Oscars: Nikki Novak (Fandango) is best Expert

Daniel Montgomery
·3 min read

Congratulations to our Expert Nikki Novak (Fandango) for a terrific score of 86.96% when predicting the 2024 Oscars on Sunday. She is the best among 29 journalists who cover the film industry throughout the year. See Experts’ scores.

More than 11,000 people worldwide predicted these champs in a ceremony that was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and aired live on ABC. Novak got 20 out of 23 categories correct. The top winner of the night was “Oppenheimer” with seven victories: Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Score. In a tight race for Best Actress, Emma Stone (“Poor Things”) overtook front-runner Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”). Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) took Best Supporting Actress.

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For the other 28 Experts predicting, Shawn Edwards (WDAF-TV Fox), Susan King (Gold Derby) and Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood) come in at 82.61%. Next at 78.26% are Grae Drake (Moviefone), Tariq Khan (Gold Derby), Scott Mantz (KTLA-TV), Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby) and Anne Thompson (IndieWire). Tied at 73.91% are Erik Davis (Fandango), Eric Deggans (NPR), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV), Perri Nemiroff (Collider), Keith Simanton (IMDb) and Peter Travers (ABC). Scoring 69.58% are Thelma Adams (Gold Derby), Tom O’Neil (Gold Derby), Claudia Puig (KPCC), Jazz Tangcay (Variety) and Brian Truitt (USA Today). Then tied at 65.22% are Clayton Davis (Variety), Andrea Mandell (People Magazine) and Michael Musto (Queerty). And with 60.87% scores are Kevin Polowy (CBR), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily) and Susan Wloszczyna (Gold Derby).

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