2023-24 Full Year Slates - The Shryke Draft

[Chienfantome]

Welcome to the thread for the results of our full year slates in this 2023-24 draft.
As usual, if you see any error in your slate, tell me and I'll fix it. I'll post the weekly results here and update the slates in this first post regularly.
Shryke may be gone, but he'll be with us all year long during this favorite game of ours he cherished so much. Thanks again to Boosch for taking over his slate. Let's give him one hell of a fun game this year again, boys.

Bankspeare - $828,097,221 4th place
5/26 The Machine (8) - $10,445,805
6/16 Elemental (2) - $154,426,697
9/15 Dumb Money (7) - $13,925,356
10/13 The Exorcist : Believer (4) - $65,537,395
11/10 Journey to Bethlehem (9) - $6,820,796
11/22 Napoleon (5) - $61,524,375
12/25 Ferrari (WW) - $18,550,030
1/19 I.S.S. (WW) - $6,573,799
3/8 Kung Fu Panda 4 (3) - $185,045,010
3/15 Dune Part II (1) - $279,800,257
2/9 Lisa Frankenstein (WW) - $9,774,285
3/15 Immaculate (WW) - $15,660,890

Chienspeare - $485,988,716 8th place
6/23 No Hard Feelings (6) - $50,452,282
6/30 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (1) - $174,480,468
8/11 Last Voyage of Demeter (7) - $13,637,180
11/10 The Holdovers (8) - $20,355,375
12/20 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2) - $124,481,226
12/25 The Color Purple (5) - $60,619,191
1/12 Soul (WW) - $946,154
1/19 Origin (WW) - $4,689,830
1/26 Miller's Girl (WW) - $321,000
2/23 Drive Away Dolls (9) - $5,028,215
4/5 Monkey Man (WW) - $23,889,385
4/19 Spy x Family Code (WW) - $7,088,410

Ronspeare - $581,896,428 7th place
5/5 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (1) - $3558,995,815
5/26 About my Father (11) - $12,089,391
8/4 The Meg 2 : The Trench (4) - $82,600,317
8/18 Strays (6) - $23,988,885
9/8 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (9) - $28,496,030
11/17 Thanksgiving (7) - $31,908,884
2/16 Madame Webb (3) - $43,817,106

Screenspeare - $955,664,388 Bronze Medal
6/2 Spider-man Across the Spiderverse (1) - $381,593,754
6/2 The Boogeyman (5) - $43,244,282
6/2 Past Lives (10) - $10,923,569
7/7 Insidious : The Red Door (6) - 82,156,962
8/4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (3) - $118,613,586
9/1 Equalizer 3 (4) - $92,373,751
11/22 Wish (2) - $63,973,821
1/12 Mean Girls (WW) - $72,404,248
2/23 Ordinary Angels (7) - $19,174,421
4/26 Civil War (11) - $56,194,933
4/26 Challengers (WW) - $15,011,061

Shrykespearemi - $798,812,623 6th place
5/19 Fast X (2) - $145,960,660
6/9 Transformers : Rise of the Beasts (3) - $157,066,392
6/16 The Blackening (7) - $17,707,207
7/12 Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (1) - $172,135,383
9/22 The Expendables 4 (8) - $16,710,153
9/29 Saw X (5) - $53,607,898
10/27 Priscilla (10) - $20,864,910
12/8 The Boy and the Heron (WW) - $46,610,768
12/15 American Fiction (WW) - $21,098,470
12/22 All of Us Strangers (WW) - $4,050,103
12/22 The Iron Claw (WW) - $35,611,828
3/28 Ghostbusters : Frozen Empire (4) - $107,388,851

Sixspeare - $467,300,435 Dead Last
5/26 You Hurt My Feelings (10) - $4,830,788
6/16 The Flash (1) - $108,133,313
6/30 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (3) - $15,753,600
7/28 Talk to Me (7) - $48,299,436
9/8 The Nun 2 (5) - $86,267,073
12/1 Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé (WW) - $33,543,425
12/8 Poor Things (9) - $34,553,225
1/12 The Book of Clarence (6) - $6,132,813
1/12 The Beekeeper (WW) - $66,220,535
3/8 Cabrini (WW) - $19,448,015
3/22 Arthur the King (WW) - $24,867,653
4/5 The First Omen (WW) - $19,250,559

Spectrespeare - $976,801,018 Silver Medal
5/26 The Little Mermaid (1) - $298,172,056
6/16 Asteroid City (8) - $28,153,025
8/18 Blue Beetle (3) - $72,488,072
9/15 A Haunting in Venice (6) - $42,471,412
10/27 Five Nights at Freddy's (7) - $137,275,620
11/17 Trolls Band Together (5) - $102,996,915
12/1 Silent Night (WW) - $8,012,103
12/15 Wonka (2) - $218,402,312
2/2 Imaginary (WW) - $28,009,161
2/22 Demon Slayer (WW) - $17,657,658
4/19 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (WW) - $15,431,145
4/26 Unsung Hero (WW) - $7,731,539

Trannyspeare - $1,591,151,402 Gold Medal Champ !
7/21 Barbie (1) - $636,236,428
8/11 Gran Turismo (6) - $44,428,554
9/29 Paw Patrol The Mighty Movie (8) - $65,231,360
10/12 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (WW) - $179,228,338
11/17 The Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2) - $166,350,594
11/17 Next Goal Wins (9) - $6,713,826
12/22 Migration (3) - $127,306,285
1/5 Night Swim (5) - $32,494,740
1/12 Bob Marley : One Love (7) - $96,893,170
2/2 Argylle (11) - $45,207,275
3/8 Love Lies Bleeding - $7,830,385
4/12 Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire (4) - $181,700,523

Walleyespeare - $815,575,862 5th place
5/12 Book Club : The Next Chapter (8) - $17,556,340
5/25 Kandahar (11) - 4,813,132
7/7 Joy Ride (6) - $12,897,789
7/21 Oppenheimer (2) - $329,862,540
7/28 Haunted Mansion (5) - $67,653,287
9/29 The Creator (3) - 40,774,579
10/6 Killers of the Flower Moon (4) - $68,026,901
11/10 The Marvels (1) - $84,500,223
12/15 Anyone But You (7) - $88,319,668
12/25 The Boys in the Boat (WW) - $52,641,306
2/1 The Chosen Season 4 (WW) - $29,791,662
4/19 Abducting Abigail (WW) - $18,738,335

[numbersix]

Loving the studio names!

This will be an interesting league. There's no obvious slate winner like Wakanda Forever or Avatar 2, no film that seems guaranteed to make much beyond 350m. Of course, there are always going to surprises, but I'm hoping this will be less like this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

I like Chien's slate, but maybe that's because we have similar sensibilities. Tranny has a fighting chance to retain his crown. Banks is the wildest, with some films having the potential to surprise but are just as likely to underwhelm.

I'm not as confident this year about my slate as last year, as I don't have Avatar 2 to anchor me, and I'm gutted I didn't get The Exorcist film (which I'm convinced will be the next It), but I'm hoping all my picks will be solid earners.

[Chienfantome]

I think this is one of the fairest draft ever in terms of chances. Like Six said, on the paper there is no Avatar, Avengers or Star Wars to put someone in the driver's seat immediately. Everyone's got films with potential, some a bit more risky (especially Ron's). But it's a harder year to decipher and predict. Last year, it was obvious from the get-go that Six and Tranny had the best shot at finishing in the top two (and they did), but this year ? Damn, hard to say.
I'm satisfied with my slate, but I'm still jealous of Spectre's undated films, which have great potential if they get released.
it's gonna be a great game. The wait is gonna be long for Tranny, whose first film open in late July. And Banks is gonna find the time long between Elemental and Exorcist, 4 months without a release. I like to have a balanced slate in terms of release dates so I'm not too frustrated by the wait.
Fun fact, a quarter of Screen's slate is getting released on June 2.

[Buscemi2]

I'm getting real Halloween Kills/Halloween Ends vibes with The Exorcist. Not just because David Gordon Green directed the new one but in addition, none of the Exorcist sequels ever took off and you know there's going be of a lot of producer meddling between Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, two labels with a history of interfering with projects. Also, Universal spent $400 million to get the distribution rights and that's before the $75-100 million that will be spent between the production and marketing.

It could be that great horror sequel and make enough to greenlight the planned sequels but I find it highly unlikely.

As for the undated Spectre titles, Please Don't Destroy's getting dumped onto Peacock, Borderlands is apparently a disaster that could open well before poor word-of-mouth sets in, Coyote vs. ACME could end up being a casualty of Warner Bros. seemingly getting out of animation, and Dear Santa doesn't have a distributor yet. If the production wanted to be released this year, it would probably have one by now.

[transformers2]

What's cool about this year is that while the earlier rounds don't seem to have titles with clear $300+ mil ceilings, the draft on the whole is much deeper. That combination should make for a super competitive league.

As for other people's slates, I'm the highest on Screen and Spectre's. Wish kind of scares me given Disney's recent BO woes with animation and I have a hard time believing that Shyamalan is going to release 2 movies in 3 months next year (he's got Trap set up at WB for next July), but I love the combo of Spider-Verse/Boogeyman/Insidious/TMNT/Equalizer 3/Ordinary Angels and can easily envision a scenario where that's strong enough to carry him to victory even if the aforementioned titles stumble and/or aren't released.

Spectre is definitely playing with fire with all those TBD's and Mickey17 set to release so close to the end of the season, but he has a number of high-floor picks to counter-act those risks (Little Mermaid, Wonka, Trolls and to a lesser extent, Five Nights at Freddy's), Asteroid City should be good for $15-25 mil, the horror elements make A Haunting in Venice an intriguing wild card and Blue Beetle could be in a position to overperform given its place on the calendar and distinction as the first Latino-led live-action superhero movie.

Finally Boosh, Paramount is releasing Dear Santa. It started shooting in early March, so there's a very good chance it'll be ready in time for this holiday season.

[Buscemi2]

Damn IMDb. You think they'd update these things.

Meanwhile, I've seen absolutely nothing for Blue Beetle three months before opening. If The Flash flops, of which I think it will, Warner Bros. might get uneasy about releasing a near three-hour* superhero movie in which two-thirds of the dialogue are subtitled and the biggest names are Susan Sarandon and George Lopez.

* - The film's length in test screenings was said to be 165 minutes, so it's probably gone through editing since then.

[Spectre]

To be fair to me, Please Don't Destroy wasn't undated when I drafted it lol. Hopefully Ron picks sometimes in the next year so I can drop it

Of all the slates, I probably favor Chien/Screen's. Chien and I are usually picking the same kind of stuff so I always like what he puts together and Screen has an overall solid slate without a ton of question marks. This really is anyone's race though, I don't think anyone has a distinct advantage out of the gate. It could really just take one big breakout to differentiate from the pack.

[Walleye413]

I'm always bullish on my choices, but I really do think this year is truly up for grabs. There are so few choices for 2024 I think the Waiver wire might end up deciding this one - which will be good. It'll help keep us invested the whole year. I wasn't sure how this would work without the Godfather of our group around, but now I'm excited to do all of this in his memory. A wide open season - the perfect team names. What a great way to do this.

[Chienfantome]

I wasn't sure how this would work without the Godfather of our group around, but now I'm excited to do all of this in his memory. A wide open season - the perfect team names. What a great way to do this.

Yes indeed. It's gonna be a great year to honour him. Hopefully everyone will be around regularly to comment all about this coming year of competition.

[Chienfantome]

To be fair to me, Please Don't Destroy wasn't undated when I drafted it lol. Hopefully Ron picks sometimes in the next year so I can drop it

We've been waiting for Ron for almost a week. I think it's rather fair that you replace your film with waiver now.

[Spectre]

We've been waiting for Ron for almost a week. I think it's rather fair that you replace your film with waiver now.

Alright, I'll take you up on that haha. Hope Ron is able to swing by soon.

[Chienfantome]

Standings (up until May 31)

Here we go again, boys. Here are the first standings for the 2023-24 full year draft. Ron takes the lead thanks to a space racoon, Spectre is off to a strong start thanks to a singing mermaid and Shryke’s Fast X second round pick puts the Shrykemi duo on the podium. Walleye, Banks and Six bank some cash far behind. Screen is going to own next weekend with 3 releases, while Tranny and I are waiting in the pit.

1. Ronspeare - $311,701,893 (2 films - GOTG Vol. 3, About My Father)
2. Spectrespeare - 118,818,903 (1 film - Little Mermaid)
3. Shrykespearemi - $113,471,230 (1 film - Fast X)
4. Walleyespeare - $19,216,526 (2 films - Book Club 2, Kandahar)
5. Bankspeare - $5,875,585 (1 film - The Machine)
6. Sixspeare - $1,766,201 (1 film - You Hurt My Feelings)
Screenspeare (first film opening 6/2)
Chienspeare (first film opening 6/23)
Trannyspeare (first film opening 7/21)

6/2
Spider-Man : Across the Spider-Verse (Screen, 1st round)
The Boogeyman (Screen, 5th round)
Past Lives (Screen, 10th round)

6/9
Transformers : Rise of the Beasts (Shrykemi, 3rd round)

6/16
The Flash (Six, 1st round)
Elemental (Banks, 2nd round)
The Blackening (Shrykemi, 7th round)
Asteroid City (Spectre, 8th round)

6/23
No Hard Feelings (Chien, 6th round)

[Walleye413]

So if Spidey 3 comes out as planned - that is winning this league. Spidey 2 just might. Dang, nice numbers.

[Chienfantome]

I think this year might be the most unpredictable ever. The Spidey has one great opening, and will end up with one of the best numbers of the season, no doubt about that. But its sequel is still far off, and it's hard to say how this will all turn out.
But it's true that if it does come out, its combo with GOTG3 will put Ron in a good position. But others also have a #1 and #2 combo with great potential, and as always, the rest will play a strong part. As long as their is no film with $500M+ earnings, anything's possible.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Guys, if you wanna do a double feature of The Machine and Elemental next weekend, I wouldn't stop you...

Though The Machine might not even still be in theaters then

I'll need all the help I can get until October.