Academy Awards adding a "Best Popular Film" category. Good or bad idea? Academy walks it back, won't be presented this year

[filmlover]

Congrats on becoming an Oscar-winning film, Transformers: Why God Why.

[WrathOfHan]

Holy shit, the ceremony is airing February 9 in 2020. That's going to have a massive impact on the box office for nominees, especially stuff that doesn't expand until late January.

Edited August 8, 2018 by WrathOfHan

[Alli]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Congrats on becoming an Oscar-winning film, Transformers: Why God Why.

lol Black Panther is the obvious winner this year

[Alli]

What if a movie is meant to be a blockbuster on paper, but fails at the BO?  Something like Edge of tomorrow for example. great popular movie, but a BO flop

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

It's really stupid. End of discussion.

[Cmasterclay]

lol what a bunch of dumb fucking bullshit  

[Morieris]

....I thought this was a hypothetical question.

 

This is real and stupid.

 

Get rid of the dumbass skits and jokes. 

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, Alli said:

What if a movie is meant to be a blockbuster on paper, but fails at the BO?  Something like Edge of tomorrow for example. great popular movie, but a BO flop

I reckon there’ll be a box office requirement.

 

If they’re really going to do this category than the bar should be set at 150m or something like that.

 

Im curious on how they’ll judge that though?  Consider a movie like American Sniper, it was a popular movie but it wouldn’t have made its BO in time to count for the category.

[filmlover]

This is really dumb to be honest. But hey, at least the "why don't they ever nominate what I like?!?!" crowd can finally be quiet.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

It has to be a some sort of box office # as the eligibility requirement, right? Only positive is the fun we'll have mocking studios fudging to get their well-received tentpoles to the cutoff.

Edited August 8, 2018 by Jayhawk

[WrathOfHan]

EARLY PREDICTIONS FOR BEST POPULAR PICTURE (assuming the parameters are anything over 100M DOM):
 

1. First Man

2. Black Panther

3. A Quiet Place

4. Mission: Impossible - Fallout

5. Avengers: Infinity War

 

 

[MrPink]

Awful idea. 

[CoolioD1]

Since the most recent oscars was the lowest rated ever... by a lot I was kinda expecting something to be announced but this is... dumb. Will eligibility be determined by box office? 200 domestic puts you on the short list or is it just any big budget studio movie?

[EarlyDeadlinePredictions]

10 minutes ago, a2k said:

Won't the popular film already be rewarded with box office. No new cateogry needed for that. A film with big bo can win Best Picture if it's percieved as great by the Academy, but no need to honor on that can't win the award with 'Popular' tag. The bo already proves that. Maybe they think it will increase the viewership.

TOP CONTENDERS RIGHT NOW (I assume Oscars care more about domestic?)

 

1	Black Panther	BV	$700,017,849	4,084	$202,003,951	4,020	2/16	-
2	Avengers: Infinity War	BV	$678,107,861	4,474	$257,698,183	4,474	4/27	-
3	Incredibles 2	BV	$583,908,997	4,410	$182,687,905	4,410	6/15	-
4	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Uni.	$406,146,080	4,485	$148,024,610	4,475	6/22	-
5	Deadpool 2	Fox	$318,053,195	4,349	$125,507,153	4,349	5/18	-
6	Solo: A Star Wars Story	BV	$213,060,730	4,381	$84,420,489	4,381	5/25	-
7	Ant-Man and the Wasp	BV	$196,594,775	4,206	$75,812,205	4,206	7/6	-
8	A Quiet Place	Par.	$188,024,361	3,808	$50,203,562	3,508	4/6	8/2
9	Ocean's 8	WB	$138,073,527	4,145	$41,607,378	4,145	6/8	-
10	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	Sony	$137,526,894	4,267	$44,076,225	4,267	7/13

[John Marston]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

EARLY PREDICTIONS FOR BEST POPULAR PICTURE (assuming the parameters are anything over 100M DOM):
 

1. First Man

2. Black Panther

3. A Quiet Place

4. Mission: Impossible - Fallout

5. Avengers: Infinity War

 

 

 

 

Michael Bay: Oscar nominee

[The Panda]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

EARLY PREDICTIONS FOR BEST POPULAR PICTURE (assuming the parameters are anything over 100M DOM):
 

1. First Man

2. Black Panther

3. A Quiet Place

4. Mission: Impossible - Fallout

5. Avengers: Infinity War

 

 

Meanwhile, two of those were seen as major BP contenders anyways while the rest all had shots at tech noms.

 

It’s almost like this is a dumb, pointless category!

[grim22]

 

[Morieris]

Can a movie be nominated for real awards and also possibly have the popular vote nomination?

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Pandamia! said:

Meanwhile, two of those were seen as major BP contenders anyways while the rest all had shots at tech noms.

 

It’s almost like this is a dumb, pointless category!

I will laugh my fucking ass off if 4/5 movies here end up being FM, BP, A Star Is Born, and Widows. Then it'll look REALLY fucking dumb.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Jayhawk said:

It has to be a some sort of box office # as the eligibility requirement, right? Only positive is the fun we'll have mocking studios fudging to get their well-received tentpoles to the cutoff.

That means Solo is in contention even though it was widely viewed as a bomb lmao.