AND THE WINNERS ARE ...
Winners in The Sport Market Movie Awards, 2016, recognizing excellence in the genre of sport movies:
Best picture: Fastball (baseball)
Best drama: Bleed for This (boxing)
Best comedy: Eddie the Eagle (ski jumping)
Best biopic: Race (track & field)
Best documentary: Fastball (baseball)
Best sport-themed movie: Queen of Katwe (chess)
Box office champion: Eddie the Eagle $46.2 million*
Best actor: Miles Teller (Bleed for This/boxing)
Best actress: Lupita Nyong’o (Queen of Katwe/chess)
Best supporting actor: Aaron Eckhardt (Bleed for This/boxing)
Best supporting actress: Carice Van Houten (Race/track & field)
Best cast: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice Van Houten, William Hurt, Eli Goree, David Kross, Shanice Banton & Barnaby Metschurat (Race/track & field)
Best breakthrough performance: Stephan James (Race/track & field)
Best director: Ben Younger (Bleed for This/boxing)
Best screenplay: Sean Macauley/Simon Kelton (Eddie the Eagle/ski jumping)
Best song in a sport movie: Jump (Eddie the Eagle); Alex Van Halen, Edward Van Halen & David Lee Roth/Atlas Music Publishing LLC
Best soundtrack in a sport movie: Eddie the Eagle/Fly/ music by various artists/Universal Music
*sport-themed movie Queen of Katwe (chess) earned US$227.6 million in box office revenues.