2015-2016 Division B Waiver Wire

[numbersix]

Done

[silversurfer19]

Boosch already has 13 Hours, Surf.

Ah, hadn't noticed. Can I take Eddie The Eagle instead, then?

[Walleye413]

I'll drop Money Monster for Carol. Better Oscar window.

[numbersix]

Done

[silversurfer19]

Now it's cleared waivers can I drop The Boy for Money Monster?

[numbersix]

Done

[numbersix]

Dropping Demolition and picking up Room

[Walleye413]

I'm very curious how Room will do. It's getting tons of award buzz, but it just doesn't seem like a movie that enough folks will actually go see. That'll be an interesting one to watch and watch how it does.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

I'm very curious how Room will do. It's getting tons of award buzz, but it just doesn't seem like a movie that enough folks will actually go see. That'll be an interesting one to watch and watch how it does.

Definitely is a wild card. Could end up something like Marcy Martha May Marlene or whatever order those names were in..

Or hit $30M with lots of Oscar attention.

[numbersix]

I think it's much more emotional than Martha Marcy. The latter was more arthouse and dark. This is more about a mother-son relationship and apparently had audiences weeping. MMMM also didn't win at Toronto, which is generally a much more mainstream choice. I do agree it's a wildcard, but I'm thinking its floor is 10m and that's probably Demolition's ceiling after the reviews

[Buscemi]

However, A24 is somewhat untested with this kind of movie. If they want to be a major player in the indie/specialty game and not like every other "go for the audience everybody else goes for", Room needs an ad campaign on the level of a Fox Searchlight or a Weinstein that shows they are more than just Spring Breakers and Ex-Machina. Their distribution of films like A Most Violent Year doesn't inspire much confidence (though Amy's $8 million gross, I believe the biggest for a documentary this year, is a step in the right direction).

[numbersix]

Adding The Big Short to the waiver wire.

And yes Boosch, all your points are valid, though I don't want to miss out in case Room performs well.

[Buscemi]

I understand. Pickings are slim at this point anyway.

[Leestu]

I'll make a bid for The Big Short. I need to replace Miss Peregrine.

[silversurfer19]

Think I'm still on time, if so may as well throw my hat in the ring for The Big Short. Would drop Viral if successful.