Critics Choice Awards 2025: Best prediction scores by Gold Derby experts, editors, and users
Congratulations to Gold Derby user JessiBlady for a terrific score of 90.48 percent in predicting the 2025 Critics Choice Awards film winners on Friday night. Our top scorer is actually tied with Christian.theo but has the better point score of 13,531 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.
A total of 3,081 people worldwide predicted these movie champs, with our top scorer correctly predicting 19 of 21 winners. Among the long shots picked accurately were Anora for Best Picture and Conclave for Best Ensemble.
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You can see how your score compares to all others in our movie leaderboard rankings, including links to see each participant’s predictions. To see your scores, go to the User menu in the top right corner of every Gold Derby page when you’re signed in to the site. Use the drop-down menu to “View Profile,” then look for the links to your “Award Show Scores.”
For our 10 Gold Derby editors predicting, Joyce Eng is best with 80.95 percent correct. Tied with 66.67 percent are Denton Davidson, Daniel Montgomery, and Christopher Rosen. Christopher Beachum tied with Charles Bright and Marcus James Dixon with 61.9 percent. Matt Noble follows with 57.14 percent and then Debra Birnbaum and Ray Richmond with 52.38 percent. See editors’ scores.
Of the 23 experts who predicted, Cole Jaeger (The Oscar Expert) is in the top spot with 85.71 percent. Eng is then tied with Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture) with 80.95 percent. Next up are Tariq Khan (KSDK) and Anne Thompson (Indiewire) with 71.43 percent. Tied with 66.67 percent are Mark Johnson (The Contending), Nikki Novak (Fandango), and Rosen. Following with 61.9 percent are Clayton Davis (Variety), Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV), and Jenelle Riley (Variety). The next group with 57.14 percent has Erik Davis (Fandango), Hanh Nguyen (Salon), and Jazz Tangcay (Variety). We then have Birnbaum, Kate Erbland (Indiewire), Scott Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter), Richmond, and Peter Travers (ABC). Next are Susan King (freelancer) and Joey Nolfi (Entertainment Weekly) with 47.62 percent. Eric Deggans (NPR) and Keith Simanton (IMDb) finish with 38.1 percent. See experts’ scores.
For the TV categories, a total of 1,665 people wordwide made predictions. The top user is Cheeser111 with 14 of 16 categories correct for 85.5 percent accuracy. Some of the toughest picks were Cristin Milioti (The Penguin) and Moeka Hoshi (Shōgun). You can see how your score compares to all others in our television leaderboard rankings.
For our 11 Gold Derby editors predicting, I am tied for first place at 75 percent with Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen. Marcus James Dixon and Daniel Montgomery are next with 68.75 percent. Up next at 62.5 percent are Charles Bright and Rob Licuria. Following at 56.25 percent are Denton Davidson and Ray Richmond. Finishing at 50 percent are Debra Birnbaum and Matt Noble. See editors’ scores.
Of the 17 experts who predicted, freelancer Susan King is tied with Eng and Rosen with 75 percent. Up next are Kristen Baldwin (Entertainment Weekly) and Dave Nemetz (TVLine). Tied at 62.5 percent are Eric Deggans (NPR), Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV), and Keith Simanton (IMDb). Following with 56.25 percent are Clayton Davis (Variety), Tariq Khan (KSDK), Hanh Nguyen (Salon), Richmond, and Peter Travers (ABC). Next with 50 percent are Birnbaum, Jenelle Riley (Variety), Matt Roush (TV Guide), and Jazz Tangcay (Variety). See experts’ scores.
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