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I went back and forth on Gone Girl as well, but in the end I didn't see enough breakout potential. A two and a half hour adult-leaning thriller teaming Fincher and Affleck sounds like a safe $100 million to me, but probably not much more.

And I'll never doubt Marvel again either. Ant-Man is every bit as ridiculous a concept as Guardians Of The Galaxy, but it's Marvel so the fanboys will show up. I'm not expecting another GOTG, but another Thor 2 seems like a perfectly reasonable expectation.

I'm sure I'll love Gone Girl the film but Gone Girl the box office mega hit? Doubt it. It'll do well but Fincher's films tend to have a ceiling around $100-120M. I have several other options that I think can clear that number so it was pretty easy to not include it.

Ant-Man sounds ridiculous but it's written in my Top 20 in stone. If I'm going to lose this thing, it won't be because I didn't include a Marvel title.

Gone Girl is getting good reviews, and on Fincher's name I could see this doing well, especially around award time. That said, I agree that 100-120m is the best I expect but I figured it was worth a shot. My other options all had many cons to face the pros. They were

Spy - Ultimately I felt McCarthy's stock has dropped, and that Paul Blart 2 was the better comedy option.
Fantastic Four - It ain't Marvel
Pan - Peter Pan movies rarely seem to be huge hits, and I'm not sure if Wright is a mainstream director
Exodus - Might do what Noah did, but it too much of a wildcard
Annie - Another risk in a crowded Christmas weekend
Pixels - Feels more like Turbo than Despicable Me

Wouldn't shock me at all if I'm wrong, but I think the Too-many-superhero-movies backlash begins with Ant-man. America is going to get sick of seeing the same genre sooner rather than later I'm feeling.

I'll believe that when it starts happening. And right now, it's everything but happening.

At least I know who Ant-Man is, which is a lot more than I could have said about any of the Guardians Of The Galaxy at this time last year.

With Paul Rudd in the lead and a comedy director behind the lens, it should capture the right tone by embracing the absurdity and having fun with it.

I went back and forth between Ant-Man and Gone Girl several times, so I just put them both on my bench.

This was way harder than I thought it would be, there are still a handful of movies that could easily make the top 20.



1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
3. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
4. Jurassic World
5. Minions
6. Fast and Furious 7
7. Interstellar
8. Inside Out
9. Ted 2
10. Penguins of Madagascar
11. Cinderella
12. Big Hero 6
13. Exodus: Gods and Kings
14. Into the Woods
15. Insurgent
16. B.O.O. Bureau of Otherworldly Operations
17. Ant Man
18. Spy
19. Tomorrowland
20. Unbroken


Bench:
1. Fantastic Four
2. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Here's my picks:

Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Hunger Games: Mockingjay
The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies
Cinderella
Inside Out
Into The Woods
FF7
Ted 2
Pan
Tomorrowland
Minions
Jurassic World
Ant-Man
Big Hero 6
Night At The Museum
Insurgent
Fantastic Four
Pixels
Interstellar
Home

Bench:
Get Hard
The Penguins Of Madagascar

Remember, the final deadline is less than 24 hours away, so get those slates finished.

Ooooh I almost forgot !! I'll get mine quickly.

Alright, here's mine :

1. Avengers : Age of ultron
2. The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part I
3. The Hobbit : the Battle of the Five Armies
4. Minions
5. Inside Out
6. Fast & Furious 7
7. Interstellar
8. Cinderella
9. Jurassic World
10. Ant-Man
11. Big hero 6
12. Fantastic Four
13. Ted 2
14. Penguins of Madagascar
15. Night at the Museum 3
16. Mad Max : Fury Road
17. Terminator : Genisys
18. Insurgent
19. Fifty Shades of Grey
20. Tomorrowland

21. Exodus
22. B.O.O.

Guess it's time to get mine in too before I forget

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
3. Minions
4. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
5. Interstellar
6. Big Hero 6
7. Inside Out
8. Fast and Furious 7
9. Jurassic World
10. Cinderella
11. Ted 2
12. The Penguins of Madagascar
13. Untitled Pan
14. Tomorrowland
15. Ant-Man
16. Terminator: Genisys
17. The Fantastic Four
18. Insurgent
19. Monster Trucks
20. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Bench 1: Home
Bench 2: B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations

Let's do this!

1. The Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
3. Minions
4. Inside Out
5. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
6. Fast & Furious 7
7. Jurassic World
8. Interstellar
9. Ant-Man
10. Cinderella
11. Big Hero 6
12. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
13. The Fantastic Four
14. Insurgent
15. Ted 2
16. Terminator: Genisys
17. Tomorrowland
18. Peter Pan
19. B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations
20. The Penguins of Madagascar

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Fifty Shades of Grey

1. The Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
3. Minions
4. Cinderella
5. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
6. Fast & Furious 7
7. Inside Out
8. Jurassic World
9. Interstellar
10. Ant-Man
11. Ted 2
12. The Fantastic Four
13. Tomorrowland
14. Big Hero 6
15. Insurgent
16. Terminator: Genisys
17. Spy
18. Peter Pan
19. Fifty Shades of Grey
20. The Penguins of Madagascar

1. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2. The Interview

Surfer got his picks in just under the wire, and now the deadline has officially passed. I suppose I could let it slide if someone were to submit a slate in the next few hours, but don't let word get around that I'm a nice guy.