In the beginning ...

The story so far ...
It's game on as the first weekend is upon us. Who will decide the league this year?  Star Wars, Marvel, and DC all have entries.  The La La Land guys have given us another musical.  There is a plethora of horror movies and bounty of sequels all vying for the consumer's pocket change.  The list has been sent out, get your picks in if you haven't already, and enjoy the ride.  Ready for some heartbreak? We have it right here!

The standings to date ...
None whatsoever!  The season hasn't started yet.

What's opening in the next month ...

Limited Release

It opens big ....

The story so far ...
For the first time in league history, the title of Blockbuster came down to the alternates.  Faith's 11th pick (1st alternate) was Dunkirk which beat out both Baywatch (Jamie & Jenna) and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Kevin).  Second place came down to the 12th pick and the battle of the popular book series.  Who here wouldn't want to see a 'Epic Rap Battle' between Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  Who will win? You decide!

In the Multipliers, Jeff (me, lol) took home the crown.  It was reported that this was the lowest total summer box office in the past several and it showed.  With less movies to pick from and even fewer perceived blockbusters, quite a few movies were held throughout the league.  Franchises claim nine out of the top ten for openings.


Up next is the Holiday Season!  It could be another close race to the finish.  In the upcoming weeks, I will be sending out some information.  If summer is any indication of the future leagues, every pick will count.

The standings to date ...

Name	Blockbusters	LW	Movies	Back
Faith	724687034	1	0	0
Jamie	724687034	1	0	0
Jenna	724687034	1	0	0
Kevin	724687034	1	0	0
Jeff	719434013	5	0	-5253021
Scott	711502530	6	0	-13184504
Ned	711100757	7	0	-13586277
Colleen	701375490	8	0	-23311544
Tawny	675612199	9	0	-49074835
Mark	637098859	10	0	-87588175

Name	Multiplier	LW	Back
Jeff	$4,903,895,084	1	$0
Jenna	$4,847,631,981	2	-$56,263,103
Kevin	$4,847,515,723	3	-$56,379,361
Faith	$4,718,285,603	4	-$185,609,481
Scott	$4,540,571,903	5	-$363,323,181
Jamie	$4,515,591,703	6	-$388,303,381
Colleen	$4,487,421,801	7	-$416,473,283
Mark	$4,450,023,450	8	-$453,871,634
Ned	$4,420,460,790	9	-$483,434,294
Tawny	$4,238,976,222	10	-$664,918,862

What's opening in the next month ...

And one for John ...

Hitman's Bodyguard leads ... again

The story so far ...
Labor Day weekend is just around the corner!


The standings to date ...

Name	Blockbusters	LW	Movies	Back
Faith	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jamie	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jenna	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Kevin	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jeff	$719,434,013	5	0	-$5,253,021
Scott	$711,502,530	6	0	-$13,184,504
Ned	$711,100,757	7	0	-$13,586,277
Colleen	$701,375,490	8	0	-$23,311,544
Tawny	$675,612,199	10	0	-$49,074,835
Mark	$637,098,859	9	0	-$87,588,175

Name	Multiplier	LW	Back
Jeff	$4,903,895,084	1	$0
Jenna	$4,847,631,981	2	-$56,263,103
Kevin	$4,847,515,723	3	-$56,379,361
Faith	$4,718,285,603	4	-$185,609,481
Scott	$4,540,571,903	5	-$363,323,181
Jamie	$4,515,591,703	6	-$388,303,381
Colleen	$4,487,421,801	7	-$416,473,283
Mark	$4,450,023,450	8	-$453,871,634
Ned	$4,420,460,790	9	-$483,434,294
Tawny	$4,238,976,222	10	-$664,918,862

What's opening this weekend ...

Summer's winner & losers ...

The story so far ...
Entertainment Weekly (EW) was so nice to publish a list of movies from the summer that were either winners or losers.  They reported that non-franchise movies can have success such as Dunkirk, The Big Sick and Baby Driver.  Also, women lead and dominate casts can sell tickets such as Wonder Woman, Girls Trip, and The Beguiled.  Finally, some low budget movies made a big splash such as 47 Meters Down, Everything, Everything, and Lowriders.

However, where there are winners. There are usually losers.  EW goes on to report that we saw several fading franchises such as Despicable Me 3, Transformers Something, Cars 3 and Pirates 5.  All had diminishing returns from their prequels. Comedies were hit hard where Rough Night, Baywatch, Snatched, & The House did poorly at the box office.  On a side note, Girls Trip did quite well!

Famed directors also didn't do so well either.  Ridley Scott's new Alien adventure under preformed.  Guy Ritchie couldn't help out Arthur like Sherlock.  Star Wars fans may be worrying after seeing The Book of Henry. Colin Trevorrow is slated to direct Star Wars VIII.  Finally Luc Besson took a big leap of faith on Valerian and missed.

All said and done, the league this summer did a great job collectively picking the winners!


The standings to date ...

Name	Blockbusters	LW	Movies	Back
Faith	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jamie	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jenna	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Kevin	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jeff	$719,434,013	5	0	-$5,253,021
Scott	$711,502,530	6	0	-$13,184,504
Ned	$711,100,757	7	0	-$13,586,277
Colleen	$701,375,490	8	0	-$23,311,544
Tawny	$675,612,199	10	0	-$49,074,835
Mark	$637,098,859	9	0	-$87,588,175

Name	Multiplier	LW	Back
Jeff	$4,903,895,084	1	$0
Jenna	$4,847,631,981	2	-$56,263,103
Kevin	$4,847,515,723	3	-$56,379,361
Faith	$4,718,285,603	4	-$185,609,481
Scott	$4,540,571,903	5	-$363,323,181
Jamie	$4,515,591,703	6	-$388,303,381
Colleen	$4,487,421,801	7	-$416,473,283
Mark	$4,450,023,450	8	-$453,871,634
Ned	$4,420,460,790	9	-$483,434,294
Tawny	$4,238,976,222	10	-$664,918,862

What's opening this weekend ...

All have opened!

The story so far ...
All picked movies have been released.  There is just the matter of tidying up and the league is pretty much finished.  Annabelle almost cracked the Dream Team falling short by just $1 million.

The standings to date ...

Name	Blockbusters	LW	Movies	Back
Faith	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jamie	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jenna	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Kevin	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jeff	$719,434,013	5	0	-$5,253,021
Scott	$711,502,530	6	0	-$13,184,504
Ned	$711,100,757	7	0	-$13,586,277
Colleen	$701,375,490	8	0	-$23,311,544
Tawny	$675,612,199	10	0	-$49,074,835
Mark	$637,098,859	9	0	-$87,588,175

Name	Multiplier	LW	Back
Jeff	$4,903,895,084	1	$0
Jenna	$4,847,631,981	2	-$56,263,103
Kevin	$4,847,515,723	3	-$56,379,361
Faith	$4,718,285,603	4	-$185,609,481
Scott	$4,540,571,903	5	-$363,323,181
Jamie	$4,515,591,703	6	-$388,303,381
Colleen	$4,487,421,801	7	-$416,473,283
Mark	$4,450,023,450	8	-$453,871,634
Ned	$4,420,460,790	9	-$483,434,294
Tawny	$4,238,976,222	10	-$664,918,862

What's opening this weekend ...

One month to go ...

The story so far ...
The Dark Tower struggles at the box office.  Condensing eight books into an hour and half movie might have been a little too brief.

Looking ahead both Annabelle and Nut Job 2 come out this week.  If they managed to average $47 million openings, Tawny will take the top spot.

The standings to date ...

Name	Blockbusters	LW	Movies	Back
Faith	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jamie	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jenna	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Kevin	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jeff	$719,434,013	5	0	-$5,253,021
Scott	$711,502,530	6	0	-$13,184,504
Ned	$711,100,757	7	0	-$13,586,277
Colleen	$701,375,490	8	0	-$23,311,544
Mark	$637,098,859	9	0	-$87,588,175
Tawny	$632,263,484	10	2	-$92,423,550

Name	Multiplier	LW	Back
Jeff	$4,903,895,084	1	$0
Jenna	$4,847,631,981	2	-$56,263,103
Kevin	$4,847,515,723	3	-$56,379,361
Faith	$4,718,285,603	4	-$185,609,481
Scott	$4,540,571,903	5	-$363,323,181
Jamie	$4,515,591,703	6	-$388,303,381
Colleen	$4,487,421,801	7	-$416,473,283
Mark	$4,450,023,450	8	-$453,871,634
Ned	$4,420,460,790	9	-$483,434,294
Tawny	$4,160,621,103	10	-$743,273,981

What's opening this weekend ...

Which emoji best describes the movie ...

The story so far ...
August is here which means the end is near.  Tawny has two movies left to open.  However they need to average over $46 million to claim the top prize.  They need to average in the $100s of millions if she is to take Multipliers from Jeff.

The Dark Tower opens this weekend.  Has anybody else made it through the almost 4000 page book series? One article wrote that there are 3,000,000 words written in the series.  This guy has!  However, I have some reservations about the movie seeing how it is only 95 minutes long.  Um yeah, they had to cut some. Tom Bombadil is not alone.

So, who is up for the Holiday Season?  The season doesn't start until mid to late October but was considering moving up the start time.  Any thoughts?  The downfall with the longer season is not knowing all openings in January.  The upside is more movies to pick from.  Let me know and we will move forward accordingly.


The standings to date ...

Name	Blockbusters	LW	Movies	Back
Faith	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jamie	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jenna	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Kevin	$724,687,034	1	0	$0
Jeff	$719,434,013	5	0	-$5,253,021
Scott	$711,502,530	6	0	-$13,184,504
Ned	$711,100,757	7	0	-$13,586,277
Colleen	$701,375,490	8	0	-$23,311,544
Mark	$637,098,859	10	0	-$87,588,175
Tawny	$632,263,484	9	2	-$92,423,550

Name	Multiplier	LW	Back
Jeff	$4,903,895,084	1	$0
Jenna	$4,847,631,981	2	-$56,263,103
Kevin	$4,847,515,723	3	-$56,379,361
Faith	$4,718,285,603	4	-$185,609,481
Scott	$4,540,571,903	5	-$363,323,181
Jamie	$4,515,591,703	6	-$388,303,381
Colleen	$4,487,421,801	7	-$416,473,283
Mark	$4,450,023,450	9	-$453,871,634
Ned	$4,420,460,790	8	-$483,434,294
Tawny	$4,160,621,103	10	-$743,273,981

What's opening this weekend ...