Each week Jacob recaps the weekend box office and the winners and losers in the Midnight Warrior Fantasy Movie League.
WEEK 05 BOX OFFICE BREAKDOWN
Well in one sense, my recommendation of 8 screens of La La Land was 25% right. But, that’s not really good enough in Fantasy Movie League. What pun should I use for this one? Lion roared in Week 05? Are we ready to name Lion King of everything the sun touches in FML? I wish instead of the 5 screens of this film that anchored the Perfect Cineplex that it only took four Lions. I bet you forgot about that movie! I liked the film and I had to doublecheck if I forgot to add it to my Letterboxd account.
As a lot of people predicted, one screen of Rogue One joined the 2x La La Land and 5 Lions for the perfect cineplex. Honestly, this is one of those weeks where I would be proud to run the PC in an actual movie house. Yes, that’s way too many screens of Lion, but at least two of those screens are showing one of the best films of the last 10 years. Can I talk more about how I love La La Land? Maybe I should just start a twitter account about that flick so you can unsubscribe to my raving…
The Perfect Cineplex for Week 5 on Fantasy Movie League
As for the Midnight Warrior Fantasy Movie League, a very strong play from Thunder Gun Express of 4x La La Land and 4x Moana landed in the number one spot. Not only that, now that I’m typing that name out I see just how strong of a contender it is for the Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff Memorial Best Team Name Award for this season. Coming in second with the right number of Lions but the wrong number of the eventual best picture winning instant classic was the other TKSMBTN award contender, Nic Cage’s Office Christmas Farty.
The big ticket news here is that O PC Where Art Thou? finished 8th and current overall leader School of Rock finished 11th, both on an alleged “hedge play” on the backs of Manchester By The Sea. CinepLex LuthorIf you feel like you’re out of the running for the coveted white mug, remember that a bad week can let a lot of close complexes back in the running. Plus, you all know my will exploit every weakness without remorse just to get my hands on fame/money/mugs.
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WEEK 06 PREDICTIONS
Have you guys heard of this film called La La Land? If it hadn’t opened near you yet, it’s expansion to 1500 theaters this week will almost certainly mean it’s showing near you. Go see it. Also, reap the sweet rewards of playing it a bunch of times this week. You can’t fit 8 of them this week, nor should you. The immortal Moana and Stitch should perform well again even though it was released 15 years ago. Actually, it might just be called Moana and I’m just still having trouble telling that thumbnail apart. It’s possible that’s the talking snowman from Frozen or Frosty or Freddy Got Fingered. I’m really out of touch with kids movies.
For the last 3 screens, I’d play Manchester United at Chelsea. Hopefully the film isn’t like the soccer game and you get victory with more than 2 points. Actually, our league only counts money and not points, so you might want to look at attendance. No, you couldn’t play Real Madrid at Barcelona. Well, the metaphor just doesn’t extend that far, is why.
Whether you’re new this week, or if you’ve been playing this whole time but suddenly find yourself a proud new father, you should let me know what you think of this week’s lineup… tweet at me @jakerg23 and I’ll reply because I don’t get tweeted at all that often.