We begin our first weekly recap today. Each week, we’ll look back at all the precursors from Monday through the following Sunday. Will the precursors affect the Oscars? That’s what we’re here to determine. We’ll look at the winners and losers along with what’s coming up from Tuesday through Monday.

But, before we get into this week’s winners and losers, let’s take a look at what’s coming up this week:

Week 2

Tuesday, Nov. 28 – Grammy Awards Nominations (Official)
Tuesday, Nov. 28 – National Board of Review Awards (Official)
Thursday, Nov. 30 – New York Critics Awards (Official)
Friday, Dec. 1 – Satellites Nominations (Official)
Sunday, Dec. 3 – Atlanta Critics Awards (Unconfirmed)
Sunday, Dec. 3 – Los Angeles Critics Awards (Official)
Monday, Dec. 4 – Annie Awards Nominations (Official)

Big Winners

Call Me By Your Name received six nominations from the Spirit Awards and pulled in $101,000 estimated per screen average for the weekend, meaning it has already begun its eventual push towards Oscar nominations in several categories.
Get Out came in second for most nominations at the Spirit Awards with five, giving it a solid boost towards Oscar consideration. It will need more support before it can be declared a certain nominee.
Good Time also received five Spirit Award nominations, but that may not mean a whole lot. It’s a win, but not enough of one.

Big Losers

Willem Dafoe has long been thought to be a sure fire Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for The Florida Project, but was ignored by the Spirit Awards, which could hinder his chances. They say his performance was fairly low-key, which might explain his absence, though it could also explain why he’s weaker than we though and this failure may weaken his chances.
Michael Stuhlbarg was long thought to be the certain Best Supporting Actor nominee for Call Me By Your Name, but he also failed to earn a Spirit Award nomination in Supporting Actor, losing out to the less expected Armie Hammer.
Mudbound picked up the prize for Ensemble Cast at the Spirit Awards, the only award that’s pre-selected and non-competitive. The problem is that although none of the cast were thus eligible for citation, the film was and it was completely shut out. That could severely hamper its Oscar potential.