The Grand Budapest Hotel	+350
Unbroken	+1200
Ida	+1400
Mr. Turner	+2500

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Film	Bovada (2/18)
The Grand Budapest Hotel	-700
Guardians of the Galaxy	+350
Foxcatcher	+800

Best Film Editing

Film	Bovada (2/18)
Boyhood	-200
Whiplash	+200
American Sniper	+750
The Imitation Game	+1200
The Grand Budapest Hotel	+1400

Who do you think will be the big winners on Sunday night? Which movies were overlooked by the Academy this year? Please leave any thoughts or questions in the comment section below.