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2009 Academy Awards Nominations Contest Results

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Best Picture (8 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
(500) Days of Summer   X 16 13.1%
Avatar X X 85 69.7%
The Blind Side X X 19 15.6%
District 9 X   34 27.9%
An Education X X 49 40.2%
The Hurt Locker X X 68 55.7%
Inglourious Basterds X X 78 63.9%
Invictus   X 68 55.7%
Precious X X 66 54.1%
A Serious Man X   38 31.1%
Up X X 64 52.5%
Up In the Air X X 69 56.6%

Best Director (5 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
James Cameron, Avatar X X 78 63.9%
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker X X 59 48.4%
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds X X 72 59.0%
Lee Daniels, Precious X X 40 32.8%
Jason Reitman, Up In the Air X X 58 47.5%

Best Actor (5 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart X X 56 45.9%
George Clooney, Up In the Air X X 69 56.6%
Colin Firth, A Single Man X X 56 45.9%
Morgan Freeman, Invictus X X 59 48.4%
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker X X 42 34.4%

Best Actress (4 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria   X 22 18.0%
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side X X 59 48.4%
Helen Mirren, The Last Station X   34 27.9%
Carey Mulligan, An Education X X 48 39.3%
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious X X 48 39.3%
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia X X 61 50.0%

Best Animated Feature (3 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs   X 41 33.6%
Coraline X   75 61.5%
Fantastic Mr. Fox X X 70 57.4%
Ponyo   X 38 31.1%
The Princess and the Frog X X 66 54.1%
The Secret of Kells X   1 0.8%
Up X X 86 70.5%

Best Visual Effects (2 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Avatar X X 82 67.2%
District 9 X   38 31.1%
Star Trek X X 38 31.1%
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen   X 20 16.4%

How many nominations will the film with the most nominations get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
9 X   16 13.1%
11   X 13 10.7%

How many nominations will the film with the second-most nominations get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
7   X 20 16.4%
9 X   5 4.1%

How many nominations will the film with the third-most nominations get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
5   X 18 14.8%
8 X   3 2.5%


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