2015-16 Full Year Draft Thread (Division B)

[empire13]

I'm going with Inside Out - though I seem to remember this as Herman's Head.

HA! YES!!

[Shrykespeare]

I loved that show! It had two Simpsons cast members in it - Hank Azaria and Yeardley Smith.

[Buscemi]

Anyone have weissac's contact info?

[Walleye413]

Been debating this one, and although I know there's lots of back scenes drama, the last 2 years we've seen Huge Animated success in November. So I'm banking on Disney/Pixar coming through - The Good Dinosaur

[silversurfer19]

November/December looks crowded for animated movies with The Good Dinosaur sandwiched between Peanuts and Alvin, but I think the premise is strong enough to hold it's own. Everyone loves dinosaurs, the animation looks like something that would be successful, and as you say November has proved a good time to release animations with the Holiday period helping box office. Should be a good pick.

[Buscemi]

Tomorrowland and Ant-Man. You really cannot bet against that big monolith named Disney this year.

[Walleye413]

Back to me already. Gotta go with the Sequel fever, and the idea of Tom Cruise hanging off a Plane bringing in 200 million+ Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Honestly, for late round picks, I'm pretty happy.

Boosh, my kids are hacking on me for not taking Ant-man. If it's this years GOTG you're a genius.

[weissac]

Mad Max: Fury Road

[silversurfer19]

Woah, woah, woah! Mad Max already! Man, that is a shock. It looks fun, but it's appeal has surely to be limited, and with being R rated I'm not even convinced it will break $100m. Good luck though. As for Ant Man and Tomorrowland, both should be solid, though I can't see either breaking over the $250m that I think is necessary to keep in touch with the rest of the pack.

What do I know though, I was terrible at this last year!

[Buscemi]

Boosh, my kids are hacking on me for not taking Ant-man. If it's this years GOTG you're a genius.

I still can't see myself topping getting American Sniper in the 13th last year (sorry I had to bring it up again). I will never believe how well it did (or how my only logic for taking it was "it's Eastwood and it's filming right now so it will be out for Christmas").

[Shrykespeare]

Choices are getting tougher as we go.

I think I'm gonna latch onto the Marvel Bandwagon and take Fantastic Four. With luck and a good marketing platform, it could own August.

[silversurfer19]

Very decent pick, and I agree with all your feelings on Fantastic Four. I'm getting a TMNT vibe to it, without the film being terrible.

Certainly a diminishing number of box office certainties now, gonna have to think long and hard on my next pick. I'm heading off to bed though now, but should be up in 6 hours or so, so if for whatever reason it is my go, I'll be ready to go shortly afterwards.

[weissac]

Woah, woah, woah! Mad Max already! Man, that is a shock. It looks fun, but it's appeal has surely to be limited, and with being R rated I'm not even convinced it will break $100m. Good luck though. As for Ant Man and Tomorrowland, both should be solid, though I can't see either breaking over the $250m that I think is necessary to keep in touch with the rest of the pack.

What do I know though, I was terrible at this last year!

Very valid points. Truth is, my spreadsheet told me Fantastic4 should have been my pick. I just wasn't feeling it (or the 8 others I had ranked above Mad Max).

[undeadmonkey]

Obviously I was debating between minions, Jurassic world, and inside out but I just could not decide. They all have potential but they could all fail too. If minions would have been a straight up sequel I would have taken it in a heartbeat but it's not. It's a spin-off and yes they are popular but gru and the girls were a huge part of the success as well.

Really surprised at some of the picks made. Mad max looks like a crazy ride but I doubt many people will get on. Ant man could be a nice pick but it almost seems as an afterthought to the 'phase 2 marvel thing'. Though that might be a good thing, distancing itself from the mcu, it helped gotg. $150 is the ceiling for fanatic four. Tomorrowland is a huge question mark, plus it also seems like an afterthought to Disney in the year of avengers and star wars.

I'm going to pick Ted 2 even if it makes less than the first it could still easily make $200M

[Buscemi]

Tomorrowland is the first high-profile movie after Age of Ultron and the trailer will likely be on all prints (Ant-Man's final trailer will probably be on all prints also). There's going to be a lot of exposure in the next few weeks. Also, Disney hasn't had a tentpole movie in late May flop since Prince of Persia in 2010.

I'm getting a Maleficent vibe with Tomorrowland: weak trailers and low-profile but it sticks around because of the Disney "you have to see this" marketing machine. And it's the only movie in May for the whole family.

And Ant-Man is assured to be a hit just because of the Marvel name. It already has $200 million in the bank on that alone (and probably more as it's not getting the backlash, from both fans and Marvel themselves, that Fantastic Four's gotten).