[Summer '17] Fantasy Movie League!

[Dukefrukem]

So of course Transformers 5 opens with a series low and will likely be the first in the series to not make $200 mil dom. Of course it does.

[Spinal]

So of course Transformers 5 opens with a series low and will likely be the first in the series to not make $200 mil dom. Of course it does.

I was thinking the same. Why choose now to come to your senses, America?!

But if Apes does well, I won't mind too much.

[Skitch]

UPDATE

We're about midway through the season, so I went through everything to update and check up. I encourage everyone to keep an eye on their picks, to have the quickest options if something moves. If I've overlooked something, please let me know! Repicks have one week from this post to pick another movie or select round average. Nonresponse = zero.

MOVES:

Amityville: The Awakening - Spinal, Duke
Granite Mountain - Ezee E
Villa Capri - Ezee E

UPDATE:

League A
Lazlo - $392, 4 movies left to start, 2 to finish
TGM - $278, 5/0
Ezee E - $406, 5/1
Spinal - $344, 5/2
Winston - $250, 5/2

League B
Dukefrukem - $462, 4/2
transmogrifier - $353, 4/1
Skitch - $435, 5/0
dreamdead - $218, 5/2
Ivan Drago - $206, 5/1

[Winston*]

Blech. My streak is over.

[transmogrifier]

Just out of interest, here are the rankings so far by average Rotten Tomatoes score (Planet of the Apes not included yet, although it has a score up already):

1. dreamdead - 70.75
2. Lazlo - 58.80
3. Spinal - 54.25
4. Ezee - 50.00
5. transmogrifier - 47.00
6. Ivan - 46.20
7. Winston - 44.60
8. Duke - 42.20
9. TGM - 40.75
10. Skitch - 36.75

I can't see anyone beating dreamdead, who still has Detroit, Dunkirk and Battle of the Sexes to come.

[Skitch]

Also considering the reverse of that, the #8 guy is in first and #10 guy is second, so ticket buyers clearly don't give a shit about reviews. Interesting.

[TGM]

Perhaps an idea for a spinoff contest? An RT draft?

[Dukefrukem]

Also considering the reverse of that, the #8 guy is in first and #10 guy is second, so ticket buyers clearly don't give a shit about reviews. Interesting.

Number 9 guy is also in 2nd in the other league. But this does sound like a cool spinoff game we could do next season. Two drafts maybe? One for box office one for RT score?

[Skitch]

I'm game to play if someone runs it, but I have a tough enough time keeping up with current leagues.

[Ezee E]

Oof. Let's replace with Logan Lucky and Big Sick.

[Spinal]

Really bewildered that Apes didn't do better. I thought I had a steal there.

[Skitch]

I am giving Spinal and Duke an extension to pick replacements for Amittyville because I forgot to message them. My apologies to all.

[Dukefrukem]

huh?

You may! One week to decide. GO!

Same goes for Duke, who I will message now.

American Assassin

[Skitch]

Ah dammit. My bad.

[Spinal]

Ah dammit. My bad.

Also, I chose round average.

[Henry Gale]

Oh, forgot I made these predictions back in late April (hence no Fate of the Furious or any other titles from that month) but never posted them. Some were.. better than others:

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - $400
• Despicable Me 3 — $305
• Spider-Man: Homecoming — $290
• Transformers: The Last Knight — $235
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales — $225
• Wonder Woman — $220
• War for the Planet of the Apes — $195
• Dunkirk — $190
• Cars 3 — $185
• It — $145 (Because https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...first_24_hours)
• The Lego Ninjago Movie — $135
• Alien: Covenant — $125
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle — $115
• The Mummy — $112
• Baywatch — $110
• Captain Underpants - $95
• Baby Driver — $90 [Written in April *pats self on back*] (Probably my boldest prediction, but having that trailer play before most prints of Fate of the Furious with a new June release date, meaning a heavier, quicker marketing campaign, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this became Wright's biggest success. It's him without the need to explain the niche behind his work.)
• Atomic Blonde — $84
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword — $78
• The Dark Tower — $77
• Snatched — $78
• Girls Trip — $75
• Rough Night — $73
• Annabelle: Creation — $72
• The Emoji Movie — $68
• All Eyez On Me — $65
• The Hitman's Bodyguard — $56
• Valerian — $55
• The House — $50
• Logan Lucky — $45

In a time where none of us knew if Wonder Woman would actually be any good, I assumed the backlash of the last two movies would've started to seep into it if it didn't do much to stand out. But then it did. Also I assumed Transformers and Pirates were gonna close to matching their previous ones, and that Despicable Me 3 would've had to have made similar money to Minions. Evidently no.

[Spinal]

[*]It — $145 (Because https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...first_24_hours)

This trailer played before the movie I watched last night. Whole audience pretty much laughed at how awful it was.

[Henry Gale]

This trailer played before the movie I watched last night. Whole audience pretty much laughed at how awful it was.

I mean, if that's the only way you want to interpret people laughing during horror trailers, then sure! I just know in my own experience people often laugh at them because they don't know how else to publicly emote during them, whether it's genuinely scaring them or not.

Plus the opening bit of the kid thwonking his head on the road block really is darkly funny.

[Skitch]

UPDDATE!

(in draft order)

League A
Lazlo - $570 (5 movies completed of 9)
TGM - $312 (4/9)
Ezee E - $555 (5/9)
Spinal - $485 (4/9)
Winston - $571 (5/9)

League B
Dukefrukem - $480 (5/9)
transmogrifier - $535 (5/9)
Skitch - $543 (4/9)
dreamdead - $432 (4/9)
Ivan Drago - $452 (5/9)

[Spinal]

Round-by-Round View

League A

Round 1
Lazlo - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - $200
TGM - Wonder Woman - $200
Ezee E - Cars 3 - $137
Spinal - The Fate of the Furious - $200
Winston - Spider-Man: Homecoming $200

Round 2
Winston - Despicable Me 3 - $200
Spinal - Transformers: The Last Knight - $126
Ezee-E - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - $155
TGM - Smurfs: The Lost Village - $39
Lazlo - Dunkirk - $159

Round 3
Lazlo - Alien: Covenant - $72
TGM - The Lego Ninjago Movie
Ezee E - Baywatch - $56
Spinal - War for the Planet of the Apes - $134
Winston - The Mummy - $77

Round 4
Winston - The House - $25
Spinal - Rough Night - $22
Ezee-E - Captain Underpants - $68
TGM - The Dark Tower $46
Lazlo - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - $38

Round 5
Lazlo - All Eyez on Me - $45
TGM - The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature $27
Ezee E - The Emoji Movie $74
Spinal - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Winston - Snatched - $45

Round 6
Winston - Atomic Blonde $48
Spinal - American Assassin ~$40
Ezee-E - Girls Trip - $100
TGM - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - $39
Lazlo - American Made

Round 7
Lazlo - Baby Driver - $86
TGM - Annabelle 2 $92
Ezee E - Hitman's Bodyguard $67
Spinal - [round average] $65
Winston - Detroit $16

Round 8
Winston - It - $200
Spinal - Flatliners
Ezee-E - Logan Lucky $26
TGM - The Circle - $20
Lazlo - Wish Upon - $14

Round 9
Lazlo - Battle of the Sexes
TGM - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul - $20
Ezee E - The Big Sick - $28
Spinal - It Comes at Night - $14
Winston - Leap! - $19

League B

Round 1
Dukefrukem - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - $200
transmogrifier - Fate of the Furious - $200
Skitch - Wonder Woman - $200
dreamdead - Despicable Me 3 - $200
Ivan Drago - Spider-Man: Homecoming - $200

Round 2
Ivan Drago - Cars 3 - $137
dreamdead - Dunkirk - $159
Skitch - Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - $155
transmogrifier - War for the Planet of the Apes - $134
Dukefrukem - Transformers 5 - $126

Round 3
Dukefrukem - Alien: Covenant - $72
transmogrifier - Baywatch - $56
Skitch - The Mummy - $77
dreamdead – Captain Underpants - $68
Ivan Drago - The Emoji Movie $74

Round 4
Ivan Drago - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
dreamdead - The Dark Tower $46
Skitch - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - $39
transmogrifier - Baby Driver - $86
Dukefrukem - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - $38

Round 5
Dukefrukem - All Eyez on Me - $45
transmogrifier - LEGO Ninjango
Skitch - It - $200
dreamdead – Rough Night - $22
Ivan Drago - Smurfs: The Lost Village - $39

Round 6
Ivan Drago - Annabelle 2 $92
dreamdead - Detroit $16
Skitch - Nut Job 2 $27
transmogrifier - Snatched - $45
Dukefrukem - Atomic Blonde $48

Round 7
Dukefrukem - [round average] - $52
transmogrifier - The House - $25
Skitch - Girls Trip - $100
dreamdead – It Comes at Night - $14
Ivan Drago - The Hitman's Bodyguard $67

Round 8
Ivan Drago - The Circle - $20
dreamdead – Battle of the Sexes
Skitch - Leap! - $19
transmogrifier - American Made
Dukefrukem - American Assassin - ~$40

Round 9
Dukefrukem - Flatliners
transmogrifier - Logan Lucky $26
Skitch - Spark - $0.196
dreamdead – Wish Upon - $14
Ivan Drago - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul - $20

[Spinal]

Also, note to Skitch:

The Mummy is tallied incorrectly on the spreadsheet for League B. The Week 4 total is off.

[Dukefrukem]

Hard to imagine that out of all those Round 2 movies, Transformers 5 was the worst performer.

[Spinal]

Hats off to the people who selected Girls Trip. Never would have imagined it would make 5x as much as Rough Night.

[TGM]

I fucked up with that Smurfs pick. :P

[Ezee E]

Hats off to the people who selected Girls Trip. Never would have imagined it would make 5x as much as Rough Night.

I think I had just seen the preview of Rough Night and knew right then and there it wouldn't have a chance.

But boy, did I miss on Cars 3... That could cost me the season.