2018 Golden Globe Awards Film Betting Odds
–The 2018 Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, January 7 2018
–2018 will be the 75th Golden Globe Awards
–The award winners are selected by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association(HFPA)
Since this site is called ‘Sports Betting Experts’ I try to use sports metaphors as often as possible, even on ‘non-sport’ betting events. For the entertainment industry the Academy Awards is the ‘Super Bowl’ of awards show. Obviously, this means that the film industry enjoys a higher degree of status than their television counterparts (though the gap is closing quickly). The major TV awards are the Emmy Awards which don’t take place until September. For that reason, we’ll focus more on the predictive dynamic of the film awards since the Golden Globe Awards kick off the season of smaller film awards from a variety of critics groups and professional trade associations. These are similar to the Kentucky Derby Qualifying races and helpful to watch just to get a feel for which contenders are legit.
If we were to use the football metaphor about the Golden Globe Awards it would strictly be a more entertaining version of a preseason game. A more appropriate description–it’s a watered down version of those great ‘Celebrity Roasts’ that Dean Martin used to do in the 1970’s only with awards handed out. Or at least that’s how it was in the past. It’ll be interesting to see the ‘mood of the room’ and the American film industry in general in the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment fiasco. Will the Golden Globes be back to their business of boozy fun as usual? Will it still be a party only with everyone keeping their hands to themselves? Or has the entire power dynamic in Hollywood change forever and the Golden Globes will adopt the self
The odds for the Golden Globes Television Categories went up yesterday along with a lengthy discussion of the relevance of these and other award shows in a ‘post-Weinstein’ Hollywood. In this post we’ll keep it simple and just post the odds for the film categories. Check back for some prop bets closer to showtime:
75TH GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS FILM BETTING ODDS
BEST FILM DRAMA
The Post: +115
The Shape of Water: +200
Dunkirk: +450
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: +650
Call Me By Your Name: +650
BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM DRAMA
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri): +110
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water): +225
Meryl Streep (The Post): +350
Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World): +700
Jessica Chastain(Molly’s Game): +700
BEST ACTOR IN A FILM DRAMA
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour): -300
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread): +500
Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name): +500
Tom Hanks (The Post): +950
Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.): +950
BEST FILM COMEDY/MUSICAL
Lady Bird: -200
Get Out: +350
I, Tonya: +500
The Disaster Artist: +750
The Greatest Showman: +750
BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM COMEDY/MUSICAL
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird): -350
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya): +300
Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes): +750
Helen Mirren(The Leisure Seeker): +1250
Judi Dench(Victoria and Abdul): +1250
BEST ACTOR IN A FILM COMEDY/MUSICAL
James Franco (The Disaster Artist): -225
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out): +350
Steve Carell (Battle of the Sexes): +750
Ansel Elgort(Baby Driver): +750
Hugh Jackman(The Greatest Showman): +750
BEST FILM SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project): -120
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri): +250
Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name): +600
Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water): +600
Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World): +600
BEST FILM SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird): -225
Allison Janney (I, Tonya): +300
Hong Chau (Downsizing): +750
Mary J. Blige(Mudbound): +900
Judi Dench(Victoria and Abdul): +900
BEST FILM DIRECTOR
Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water): -150
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) +300
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri): +500
Ridley Scott (All the Money in the World): +750
Steven Spielberg (The Post): +750
BEST FILM SCREENPLAY
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: +120
Lady Bird: +200
The Shape of Water: +450
The Post: +600
Molly’s Game: +600
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coco: -270
The Breadwinner: +450
Loving Vincent: +750
Ferdinand: +750
Boss Baby: +750
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Square: -150
A Fantastic Woman: +400
First They Killed My Father: +400
Loveless: +700
In the Fade: +700
BEST SONG
Remember Me (Coco): -135
Mighty River (Mudbound): +350
This Is Me (The Greatest Showman): +350
Home (Ferdinand): +750
The Star (The Star): +750
BEST SCORE
The Shape of Water: +100
Dunkirk: +250
The Post: +350
Phantom Thread: +700
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: +700