BOX OFFICE LEAGUE APR-JUN 2023

[Shrykespeare]

Please email me your lineups in Ultimate and/or Box Office at shrykespeare42@gmail.com, or you can PM them to me here (though I prefer email). Or, you can just post it here.

The usual rules apply... you get $100 to spend, and no more than eight films on your final roster.

If a film (usually a limited-release film) fails to report its income, it will be removed from the game. If that film is on your lineup, you will be notified so you can replace it.


4/7:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Wed.), $49
Air (Wed), $8
Paint, $2
Showing Up, $1
How to Blow Up a Pipeline, $1
Joyland, $1

4/14:
Renfield, $12
The Pope's Exorcist, $8
Mafia Mamma, $3
Sweetwater, $2
Rare Objects, $1

4/21:
Evil Dead Rise, $12
The Covenant, $8
Chevalier, $7
Beau is Afraid, $3
Carmen, $2
Somewhere in Queens, $2
Other People's Children, $1

4/28:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, $9
Big George Foreman, $8
Polite Society, $4
Sisu, $4

5/5:
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, $63

5/12:
Love Again, $9
Book Club: The Next Chapter, $7
Hypnotic, $5
Knights of the Zodiac, $4
Fool's Paradise, $2
The Starling Girl, $2
BlackBerry, $1
L'immensita, $1
Monica, $1

5/19:
Fast X, $51
Master Gardener, $1

5/26:
The Little Mermaid, $46
About My Father, $10
The Machine, $6
Kandahar, $4
You Hurt My Feelings, $4

6/2:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, $34
The Boogeyman, $10
Past Lives, $1

6/9:
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, $33
Strays, $15

6/16:
The Flash, $29
Elemental, $18
The Blackening, $5
Asteroid City, $4

6/23:
No Hard Feelings, $6
Revoir Paris, $1

6/30:
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, $9
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, $5
Harold and the Purple Crayon, $4
Every Body, $1

[transformers2]

My god, the rest of the pricing panel is going to great lengths to prevent another Wakanda Forever/The Way of Water situation from happening Those Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 and Fast X prices are outrageous.

4/5 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $49
4/14 Beau is Afraid $3
6/2 Past Lives $1
6/2 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $34
6/16 Asteroid City $4
6/30 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny $9

[Buscemi2]

Super Mario $49
Air $8
How to Blow Up a Pipeline $1
Book Club $7
Spider-Man $34
Past Lives $1

[numbersix]

My god, the rest of the pricing panel is going to great lengths to prevent another Wakanda Forever/The Way of Water situation from happening Those Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 and Fast X prices are outrageous.

They are still not as high as they should be, besides Guardians. I priced them way higher, suggesting some people are pricing them ridiculously low in order to have another dull Avatar/Wakanda round where we all pick the same 2 movies. If a film is guaranteed to make $300m we should be making them as competitive as possible, it's as simple as that.

Anyway, my slate

Super Mario Bros
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Past Lives
No Hard Feelings
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

[transformers2]

I agree with the general premise of pricing things high enough so that everybody doesn't end up with identical slates. This season just feels like an egregious overcorrection to atone for the Wakanda Forever/Way of Water combo 2 seasons ago, particularly in the case of something like Fast X which is a part of a franchise that has been on a downward BO trend for 3 straight films and is coming off the worst received installment since 2 Fast 2 Furious.

[Chienfantome]

Super Mario Bros $49
Love Again $9
Knights of the Zodiac $4
The Flash $29
Indiana Jones $9

[Screen203]

I will take -

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Boogeyman
Past Lives
No Hard Feelings

[Ron Burgundy]

Ew, missed the Mario boat. Oh well

Evil Dead Rise, $12
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, $63
Love Again, $9
Book Club: The Next Chapter, $7
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, $9

[transformers2]

Alright gang, here's the first update. My plan is to do one after the final week of each month moving forward. Without further ado, here's where we're at after 6 weeks.

Standings:
1.Boosh $594,717,414
2.Spectre $587,289,824
3.transformers $543,648,868
4.Chien $541,035,798
5.Screen/six $535,571,035
7.Ron $286,475,506

Slates (which are posted in the order that I pumped them into the Word document):
transformers:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $535,571,035
Beau is Afraid $8,077,833

Upcoming:
The Boogeyman
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Asteroid City

Total: $543,648,868

Spectre:
Released:
Air $51,718,789
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $535,571,035

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total: $587,289,824

Boosh:
Released:
Air $51,718,789
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $535,571,035
How to Blow Up a Pipeline $750,010
Book Club: The Next Chapter $6,677,580

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Past Lives

Total: $594,717,414

Six:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $535,571,035

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Past Lives
No Hard Feelings
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total: $535,571,035

Chien:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $535,571,035
Love Again $4,907,969
Knights of the Zodiac $556,794

Upcoming:
The Flash
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Total: $541,035,798

Screen:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $535,571,035

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Boogeyman
Past Lives
No Hard Feelings

Total: $535,571,035

Ron:
Released:
Evil Dead Rise $60,180,231
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 $214,709,726
Love Again $4,907,969
Book Club: The Next Chapter $6,677,580

Upcoming:
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total: $286,475,506

[Chienfantome]

Damn, I totally forgot I had Saint Seya and Love Again over here. Otherwise I would have dumped them long ago

[transformers2]

End of May Update
Standings:
1.Boosh $630,481,268
2.Spectre $613,341,258
3.transformers $569,133,152
4.Chien $568,038,855
5.Screen/six $560,893,170
7.Ron $395,278,108

Slates:
transformers:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $560,893,170
Beau is Afraid $8,239,982

Upcoming:
The Boogeyman
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Asteroid City

Total: $569,133,152

Spectre:
Released:
Air $52,448,088
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $560,893,170

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total: $613,341,258

Boosh:
Released:
Air $52,448,088
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $560,893,170
How to Blow Up a Pipeline $750,010
Book Club: The Next Chapter $16,390,000

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Past Lives

Total: $630,481,268

Six:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $560,893,170

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Past Lives
No Hard Feelings
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total: $560,893,170

Chien:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $560,893,170
Love Again $6,132,546
Knights of the Zodiac $1,013,139

Upcoming:
The Flash
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total: $568,038,855

Screen:
Released:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie $560,893,170

Upcoming:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Boogeyman
Past Lives
No Hard Feelings

Total: $560,893,170

Ron:
Released:
Evil Dead Rise $66,450,801
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 $306,304,761
Love Again $6,132,546
Book Club: The Next Chapter $16,390,000

Upcoming:
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Total: $395,278,108

[transformers2]

Drop The Boogeyman for Past Lives and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

[Screen203]

Please also drop The Boogeyman for me, and replace it with The Blackening, Asteroid City, and Every Body.

[transformers2]

Done

[transformers2]

Final Standings:
1.Spectre $1,026,725,135 (Air, Super Mario Bros. Movie, Across the Spider-Verse Indiana Jones)
2.six $1,009,793,111 (Super Mario Bros. Movie, Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives, No Hard Feelings, Indiana Jones)
3.transformers $1,006,862,782 (Super Mario Bros. Movie, Beau is Afraid, Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives, Asteroid City, Indiana Jones)
4.Boosh $990,552,654 (Air, Super Mario Bros. Movie, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Book Club, Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives)
5.Screen $983,627,964 (Super Mario Bros Movie, Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives, Asteroid City, The Blackening, No Hard Feelings, Every Body)
6.Chien $740,695,781 (Super Mario Bros. Movie, Love Again, Knights of the Zodiac, The Flash, Indiana Jones)
7.Ron $506,484,935 (Evil Dead Rise, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, Love Again, Book Club, Indiana Jones)

Congrats to Spectre on the win. Very tight race between the top 5 slates and the Indiana Jones/Air combo as the complement to Mario/Spider-Verse pushed you over-the-top.