Fantasy Movie League (who knew?)

[Mattrick]

Cheer for Team Basterd in the FML Olympics.

[Heather19]

Do you have a team going Matt? Good luck!

[Still Servant]

Congrats, Shannon! If I'm not mistaken, you've taken the crown from Heather for the first time. I think she's won every season so far.

[Shannon]

Thanks. Yeah, she won the first two (two? three?). So, it's about damn time someone beat her.

[Mattrick]

Do you have a team going Matt? Good luck!

Evidently I made such an impression on the guy running he specifically reserved me a spot when he announced it haha

Congrats Shannon! Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

[Heather19]

Do you have a team going Matt? Good luck!

Evidently I made such an impression on the guy running he specifically reserved me a spot when he announced it haha

Congrats Shannon! Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

That's cool. Keep us updated on how your team does.

[Still Servant]

Heather will come back with a vengeance. Mark my words.

[Mattrick]

Everyone is still high on squad. Hoping it only makes 9M after all this breaking even talk. So long as HoHW takes the bonus I should be in good shape. Don't Breathe should get me about 18M and Kubo should about break even if those Tuesday numbers are any indication. I'll get a nice lead on the pack if I win this week.

[Heather19]

I have HOHW as one of my top bonus picks as well. I didn't want go all in on it though in case it doesn't get it. Hopefully I'll get a solid amount from my lineup.

[Still Servant]

Hell or High Water is a really good film for what it's worth. It's rolling into more theaters this week, so I'm banking on that.

[Mattrick]

A lot of people are comping guardians to squad to justify a tiny drop because Guardians had a significant increase. Guardians was a take the whole family kind of movie with TMNT only direct competition, while Squad isn't a whole family movie and the family market has Kubo, Pete, Pets, and Dory...adult market is also flooded with Don't Breathe, Southside, Sausage, Moms, Hell, Oceans, and Mechanic.

I am really hoping for squad to surprise everyone with only 8M and it seems way more likely to me than everyone else!

[Shannon]

Guess who forgot it was Friday, woot woot! lol

[Heather19]

And guess who starts out the season with a perfect cineplex

But that also happened last season, and I only went downhill from there

[Mattrick]

If only Squad came in lower, the only real difference would be the PC bonus. Our raw totals were only a couple million away from each other. Being ranked in the top 500 to start ain't so bad.

[Heather19]

Or if HOHW made a tiny bit more you'd be ahead. It was close.

[Mattrick]

I only had the extra HOHW. I was banking this week on Squad coming in lower than everyone's expectations. If it came in at a 15% drop, I'd have won the week. Still, I had the third best Cineplex possible. The higher gross for Kubo and Don't Breathe put me up quite a bit. Original 4 day estimates had me in 737 place, and now I'm just out of the top 400.

I am seriously considering calling all in on Don't Breathe at first look. That or anchor with Sully and as many Don't Breathes as I can squeeze in.

[Heather19]

You guys, am I number 1 overall? I know I'm tied with about 30 something others but it looks like I'm somehow at the top of the pack. Just nearly missed the PC this week by about $20,000. But glad to see my ranking hasn't changed. I'm making my comeback this season

[Mattrick]

I dropped 2000.

[Heather19]

I'm very nervous. Jumped ship on BJB to Snowden at the last minute.

[Mattrick]

I hedged.

3xJones
3xSnowden
Squad
HoHW

[Mattrick]

Well, I had a strong feeling my lineup would beat most of the 2xStorks line ups, especially the popular one you went with Heather, so I felt confident...until Storks's estimate is 10M short of what I imagined it doing, around 27/28 Million. I'm a couple million over my original line up of Mag7/Storks/6xHoHW at least! But since Storks came in short, the Sully line ups have taken it and taken away my week win!

[Heather19]

I should have switched to Sully. Contemplated it but the high predictions of Storks swayed me. I didn't think it was going to make as much as they said, but I thought at least 25mil, which wouldn't have put it too far behind Sully if it had a decent hold. Never expected Don't Breathe to get the bonus. I don't think it ever came up in any calculation I did. That's a crazy hold that it has.

[DoctorZaius]

I stuck with Sully all the way. The fall is rarely the time for kid's films, since everyone is back in school, playing weekend soccer, etc. I feel good to get my first win earlier in the season, in this my second season. I sill don't get how the bonus is calculated. Sorry to say it rarely comes into my choices. Anyone care to enlighten me in the interest of fair play?

[Mattrick]

Basically just divide the box office by the cost to play it per screen and the highest number wins. A movie with a cost of 35 that makes 3M will beat a movie with a cost of 70 that makes 5.5M

[Heather19]

Changed my lineup a few times this morning Started with Miss P, but the low preview number turned me off so then I was torn between going heavy on Sully or Storks. Only one other person in the top 100 has the same lineup as me. Here's hoping we don't crash and burn. I need to gain a bit of money back from my loss last week to stay competitive with the top.