2016 Box Office Contest - Pick the Top 20

[numbersix]

Don't forget the deadline for entries is midnight on Wednesday.

[Chienfantome]

I'll put mine tomorrow.

[Chienfantome]

1. Rogue One
2. Captain America : Civil War
3. Finding Dory
4. Batman vs Superman
5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them
6. Suicide Squad
7. Indenpendence Day 2
8. X-Men Apocalypse
9. Doctor Strange
10. The Secret life of Pets
11. Star Trek Beyond
12. Moana
13. Zootopia
14. Deadpool
15. Alice through the looking glass
16. TMNT 2
17. Untitled Bourne 5
18. The Jungle Book
19. Ghostbusters
20. The BFG

21. Passengers
22. Neighbors 2

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Does The BFG stand for Big Fucking Giant?

[JohnErle]

Does The BFG stand for Big Fucking Giant?

That depends on how friendly he gets.

(I've done zero research so far. I might have to seriously wing it this year.)

[undeadmonkey]

midnight as in tonight or tomorrow night?

[transformers2]

Apparently I'm the only one that thinks Independence Day is going to bomb.

[NSpan]

Sounds simple enough. Count me in!

1 Star Wars: Rogue One
2 Captain America: Civil War
3 Finding Dory
4 Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
5 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
6 X-Men Apocalypse
7 Independence Day: Resurgence
8 Star Trek Beyond
9 The Secret Life of Pets
10 Suicide Squad
11 Alice Through The Looking Glass
12 Moana
13 Kung Fu Panda 3
14 The Jungle Book
15 Doctor Strange
16 Passengers
17 Zootopia
18 Ghostbusters
19 Bourne 5
20 Deadpool

Alternates:
TMNT 2
Neighbors 2

[JohnErle]

1 Star Wars: Rogue One
2 Batman Vs. Superman
3 Finding Dory
4 Captain America: Civil War
5 Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
6 Alice Through The Looking Glass
7 X-Men: Apocalypse
8 The Secret Life Of Pets
9 Moana
10 Suicide Squad
11 Ghostbusters
12 Star Trek: Beyond Caring
13 Bourne
14 TMNT
15 Independence Day: Resurgence
16 Ice Age: Collision Course
17 Conjuring 2
18 Zootopia
19 Neighbors 2
20 Doctor Strange

Bench:
Kung Fu Panda 3
Divergent

[jas8382]

Here goes nothing.
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Finding Dory
5. Moana
6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7. Untitled Bourne Film
8. X-Men: Apocalypse
9. Ice Age: Collision Course
10. Star Trek Beyond
11. The Jungle Book
12. Doctor Strange
13. Suicide Squad
14. Kung Fu Panda 3
15. Passengers
16. Ghostbusters
17. Sully
18. Deadpool
19. The Girl on the Train
20. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Bench
1. Alice Through the Looking Glass
2. Zootopia

[W]

1. Star Wars: Rogue One
2. Finding Dory
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
6. Suicide Squad
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
8. Moana
9. Alice Through the Looking Glass
10. Ghostbusters
11. Independence Day: Resurgence
12. Warcraft
13. Dr. Strange
14. The Jungle Book
15. Ice Age: Collision Cours
16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
17. Deadpool
18. The Secret Life of Pets
19. Passengers
20. Bourne 5

Kung Fu Panda 3
Zootopia

[undeadmonkey]

1 Finding Dory
2 Star Wars: Rogue One
3 Captain America: Civil War
4 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
5 X-Men Apocalypse
6 Alice Through The Looking Glass
7 Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
8 The Secret Life of Pets
9 Zootopia
10 Bourne 5
11 Moana
12 The Jungle Book
13 Doctor Strange
14 Independence Day: Resurgence
15 Ghostbusters
16 Star Trek Beyond
17 Passengers
18 TMNT 2
19 The BFG
20 Suicide Squad


Bench:
Neighbors 2
Ice Age Collision Course

[Spectre]

1. Star Wars: Rogue One
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Finding Dory
4. Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
6. Suicide Squad
7. X-Men: Apocalypse
8. Moana
9. The Secret Life of Pets
10. Alice Through the Looking Glass
11. Star Trek Beyond
12. Deadpool
13. The Jungle Book
14. Doctor Strange
15. Independence Day: Resurgence
16. Untitled Bourne Movie
17. Zootopia
18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
19. Ghostbusters
20. Passengers

21. Ice Age: Collision Course
22. Kung Fu Panda 3

Some fun facts since I ran the stats on this before finishing up:

Movies picked by everyone so far: 9
Movies picked by only one player: 11
Top 5 by average pick: Rogue One (1.9), Civil War (2.4), Finding Dory (2.8), BvS (3.8), Fantastic Beasts (5.8)
Widest Range in Rank That Is Owned By All: Suicide Squad (3rd/20th)
Movies Most People Own But Don't Like: KFP3 (8/12, 17.9 AVG), Neighbors 2 (8/12, 19.4 AVG)
Gutsiest Pick: Warcraft (W, 12th, no one else has it on their slate at all)

[undeadmonkey]

maybe W knows something we don't.

just judging from the first trailer, Warcraft looks terribly generic. I know the game has a huge following (or had ) but as we've seen time and again, name alone doesn't make the masses jump from one media to another.

[Chienfantome]

Yeah I considered Warcraft based on the huge following it has, and it's such a popular game that on the paper if one video game adaptation could break out, this would be the one, but the reaction to the trailers is consistently so bad that in the end, the risk is high it will flop. Although secretly I'm pretty sure the film is gonna be much better than we expect with Duncan Jones behind the camera.

I salute Jas for picking Sully, which I almost went with. Eastwood + Hanks + heroic story might be a winner.

I'm surprised we were so few to go with The BFG. Spielberg + Disney + July 4th weekend of release looks like a winning combo. Add to that a Roald Dahl book even though it's not his most famous, and this could be one of the big family films of the summer.