Fantasy Movie League: Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2017

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Draft A will begin on Friday, September 16TH at 8:00 am (EST) (League B draft will begin after the first draft is completed). League A players, you should strive to be done by September 23rd, if not before.

Rules and FAQ's:
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What is the fantasy movie league?

We pick movies released from October-March. However much they make domestically in a month (28 days) of wide release is that movie's score. The league works best with 6 players picking 9 movies (obviously we will have divisions), but we will work with what we can based on interest.

I've never done a fantasy anything. How much is expected of me? Is this a pain in the ass?

A little work at first, and then nothing at all. This isn't a usual fantasy game scenario where you're making moves week-to-week, etc. Do your homework, draft your movies, and that's it. Sit back for the following months and watch the numbers roll in. If a movie gets shifted from its release date to out-of-game time, you may need to make another pick, but that's an exception. Normally in my league with IRL friends we have an entry fee as a prize, but I'm not going to attempt that on MC for year one. Maybe I'll throw the winner a prize.

Seems simple enough. Any other rules?

General Rules…

1) Drafting order is determined by a drawing.

2) The draft will utilize the “snake” method...ex. ROUND ONE: player 1, player 2, player 3, player 4, player 5, player 6. ROUND TWO: player 6, player 5, player 4, player 3, player 2, player 1. AND SO ON.

3) Each team/player will select a total of nine regular movies. (subject to change based on interest)

4) Each regular movie will have four weeks (28 days) to make as much DOMESTIC money as possible.

5) The official box office receipts and theater information will be taken from boxofficemojo.com.

6) The team/player with the highest total DOMESTIC gross at the end of the game wins ALL THE MONEY. [No money is changing hands in the MC version.]

7) The season runs from October-March. All movies selected in the draft must be released or have an initial release date within this time span or they will not count and you will lose those selections. Also, re-released movies will not be eligible. (So do your research before drafting)

Specific Rules…

A. Is There A Cap On How Much A Movie Can Make
- Each movie will have a cap of 200 million dollars.

B. What Happens If A Movie Gets Pushed Back
- If a movies’ release date gets pushed back but still opens within the regular season…the movie will still count as normal.
- If a movie’s release date gets pushed back beyond the regular season…That person will have ONE WEEK (after we discover/find out it’s been pushed back) to either pick an un-drafted and un-released movie that falls within the regular season time frame OR take that movies’ round gross average.
- If you don’t choose another movie or take the round average within one week, and report it to the commissioner …YOU WILL GET $0 FOR THAT MOVIE.

C. What About Movies That Get A Limited Or Staggered Release
- Any movie that gets released in less than 200 movie theatres is considered a limited release.
- For ALL MOVIES, the four-week clock DOES NOT BEGIN until the film crosses the 200-theatre line. Once a film crosses the 200 theatre line, the four-week clock begins. (This will usually apply to movies that open in select cities before getting a wide release)
- If a movie never crosses the 200-theatre line, that movie will still get credit for its’ initial four weeks. (This will usually apply to independent, art house or other lower budget films)
- If a limited release film only crosses the 200-theatre line for 3 weeks or less and then goes back below the 200-theatre line…THE CLOCK DOES NOT RESET…IT CONTINUES TO RUN.
- If a limited release film only crosses the 200 theatre line for 3 weeks or less and then gets pulled from theatres…That movie will get credit for it’s weeks past the 200-theatre line plus any weeks just prior to crossing the 200-theatre line needed to get the movie it’s total four week gross.

D. What About Any Unforeseen Issues That Might Come Up
- The commissioner will discuss the issue with the rest of the league in order to come to a consensus about how to best solve the problem at hand.

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League A

1. Henry Gale ‒ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($200)
2. Duke - Moana ($168)
3. Lazlo - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ($200)
4. Ezee E - Beauty & The Beast ($200)
5. Winston - Doctor Strange ($200)
6. Skitch - Lego Batman ($151)

Round 2
1. Skitch - Logan ($200)
2. Winston - Sing ($200)
3. Lazlo - Passengers ($92)
4. Ezee E - Kong: Skull Island ($151)
5. Duke - Power Rangers ($82)
6. Henry Gale - Fifty Shades Darker ($111)

Round 3
1. Henry Gale - Arrival ($76)
2. Duke - Assassin’s Creed ($53)
3. Ezee E - [round average] ($70)
4. Lazlo - The Girl on the Train ($68)
5. Winston - Trolls ($137)
6. Skitch - Bad Santa 2 ($18)

Round 4
1. Skitch - Jack Reacher: Never Go Back ($56)
2. Winston - Ghost in the Shell ($40)
3. Ezee E - The Boss Baby ($139)
4. Lazlo - Live By Night ($10)
5. Duke - John Wick: Chapter 2 ($85)
6. Henry Gale ‒ La La Land ($58)

Round 5
1. Henry Gale ‒ Inferno ($34)
2. Duke - [The Space Between Us] ($8)
3. Lazlo - xXX: The Return of Xander Cage ($44)
4. Ezee E - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ($2)
5. Winston - Hacksaw Ridge ($54)
6. Skitch - Rock Dog ($9)

Round 6
1. Skitch - [Gold] ($7)
2. Winston - [The Belko Experiment] ($10)
3. Ezee E - Fist Fight ($31)
4. Lazlo - Patriots' Day ($30)
5. Duke - Underworld: Blood Wars ($30)
6. Henry Gale ‒ Allied ($39)

Round 7
1. Henry Gale ‒ Office Christmas Party ($53)
2. Duke - Table 19 ($4)
3. Lazlo - The Accountant ($73)
4. Ezee E - Collateral Beauty ($30)
5. Winston - Why Him? ($57)
6. Skitch - [Monster Trucks] ($32)

Round 8
1. Skitch - Rings ($27)
2. Winston- A Dog's Purpose ($54)
3. Ezee E - Fences ($48)
4. Lazlo - The Zookeeper's Wife ($14)
5. Duke - The Great Wall ($44)
6. Henry Gale ‒ Silence ($6)

Round 9
1. Henry Gale ‒ The Birth of a Nation ($15)
2. Duke - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ($27)
3. Lazlo - Hidden Figures ($106)
4. Ezee E - Boo! A Madea Halloween ($71)
5. Winston - T2 ($1)
6. Skitch - [round average] ($44)

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League B

1. Ivan Drago - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($200)
2. Spinal - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ($200)
3. Gizmo - The Lego Batman Movie ($151)
4. dreamdead - Beauty & The Beast ($200)
5. TGM - Moana ($168)

Round 2
1. TGM - Doctor Strange ($200)
2. Dreamdead - Sing ($200)
3. Gizmo - Logan ($200)
4. Spinal - Kong: Skull Island ($151)
5. Ivan Drago - Assassin's Creed ($53)

Round 3
1. Ivan Drago - Fifty Shades Darker ($111)
2. Spinal - Trolls ($137)
3. Gizmo - The Accountant ($73)
4. dreamdead - The Girl on the Train ($68)
5. TGM - Passengers ($92)

Round 4
1. TGM - [round average] ($50)
2. Dreamdead - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ($2)
3. Gizmo - Power Rangers ($82)
4. Spinal - Inferno ($34)
5. Ivan Drago - John Wick: Chapter 2 ($85)

Round 5
1. Ivan Drago - Arrival ($76)
2. Spinal - Ghost in the Shell ($40)
3. Gizmo - Allied ($39)
4. dreamdead - La La Land ($58)
5. TGM - The Boss Baby ($139)

Round 6
1. TGM - Live by Night ($10)
2. Dreamdead - Jack Reacher: Never Go Back ($56)
3. Gizmo - Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Holloween ($71)
4. Spinal - Fist Fight ($31)
5. Ivan Drago - xXx 3: Return of Xander Cage ($44)

Round 7
1. Ivan Drago - Why Him? ($57)
2. Spinal - [Life] ($29)
3. Gizmo - Resident Evil: The Final Chapter ($27)
4. dreamdead - Hacksaw Ridge ($54)
5. TGM - [The Space Between Us] ($8)

Round 8
1. TGM - The Great Wall ($44)
2. Dreamdead - The Birth of a Nation ($15)
3. Gizmo - Monster Trucks ($32)
4. Spinal - Split ($117)
5. Ivan Drago - Ouija: Origin of Evil ($35)


Round 9
1. Ivan Drago - A Monster Calls ($4)
2. Spinal - A Cure for Wellness ($8)
3. Gizmo - Keeping Up With the Joneses ($14)
4. dreamdead - Silence ($6)
5. TGM - A Dog's Purpose ($54)

[Spinal]

Draft order for League B is TBD. We still have a slot open if someone else wants to play. Otherwise, we will go with a 5-person league.

League A, you don't need for me to give you the go-ahead on Friday morning. Once the designated time arrives, fire away.

[Lazlo]

Looking at releases through the end of March or the beginning of March? 3/31/17 is the last eligible release date, yeah?

[Spinal]

Looking at releases through the end of March or the beginning of March? 3/31/17 is the last eligible release date, yeah?

Correct. March 31st is a Friday. So, films released on that day will be eligible for this season.

[Winston*]

Awesome. This thing is fun. Lots of big movies coming out this summer, looks like.

[Skitch]

Last in two leagues in summer season, last in football draft. Siiiigh.

[Ezee E]

Why not just start now?

[Lazlo]

Why not just start now?

Because I haven't finished my pre-draft rankings yet?

[Ezee E]

The winter season has a lot more moves as far as dates go, and that really changed things last year. Pick wisely!

[Spinal]

Why not just start now?

Yeah, I mean, there's probably no harm in it. But I wanted to give people some warning to get prepped and whatever. If you feel prepared and want to start making picks, have at it. But try not to start heckling people for taking too long until Friday.

[Skitch]

I would've preferred starting the draft later. Allows more time for dates to solidify and trailers to come out. But its casual, I'll roll with whatevs.

[Spinal]

Draft is officially underway! (I messaged Henry to remind him.)

[Ezee E]

C'mon GALE.

[Spinal]

Well, I think that was a pretty successful first day. Why don't we take a break?

[Ezee E]

He gets Boo! A Madea Halloween.

[Henry Gale]

Sorry errbody!

After much consideration and research, I will pick something called Rogue One: A Star Wars Story-- now hear me out! It's about..

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Round 1
1. Henry Gale ‒ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 2
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 3
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 4
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 5
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 6
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 7
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 8
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 9
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

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[Dukefrukem]

Fuck

[Dukefrukem]

After that it becomes very murky.

I'm going to go by stats here and what is the more likely higher grossing movie?

Doctor Strange or Moana. And I'm picking Moana- all the efforts Disney is doing making female lead animated movies. I want to see a Frozen bump from Moana.

Doctor Strange is safe, but it could end up doing Ant-Man money. I want that $200 cap.

[Lazlo]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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Round 1
1. Henry Gale ‒ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Duke - Moana
3. Lazlo - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 2
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 3
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 4
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 5
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 6
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 7
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 8
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 9
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

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[Ezee E]

Beauty & The Beast



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Round 1
1. Henry Gale ‒ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2. Duke - Moana
3. Lazlo - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
4. Ezee E - Beauty & The Beast
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 2
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 3
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 4
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 5
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 6
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 7
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

Round 8
1. Skitch
2. Winston
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Duke
6. Henry Gale

Round 9
1. Henry Gale
2. Duke
3. Lazlo
4. Ezee E
5. Winston
6. Skitch

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[Ezee E]

I didn't even hear of Fantastic Beasts until a month or two ago. The marketing is either slim or I'm sleeping in a box.

[TGM]

I didn't even hear of Fantastic Beasts until a month or two ago. The marketing is either slim or I'm sleeping in a box.

You're sleeping in a box on this one. I've gotten that trailer for almost a year straight now, with the latest version even featuring JK Rowling explaining how this is connected to Harry Potter, for those not in the know.

[Ezee E]

You're sleeping in a box on this one. I've gotten that trailer for almost a year straight now, with the latest version even featuring JK Rowling explaining how this is connected to Harry Potter, for those not in the know.

Doh!

[Henry Gale]

This might be a very interesting draft because it's the one time I've actually seen a bunch of the movies coming out over this time frame. Same with Ezee (though I'm surrounded by a lot of die-hard HP fans in my life so I'm already sick of hearing about it).

I ain't saying which I think are hits 'til after though.

[Ezee E]

After the second round, there's a lot more potential of movies having a gross of anywhere from $10mil-$150 mill.... I'll talk about this one, because I'm avoiding it for that reason... Arrival. What the heck is going to happen there? It could be lost between Fantastic Beasts/Dr. Strange and make $25 mill, or it could get nominated for a bunch of Oscars, and cruise on to $100 million. So hard.