Photo: Focus Features
This is the scoring recap for Week 18 of Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League. It’s too late to join the league this year, but you can still follow along by visiting the league hub and subscribing to the weekly newsletter.
In an inversion of the usual order of operations, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented its Film Award nominations a week after the Academy Award nominations. Looking at the list, there aren’t too many differences from the Oscar lineup. Oscar-nominated actors Amy Madigan (Weapons), Delroy Lindo (Sinners), and Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value) were left off the BAFTA ballot, so you can imagine the days of fretting we’d all have done for them had the BAFTA noms emerged first. This way, Oscar-snubbed actors like Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme), Jesse Plemons (Bugonia), and Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) can enjoy a little consolation prize.
The BAFTAs can often be a very local award show, so it’s not surprising that some of the nominated films are U.K. efforts that didn’t make a dent in the Oscars race. This is good news if you drafted The Ballad of Wallis Island and have been waiting for that investment to pay off. The Brits gave Focus Features’ musical dramedy three nominations (including one for supporting actress Carey Mulligan), worth 50 MFL points.
Other movies that have been underperforming in the fantasy league but picked up some BAFTA points today include A House of Dynamite, Die My Love, Warfare, Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, 28 Years Later, and Steve. Even Wicked: For Good, having gotten the cold shoulder from Oscar voters, picked up costume and makeup nominations from the Brits.
One film was blanked by the BAFTAs not because of a lack of enthusiasm but rather an eligibility requirement: KPop Demon Hunters, an Oscar nominee in both Original Song and Animated Feature, failed to open in U.K. theaters before premiering on Netflix, thus knocking it out of BAFTA consideration.
Full BAFTA nominations point tally below, with 20 points granted for nominations in picture, director, writing, or acting and 10 points for all other nominations.
One Battle After Another: 220
Sinners: 180
Hamnet: 170
Marty Supreme: 160
Sentimental Value: 140
Bugonia: 90
Frankenstein: 90
The Ballad of Wallis Island: 50
Blue Moon: 40
Pillion: 40
The Secret Agent: 30
F1: 30
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: 20
Song Sung Blue: 20
Zootopia 2: 20
Wicked: For Good: 20
Elio: 10
2000 Meters to Andriivka: 10
Apocalypse in the Tropics: 10
Cover-up: 10
The Perfect Neighbor: 10
It Was Just an Accident: 10
Sirât: 10
The Voice of Hind Rajab: 10
Train Dreams: 10
A House of Dynamite: 10
Warfare: 10
Avatar: Fire and Ash: 10
How to Train Your Dragon: 10
The Lost Bus: 10
Lilo & Stitch: 10
Arco: 10
Steve: 10
Die My Love: 10
28 Years Later: 10
The Writers Guild Awards announced its nominations on Tuesday with the usual caveats regarding several awards contenders deemed ineligible for not meeting WGA’s strict requirements. Sentimental Value, It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent, No Other Choice, Blue Moon, Pillion, and Sorry, Baby were among the films barred from consideration, mostly because international films and many indies are often produced outside of WGA-specified union guidelines.
Every year, a set of otherwise buzzy films aren’t eligible for Writers Guild Awards, and it often makes for an eclectic set of nominations. This year’s most eclectic choice was David Koepp’s script for Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay alongside Oscar nominees Sinners and Marty Supreme, as well as Weapons and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
On the adapted side, One Battle After Another continued its banner day, nominated alongside Hamnet, Bugonia, Train Dreams, and Frankenstein.
Each nominated film — including documentary nominee 2000 Meters to Andriivka — picked up ten MFL points.
One Battle After Another: 10
Sinners: 10
Hamnet: 10
Marty Supreme: 10
Train Dreams: 10
Frankenstein: 10
Bugonia: 10
Weapons: 10
Black Bag: 10
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: 10
2000 Meters to Andriivka: 10
For the first time in six weeks, Avatar: Fire and Ash was not the No. 1 film in America. That honor went to the Chris Pratt–Rebecca Ferguson future dystopian Mercy, which you will have to wait until next year to (not) draft for MFL 2026–27. Fire and Ash still managed to push to $378 million, extending its lead as the biggest box-office points earner of the MFL season. Meanwhile, Zootopia 2 pushed past the $400 million mark, The Housemaid continues to rack up big money for a psychological thriller, and Marty Supreme is trucking its way toward $100 million. Also, for all you Li’l Shakers out there, The Testament of Ann Lee finally broke the $1 million box-office threshold and earned a box-office point. Feel free to twirl and thump your chest in celebration.
Avatar: Fire and Ash: $378m
Zootopia 2: $401m
The Housemaid: $115m
Marty Supreme: $86m
Hamnet: $17m
Anaconda: $62m
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants: $69m
Song Sung Blue: $37m
No Other Choice: $8m
The Testament of Ann Lee: $1m
Is This Thing On?: $6m
Dead Man’s Wire: $2m
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Directors Guild Awards: February 7
Film Independent Spirit Awards: February 15
BAFTA Awards: February 26
Producers Guild Awards: February 28
Screen Actors Guild Awards: March 1
Writers Guild Awards: March 8
98th Academy Awards: March 15
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