2014 Box Office Contest - Pick the Top 20 Films of The Year

[JohnErle]

Yeah, that's no problem.

Sweet.

The what now?

It's that thing that happens in between the commercials on Super Bowl Sunday.

[empire13]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Amazing Spider-man 2
The Hobbit: There and Back Again
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Interstellar
Home
Captain America: Winter Soldier
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Rio 2
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
Tammy
The Lego Movie
22 Jump Street
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Guardians of the Galaxy
Horrible Bosses 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bad Words

Bench:

Godzilla
Maleficent

[Chienfantome]

There's a huge WTF in your list empire. And it's not the Ninja Turtles....

[numbersix]

Indeed. Going to post mine on Friday, and then we can talk some trash.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Yeah, that's no problem.

Sweet.

The what now?

It's that thing that happens in between the commercials on Super Bowl Sunday.

Ah, that's why I'd never heard of it. DVR right past all that pesky "football"

[BanksIsDaFuture]

1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
2. How To Train Your Dragon 2
3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
4. The Hobbit: There And Back Again
5. Transformers: Age of Extinction
6. Maleficient
7. Interstellar
8. Dawn of The Planet Of The Apes
9. Captain America: Winter Soldier
10. Home
11. Godzilla
12. Annie
13. X-Men: Days of Future Past
14. 22 Jump Street
15. Guardians of The Galaxy
16. Big Hero 6
17. Noah
18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
19. Exodus
20. Into The Woods

Bench
1. The Lego Movie
2. Gone Girl

[numbersix]

1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
2. How To Train Your Dragon 2
3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
4. The Hobbit: There And Back Again
5. Interstellar
6. Transformers: Age of Extinction
7. X-Men: Days of Future Past
8. Dawn of The Planet Of The Apes
9. Captain America: Winter Soldier
10. Big Hero 6
11. The Lego Movie
12. Night at the Museum 3
13. 22 Jump Street
14. Home
15. Mr Peabody and Sherman
16. Divergent
17. Maleficient
18. Rio 2
19. Sex Tape
20. A Million Ways to Die in the West

Bench
1. Tammy
2. Gone Girl

I fretted and fretted about including Godzilla but think it's too sandwiched between bigger films to really deliver.

[Chienfantome]

1. The Hunger Games Mockingjay
2. Transformers 4 : Age of Extinction
3. The Amazing Spider-man 2
4. How to train your dragon 2
5. The Hobbit : There and Back again
6. Captain America : The Winter Soldier
7. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
8. Big Hero 6
9. Interstellar
10. X-Men : Days of the Future Past
11. 22 Jump Street
12. Guardians of the Galaxy
13. Godzilla
14. Night at the Museum 3
15. Rio 2
16. The Lego Movie
17. Divergent
18. Noah
19. Maleficent
20. Tammy

Bench :
21. Gone Girl
22. Horrible Bosses 2

[SuperShaan]

1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
2. Transformers: Age of Extinction
3. How to Train Your Dragon 2
4. The Amazing Spider Man 2
5. The Hobbit: There and Back Again
6. Interstellar
7. X-Men: Days of Futures Past
8. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10. Guardians of the Galaxy
11. Home
12. Maleficent
13. Big Hero 6
14. 22 Jump Street
15. Tammy
16. Night at the Museum 3
17. Into the Woods
18. Godzilla
19. Divergent
20. The Lego Movie

Bench
1. A Million Ways to Die in the West
2. Gone Girl

[JohnErle]

1. Hunger Games: Mockingjay
2. Trannys 4
3. How To Train Your Dragon 2
4. The Hobbit: There And Back Again
5. Amazing Spidey 2
6. X-Men: Days of Future Past
7. Captain America
8. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
9. Home
10. 22 Jump St
11. Maleficent
12. Rio 2
13. Night At The Museum 3
14. The Lego Movie
15. 300: Rise Of An Empire
16. Guardians Of The Galaxy
17. Tammy
18. Divergent
19. Godzilla
20. Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Bench #1: Need For Speed
Bench #2: Interstellar

[silversurfer19]

Woah! Interstellar as a Bench? You better hope a couple of things get dropped.

[JohnErle]

Or I can hope I'm right about it and you're all screwed.

I came very close to not picking it at all. Everything about this so far feels like Nolan is taking a step away from blockbuster filmmaking, but I threw it on my bench just in case.

[Chienfantome]

Hahahahahahaha, thank you John, you just shot yourself in the leg.

[JohnErle]

Fortune favours the bold.

I could have picked Interstellar just because everyone else was picking it, buy my gut told me not to. The film it's reminding me of at the moment is Danny Boyle's Sunshine, and I just don't see it being a crossover hit. $80-$100 on Nolan's name alone? Sure, but anything beyond that is a question mark based on what I've seen so far.

[Chienfantome]

Thing is we haven't seen much of it so far. But my gut tells me not to bet against Nolan even if we know next to nothing of his film, although enough to see the starpower and the epic potential of it. The last time he made a film with a strong group of actors embarked on a weird journey we didn't know much of months ahead was Inception. Even the title, a single word starting with the prefix "In", reminds us of it, don't you think ?