The ending is near ... or it's hear

The story so far ...
So we have made it.  It's the final weekend of Spring League. Oh what a ride it has been.  First of all, we did not have a typical Spring League finish.  Ned has won by the largest margin ever, and has been in control for quite some time.  During the Spring League, it's all about who has what opening and when.  It creates this revolving door effect with a different leader each week.  This year resembled more of a Summer League finish with someone (Ned) gaining control with a big opening and riding it to the title.  

Second of all, Spring League out grossed the Holiday Season.  There were more big openings this Spring than during the Holidays.  You know something is up when John Wick 2 managed to pull in a $30 plus million opening despite two other movies having bigger openings on the same weekend.  In fact, who knew that was going to be the third biggest weekend during the last two seasons.  It only lost to 'Rogue One' and 'Beauty and the Beast' opening weekends.  Even low budget, little advertised 'Get Out' managed to make over $30 million.  Is this a sign of the times or did everyone receive a big refund this year.

Third of all, looking ahead, BoxOfficeMojo.com is showing less openings for Summer League on the schedule than movies that opened this spring.  With Summer having an additional month, "tentpoles" usually come out during the summer and students at home instead of school, this has never happened.  In fact, this could be the lowest total of Summer releases since the league started.  This could mean for a closer race to the finish, but again, Spring has been a beast!

Picks are due in just under a week and a half.  Which movies will come away winners?  Losers?  Will you pick them?  These questions and more will be answered after Labor Day.  But let's not think about that just yet.  We don't won't to blow straight through summer ... and I digress ...


The standings to date ...

Name	Blockbusters	LW	Movies	Back
Ned	$647,225,489	1	0	$0
Mark	$616,833,469	2	0	-$30,392,020
Jenna	$610,151,492	3	0	-$37,073,997
John	$606,265,557	4	0	-$40,959,932
Jeff	$601,693,583	5	0	-$45,531,906
Faith	$596,297,902	6	0	-$50,927,587
Kevin	$569,214,889	7	0	-$78,010,600
Chuck	$543,366,153	8	1	-$103,859,336
Colleen	$517,466,918	9	1	-$129,758,571

Name	Multiplier	LW	Back
Ned	$4,544,258,933	1	$0
John	$4,470,415,728	2	-$73,843,205
Faith	$4,391,641,100	3	-$152,617,833
Jeff	$4,164,688,742	4	-$379,570,191
Kevin	$4,108,599,403	5	-$435,659,530
Mark	$4,107,338,048	6	-$436,920,885
Jenna	$3,982,833,226	7	-$561,425,707
Colleen	$3,686,626,784	8	-$857,632,149
Chuck	$3,499,052,391	9	-$1,045,206,542

What's opening this weekend ...