2017 Box-Office Predictions

Hey, Tara Strong here and you're listening to

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to another episode of The Cinema Geeks. I am

one of your Cinema Geeks optimists. Solo joining

me today is Hard Candy Mini. Hello. Hey. I almost

said your name wrong. What? Like I don't know

it or something. Movie revolt, Dan. Hello, sir.

Hey, how's it going? I did not almost say your

name wrong. I don't know what that means there.

And friendly sent. Hello, Matt. Hello, hello.

And we are back with another one of our special

year and year beginning podcast episodes. You've

already heard us go through our 2016 movie awards,

as well as our top 10 films of 2016. Hopefully

you enjoyed those records. And now we're on to

the next two, which really start to turn the

page to 2017 today. It's all about box office.

So we're going to be looking back at our predictions

for 2016 and seeing who holds the crown for 2016.

And then we will shift our attention. to making

predictions for 2017. So it should be an interesting

adventure here as I guess I was unaware. I was

so wrapped up in 2016 and so trying to watch

as many films as I could possibly watch to do

all that. And I knew that we would be doing this

box office and then our most anticipated films

in our next episode. So I've been like avoiding.

any information about 2017 for a long time. I

had no idea outside of a few obvious ones which

films were coming out in 2017. And then when

we sat down to do this, I was not prepared for

how many films and how many franchises and how

many big blockbusters, remakes, sequels, et cetera

are coming out in 2017. It makes the last couple

years even maybe look... Don't know like there's

a ton of stuff coming out in 2017 that I guess

I was not aware of Amanda What did you think

as you were starting to look over all the films

that were coming out this year? Box office stuff

is always super daunting for me anyways because

I suck at it super hard So I got a little nervous

it did get me excited for you know a film going

in 2017 though definitely and it makes the most

anticipated list a little bit harder, because

if you have to narrow it down, it's gonna be

super hard. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to

see how many of the films that we are talking

about today when it comes to box office may or

may not appear when it comes to our most anticipated.

Sometimes some of those are the same things,

and sometimes it's a completely different set

of films. Dan, before we get into the actual

results, what do you think your chances are?

As far as 2016 predictions, do you think you

did well? Do you think you did poorly? What do

you think? I think I did poorly because I know

there were two that I did not include that I

looking back and very much kicking myself and

one being Deadpool and the other being Moana.

I don't know why I thought that one either. I

knew why Deadpool didn't want to do well so that

R rated it thought to be like kick -ass. I was

completely wrong Moana I guess I just underestimated

Disney which is a lesson learned. I'll just say

that which is a lesson learned So I don't like

my chances to be honest and looking at like the

because I did get predictions for this year I

like to look at trends from the last few years

and it thought did a lot worse than they did

I'm like, wow, that's a top 15 movie I thought

that didn't do that. Well, so I don't know, but

I don't like my chances. And Matt will be in

the background for this first section because

he was not with us on our episode last year when

we made our 2016 prediction. So he's going to

be busy with his... notepad and pen and paper

jotting down any last second advice or notes

that he hears us go through and where he sees

us go awfully wrong or where he sees us make

the right choices, maybe it'll influence his

picks for 2017, I don't know. Or he's gonna be

sleeping or eating somewhere and not paying any

attention to us. I don't know, it's up to Matt.

So, Matt, what's your strategy here for this

first section? Oh, man. None? No strategy. Yeah,

like you said, I didn't do this last year, but

when I did it two years ago, my list was so bad.

I had three movies in my top 15 that didn't make

it in the top 50. Proving I don't know what I'm

doing. Also, I didn't have minions or fucking

the James Bond movies So what am I doing there?

Like I don't know how to pick these movies and

like my my maybe section of my spreadsheet I'm

looking at it like maybe but probably not so

I'm looking I'm looking at my list I'm not feeling

strong about it, but I know that last time that

I did this, I said every other movie, oh this

is probably the worst choice I made, and I feel

more strongly about the ones I've made this time

than that time, I guess. It is interesting too

because we always go into this and we think like

there's a for sure Like we're saying off the

air for sure You know 10 or 12 or 13 out of the

15 and then we still always end up each having

picks that are not anywhere close So one of mine

didn't even come out you did do that with that

mistake has been made a couple times in the past

from different people So let's start with the

actual box office from 2016 for those that are

not aware the actual top 15 went like this Star

Trek Beyond came in in 15th place and that made

158 so that was the lowest of the box office

was 158 we had two films that were below 200

everything else above so looking at our 15 picks

I had Ghostbusters which did not make the top

15 Dan you had the BFG which did not make the

top 15 and Amanda you had Ghostbusters so we

all struck out with our 15th pick none of those

films were in the top 15 The BFG didn't make

the top 50 to clarify, so was it even close?

The Ghostbusters came in at 19th, so Amanda,

we weren't too far off. We're only four spots

different from that, even though it didn't make

it. Dan, like you said, yes, your BFG came in

58th spot. So that would be a 43 spot difference.

So off to a rocky start on Dan's list. Going

into the 14th one the actual box office for 14th

somehow Jason Bourne takes 14th at 162 million

Even though it did not get very well reviewed

or didn't seem like it was that popular even

when it was out But that takes our number 14

spot my number 14 Pick was the secret life of

pets which actually came in at fourth So I underestimated

how much the secret life of pets was going to

to make so that's a difference of 10 spots for

me there Dan, your pick was Alice Through the

Looking Glass, which came in at 38. So that would

be a 24 -spot difference. I'm looking up, though.

It's improving. Yes, you are improving. And Amanda,

your pick was X -Men Apocalypse, which came in

at 16. So even though it wasn't in the top 15,

you only missed that one by two spots. Not too

shabby. I feel like... My my like 16 through

20 if I would have just kind of replaced a few

of those in there I would have like banged this

list out of the park. So currently right now

that's 14 spots difference for me 67 spots different

for Dan six spots different for Amanda, so you're

in the lead so far. Losing, but still winning.

The 13th overall pick last for the actual box

office was Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find

Them. Again, we're over 200 million from here

on out. It made 229. My 13th slot was Jungle

Book, which actually came in at fifth. So again,

I underestimated a few of these. That's an eight

spot difference for me. Dan, you had this one,

at least you had a pick that was in the top 15.

So you had Zootopia here. And that actually came

in in seventh spot, so you only missed that one

by six. So that's a huge improvement over Alice

Through the Looking Glass and the BFG. Amanda,

you had Gambit. Which didn't even fucking come

out. so it hasn't been made yet so so an asterisk

next to amanda's score here uh her total when

we do this it kind of gets a little bit skewy

here so we'll go through that in a little bit

um all right so the 12th overall film last year

was doctor strange at 231 million all right i

had at number 12 deadpool so i picked the wrong

comic book film for my number 12 spot deadpool

comes in at six so i'm off six spots on that

Dan, you're number 12. Dr. Strange. So you got

that one perfect. So no spot. No, I win. That's

how that works, right? You're the first one to

get one right on the dot, so you win. And Amanda,

you had Moana, which is off by one spot. So only

a one spot difference. So so far, Amanda, four

spots difference for Ghostbusters, two spots

different for X -Men, one spot different for

Moana. Asterix next to Gambit. So I didn't do

as shitty so far as I thought. Still not doing

great. All right. So moving on to number 11,

like I just gave away, 11 was Moana at 233 million.

For my 11th, I picked the wrong animated movie.

I have Zootopia. So I was off by four spots there.

Dan, you had Star Trek Beyond, which, like we

said, was 15th. So you're only four spots off

as well. So we're both four spots off with our

number 11 pick. And Amanda, you had Fantastic

Beasts and Where to Find Them, which we'd already

talked about at number 13, so you only missed

that one by two. How you feeling? Crushing it.

So far, Amanda has not missed anything by more

than four, with the exception of what we do with

Gambit. So, all right. Amanda, actually, number

10 is what screwed you up here. Because if we

would have done this 10 days ago, you would have

had five perfects. What? But Sing... Came out

late in the year and has been traveling up the

charts So if it would have been earlier where

it was still in the number 13 spot you would

have had five perfect But instead we have sing

all the way up in our top ten now at 238 million

don't dangle the wind in front of my face like

that. Tell me it's not gonna be Sing is also

a film that none of us had on our list So nobody's

gonna get any points for saying being at number

ten our number tens. I had x -men apocalypse

which came in at 16th, so off by six there. Dan,

you had Suicide Squad, which you only missed

by one point, one spot there. And Amanda, you

had Doctor Strange, which you're gonna miss by

two spots since we just talked about it at number

12. So another less than three spot difference

for Amanda. All right, so Amanda through the

first couple picks looking real good. A four,

a two, a one, a two, and a two. Are you surprised?

This means nothing to me right now, but yes.

All right, because it's about to get ugly for

you. Just FYI. Our number ninth pick, like we

just said, was Suicide Squad. Now we're into

the 300 million, so Suicide Squad was 325. I

had finding Dory at number nine because I'm an

idiot, so I missed that by seven spots. Dan,

you had Jason Bourne on your list. Kudos to that.

You only missed it by five spots because Jason

Bourne was number 14 and you had it at number

nine. Amanda, do you remember what you had at

number nine? No. How would you feel if I told

you Assassin's Creed? Not good. Okay, Assassin's

Creed came in at 63rd. So that is a 54 spot difference,

which is the biggest miss so far. So Dan, there's

hope for us. Why couldn't we have just done this

at the exact end of the year, and then I would

have totally killed it? Because we would have

had a lot of information already. What? You would

have already known what everything makes at the

end of the year. No, no, she means do this list

when we have the end of the year box office numbers.

Gotcha. But I mean, like, then Star Wars wouldn't

have been accurate yet. Yeah, true that. That

shifts everything on the list down one. Right.

But I would have won. All right, let's move on

to what actually came in at number eight, which

was Batman versus Superman. If you would have

told any of us at the beginning of the year that

that was going to be eighth, I think we all would

have lost money. $330 million in the eighth spot.

Again, I keep picking the comic book films in

the right spots, just not the right films. So

I had Suicide Squad at number eight. Missed that

by one slot. Dan, you had The Jungle Book, so

you missed that by three. Amanda, how do you

feel? If I tell you at number 8, you had Independence

Day resurgence. Uh, even worse than Assassin's

Creed. You shouldn't, because Independence Day

resurgence actually came in at 25th. So nowhere

near as bad as Assassin's Creed. You only missed

that by 17 spots. It's still real bad. Dan, how

do you feel about Amanda's turn? Do you think

one of us has a shot? Why are we coming in and

talking about how shitty I'm doing? Nobody else

is getting busted out like a month ago. Hey,

I'm doing much worse. I don't think so, because

I think I have independence day in my list higher,

so that's not a good sign for me. That may be

a true statement. All right, for number seven,

overall at the box office, the actual result

was Zootopia at $341 million. My number seven

was Alice Through the Looking Glass, so I will

join you, Dan, except I had it higher. Missed

that by 31 spots. So I will join the group that's

making mistakes here. Dan, your number seven

was Ghostbusters, which wasn't in the top 15,

but it only came in at 19. So good for 12 spots

different than what you had it. Amanda, you're

back into the good graces. You had Captain America

Civil War. You only missed that by four spots.

So better than my Alice Through the Looking Glass

or Dan's Ghostbusters that round. But overall

Alright number six overall in 2016 ended up being

Deadpool by one million dollars 363 million Which

is just less than the number one million less

than the number five pick. So Deadpool is our

number six pick I had Moana which was five spots

off Dan you had Fantastic Beasts and Where to

Find Them which was seven spots off and Amanda

How about Deadpool? Right on the money. Very

nice. No spots off. No spots off. Love it. No

spots off. So you win that round as well. Number

five movie overall, like we talked about a little

bit earlier, Jungle Book at $364 million. I had

Star Trek Beyond, which is 10 spots off. Dan,

you had Independence Day Resurgence, which is

20 spots off. We missed on the drama. You had

90s nostalgia. Yeah. The Jurassic World effect

did not help there. And Amanda, you had Finding

Dory, which was three spots off. So back into

the Good Graces with a four, a zero, and a three

the last three rounds. Man, if it wasn't for

those two films. And you know, I had in my like

16 through 19, I had Secret Life of Pets, I had

Jungle Book. I had some of these monies. Your

love for Assassin's Creed and Independence Day

threw you off. Yeah, boy, I was not in a good

spot mentally when I made this list, apparently.

All right, number four overall, number five actual

results. That's what I just did. All right, number

four actual results was Secret Life of Pets.

368 million for Secret Life of Pets, a good performance

there. My number four was Fantastic Beasts and

Where to Find Them. That's off by nine. Dan,

your pick was Captain America Civil War, off

by one. And Amanda, Suicide Squad, off by five.

So Dan wins that round. Number three overall

at the box office last year was Captain America

Civil War with $408 million. My number three

was Batman versus Superman, so I'm off by five

spots. Dan, you had Finding Dory. Again, off

by one spot. And Amanda. You had Batman versus

Superman off by five spots so Dan wins that round

as well. Number two overall and in 2016 with

486 million was finding Dory. I had Captain America

Civil War that's off by one spot. Dan you had

Rogue One that's off by one spot. Amanda do you

remember what you had at number two? Uh I don't.

How do you feel if I tell you it's Warcraft?

Oh yeah, that one. I thought that this was going

to be just one of those money makers, that it

was going to be big enough to where it would

draw the gaming crowd plus other people in, and

I don't think any of that happened. Instead,

you get the prize for the lowest rated film ranked,

because Warcraft comes in at number 67. So that

is off for you by 65. What kind of prize do I

get for that? What kind of prize do you get?

Like a cookie? Like a high five, maybe? A low

five. A low five. The lowest of fives. So off

65 spots for Amanda with her number two pick.

That obviously leaves only the top dog at the

box office, which was Rogue One, A Star Wars

Story, which currently has $502 million. When

I checked this earlier in the week, it's probably

higher than that, but it is the only one that

crossed the $500 million mark. I had Rogue One

at number one, so I got that one on the dot.

Dan, you had Batman versus Superman, which is

going to be... Yeah. About that. Off my seven.

And Amanda, you had Rogue One, which is right

on the money. So Amanda, you had Rogue One perfect,

Deadpool perfect. You would have had Doctor Strange,

Fantastic Beasts, and Moana perfect if it wasn't

for Sing right at the end. But Warcraft, Independence

Day, and Assassin's Creed. Fuck me. Hurting your

chances. Dan, you had a good showing at the end.

You had Doctor Strange right on the dot. Suicide

Squad. Rogue One, Finding Dory and Captain America,

you only missed by one on each of those. So really,

your only bad pick was the BFG and then a couple

that slightly hurt you with Independence Day

and Alice in the Looking Glass. For me, I had,

my worst one was Alice in the Looking Glass,

which was a 31 point difference. Everything else

that I had was within 10. So overall, total point

differential, or place differential, I was off

by 107 places overall. Dan, you were off by 135

places. Amanda, you were off by 164 places, and

that's not counting any places for Gambit. So.

I'm looking at you weird right now, because I

don't like this. That'll be good enough for last

place for Amanda, second place for Dan, first

place for me. But, Amanda, if it wasn't for those

three films, you would have destroyed both Dan

and I. Just three misses. Close but no cigar.

Just three misses. All right, so that means Sing

was the only film that finished in the top 15

that none of us had on our list. We had one,

two, three, four, five, six, seven of them that

all three of us had that did show up. So we all

had Rogue One, we all had Finding Dory, Captain

America, Batman, Suicide Squad, Doctor Strange,

and Fantastic Beasts. We split, so that means

at least one person did not have the following

on their list. Secret Life of Pets, Jungle Book,

Deadpool, Zootopia, Moana. Jason Bourne and Star

Trek Beyond, there was no agreement on those

films. So, Dan, given that, how do you feel about

2016 and when, what does that change or not for

2017? Let's just say I always trust Star Wars

and Disney and don't trust DC as much. So that's

kind of lesson learned for me. Do you know who

had like, if you were to say like who had the

like percentage -wise? 14 out of 15 in the top

15 like who had the yeah um I had uh I had 12

out of 15 you had 11 out of 15 and Amanda had

nine out of 15 that works yeah so I don't like

to hear that I'm a loser can we stop talking

about that though sorry sorry Matt did you learn

anything listening don't listen to Amanda's list

I was gonna say, like, I've learned that there's

one person I can compete with on this podcast,

so that makes me feel better about myself. The

only reason why you won last round, Matt, is

because you didn't even have one. So... I mean,

I feel like that makes... You beat me by not

even having a list. My whole list is gambit now.

Like, that's what I did. I learned one very important

lesson. No matter what... do not take chances

on video game films because Warcraft and Assassin's

Creed single -handedly changed Amanda from winning

this thing to getting last. They never do well

ever. All right, so how we're gonna do this as

we shift over to 2017, a little different hopefully

to make it flow a little bit better for you guys

that are listening. We're gonna go one at a time

starting with our 15th pick and going up to our

number one pick, but if... Amanda, for example,

on her 15th pick picks something that I have

later on in my list. We're going to talk about

it right then. Anybody who had that film in their

list can talk about it. And then when it gets

to the point where that would have come up on

our list, we'll kind of skip over that. So as

to make it not as repetitive as it maybe has

been in the past. We'll see how that works. And

Matt, since you did not have a list last year,

we're going to actually start with you, I think,

this time. So when we go to 2017, what is your

number 15? pick. All right. My 15th slot. Right

before you do that, sorry to interrupt you, but

why don't you give just a quick Quick summary

of kind of your process. I know we all have kind

of a different process. Some spend more time,

some spend less time, but there's different things

that I have seen come up in the past with Dan

and myself and everybody else who has done this.

At times we go and we look for a previous film

that is part of that franchise. For example,

you know, this last year when we had X -Men Apocalypse,

we might have looked at what X -Men Days of Future

Past and First Class did. If there's no sequel

situation, sometimes I've seen where we've tried

to match it up with a film that's similar to

it. And sometimes I think we look at a franchise

and try to determine if... it's going in an upward

direction or downward direction as far as the

the excitement for that franchise based on you

know the trends that have been going on back

and forth i know we've looked at time of year

and what kind of competition it has so there's

a lot of different things that come into this

you know maybe we have to have you know an animated

film or sometimes we think that there's always

a comedy or there's always you know this that's

in there so how did you go about making your

list and then what is your number 15 pick Oh

man, I think you hit it on the head. It's all

about looking at the franchises. Of my top 15,

depending on how you word franchise as a definition,

they're all franchise films. There are only two

that you could really make an argument aren't.

Well, maybe three, but I don't like. So it's

like, I did just, I opened up the last seven,

I think, years. on Box Office Mojo, saw what

was in the top 15, saw where certain things placed

every year. It was as much about how much they

made as it is about where they placed in their

years, because sometimes, you know, like a number

three might only be a 250 million and sometimes

a number three can be like 400 million. So it's

about placement more than it is about... hard

cash because I imagine everyone's spending about

the same every year that they spend every year

so something could not make nearly as much money

as the last one in the franchise but still be

in the same slot especially with a Star Wars

8 coming out. So yeah really I just looked at

each franchise and saw where the trend was going

and some of those trends are insane and that's

what I did i think i wanted to make sure i had

at least two you always gotta have at least two

animated movies last year i feel like was weird

with its five animated movies in the top 15 um

but i made sure i got three two three okay so

then i guess from there i'll lead into my number

15 um which is pitch perfect three um It's a

possibility, it's not a possibility. I'm not

quite sure. The first one made barely money,

but then the second one exploded, and I don't

know why it exploded, and I'm not enough in that

circle to know what the buzz is about it, but

it was not even two years ago, so if the hype

was there then, it's probably there now. And

so I figure it's, I mean the last one made 180,

so that's real close to a top 15 pick. It was

probably 12th in its year even. So that's what

I went with. Alright, pitch perfect. The third

one, that was a hard one for me because like

you said, such a huge jump from the first one

to the second one. And I know the first one had

crazy DVD sales and rental, that type of thing.

So I think it kind of built the buzz for that

second one a little bit. I could not decide though.

based on that, if that buzz is still around or

if it's kind of had its moment in the sun and

now people will be done with it. So that's, I

kept it off of my list but I definitely was considering,

I just can't predict, I don't know if it's going

to make 100 million or... or more. How's Anna

Kendrick going to be in this one? Because she's

not even in college anymore. I'm sure she'll

come back and be a judge or a coach or something.

I haven't read the plot synopsis, but it does

still have Haley Steinfeld and Anna Kendrick

and at least one of the other girls that was

in the other one. So there is some continuity

there. I kept it off my list. Anna, did you have

Pitch Perfect anywhere? No. Dan, what about you?

No, I thought about that too, but I it's coming

out in the end of December to you So part of

me things that might not even come out because

I haven't heard much about it So I don't know

it was it was challenging it was I have one of

my drafts that was on my top 15 But I kind of

went in a different other wild card what way

with my first two choices Alright, so Amanda.

What was your criteria? And kind of what did

you weigh in when you were trying to make your

choices and what had more of an impact? Versus

less of an impact for you last year. I was kind

of like what do I want to do? Well, because I'm

probably like that movie This one I try to be

a little bit more throw throw and Go through

the research that Kevin gave me because Kevin

did the research and I did not and I like that

so I just get the info that he's already compiled

and then I just go through and I try to kind

of go on my gut and then we talked about trends

and what previous movies in the franchise have

done and to see if there's a downward or an upswing

in the profit there and also trying to make sure

that I'm not getting too many movies coming out

at the same time that will probably be competing,

things like that. It's an interesting calendar

this year for when there's not much competition

and when there's a whole lot of competition.

So what did you have at your number 15? This

one I was kind of unsure about, but hopefully

the buzz from the first one is still there. And

I'm going to go with Kingsman, the Golden Circle.

All right. Why Kingsman? I just think that it

was kind of really bombastic and had some fun

moments and players involved. So hopefully They

can kind of continue that and make a solid movie.

I'd see it. The first King's been made 128 million.

And Amanda thinking it's going to have a little

bit of an uptick from that. Probably could probably

take at least 100. 50, 175 at the minimum to

get in the top 15. So a little jump for Kingsman,

but that did get good reception and a lot of

buzz. I don't have Kingsman in mind just because

of the massive amount of films that I think are

going to make money this year. I do think Kingsman

is going to be more than 128, more than what

the original one did, but I don't have it making

quite enough to make my top 15. Dan, do you have

Kingsman on your list? I do not. Okay. Matt,

what about you? Kingsman anywhere? No, maybe

in the top 20, but I did not put it for the top

15. All right, so a little diversity so far as

we've started the list. Dan, what was your strategy

this year, and did you have any rules that you

had to have X number of, let's say, animated

films or anything like that, or what was the

process like? Is it the same as you've done every

year, or did you switch anything up? I switched

a little bit up. I think I went less with like

franchises and paid more attention to the studios

putting things out. I'm like, okay, you can kind

of. looked at like these studios you can always

trust them and even if the movies aren't great

they tend to do this well. Also for one that

like okay you need to show it to me before I

do a Batman v Superman again and put you at number

one. So and also I kind of arranged a lot I would

usually try to arrange them in the order I think

that we're going to show up. This year I Which

may sound the same but difference it was I try

to arrange them based upon the most faith I have

that there will be in the top 15 in some way

and then I looked at ones where I thought okay,

these are predicted to be in the top 15, but

I Try to find the ones that the hours through

the looking glass that happened last year like

the ones that Could do well or two could do poorly

and take those off the list and just trying to

find the wild cards So that's why I've kind of

I have two wild cards my top really well maybe

three arguably but my first one i i don't know

where to put this and maybe this is wishful thinking

it could end up being in the top 15 it could

end up being like not even the top 100 um but

i'm going with uh blade runner 2049 all right

um you know blade runner is very iconic It's

a science fiction movie. The sequel's been talking

about it forever. It has the gauze. Then it's

Villanueva coming back to direct, and he's having

quite the hot streak. So maybe this could be

the Mad Max of this year. So it could even do

better than this. could be, you know, one of

those sequels, like the Independence Day resurgence

of this year and be awful and no one talked about

it. So I put it at 15 because I wasn't sure where

it would land. So I thought maybe there was a

possibility. Maybe it's one other people won't

have. So that's why I put it at 15. It's a hard

genre to predict, I think, in whether it's going

to be something that's more like a cult favorite

or a classic amongst, you know, the fans or if

it's something that's really going to appeal

to mass audiences. Obviously Denis Villeneuve

and Ryan Gosling are both on a hot streak. I

didn't realize Batista is gonna be in this. But

Batista in there, who else did I say? I didn't

know that either. I need to put it up higher

now. Batista, and do you remember who the other

person I said was in this? Well, yeah, Harrison

Ford, obviously, but there's another supporting

cat that's a big name that's in this as well

that I was not aware of at the beginning that

he was going to be in this. So yeah, this is

a tricky one for me because I don't know if it's

just something that our generation or if it's

going to be, it still could be the same like

you said with Mad Max. It could be something

that really catches fire. Amanda, do you have

Blade Runner on your list, anyway? No, I don't.

Matt, how about you? I don't. I'm interested

to see it, but if we're banking on it being like

Mad Max, that wasn't top 20 that year, even though

it was clearly the top two best movies that year.

True. Good point. So we'll have to wait and see.

I don't have Blade Runner either, Stan, so you

did succeed in finding one that you will get

points on alone if it makes the top 15. For my

15 this is why I do research more than once because

I didn't even have it on my list when I did like

the first or second draft of my picks and then

in doing some more research I saw that it came

out and maybe it's just because of my disdain

for the franchise overall but I'm not gonna completely

ignore how well the other two films are have

done but man when you get to the third film in

a series it's to me gets so much more riskier

because it's like Sometimes that's the point

where stuff trickles out and kind of just Loses

the luster that the first or second one have

and there's not as much interest in it, but We

have a lot of people out there that don't well

I'm not gonna make I'm not gonna slide our slight

anybody that might be listening, but there's

a lot of fans of this franchise I don't understand

it, but I'm gonna put cars 3 at my number 15

just because the first two cars movies made 190

and 240 million and I didn't have it on my list

to begin with, but I feel like I would be foolish

not to have it sneak in somewhere, so I'm gonna

put it at 15. It's an animated movie, so there's

a chance it's gonna make it. So I have Cars 3.

Amanda, did you have Cars 3 anywhere? I was there.

Matt, Cars 3 anywhere? Yeah. Actually, at my

13, you're saying 15. I'm sure you're looking

at Excel, and you're actually one off because

you have the list numbered at the top. Well,

for me, it's 15, yeah. Oh, wait, are we? Because

I haven't gone yet. Oh, wow. I feel like we've

been going for forever. Yeah, I have it at my

number 13, because all of the Cars movies have

done around 200 million. So, like, that's really

low, actually, at 13, 15. All right. Dan, did

you have Cars 3 anywhere? No, I did originally,

but that was one I thought... I looked at kind

of like Monsters University, which I know did

decently well. I was trying to... thought maybe

it would... it was one like I could see being

in 13 or I could also see not making it at all

and I don't know. So I took a chance and didn't

include it and I'm still, it'd probably be number

16 for me but maybe it's wishful thinking, I

don't know. I think honestly about for me 14

through 17. I could have interchanged so easily.

It's so hard for me to distinguish between 14

and 15, 16, 17, those four picks. It'll be interesting

to see how all this plays out with you guys at

this end of the countdown as it becomes a little

bit more predictable the farther we get along.

Matt, what was your number 14 pick? My number

14 pick was War for the Planet of the Apes. It's

the same thing as Pitch Perfect 3. The first

one did OK. The second one did real well. So

maybe the third one will do really, really well.

Maybe the third one will be somewhere between

those. And if it's that second choice, 14 is

probably a good spot for it. I haven't even seen

the second one, but the first one was amazing.

So I don't know why it didn't do better. So that's

where I'm going to put this one. I don't think

I'm nearly as excited about it as I was for the

second one. And I didn't even see the second

one. So that's why I said 14. You didn't even

see the second one. Yeah, that's what. I think

I've been told a few times. Probably by me. I

mean, you were the reason I saw the first one,

and you weren't wrong about that, so I can't

fault you there. All right, I am gonna be with

Matt on Planet of the Apes. I have it actually

a little bit even higher. I have it at number

11 for my pick. Man, I hope it does. This is

one for me that I feel like the longer the series

goes on, it only helps because more people become

aware of it in this situation. And it's also

gotten pretty decent reviews with the first two

films. So I feel like this should be one where

the franchise is still on an upswing with more

people discovering it, more people catching up,

and more people at the point where they're going

to be able to go see this one in the theater.

This one's got Woody Harrelson in it, too. You

stole my thunder. I was just going to say it.

And it's got Woody freaking Harrelson in it.

that's gotta sell a couple tickets, right? Amanda,

Planet of the Apes on your list anywhere? Number

nine. Number nine for Amanda. So, so far, three

of us with Planet of the Apes. Dan, is it gonna

be all four? It'll be all four. It's number 14

for me as well, so. All right, so Matt and Dan

in the same mindset with Planet of the Apes.

Dan, what was your thought process with Planet?

I love the movies. I feel like they're the most

universally adored. blockbuster franchise we

have right now I feel like yeah I mean outside

of comic book films like I don't really hear

anyone saying anything bad about them and they're

they and I think that you know they they looked

great the trailers have been amazing so that's

because if somebody says something bad about

them they'd be wrong I'm just kidding. True,

true. It is interesting to know what they've

been able to do with the, I'm sorry to interrupt

you, with the human actors that they've put in

there because this is now going to be the third

different, obviously, person that they're leaning

on in a way. We had James Franco and we had,

I always forget his name, the guy that was in

the second one, Jason Clark. Jason Clark. Yeah,

so now going to Woody Harrelson is interesting

that they've been able to do that and still maintain

some strength. But what were you saying? Yeah,

and like you mentioned, they're quickly adored.

For some reason, I don't know why they don't

do better than they do. Maybe it's just because

of the being about monkeys. I'm not sure, but

I think it's a pretty safe bet. I don't see it

doing much better than this, but I would hope

it would. We talked about what the third... it's

almost a lot of franchises. I think we'll see

a steady increase with this as long as the quality

keeps where it's been. It will have some competition

when it comes out in July. It's coming out July

14th and that's only a week removed from a pretty

big blockbuster coming out, so we'll have to

see if that affects anything. But all four of

us with Planet of the Apes, Amanda, that means

you're next with your number 14 pick. We're hoping

for Assassin's Creed, that version of 2017. What

do you got? Might be. I'm gonna go with Wonder

Woman. Wonder Woman, all the way down at number

14. What's your thought process there? I think

Batman vs Superman did okay, even though everybody

freaking hated it, except for me. um seeing the

previews and stuff really got me excited for

for seeing more of her because i wasn't super

impressed with her in batman versus superman

but seeing some glimpses of her in her own movie

i'm really excited to see her in that role and

um i just really want this universe tied together

so i'm a little little um a little sad that it's

not aquaman come out instead of freaking wonder

woman but i get it and i'll wait Is anybody else

playing the DC roulette game here with trying

to predict what DC films are gonna do? Anybody,

Matt, do you have Wonder Woman on your list somewhere?

Absolutely, and it's not a roulette, because

if you consider this, I don't know, shared universe,

the lowest grossing movie was 290 million. They're

shit movies, but they make money. Like, there's

just no arguing it. I put it at number 12. I

think it's gonna do even better than she says.

And honestly, I think it's of all of the movies

I've seen from this universe, the only one that

looks promising from the trailer, other than

maybe the first Suicide Squad trailer, which

looked pretty good. You don't think Aquaman looks

dope? Have you seen his ass coming out of the

water yet? I don't think I have, actually. He

looks like the most badass thing that has ever

been on the planet on land or in water I don't

know though. Have you seen the the count was

a Conan movie that Jason Momoa did? Yeah, no,

he's more badass than that. He's walking out

of the water with his shirt off, completely tatted

up, and there's clips of him just chugging some

rum out of a bottle, I'm pretty sure. We need

to calm Amanda down here. I'm getting the vapors.

I don't disagree with you. I just haven't seen

it, so I can't comment. My thing is, Matt, you

bring up DC and that they do all make money.

it's that they're gonna make money. It's where

you place them because like Dan can tell you,

we had a lot of people have Batman versus Superman

pretty high on their list last year and it ended

up only coming in at number eight. And that was

a movie that for years was supposed to be the

movie of the year. You know what I mean? It was

no way that that wasn't gonna be one or two and

it ended up down in the eighth spot. So now it...

And it calls into question, not just that these

movies are gonna make money, but how much and

where are they gonna fall? So Dan, where is Wonder

Woman on your list, if it is? It's at number

12 as well for me. Apparently, Matt and I copied

each other without realizing it. Having good

company. It does look good. The trailers do look

promising, but so does Suicide Squad, and I'm

just not trusting it to do better. It might do

better than that, but DC has to prove it to me

before I put it up any higher than that. So that's

why I put it at 12. I had to go in top 15 someplace,

but you would think for DC... You know a film

like this would be in the top five but or top

ten But if you know Batman v Superman is not

even cracking that or is only a number eight

Makes me think maybe Wonder Woman won't do as

well. So I mean still make money, but maybe not

so like at Marvel level Well, I wasn't expecting

it, but I'm gonna be the highest ranker for Wonder

Woman I guess because I have her all the way

up in number eight I don't think it's as much

as trust in Wonder Woman as it is in my lack

of trust for a few other franchises that I think

are on a downward sweep, or I think are going

to be nearing the end of their money -making

days, or at least not at the height of their

money -making days. So I think that is what played

into Wonder Woman climbing up to the eighth spot

for me. You know, Man of Steel made $291, like

Dan, or like Matt was saying, these have all

made some money. I have Wonder Woman right around

the $250 mark, and I think that's going to be

good enough for top ten, so... Hopefully I'm

right because I would like to steal a few points

from you guys that have it a little bit closer

to your 15 spots or 14 and 12 I guess but we'll

have to wait and see so that means It is my turn

for my number 14 pick Another wild card here.

I did not realize and not that there any way

connected whatsoever, but I did not realize that

the last time this character had a kind of solo

film back in 2005 that it made so much money.

It made $218 million back then. That was the

last time we saw King Kong on the big screen,

like in a... feature way unless I'm forgetting

a film. Maybe I am, because I've never been a

big follower of the King Kong franchise or series.

But Kong Skull Island is coming out this year,

and I think it's going to be probably a terrible

movie and probably reviewed pretty poorly. But

it's got a lot of big names connected to it.

It's King Kong, and for some reason, that apparently

makes money. Like I said, $218 million back in

2005. So it's got to make at least somewhere

around that this year. I have it making maybe

190 something like that. So for me, that's going

to be good enough for 14th with Kong Skull Island.

Amanda Kong making your list. Yes, sir. He is

coming in at 13. So not too far off. What was

your thought process? It's got the Hids, Mr.

Hiddleston's in it and I like him. So I'm kind

of banking on that and his star power and also

just Looking at the, I don't know how to use

this word, but I gotta use it again, bombastic

nature of all the craziness that's about to happen

in this. I think that if it can come through,

I think it can really be a good film. All right,

Matt do you have King Kong anywhere on your list?

No, I didn't even look up the old ones of King

Kong I looked I just thought about Godzilla and

how that didn't do too Well, and this is supposed

to be kind of a shared franchise. It was just

a little bit ago That might have been a mistake

Well, he was not on my radar and I didn't think

so either but when I looked that other one up

and saw that it made over 200 million I was like

it really did like even back then people were

excited about that now visually it's on a different

level so maybe people would still be excited

i don't know it's kind of a wild card for me

dan do you share the enthusiasm for kong skull

island or do you think it's going to be a flop

i think it's going to be a flop i know the other

kong did but i feel like that was more of a result

of peter jackson and we were still along the

lord of the rings high so i think that kind of

accompanied it more so than than the characters

have maybe. But then again, it's only, you know,

that was 10 years ago. And I think the last time

there was a Kong would be before that was in

the 70s. And I also think the previews don't

look all that great. So that's what has me a

little bit worried. So that's, I didn't rank

it my top 15. my first risk for my Alice through

the Looking Glass pick here this year. So all

right, that means Dan, we already talked about

your number 14 Planet of the Apes. We've already

talked about Matt's number 13, which was Cars

3, Amanda's number 13, which was Colling Skull

Island. So Dan, that brings it back to you for

your number 13 pick. My number 13, I'm going

to go with another one that I know it could be

another, it's a risky choice because it's brand

new. It's been another movie that's been talking

about forever. I think when we first started

doing this way back when when whatever was called

the three names ago There's a movie we talked

about and it's finally coming out and it's dark

tower Hopefully it comes out this year. There

have been pictures of it. So They're filming

And it's set for it's supposed to be July 28

Yeah, so it's coming up, you know, they need

it, you know, Hollywood depth really needs another

big hit to kind of A lot of these movies are

coming into an end. These franchises are starting

to go away. They need something to come in and

take its place. It's got a Stephen King novel

that has a lot of fandom. Not a huge amount compared

to some of this other stuff, but I don't know.

I just think that it might have a shot of being

the next big franchise. It's really unknown at

this point. So I was just trying to find something

that has a possibility along the Blade Runner.

So that's why I put it at 13. I hope you're right,

Dan. I hope something like that does succeed

in a big -time way and not just kind of more

of like a smaller cult following. I hope it is

as successful as you're projecting it to be.

Amanda, do you have Dark Tower on your list?

Oh, man. I was thinking about it, but I just

couldn't commit to any spots. All right, Matt,

Dark Tower would make your list. It did make

my top 15, but I will say that the gun... The

Gunslinger, the first book in the Dark Tower

series, is in my top three favorite books of

all time. It's one of the few books I've read

more than once, and I'm not excited about this

movie just because I'm always worried about adaptations,

but I will probably try to go see it. All right,

so we'll have to wait and see how Dark Tower

ends up doing. That means it's my turn for my

number 13th pick. Oh, man. This is one of those

that I feel like the franchise is on its final

peg leg, no pun intended there, but I can't also

deny what the previous films have made. So this

is where I will put Pirates of the Caribbean,

Dead Men Tell No Tales, 240, 309, 305, 423. Those

movies make money. I just don't know if it's

too far separated from the last one and people

are done with it. and with all the nonsense going

around, obviously, with Johnny Depp, et cetera,

if that'll affect it, but I don't know, maybe,

I don't know if the amount of time that's been

off will help or hurt it. I think this has the

potential of being a flop and dropping that franchise

kind of out of existence, but maybe it has one

last ride on it, so I have it right at the 200

million mark, and that's gonna be good enough

for me for number. 13 for Pirates of the Caribbean.

Amanda, what do you think? I've got it all the

way up at number five. I think that they're all

solid films. Like, they kind of have the same

feel, but I'm okay with it. And I think that

a lot of awesome stuff happens. I think the effects

are top notch. I think that all the actors they

get to jump in on these films are all grade A

amazing. And I think people are, you know, they

still love Johnny Depp. I mean, he's probably

a piece of crap in real life, but he makes solid

movies and people still like him. So I, regardless

of all his awkward speech nonsense that happened

at the People's Choice Awards last time that

we watched, I still have faith in this last Pirates

of Caribbean installment. Do you think Mr. Javier

Bardem is going to have any ticket selling thanks

to him? It's going to bring any more fans along?

Let's hope so, because this character looks pretty

crazy. I mean, he was kind of weird. And I couldn't

tell if he was like a real bad guy or if he was

kind of, I don't know, just odd. But I think

that he's definitely a solid actor. And I think

that he could bring some life to it if he has

some good direction. All right. Dan, are we crazy

for including Pirates of the Caribbean? Do you

think it's already had its last ride? Originally

had in my top 15 and then that's one that and

cars three were the two I removed and put in

blade Blade Runner and dark tower as the ones

I thought I could maybe gain some ground on with

people So I it has to I think it's it's tricky

I just I think maybe it's similar to I think

I kind of compared it to was the gals through

the looking glass It just could be one movie

too many. It's on a downward trend. People, I

think, kind of are over Johnny Depp at this point.

But, you know, maybe I'm wrong and it could be

huge again. Who knows? So I think the trailer

has actually been pretty good. I think they've

been marketing it pretty well. Which studio makes

this film? That'd be Disney. Uh -oh, uh -oh.

I gotta hope that Disney comes through for me

here, but I agree. I think you bring up a point

though, or we kind of bring up a point with this

film as a good time to bring it up, that there's

so many, it's not just that there's a lot of

franchise movies, there's a lot of franchise

or those types of property films that are on

like their fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth

film this year. So it becomes really hard to

decide at what point do they kind of fizzle out,

at what point do they lose their luster, and

there's... Probably five of four or five of these

types of franchise that we're dealing with this

year So it's gonna be interesting to see how

everybody ranks those and how they actually end

up in Pirates of the Caribbean is just one of

those similar to Cars 3 and we'll probably hear

of a couple other ones still to come that are

way later on in their their Lifespan have to

see if they can keep it going or not Matt. Did

you have Pirates of the Caribbean anywhere? Oh,

absolutely. I have it at number six I mean the

lowest grossing movie was fifth for this year

I think you know the time probably doesn't help

but at the same time it's like you guys are saying

downward trend downward trend like Over one one

movie the movie before it was like the highest

grossing in the whole franchise I think this

one looks more like a return to form Which is

actually not what I liked because I think though

the previous one might be my favorite Just because

it was so off the rails and so dumb the whole

time. I was laughing my ass off So I'm actually

less enthused about this I've seen every Pirates

of the Caribbean from like the second one on

in theaters I don't think I'll miss this one,

but I am less enthused about it over the last

one, but I think it'll do well All right, so

our 13 picks there were Matt had Cars 3, Amanda

had Kong, Skull Island, Dan had Dark Tower, and

I had Pirates of the Caribbean. Our 12 picks

for Matt and Dan have already been revealed,

which would be Wonder Woman for each of them.

Amanda, what do you have at number 12? I want

to see your Wonder Woman, and I'm going to raise

you Justice League. In 12th spot, explain yourself.

Explain yourself. I just think that bringing

in all these other characters is gonna give DC

a chance to showcase what they're trying to do

with this universe and learn from their mistakes

with Batman versus Superman and everybody's complaining.

I don't think you have to sell yourself on Justice

League making money. I think you have to sell

yourself on it not being higher. Higher than

12? Yes. Oh yeah. Because I'm freaked out. Batman

versus Superman has scared you. Yeah, I'm freaked

out about people's reception to this based on

everybody's total fucking bitch -fit freak -out

about Batman versus Superman is okay Matt we're

cool we've already been over this but everybody

else in the world I don't know how they're gonna

they're going to receive this and I'm probably

gonna freaking like it I'm stoked and I don't

even know if I'm gonna go see it I hate Saxonyr

at this point that much You can come with us

when we go see it Amanda Thanks, I probably will

need to I'll go see by myself. I'm gonna look

Matt you seem to think it's gonna be a little

bit higher. Where do you have Justice League?

Oh, I've got it at number four. Yeah number four

Literally, my note is this series is terrible,

but the lowest growing sing movie is still 290

million at Man of Steel. So like It's got Batman

and Superman again and Batman v Superman was

terrible but like as much as the critics hated

it and the people that like Conquist hated it

and anyone with a brain hated it like the masses

Tried to try to sneak that in now the masses

the masses loved it. Um, and it's I mean, it's

gonna do well Like, I can't imagine it doing

not well, which is sad. I just hope it's gonna,

I just hope it is good. That's all I want. I

want DC movies to be the best movies because

DC is my favorite comics. So like, I just want

them to do well. So I'm hopeful, but you know,

we'll see. This is the one that it's like, how

do you judge this after the lesson that we may

or may not have learned from Batman versus Superman?

This is a film that if you were talking about

it years ago, Justice League, everybody would

have it in the number one or number two spot.

I'm scared because of Batman versus Superman,

so like Matt, I'm gonna put it at number four.

I think it's gonna drop down into the fourth

spot. Dan, what do you think? I have it at 10.

Can I split the difference a little bit? I think

the trailers look awful, to be honest with you.

So does the same director. It's been pushed back

a bunch. It was supposed to come out earlier

this year, and it just seems like it's a mess.

and say if Wonder Woman isn't a good movie. I'm

not saying it's not gonna be, but there's always

that potential. It's already been talked about

that there's already the same type of disconnect

on the set that they had with Batman or Superman,

a lot of those things being repeated so far in

Wonder Woman, so. So if it's not a good movie,

it'll probably do well, but maybe that hurts

it a little bit. I mean, it didn't necessarily,

Batman or Superman didn't. The negative reactions

don't seem to affect Suicide Squad, but who knows

so it's obviously gonna be in the top 15 But

I if Batman like I had Batman v Superman and

number one last year So maybe this is just a

little bit of overreaction on my part But I feel

like Batman v Superman was it was a bigger name

like that you have the biggest icons in all comic

book history in the title of your movie and you

only do it did as well as it did which it did

really well but it's you know it got beat by

deadpool so like that's saying something uh for

both of those movies so that's why i have it

at uh i have it at 10 what i don't understand

is why they're not introducing these individual

parts before they put them together in justice

league like wouldn't it make more sense i don't

know They didn't learn from Marvel. They don't

do it their own way. Don't tease me with this

shit, and then make me wait for more in -depth

stuff. And that's exactly what they did with

Batman vs Superman. Yeah, we'll have to wait.

You see, we kind of split here. Amanda and Dan

with the 10th and 12th spot, and Matt and I at

the 4th spot. So we have to see where it falls.

My number 12 pick, let's keep it in the comic

book realm, and let's go with Thor Ragnarok for

my number 12. pick comes out November 3rd. I'm

banking on this one actually being an upward

trend for Thor. The other ones made 181 and 206.

I'm thinking that this Thor will make more than

any other Thor. I just think that the hype is

bigger surrounding it this time than it was for

either of those two films. And I think people

are ready for this film. So I'm thinking on more

hype for this one than the other two. Also coming

out in November, it's kind of tricky because

it's only about two weeks before Justice League

comes out. So it should have a solid two weeks

towards the holiday season that it reigns supreme.

But then you're going to have Justice League

and then there's another film coming out. in

December, so it might not have the long shelf

life, so I'm hoping it just makes a crap ton

of money in those first two weeks. I have it

making around 210 million, so for me that's good

enough for 12th on my spot. Amanda, any love

for Thor on your list? I've got a lot of love

for Thor, but we're gonna put him at number eight.

Not Chris Hemsworth. He's Thor to me, okay? All

right, so why up at number eight for you? I think

that, you know, after Avengers and... All the

exposure that we've gotten to him since we've

had the last Thor movie I'm hoping that people

will be more receptive to this and I just think

that the every time that we get to Be involved

in a Thor movie and get to see You know that

side of the galaxy or universe or whatever. We're

gonna call it That realm I really dig it and

I have fun and I'm hoping this one is is better

than the other two Which do I really liked Matt?

What do you think about Thor? I got it at number

11 Because that's right where the other ones

were I don't know that it's gonna break the 200

million mark But at the same time I don't know

what to think about the Thor franchise because

I thought like they're clearly story wise the

weakest links in the Marvel chain I've wasn't

super enthused about the second one. That said,

I feel like in every Marvel movie, the third

one's been the best, so maybe I could be wrong.

All right, so you and I are very similar with

12th and 11th. Dan, are you close to us, or are

you closer to Amanda at eight, or even higher?

Apparently I'm just copying Matt, because it's

at 11 for me as well. Thumbs up, Dan. Also big

part of this is Hulk is gonna be in it this time

and you know So I think that's gonna I think

be a big factor for it. It's a Marvel movie So

it's gonna show up in the top 15 the question

is where and I put it in one spot I had a Wonder

Woman mainly because of I feel like it's probably

gonna be better reviewed and it has more of a

track record and Like it'll be kind of like,

you know a fun little buddy cop movie with Thor

and Hulk which I think people will enjoy Also

a director that's on a pretty good run with Taika

Waititi. Good film in 2015, good film in 2016.

Let's hope you can make it a good film in 2017

as well. That means we all went superhero with

number 12. We had Matt and Dan with Wonder Woman,

Amanda with Justice League, and myself with Thor.

A bunch of our 11 picks have already been given

away. So 11, we have Matt had Thor, Dan had Thor.

This is where I had Planet of the Apes, which

has already come up. Amanda, that means you're

the only one that has not revealed your number

11 pick. We're going to kind of keep it in the

comic book realm. I'm going to go with Lego Batman.

Lego Batman. First time that's been mentioned,

you have it at number 11. Give us your thoughts.

I think it looks super freaking funny. I don't

think the other one, the other made what, about

around 200 million or something like that? 257,

the Lego movie. Yeah, I just think what I have

farther up, hopefully, is going to make more

than that. So I think it'll do solid. I mean,

Top 15, not bad, but not enough to make top 10,

I don't think. I think one thing LEGO Movie has

going for it that I think could be a huge thing

is the release date, which is February 10th.

So it has little to no competition in February.

I think the only other... Sort of big ones that

I don't know if they're not gonna really compete

you have like John wick to you have The Great

Wall and you have 50 shades darker None of those

are occupying the same space as Lego movie So

I think it's gonna have from a kid standpoint

from an animated standpoint It's gonna have the

run -of -the -mill for a little while here in

the beginning of the year So I think that's gonna

lead me to rank it a little bit higher than what

you had it I have it all the way up at number

six for myself. So Lego movie 11 for Amanda six

for me, what about for you Matt? Oh man, so Dan

did you have Lego Batman at number seven too?

I do, holy crap! No way! Oh man, the Lego movie

was number five for its year. This one's got

Batman, it might do better, it might not do better.

I had it originally at five, I bumped it down

to seven this morning, what I got got really

thinking on my list. That's where I've got it,

number seven. Dan, do you seriously have it at

number seven? Seriously, I want to drop my mic

Because I think this is one where it's hard to

compare to Lego movie because it's not the you

know It's a Lego Batman. So does that help it

or hurt it? I Think it helps it. I don't know.

It's hard to I think I don't think that the Batman

aspect hurts it. I think it helps it probably,

but I think the first like a movie was just such

a surprise and such a like, wow, that came out

of nowhere that like, it's not going to be able

to recapture that type of magic, but I think

it will, you know, it has name, air condition.

It looks like it's continuing that same type

of humor. So, and I think that's going to help

it a lot. And like you mentioned a big reason

I have it up really high is because it's coming

out in a time where there's really nothing else.

So it's just going to be product of elimination

for people just who want to go to. The movie

isn't going to be the only thing there, especially

for kids. And also I have it as my highest ranked

DC comic book movie. And I would think that would

be amazing if that happened. That's awesome.

All right, so that rounds out our number 11 picks.

Most of our number 10 picks have not been given

away with the exception of Dan. Dan, we know

you have Justice League at number 10. The rest

of us have not revealed our number 10 picks.

So let's start with Matt. What do you have at

number 10? a different one than Dan, because

I've got a Spider -Man homecoming. The Spider

-Man movies are all over the place. They're really

hard to peg down. That said, the buzz around

this trailer, I think, has been huge. Anytime

it pops up in the theaters, people are laughing,

people sound very interesting. I think the Spider

-Man kid... uh... was a little beloved in civil

war i think it's easily a top ten movie but i

don't know that it's higher than ten for me so

that's where i put it yeah uh... for spider -man

you say that they're all over the map but it

seems like it completely depends on which iteration

we're talking about because the original three

spider -man movies are fairly similar there's

only about a sixty million gap in there they

go from three hundred thirty three hundred seventy

four hundred then you have the two amazing ones

which were notch down 200 and 262, so they're

kind of in the same camp, if 60 million dollars

makes you in the same camp, I guess, in movie

terms, maybe. For me, this is obviously the first

one here, but I think, number one, being a part

of this Marvel universe helps it immensely. I

think this is... possibly gonna be the biggest

Spider -Man film we've ever had when it comes

to the box office. So I'm gonna be a little bit

higher than you on this one. I'm gonna have this

one in my number two spot. I think Spider -Man

is actually gonna be the second biggest moneymaker

because that character sells more than probably

any other comic book character, it seems like.

So I'm gonna go with Spider -Man all the way

up at number two. Dan, we know you didn't have

Spider -Man at number 10, like Matt, for the

first time. Where do you have him? I actually,

I'll split the difference and I have it at five.

Similar to Matt, I was looking at, I was worried

that the Amazing Spider -Man series kind of burnt

people out to Spider -Man. Now we're having a

third Spider -Man, but he does have a tie into

Marvel. People did like him in Civil War. Also

have Iron Man in there as well. So I figured,

you know, it's going to be in the top 10 someplace.

I wasn't, I didn't feel better about it to put

it higher than five. So I put it at number five

for me. Amanda, where are you at? We're all over

the board on Spider -Man. I got him at number

seven. Wow, we are all over the board on Spider

-Man. That makes him apparently hard to predict

because we got ten, seven, five, and two. What's

your thoughts on him, Amanda? I think there is

an incredible amount of hype around it and I

think having him Already debut in a super big

Marvel movie really helped him and especially

having already J to back him and The charisma

that he brings to screen and all of his You know

his fandom I think it's not gonna hurt it at

all and I think that the new spider -man is kind

of a resurgence for the character I think that

is it Tom Holland. That's his name. I Think he's

gonna be a cool twist to it and I'm excited All

right, so we'll have to see exactly where Spider

-Man lands because we are all over the board

on this character. Amanda, it's still your turn

though because we don't know what your number

10 is yet. I don't know if this is a risk. I

hope so. But the other ones make quite a bit

of money. And I'm going to go with Transformers

last night. Transformers at number 10. That is

a testament to how many films are coming out

because typically Transformers is much higher

territory obviously than that. Give us your thoughts

on Transformers. I just know, I mean, is Michael

Bay involved in this one again? Pretty sure,

right? I just don't have a lot of faith in him

anymore. Until you give me another Bad Boys dude,

I don't want to see your crap. Still makes money

though. Yeah, exactly, but still makes money.

And these are just huge films. So much goes into

it. And people are going to pour their money.

A bunch of little kids are going to want to go

see this. All these kids that get the, you know,

they're in the toy aisle, just like Kevin, and

getting all the Transformers toys, they're going

to want to go to this movie. So this is going

to be people with the 80s love, the nostalgia

there. plus the people who have liked the other

films, plus these little kids who just like the

friggin' toys, and wanna see Optimus Prime and

Bumblebee and stuff, so I think that there's

- I don't think they wanna see Optimus Prime

kill Bumblebee though. Yeah, but little kids

are gonna understand that. I just think there's

a lot to pull people in here still. I'm gonna

shoot right off this one because it's also my

number 10. This is one of the reasons why Wonder

Woman made it up so high for me because like

Pirates of the Caribbean, for Transformers, my

question is at what point does the franchise

stop making money or at what point do they start

the decline? And I don't know if that's gonna

happen or not. I don't think it's possible that

this one's gonna make as much money as the last

one. Maybe I'm... off my rocker on that one,

but I can't see it being the top Transformers

movie. We've had 245, we've had two in the 300s,

one in the 400s. I think this has got to start

the decline for this franchise. It's got to start

making less at some point. Maybe people are just

going to always see Transformers movies forever,

no matter how crappy they are. I want it not

to do as good. So it's kind of like Pirates.

I think Pirates does worse. I think Transformers

does worse. There's one more that I think is

going to do worse. And that's why a couple of

these movies have been elevated like Wonder Woman

before me. So Transformers, it's weird saying

it all the way at number 10, because it's usually

a top five contender, I think, if you look back

at some of the other films in the franchise.

So Matt, are we crazy for having Transformers

at number 10? Only because I put it at number

nine. Seriously? Dang, Dan. I like Dan's list

because it's a pretty good list. I mean, really,

the lowest franchise, or lowest movie in the

franchise was seventh place. I think downward

trend is the key phrase for 2017, so I think

ninth is a good spot for it. Tenth isn't not

terrible, but I mean, Dan's got it here with

number nine. That's hilarious we all have it

at number 10 or number 9 even though the least

performing one ever like Matt just said was number

7 so I Guess we're all voting for a decline in

the franchise. We'll have to wait and see if

that actually but if you look at it I mean like

it it went from 400 million to 350 to 245 so

I mean, it has been declining and it does not

have Shia Lula buff and we know how much that

impacts movies. But doesn't it have Megan Fox

again? No. Does it? It does not. I don't think

so. I hope not. All I know is the trailer is

like Optimus Prime is dead and then it shows

him dead. And then like 10 seconds later, it's

like Optimus Prime is stabbing everybody. It's

like, why is this movie made? We can stop trying

to make logic when we're talking about Transformers.

All right, so that means all of our number 10

picks are gone, two of our number nine picks

with Transformers for Matt and Dan are gone.

We already know that Amanda has Planet of the

Apes at number nine. So that means I'm the only

one that has not revealed my number nine pick.

And speaking of franchises that I am gonna say

are maybe on the downward trend, again, I guess

I shouldn't. Not be surprised if I'm wrong voting

against these franchises, but I'm gonna put the

fate of the furious fast and the furious What

is it number eight now? And the reason I say

downward trend for the fate of the furious I

guess it could be a it could be a balancing act

maybe what is gained or what is lost by The Paul

Walker effect not being in effect this time will

be gained by the Rock still being a part of it

But I feel like there was a lot of hype. There's

a lot of buzz obviously with the death of Paul

Walker fueled the movie to make even more than

it ever had before last time. I don't know if

that same effect is going to be in place if it

gained enough fans to carry and still stick at

that because usually it's in the 150 to 250 range

with that outlier up at 353. I think it kind

of comes back to earth a little bit so I only

have it make in 240 which would still make it

the second highest Fast and the Furious film

but I don't think it's going to reach that 350

mark again. It has to make less than that with

being a little bit further removed from all that

kind of tragedy, et cetera. So I have Fate of

the Furious coming in at number nine. Amanda,

agree or disagree? Aw man, I might not have done

good with this one. I've got it at number six.

I hope that people see that it's super ridiculous

and go see it just a laugh at these assholes

at this point. I think the whole plot and everything

looks retarded. But I think that it's still gonna

make a lot of money because there's there's a

bunch of Meathead dudes that are probably gonna

want to go see this you offended all the special

needs community there Why you said that our word

I did All right, Dan, what do you think about

paid of the furious I? Also have it at number

six. I I see what you're saying, but I also think

that like I don't know I feel like there's still

there's still some There's a huge faction of

people who do love these movies and I think it's

coming out in a time where it's proud of it and

not overly crowded. It still has a rocket and

diesel. I do think the trailers don't look all

that great and it gets to the point, it's like

how many things can you do with cars? Like it

just seems like eventually you're gonna run out

of missions. Eventually they'll make a movie

without cars. They'll do it. Yeah. Or it'll be

in space or something. I mean, last time it was

jumping through buildings. This one doesn't seem

to, it seems to be kind of going more subtle,

at least subtle for a Fast and the Furious film,

by the sense that they're not jumping out of

planes or anything like that. But I still think

it's gonna make a lot of money. Is there anything

about this film being the last one at all? Is

that a thing? No, they already have scheduled

for two more. Oh, that's right. I forgot when

they said that they're going to do like six more

a couple years back. All right. All right. So

Ethan's going to be there. So yeah. So that is

all of our number nine picks with Transformers

for Matt and Dan, Fast Furious for me, and Planet

of the Apes for Amanda. A couple of our number

eights have already been revealed. Amanda had

Thor. I had Wonder Woman, which means that both

Matt and Dan have an open spot at number eight,

and we can only guess that it's gonna be the

same film. Let's let Dan go first. I have Despicable

Me 3. Matt? I don't, but actually I need to point

out that I have Fate of the Furious as well at

number five, one slot off of Dan and Amanda.

Nah, yeah, it's okay, I'm a forgettable guy.

I get it. No, I have so much stuff written on

my sheet of paper that it's becoming a chore

just to see where there's open spots. But Matt,

hold that thought then. We'll get to your number

eight pick in a minute as long as it's not Despicable

Me 3. Dan, what do you think? This one was another

one. It's another same old story. A third, fourth,

fifth movie in the franchise. At what point does

it start dwindling? So what's your thought process

with Despicable Me 3? Yeah, I still think like,

you know eight is pretty low for this franchise

I mean the minions I thought the minions said

a lot worse than it did it actually did much

better than ended up being So I put it at number

eight. I was a little uneasy, but I feel like

Animation does well. I mean we like we said sing

made it in the top ten. So people do love these

minions I think a lot of there's a good faction

of people that hate them, but There's seems to

be like I don't know people who can't get enough

of them So I put it at eight. It's not my highest

animated film But looking at the top usually

there's two to three animated films in the top

ten Especially when the year a Pixar movie comes

out. So Yeah, I don't know. That's why I put

it here Yeah, Despicable Me 3, it's an interesting

thing too, because it's not just that it's the

fourth movie, but it's a situation where how

long can a franchise live off of the first movie?

Because the first movie was the only good one,

in my opinion. The first movie was the only one

worth anything, and now we've had two films that

were sub -par, so does at some point that start

to play into it or not? Also interesting that

we obviously only look at, these are all predictions

based on domestic, which I guess I should have

pointed out at the beginning. These all would

shift if we were talking about worldwide growth

because some of these franchises resonate much

more internationally than others. And that's

an interesting thing. So like, for example, like

a Transformers, we would rank that much higher

if we were going worldwide growth because of

how much audience there is overseas for Transformers.

So that's just something I wanted to point out

that we are looking at domestic growth here.

So Dan has Despicable Me. 3 at number 8. I have

Despicable Me 3 at number 5, just a little bit

higher. It's a tough one. I think being the fourth

one, it's hard. But I have this one only making

more money than one of the other films in the

franchise. So I think it's going to go downward,

but I think it's still going to have enough.

that it's going to sneak into the top five. I

have it making somewhere around 260, 275 million.

Amanda, do you have Despicable Me 3 anywhere

on your list? Yeah, now I'm not feeling so good

about where I have it. Where do you have it?

Number two. Number two. I just think people go

stupid nuts for these minions. And I just don't

underestimate kids going to see this crap and

dragging their parents. And I think a lot of

parents still like this, too. Like, if you're

on Facebook, how many stupid Mini memes. Do you

see a day like it's still there's still everyone.

I've been blocked. I have You can do that because

I want to know how You have to yeah, I'll show

you off air But the other thing interesting about

Despicable Me 3 has a release date of June 30th

two weeks after cars 3 but nothing too much animated

coming out big time afterwards, so maybe it'll

have a long shelf life towards the end of the

summer that could play into it. Matt, you have

Despicable Me 3 somewhere on your list? Absolutely.

I have Despicable Me 3 at 3 because I like things

like that. I mean, they all do real, real well.

And speaking of kids dragging their parents,

I know my... My wife's aunt is going to drag

us like she did to Minions and Zootopia. So I'm

going to see this movie because I can't avoid

it. So it's probably going to do well because

I don't see many movies. That's my logic. I like

it. So that is the number eight pick for Dan,

but we did not yet reveal, Matt, your number

eight pick. So what do you have in number eight?

Oh, my number eight is Beauty and the Beast.

First time that's been mentioned. It's yeah Probably

cuz I've got it way too low or high or like the

numbers too high. It's not Like I mean just look

at jug of books Cinderella movis, and I don't

know if I even need to say anything else these

Disney live -action movies do well I think this

one, too, even has more hype than any of those

did. I think it has more hype than Jungle Book,

more hype than Maleficent, more hype than Cinderella.

A lot of people, it's gonna hit the right age

for people that saw the animated Beauty and the

Beast film. If you look at Cinderella, that made

about 200 million. Look back to the Beauty and

the Beast animated film, May 218. I think it

outperforms both of those. So I have it a tiny

bit higher just by one spot. I have it at number

seven because I think there's gonna be a lot

of hype. I think that it's gonna possibly even

make more than this. This has the potential of

going crazy, especially since it's being released

here in the spring, March 17th. It might have

some legs there before all the summer blockbusters

come out. Amanda, agree or disagree with our

placement of Beauty and the Beast? Oh, I get

way higher, number four. Right. I think the marketing

behind this has been superb. There's so much

hype about it. I think that Frickin Hermione

is in it. So Emma Watson is gonna bring some

star power as well as Some of her cohorts that'll

be here and I think that it's gonna be really

fun. I think it's it's more exciting Cinderella

and It's got more I think even more love than

jungle book if I could if I would be so bold.

So I think that the Disney power plus some of

the love for it and of course me I'm gonna see

this a couple times I hope because I'm gonna

be you know all about it so I think that it's

gonna do well and I hope enough to be at number

four at least. All right Dan do you have Beauty

and the Beast at two, three or four? I have it

at two. I have Beauty and the Beast at number

two. Looking at the live -action Disney movies,

not Jurassic Park, that's not a Disney movie.

Jungle Book, that was number eight last year.

Cinderella did well. Even the Oz film with Stephen

Srenko, that did really well. A lot of those

movies have done tremendous, and this has potential

just at matching those. It has the additional

factor that it has 90s Nathalja. Wow, I felt

it sound like I should have a tooth out behind

it. It's also being adapted probably from one

of the best most notoriety, one of the best reviewed.

the first animated film ever to be nominated

for best picture with Beauty and the Beast. So

there's that. And my wife's even excited about

it. She doesn't usually get excited by it from

film. So I feel like there's a lot more buzz

for this. So I think it has a lot of things going

for it. And then you added the fact that it's

coming out when there's not much else out and

it kind of can linger and just rank in the bank.

So I have it at number two. All right, so that

means we're gonna be able to skip ahead a little

bit here. We just revealed our number eight picks,

which for Matt was Beauty and the Beast, Amanda

was Thor, Dan was Despicable Me 3, and myself

was Wonder Woman. We've all revealed our seven,

six, and five. So for seven, Matt had Lego Batman,

Dan had Lego Batman, Amanda had Spider -Man,

and I had Beauty and the Beast. For our number

six picks, Matt had Pirates of the Caribbean,

Amanda and Dan both had Fast and the Furious

movie, and I had Lego Batman. for our number

five picks matt had fast and furious dan had

spider -man amanda had pirates of the caribbean

and i had despicable me three for our number

four picks matt you had justice league amanda

or i had justice league as well amanda you had

beauty and the beast dan we have not revealed

your number four pick i don't think it's weird

this doesn't come up come yet come up yet but

i'm gonna go with Pixar's Cocoa. In Pixar, I

trust when they have a movie, it's well reviewed,

it does really well, and it's another original

property. Inside Out did amazing, so that's why

I went with it for number four. I thought when

I saw Cocoa, I thought that was gonna be like

Coco Chanel, so I just kinda looked over it.

I didn't even know. No, it's the next Pixar film,

but I have heard nothing about it yet. Pixar

films do do well. I just wasn't sure if there's

gonna be enough marketing and enough, I was trying

to find something to compare it to. I went to

Book of Life and a couple things like that, but

I know it's not fair because those aren't Pixar

films. I had no idea what to do with Coco, so

I ended up leaving it off. But Dan, you're probably

right, it's both animated and Pixar, so I'm probably

a fool for that, I believe. Amanda left it off

hers. Matt, did you leave Coco off of yours?

Yeah, right up there with what you were saying.

It could be Moana, and it could be the good dinosaur,

which I feel like I have the same amount of knowledge

of both of those movies at this time of year

as I did that one, so I stayed away rather than

risking it. All right, so interesting Dan will

gain tons of points at cocoa makes the top 15

over all of us So that means that we each only

have one slot empty Well, technically two slots

empty so I can already know basically how the

rest is gonna go So we'll just kind of tell what

it is and then we can talk about it Matt you

have despicable me three which has already been

revealed as your number three Amanda Dan and

myself. I don't think this is a stretch We all

and if I'm wrong, you guys can correct me, but

we all have guardians of the galaxy at number

three. Yeah Dan? I do, yes. All right, so we

all have Guardians of the Galaxy at number three,

which means that Matt, you have Guardians of

the Galaxy at your number two, correct? Got it

in one. All right, and then the rest of the number

two picks were Despicable Me 3 for Amanda, Beauty

and the Beast for Dan, and Spider -Man for myself.

So let's go back and talk about Guardians of

the Galaxy number two. We all had it at our second

or third spot, so Dan? Guardians of the Galaxy

outranking a lot of other comic book films on

most of our list here outside of Myself we all

have it as the highest comic book film. So speak

to that a little bit Well, I mean it's Marvel

and Marvel has an amazing track record they pretty

much always have a movie in the top five Guardians

of the Galaxy the last one did amazing and it's

coming back for another installment Trailers

have looked steady. I was a little worried because

it's what with the last time it came out It came

out in August. So I think that benefited it a

lot. So that was a little hesitant but I don't

know. I think a lot of people love Guardians,

and Groot has become like this marketing machine,

and now we have baby Groot, and so it's... That's

why I had it at number three. It comes out May

5th, and there's not really a ton of competition

in the month of May. We have Pirates of the Caribbean

much later, May 26th. We have stuff like Baywatch

May 26th, Alien, Covenant at May 19th. No other

big blockbuster coming out in May because I don't

think we're gonna consider King Arthur legend

of the sword a blockbuster on May 12 So could

have an entire month kind of to go crazy Matt

gardens the galaxy beating out the likes of Wonder

Woman Thor Justice League spider -man even if

you want to throw Lego Batman there's seven comic

book films and You have that as your highest

grossing one. Why is that? I mean If you asked

me three years ago, they say, hey, the cosmic

Marvel characters are going to get an action

comedy movie, and it's going to be huge. I'd

be like, no. But that last movie was amazing.

It was just Star Wars in the Marvel universe.

I love, love, loved it. And this trailer. that

has come out for it is also just grabbing everyone.

The buzz is huge. The hype is real. It's going

to do very well and I might go see it multiple

times which is something I usually only do for

Star Wars. Yeah, I'm the only one that has a

comic book movie ahead of it because for some

reason I put Spider -Man one spot ahead of it

so we'll have to see how that works out. Amanda,

Guardians of the Galaxy, why so much love? You're

a DC fan, you like Justice League and Wonder

Woman? Guardians of the Galaxy makes more? Doesn't

mean that I can't appreciate a good comic book

movie. And I think that everybody loved Guardians.

And I think that this next installment is definitely

going to punch us in the face again with some

really awesome stuff. I think that the effects

are going to be solid. I think the story is going

to be great. I think it's really going to tie

into everything super well. And of course, baby

group, little teenage group causing some havoc

and stealing the show a little bit. I think it's

going to be cool. I think there's going to be

some really awesome stuff with their team dynamic

now that they're already a team and going. So

I think it's going to be all around super great

and it's definitely going to make some money.

All right. So a lot of love for Guardians of

the Galaxy on the panel. And of course, there

is technically one spot left on all of our list

and that is the number one spot. I don't think

we should waste any time talking about it or

explaining our reasons why it's a runaway. If

it is not number one. I don't know what would

happen to the universe, but Star Wars Episode

8 will be, everybody's number one, and I guess

if we were to go by numbers, I would say that

it's gonna double what number two makes. Like,

that's how much I don't even think it's gonna

be close. If you put Spider -Man or Guardians

of the Galaxy or Despicable Me 3 or Beauty and

the Beast, which we all have at number two, you

can give that movie 400 million. Star Wars is

easily gonna do 800, I think, so I... Don't it's

not that's not even gonna be close. It's probably

gonna double the number two spot agree or disagree

that oh Easily, I mean I mean if we we don't

compare it to rogue one because that's a standalone

we compare it to force awakens that made what?

800 900 million this might be the 36 this one

might be break the billion in the domestic mark

Honestly, like that last one was huge and I you

know, you can't say the hype's the same It didn't

have a decade with no movie, but like It might

have more hype, actually. It might. Because you

know you're going to get Luke Skywalker in a

big role. We just had the death of Carrie Fisher.

I think this has a legit chance of breaking the

billion -dollar domestic barrier. I think it's

going to be that much, especially with as much

love as Rogue One got. People don't seem to be

tiring because of the year -year thing, so I

think it has the potential to break that barrier.

Dan, what do you think? I don't know. I think

it'll do well, but I think it's, for whatever

reason, usually when it comes to a film like

that, the first installment, the return, does

really well, but the second one doesn't have

the same impact. So maybe, but I think it certainly

will crush whatever's number two, but I think

it might not even reach that of, reach that of

Force Awakens. I could be wrong, but I think

sometimes there's something to be said about

that. The return of something after a long period

of time and there's that excitement that it's

hard to recapture again But you know, it's it's

possible Looking at like say comparing it to

avengers versus avengers age of ultron or something

like that and how No, it just it was hard to

get recapture that magic again So that's my only

reasoning of why I think it won't match force

away or beat force awakens I would typically

agree with you if it was not for the way that

force awakens ended and how much people wanted

to see Mark Hamill, and they just got that little

tease at the end. So I'm banking on the fact

that they know they're gonna get a movie where

he's gonna play a much bigger part, and the combination

of maybe Luke and Rey being most of the screen

time might negate that. But I understand what

you're saying, because I normally would say the

same thing. I just think that maybe this one

will be an exception to that. Amanda, what do

you think? I really don't know how it's gonna

match up to the others, but I do know that The

trend is that, based on the other episode, episode

seven, that this is going to be better than that.

We sat through episode seven, we're completely

enthralled, went on this roller coaster ride,

but it also set up what's gonna happen in episode

eight. So I think people... Are going to be super

geared up for this and there's gonna be people

like mad I've seen it 12 times in the theater

And I think that it's really it's really gonna

have some staying power in the box office to

people are gonna keep seeing it It's kind of

interesting because if you take the other two

trilogies they both want a different route. I

mean if you have a new hope That was not I don't

have the financials ahead of me Maybe I'm talking

inherently here, but I the second and the third

one did better than a new hope I believe by a

good margin, if I'm remembering right, which

was a completely different thing than what you

got with the prequel trilogy, where the first

one was, like Dan said, you waited so long and

then episode one came out and it was just huge,

and episode two and three weren't able to meet

that mark. So it's going to be interesting to

see which trilogy it lines up better with. But

like I said, I don't have those numbers in front

of me, so I don't want to say that that's a fact.

All right, so those are our top 15. We're not

going to go back through and re -say all of our

15, but we will put it on the episode post. So

if you're trying to look back and see how our

lists match up against each other, first you

know that Matt and Dan's match up better than

anybody else's, but you can look in the episode

post to see what the actual 15 were. There was

some differences that we had. Obviously, Matt,

you're the only one with pitch perfect three

on your list. Amanda, you're the only one with

Kingsman, the sequel, on your list. Dan, you're

the only one with Blade Runner, Dark Tower, and

Coco, so you have the chance there to gain a

lot of points if those are not on our list and

make the top 15. I guess I'm the weird one that

didn't take any chances because every one of

my films is on at least one of your guys's list.

Real quick though, what just missed? Because

we did have, like I said, seven comic book movies

coming out, and none of us ranked one of them

in the top 15. So we'll have to see if that was

an audible mention for any of you or not. Amanda,

do you have any that just missed your list? Alien,

Covenant, 50 Shades Darker, since there's people

who like that movie for some reason. John Wick

2, Logan, and Ghost in a Shell. And Logan would

be that other comic book film that apparently

was getting no love from us as far as making

it into the top 15. Last two Wolverine films

made 132 million and 179. Was it close for you,

Dan, or what were your other honorable mentions?

I also thought about Dunkirk. I was curious where

that might land. World War II drama, that's hard

to determine. Like I mentioned, Cars 3 was probably

my 16th. and also thought about the Mummy. Those

Mummy movies in the 90s did really well. It's

a lot different, different people, different

franchise, but one thing I could see that working

well. And also Tom Cruise hasn't really had the

best of luck recently, so that's why I didn't

rank in any higher. Yeah for my the ones that

were closest I guess if you were to go like 16

through 20 or something like that I didn't count

them exactly but I had I had Logan Next up it

was in my number 16. I had the mummy like Dan

said Dunkirk I also had in the next group of

five World War two, but I don't think it's gonna

necessarily reach saving private Ryan territory,

but if you look at Christopher Nolan His films

make a lot of money interstellar made 180 so

I can see Dunkirk being in that 150 to 175 range

Then I had 50 shades darker Kingsman's The Golden

Circle, and then the two animated films that

I just couldn't get a gauge on. Coco, like Dan

said, would have been in my next group. And then,

I don't know, is the emoji movie gonna make money

out of nowhere? The only ones I could compare

it to was something like The Angry Birds, or

maybe Trolls, which... One made 100, one made

150, so I was all over the map on EmojiMovie,

so I didn't rank it at all. But those are the

ones that would have been kind of next up in

my conversation. Matt, what about you? So, most

of my ones have been mentioned. Alien, Covenant,

The Mummy, Kong, Logan. Some quick ones that

haven't gotten mentioned. I considered the new

Triple X movie, because the other ones did, you

know, okay. I also considered Power Rangers.

It looks like a superhero movie. It looks like

a terrible superhero movie, but that didn't stop

Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman. And again,

90s appeal is huge right now. And then the other

90s appeal movie that I considered but did not

put on was Baywatch. I don't know what to think

of that. The Rock makes a lot of money, man.

San Andreas, 155. Central Intelligence, 127.

Baywatch, who knows? All right, so those are

the ones that just missed our list. You'll have

to let us know if you agree or disagree with

our picks and maybe we'll put a poll up to let

you vote on which one you think is gonna be the

most accurate when it comes time to do this next

year. So that is it for the box office. We'll

be back next week with an episode on Most Anticipated,

some crossover between box office possibly, but

that gives us a chance too to talk about those

films that are attracting us or making us anxious

for their release more so based on plot. actors,

directors that are involved, storylines, that

type of thing. So it'll be interesting when we

get to the most anticipated. That'll be the next

episode. Coming up, hopefully you're enjoying

our Look Back, Look Ahead series. And we'll be

back, obviously, once we're getting back into

wrapping up our Hayao Miyazaki spotlight, our

video game spotlight, and revealing our personal

favorite 100 films as we've been doing towards

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