2018 Summer Fantasy Movie League!

[Skitch]

Okay, then I will go with:

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The Happytime Murders
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City of Lies

Though I did also battle with two movies presented entirely though a Mac screen (Searching and Unfriended: Dark Web) and two "kid finds an alien / government weapon and uses it to fight for the greater good" movies (Kin and A-X-L)

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Done! Ezee is on the clock.

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It will fall about 3M short, which is not the end of the world. In fact, with MI6 unlikely to cap within 4 weeks either, I look forward to being the first person to win this thing without having any individual film reach 200 m*

* can't guarantee that this is actually true

But I think me and Duke are going to go to the wire

He will edge me on the top 2 picks (thank god for the cap).
For me, The Quiet Place > Ocean's 8 and I will edge him Hereditary > Super Troopers

So it will essentially come down to Mamma Mia 2 vs. The First Purge and Smallfoot vs. Meg

[Ezee E]

I'll take Operation Finale

[Henry Gale]

I'll take Operation Finale

I considered this one too, but it'll either be an early September release that's taken in by festivals and is perceived by the public as a first taste of Awards Season™ to check out and make some okay money that way. Or it gets a sloppy release drowned out by that festival season coverage and anticipation for upcoming awards contenders and makes ~$10 mill. It also opens against The Predator, which doesn't have the best momentum going in to make it a big hit, but it'll still be heavily marketed and high-profile enough to beat it on opening weekend.

I hope it's good though! Very solid cast, Isaac co-produced, Annapurna is interestingly distributing it worldwide, it's shot by Javier Aguirresarobe, scored by Alexandre Desplat. But like many September releases: Who knows!

[Skitch]

I'll take Operation Finale

Thank you.

[Ezee E]

I considered this one too, but it'll either be an early September release that's taken in by festivals and is perceived by the public as a first taste of Awards Season™ to check out and make some okay money that way. Or it gets a sloppy release drowned out by that festival season coverage and anticipation for upcoming awards contenders and makes ~$10 mill. It also opens against The Predator, which doesn't have the best momentum going in to make it a big hit, but it'll still be heavily marketed and high-profile enough to beat it on opening weekend.

I hope it's good though! Very solid cast, Isaac co-produced, Annapurna is interestingly distributing it worldwide, it's shot by Javier Aguirresarobe, scored by Alexandre Desplat. But like many September releases: Who knows!

Weitz movies typically do $40-$60 which is fantastic for a final round choice in my book.

[Henry Gale]

Weitz movies typically do $40-$60 which is fantastic for a final round choice in my book.

True, but those were mostly early 2000s comedies, and then he made The Golden Compass and New Moon. None of the same type of audiences as this.

If this were American Pie 5 that he was coming back to do, maybe.. And even then the 4th only made $57 million domestically. (Did oddly fantastically overseas though.)

[Spinal]

Unofficial round-by-round view of the first part of the game ... Unless you picked Deadpool 2 or A Quiet Place, you're probably out of it already.

League A

Round 1:
dreamdead - Avengers: Infinity War $200
Winston* - Incredibles 2 $200
Skitch - Solo $198
Henry Gale - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $200
Lazlo - Skyscraper $66
TGM - Ant-Man and the Wasp $189

Round 2:

TGM - Mission: Impossible - Fallout $186
Lazlo - Ocean's 8 $121
Henry Gale - Deadpool 2 $200
Skitch - The Predator ~$55
Winston* - Christopher Robin $80
dreamdead - Rampage $86

Round 3:

dreamdead - Mamma Mia 2 $108
Winston* - Hotel Transylvania 3 $142
Skitch - The First Purge $63
Henry Gale - A Quiet Place $152
Lazlo - The Nun ~$110
TGM - Truth or Dare $39

Round 4:

TGM - The Equalizer 2 $92
Lazlo - Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado $48
Henry Gale - I Feel Pretty $45
Skitch - Tag $50
Winston* - Smallfoot
dreamdead - Slenderman $29

Round 5:

dreamdead - Blockers $54
Winston* - Night School
Skitch - Mile 22 $36
Henry Gale - The Spy Who Dumped Me $33
Lazlo - Crazy Rich Asians $139
TGM - Life of the Party $48

Round 6:

TGM - Teen Titans Go! to the Movies $28
Lazlo - Overboard $44
Henry Gale - Uncle Drew $41
Skitch - The House With A Clock In Its Walls ~$60
Winston* - The Meg $126
dreamdead - Life Itself ~$4

Round 7:

dreamdead - Hereditary $41
Winston* - Replicas [round average] $27
Skitch - Super Troopers 2 $28
Henry Gale - Superfly $19
Lazlo - The Darkest Minds $13
TGM - Alpha $33

Round 8:

TGM - Boy Erased
Lazlo - A Simple Favor ~$48
Henry Gale - The Hustle The Happytime Murders $21
Skitch - Adrift $30
Winston* - Action Point $5
dreamdead - Show Dogs $17

Round 9:

dreamdead - Fighting With My Family BlacKKKlansman $41
Winston* - Sorry to Bother You $14
Skitch - Little Women
Henry Gale - Captive State City of Lies Peppermint
Lazlo - Tully $9
TGM - Duck Duck Goose The Sisters Brothers

League B

Spinal - Avengers: Infinity War $200
Ivan Drago - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $200
Dukefrukem - Incredibles 2 $200
transmogrifier - Solo $198
Ezee E - Ant-Man and the Wasp $189

Round 2:

Ezee E - Disney's Christopher Robin $80
transmogrifier - Mission Impossible - Fallout $186
Dukefrukem - Deadpool 2 $200
Ivan Drago - Slenderman $29
Spinal - Skyscraper $66

Round 3:

Spinal - Rampage $86
Ivan Drago - The Nun ~$110
Dukefrukem - Ocean's 8 $121
transmogrifier - Mamma Mia 2 $108
Ezee E - Hotel Transylvania 3 $142

Round 4:

Ezee E - Night School
transmogrifier - A Quiet Place $152
Dukefrukem - The First Purge $63
Ivan Drago - Teen Titans GO! To The Movies $28
Spinal - The Equalizer 2 $92

Round 5:

Spinal - Uncle Drew $41
Ivan Drago - The Predator ~$55
Dukefrukem - The Meg ~$118
transmogrifier - Smallfoot
Ezee E - Sicario: Day of the Soldado $48

Round 6:

Ezee E - Mile 22 $36
transmogrifier - Hereditary $41
Dukefrukem - Super Troopers 2 $28
Ivan Drago - Tag $50
Spinal - Life of the Party $48

Round 7:

Spinal - I Feel Pretty $45
Ivan Drago - Truth Or Dare? $39
Dukefrukem - Replicas [round average] $40
transmogrifier - The Spy Who Dumped Me $33
Ezee E - Breaking In $43

Round 8:

Ezee E - Action Point $5
transmogrifier - Blockers $54
Dukefrukem - Dog Days $7
Ivan Drago - Crazy Rich Asians $139
Spinal - Show Dogs $17

Round 9:

Spinal - Fighting With My Family A Simple Favor ~$48
Ivan Drago - White Boy Rick ~$25
Dukefrukem - Serenity The Happytime Murders $21
transmogrifier - The House with a Clock in its Walls ~$60
Ezee E - The Hustle Operation Finale $17

[Ezee E]

Duke, will this be your first win, assuming everything trends the right way?

[Skitch]

Updated for Week 11.

[Skitch]

Updated for Week 12.

[Skitch]

Updated for Week 13.

[Dukefrukem]

i need the First Purge to keep pace with Hereditary.

[transmogrifier]

i need the First Purge to keep pace with Hereditary.

It’ll out gross Hereditary comfortably. What you really need is for Mamma Mia 2 to bomb. If that gets somewhere close to Oceans 8 (say, within 20 m) I’ll be confident of winning.

[TGM]

Starting to wish I had gone Deadpool 2 over Ant-Man and The Wasp after all...

[Ezee E]

Starting to wish I had gone Deadpool 2 over Ant-Man and The Wasp after all...

Indeed.

[Spinal]

My round 2 pick isn't going to win its weekend. Why do people keep going to Hotel Transylvania movies??!!

[Skitch]

Updated week 14.

[Spinal]

I apologize to The Rock for my impact on his career.

[Skitch]

I apologize to The Rock for my impact on his career.

The rest of us thank you. He needs to be more choosey.

[Skitch]

Updated Week 15.

[Henry Gale]

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Updated Week 15.

I think The First Purge is being shorted. Your spreadsheet is missing the first couple of days of release because it was actually released on a Wednesday (July 4).

[Skitch]

Thanks. I usually catch these things when the movie ends its run and the final tallies are off. Will adjust!

[Ezee E]

Christopher Robin is really going to derail me. Damn. Haven't heard a peep about it.