SUPER (AND REGULAR) JANUARY LEAGUES ARE NOW OPEN!!!!

[mateostarr]

Alright you guys convinced me. I am taking out Wolf Man and replacing it with Valentines Day.

[W]

Umm... I didn't want to do that. I just wanted you to see that different people think differently.

[Buscemi]

Percy Jackson is the definite flop. I don't see even a $10 million opening on that one.

Alice In Wonderland's numbers will probably be in between Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Watchmen.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

I have to say, it's looking great so far.

I've one or two suggestions:

Why aren't The Last Station (Jan 15) and Creation (Jan 22) up there? They're two high-profile arthouse movies, vastly more significant than the likes of Waiting for Armageddon or Off and Running. They're not listed on Boxoffice Mojo but I don't see that as reason enough to exclude them, as BOM can be very lax at times (although I believe they've hired a new member of staff and that will lead to better and faster updates).

My other suggestion is that your slate shouldn't be just poster-based. Some posters for later films aren't around, so I have a few slates with blank images and release dates on them, and this can get confusing. I wonder is there any simple way to place the title of the film, in text, at the bottom of each poster?

The Last Station has already opened in limited. That's probably why it's not included in the Jan leagues. Don't know about Creation though.

[Buscemi]

The Last Station had an Oscar qualifying run, then left after a week. January 15th is its official opening.

[numbersix]

Define flop. It's still one of the best choices of the horrible three month span that is Jan-Mar. I think it will do better than the book of eli which looks terrible.

I used to think Jan-Mar was an awful period but last year proved me wrong! There's always a few surprises, and I guess the reason why the FM game prices are low is because it's hard to know what will succeed and what won't. Plus, it's not like summer where there's film making $300+ and films making $1mil, so there needs to be a balance.

I suspect Wolfman will open to something like 20mil tops and not make more that 40-45mil, which I would see as a flop, especailly when we're going to se a lot of other films around that period (Eli, Edge, Tooth Fairy, Valentine's, Shutter Island, etc) making the same or more.

[Shrykespeare]

Numbers of entrants as of Sunday, January 3rd:

Ultimate FY - 37
Ultimate HY - 31
Box Office FY - 34
Box Office HY - 28

Ultimate Regulars - 24
Box Office Regulars - 19


Welcome back to some more players after a long absence:

Fixius
jjtkaze
RedRaider
twilson
Thomassi
cdelgado6
Kompressr
slade605

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Joined all 6 leagues.

Glad to have the game back. I'm assuming there's no way to delete old leagues still?

[Spectre]

How on earth do you turn the site into English? The movies are in English for me but that's about it. I may be Italian but I don't speak it!

[Shrykespeare]

There's a way to switch to all English... all you have to do is click on the British Flag. If you can't, or continue to have problems, e-mail Manuela at

mraimondi@live.it




As of today:

Ultimate FY - 45 players
Ultimate HY - 39 players
Box Office FY - 46 players
Box Office HY - 41 players

Jan Ult Regulars - 28
Jan BO Regulars - 27


The following "Regulars" have not yet signed up:

A_Roode
aadams
BarcaRulz
Chienfantome
codeslinger
dancy62
jess_sayin
J-Man/JWH
longhorn_419
Synestro
wesvolk

[redraider]

If anyone is seeing the website in Italian, you can send an email to Manuela for help. I had the same issue and it was quickly resolved.

[Shrykespeare]

A flood of new entries on the eve of the league starting:

Ultimate FY - 50 players
Ultimate HY - 41 players
Box Office FY - 51 players
Box Office HY - 44 players

Jan Ult Regulars - 30 players
Jan BO Regulars - 28 players

I'm sure a dozen or more will trickle in over the next few weeks. Well done, everyone!

[donnie]

I have a question:
do you prefer a movies list defined before the beginning of each league and unchangeable or a movies list updated day after day with new releases also DURING the league?
Shryke, which was the rule in your Fantaverse for late/mid-league additions?

[Geezer]

Updated list. Movies were added during the league.

[W]

Updated list. Movies were added during the league.

BUT there must be some kind of announcement... And a point where films can't be added anymore, such as after the last weekend of the first month.