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> OSCAR > FANTASY VOTE 2008

2008 BEST PICTURE
FANTASY VOTE

This year 2,796 Box Office Mojo readers participated in the Best Picture fantasy vote. Each user chose their top five movies from 2008, ranking from them from one to five. Nominees were determined as close as possible to the preferential voting system used by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is illustrated below. For a full explanation of how nominees are determined, click here.

For last year's results, click here.
 View:    Nominees & Final Vote   Nomination Process Breakdown   Method Comparison 

Note: To qualify for a nomination, a movie must receive 466 out of the 2,796 votes cast. First, all ballots are sorted into piles according to their #1 choice (illustrated below). Then, the movie(s) with the least number of votes is removed from qualification and those ballots are redistributed according to the voter's next available choice among those movies still in the running. Click the "Next Step" and "Previous Step" links below to cycle through the process.

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Rank Movie Title # Ballots
Nom The Dark Knight 1047
The movie above, highlighted in gold, has reached the required number of votes to achieve a nomination and further re-distribution of ballots go to those movies still in the run off (i.e., among the movies listed below).
1 Slumdog Millionaire 377
2 WALL-E 252
3 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 226
4 Gran Torino 79
5 Twilight 73
6 Milk 67
7 The Wrestler 62
8 Revolutionary Road 42
9 Iron Man 40
10 In Bruges 36
11 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 22
12 Frost/Nixon 21
13 The Reader 20
14 Australia 19
15 Rachel Getting Married 15
16 Mamma Mia! 14
17 Fireproof 14
18 Hellboy II: The Golden Army 14
19 Changeling 13
20 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 13
21 Doubt 12
22 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days 12
23 Let the Right One In (2008) 11
24 Rambo 10
25 Cloverfield 10
26 Synecdoche, New York 10
27 Wanted 10
28 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 10
29 Kung Fu Panda 9
30 Burn After Reading 8
31 Pineapple Express 7
32 Sex and the City 7
33 Religulous 7
34 Zack and Miri Make a Porno 7
35 Tropic Thunder 6
36 Vantage Point 5
37 RockNRolla 5
38 Man on Wire 5
39 Seven Pounds 5
40 Marley and Me 4
41 Forgetting Sarah Marshall 4
42 An American Carol 4
43 Happy-Go-Lucky 4
44 Valkyrie 4
45 Blindness 4
46 The Fall 4
47 Journey to the Center of the Earth 4
48 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi 4
49 Bolt 4
50 21 3
51 High School Musical 3: Senior Year 3
52 Under the Same Moon 3
53 The Incredible Hulk 3
54 The Forbidden Kingdom 3
55 Appaloosa 3
56 Role Models 3
57 Step Brothers 3
58 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 3
59 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed 3
60 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 3
61 Son of Rambow 3
62 Four Christmases 3
63 Tell No One 2
64 The Ruins 2
65 Mirrors 2
66 Bottle Shock 2
67 Quantum of Solace 2
68 Mongol 2
69 Transporter 3 2
70 The Visitor 2
71 Frozen River 2
72 Waltz with Bashir 2
73 Speed Racer 2
74 10,000 B.C. 2
75 Transsiberian 2
76 The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) 2
77 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist 2
78 The House Bunny 2
79 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2
80 Eagle Eye 2
81 A Christmas Tale 2
82 Death Race 2
83 Young@Heart 2
84 Nights in Rodanthe 2
85 Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! 2
86 The X-Files: I Want to Believe 2
87 Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2
88 Hancock 2
89 The Wackness 2
90 Dostana 2
The following movie(s) will be removed from the running and their respective ballots will be distributed according to their next available choices:
91 Defiance 1
92 Step Up 2 the Streets 1
93 Lakeview Terrace 1
94 The Love Guru 1
95 Then She Found Me 1
96 Ghajini 1
97 Penelope 1
98 The Band's Visit 1
99 The Bank Job 1
100 Definitely, Maybe 1
101 Ghost Town 1
102 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (2008 re-issue) 1
103 I've Loved You So Long 1
104 Body of Lies 1
105 Caramel 1
106 You Don't Mess with the Zohan 1
107 Be Kind, Rewind 1
108 My Best Friend's Girl 1
109 Bedtime Stories 1
110 What Just Happened? 1
111 Traitor 1
112 When Did You Last See Your Father 1
113 The Counterfeiters 1
114 Igor 1
115 Righteous Kill 1
116 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour 1
117 Nothing Like the Holidays 1
118 Street Kings 1
119 The Happening 1
120 Untraceable 1
121 Smart People 1
122 Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns 1
123 Funny Games 1
124 Saw V 1
125 Miracle at St. Anna 1
126 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 1
127 Pride & Glory 1
128 The Longshots 1
129 The Tale of Despereaux 1
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BALLOT DISTRIBUTION BREAKDOWN
(Note: Underlined indicates the movie the ballot is being removed from. Bold text indicates the movie the ballot is being distributed to. Italics indicate the ballot is no longer in the running.)
#1 Choice #2 Choice #3 Choice #4 Choice #5 Choice
When Did You Last See Your Father Married Life The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Under the Same Moon The Other Boleyn Girl
Smart People One Missed Call Definitely, Maybe Made of Honor Slumdog Millionaire
Untraceable Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day First Sunday Slumdog Millionaire My Best Friend's Girl
Traitor Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Swing Vote Leatherheads
What Just Happened? The Dark Knight The Strangers Man on Wire Flawless (2008)
Street Kings My Best Friend's Girl The Children of Huang Shi The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nothing Like the Holidays The Women (2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Other Boleyn Girl The Wrestler
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour Twilight The Dark Knight Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Iron Man
Righteous Kill The Dark Knight Marley and Me Eagle Eye The Other Boleyn Girl
Igor The Dark Knight Babylon A.D. Death Race Iron Man
The Counterfeiters The Dark Knight Iron Man Revolutionary Road The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
The Happening Gran Torino The Dark Knight The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Step Brothers
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Then She Found Me High School Musical 3: Senior Year Rachel Getting Married WALL-E
Pride & Glory Untraceable Get Smart WALL-E Marley and Me
Bedtime Stories Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Dark Knight The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Wanted
The Longshots Last Chance Harvey The Tale of Despereaux Australia Fireproof
Miracle at St. Anna The Wrestler The Bank Job Traitor The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Saw V Funny Games Transporter 3 RockNRolla Step Brothers
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys The Love Guru What Happens in Vegas Step Up 2 the Streets
Funny Games Doubt The Reader Frozen River Elegy
The Tale of Despereaux Yes Man Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa How to Lose Friends and Alienate People WALL-E
Defiance Slumdog Millionaire The Reader Milk The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Love Guru Space Chimps The X-Files: I Want to Believe Bangkok Dangerous Max Payne
Lakeview Terrace Vantage Point Valkyrie Slumdog Millionaire In Bruges
Step Up 2 the Streets Eagle Eye Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Slumdog Millionaire Fool's Gold
My Best Friend's Girl The Dark Knight Tropic Thunder Forgetting Sarah Marshall In Bruges
Body of Lies The Dark Knight Tropic Thunder Religulous Marley and Me
I've Loved You So Long Frozen River The Spiderwick Chronicles An American Carol Slumdog Millionaire
Caramel Blindness Cloverfield The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Slumdog Millionaire
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Tropic Thunder The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight How She Move
Then She Found Me Be Kind, Rewind Bottle Shock Vantage Point Swing Vote
Be Kind, Rewind Tropic Thunder The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Yes Man Vantage Point
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (2008 re-issue) Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Gran Torino Frost/Nixon Changeling
Ghost Town Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The Visitor WALL-E
Penelope Forgetting Sarah Marshall Slumdog Millionaire The Duchess Tropic Thunder
Ghajini Mongol Gran Torino Kung Fu Panda Revolutionary Road
The Band's Visit Milk The Fall Revolutionary Road Frost/Nixon
The Bank Job The Dark Knight Deception (2008) WALL-E Run Fat Boy Run
Definitely, Maybe Frost/Nixon Four Christmases Milk Redbelt


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