2023 Summer Blockbuster Movie Pool

[J.T.]

On 8/2/2023 at 3:20 PM, RIPPA said:

If you and I are are the bottom two - I am definitely shipping something terrible to your place

What can be more frightening than my daughter's tuition bill from JMU?  Opening a 529 plan when she was six years old was a wise move.

Edited August 5, 2023 by J.T.

[John from Cincinnati]

Not about myself specifically, but just a more general… what’s causing all of this? (woo)

[Elsalvajeloco]

8 hours ago, S.K.o.S. said:

UPDATE 13 OF 20 - through August 3

11 [↓ 7] Elsavajeloco - 66 points (24/42, tiebreak 0.646)

I knew it was too good to be true. Dammit!

[S.K.o.S.]

5 hours ago, The Natural said:

Do me, please. Cheers.

 

4 hours ago, John from Cincinnati said:

Not about myself specifically, but just a more general… what’s causing all of this? (woo)

If I had to point to one thing, it would be the great reviews for the Turtles movie that almost no one expected. A lot of us were very happy to slap that movie right at the bottom of our RT list. Four people (including me!) now have double-digit points just from the RT placement of that movie alone. 

Meanwhile Natural, John from Cincy, Kuetsar, and Rippa - who are the ones making big jumps in the standings - all left TMNT off their RT list.

[S.K.o.S.]

2 minutes ago, S.K.o.S. said:

If I had to point to one thing, it would be the great reviews for the Turtles movie that almost no one expected. A lot of us were very happy to slap that movie right at the bottom of our RT list. Four people (including me!) now have double-digit points just from the RT placement of that movie alone. 

I also want to highlight that by saying that no one else currently has double-digit points resulting from the placement of any other single movie on a list.  It's just TMNT on the RT list that's doing it.

So you could say the excellent reviews for TMNT were an even bigger surprise for us than Barbie's box office performance was.

[Hail Sabin]

4th to dead last RT always fucks me. 

[The Z]

I certainly didn't expect to still be in the lead at this point. 

[The Natural]

11 hours ago, S.K.o.S. said:

If I had to point to one thing, it would be the great reviews for the Turtles movie that almost no one expected. A lot of us were very happy to slap that movie right at the bottom of our RT list. Four people (including me!) now have double-digit points just from the RT placement of that movie alone. 

Meanwhile Natural, John from Cincy, Kuetsar, and Rippa - who are the ones making big jumps in the standings - all left TMNT off their RT list.

 

11 hours ago, S.K.o.S. said:

I also want to highlight that by saying that no one else currently has double-digit points resulting from the placement of any other single movie on a list.  It's just TMNT on the RT list that's doing it.

So you could say the excellent reviews for TMNT were an even bigger surprise for us than Barbie's box office performance was.

Thank you. I left Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem off my Rotten Tomatoes list on the small chance it was a hit with critics. Didn't want to risk it.

Edited August 6, 2023 by The Natural

[The Natural]

I think the five biggest surprises of this Summer Blockbuster Pool:

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem's Rotten Tomatoes rating.

2. Barbie's box office.

3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is second on S.K.o.S DVDVR MB Updates to Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1. Most thought it would be top.

4. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 box office total.

5. The Flash bombing as bad as it has at the box office.

Edited August 6, 2023 by The Natural

[The Natural]

One of those could be dropped for Indiana Jones: DOA also.

Edited August 6, 2023 by The Natural

[The Natural]

8 hours ago, Hail Sabin said:

4th to dead last RT always fucks me. 

If it's any consolation, I think the RT list is the hardest one as there's so many variables. Before Marvel Studios was a sure fire thing.

[S.K.o.S.]

UPDATE 14 OF 20 - through August 10

Standings
1 [- 1] The Z - 46 points (22/24, tiebreak 0.04)
2 [- 2] John from Cincinnati - 50 points (32/18, tiebreak 0.468)
3 [↑ 4] Phantom Lord - 50 points (22/28, tiebreak 0.631)
4 [↑ 5] Kuetsar - 56 points (36/20, tiebreak 0.523)
5 [↓ 3] JRGoldman - 56 points (32/24, tiebreak 4.592)
6 [- 6] The Natural - 58 points (40/18, tiebreak 0.435)
7 [- 7] S.K.o.S. - 60 points (26/34, tiebreak 0.272)
8 [- 8] Rippa - 62 points (38/24, tiebreak 0.305)
9 [↑ 11] Elsavajeloco - 68 points (24/44, tiebreak 0.646)
10 [↓ 9] DreamBroken - 70 points (26/44, tiebreak 0.41)
11 [↓ 10] J.T. - 70 points (34/36, tiebreak 0.435)
12 [- 12] Hail Sabin - 74 points (40/34, tiebreak 2.161)

Box office
1 [- 1] Barbie - $492,608,894 (21 days)
2 [- 2] Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - $328,371,821 (28 days)
3 [- 3] Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - $312,511,454 (28 days)
4 [- 4] The Little Mermaid - $261,567,764 (28 days)
5 [- 5] Oppenheimer - $245,469,475 (21 days)
6 [- 6] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - $163,084,867 (28 days)
7 [- 7] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - $153,314,219 (28 days)
8 [- 8] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - $141,723,312 (28 days)
9 [- 9] Fast X - $140,383,585 (28 days)
10 [- 10] Elemental - $116,589,287 (28 days)
11 [- 11] The Flash - $106,086,978 (28 days)
12 [- 12] Insidious: The Red Door - $79,530,087 (28 days)
13 [↑ 16] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - $57,039,501 (9 days)
14 [↓ 13] Haunted Mansion - $47,257,146 (14 days)
15 [NEW] Meg 2: The Trench - $41,436,917 (7 days)
16 [↓ 14] Asteroid City - $25,753,061 (28 days)
17 [↓ 15] Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - $15,555,475 (28 days)

Rotten Tomatoes
1 [↑ 3] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - 177/184 = 96% (9 days)
2 [↓ 1] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - 391/407 = 96% (28 days)
3 [↓ 2] Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - 327/341 = 96% (28 days)
4 [- 4] Oppenheimer - 416/446 = 93% (21 days)
5 [- 5] Barbie - 382/435 = 88% (21 days)
6 [- 6] Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - 297/363 = 82% (28 days)
7 [- 7] Elemental - 171/232 = 74% (28 days)
8 [- 8] Asteroid City - 214/291 = 74% (28 days)
9 [- 9] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - 271/391 = 69% (28 days)
10 [- 10] The Little Mermaid - 210/314 = 67% (28 days)
11 [- 11] Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - 60/91 = 66% (28 days)
12 [- 12] The Flash - 226/352 = 64% (28 days)
13 [- 13] Fast X - 160/286 = 56% (28 days)
14 [- 14] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - 112/210 = 53% (28 days)
15 [- 15] Haunted Mansion - 79/201 = 39% (14 days)
16 [- 16] Insidious: The Red Door - 42/108 = 39% (28 days)
17 [NEW] Meg 2: The Trench - 39/140 = 28% (7 days)

[Kuetsar]

How in the fuck does BLUE BEATLE have 82 percent on the Tomatometer?!

[The Natural]

9 hours ago, Kuetsar said:

How in the fuck does BLUE BEATLE have 82 percent on the Tomatometer?!

Gobsmacked. That's going to fuck a lot of people, myself included.

[Elsalvajeloco]

I had it 10, but I didn't expect it to do bad. 

[The Natural]

20 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said:

I had it 10, but I didn't expect it to do bad. 

13 on my RT list. I did feeling superhero fatigue, shit trailer and the very much hit and miss DCEU.

[Elsalvajeloco]

I thought the trailer was fine. Superhero fatigue would play in on the box office success, but I am not sure if it affects on the review side.

[S.K.o.S.]

UPDATE 15 OF 20 - through August 17

Standings
1 [- 1] The Z - 42 points (18/24, tiebreak 0.04)
2 [- 2] John from Cincinnati - 50 points (32/18, tiebreak 0.468)
3 [↑ 5] JRGoldman - 52 points (28/24, tiebreak 4.592)
4 [↓ 3] Phantom Lord - 54 points (26/28, tiebreak 0.631)
5 [↑ 6] The Natural - 56 points (38/18, tiebreak 0.435)
6 [↓ 4] Kuetsar - 56 points (36/20, tiebreak 0.523)
7 [- 7] S.K.o.S. - 60 points (26/34, tiebreak 0.272)
8 [- 8] Rippa - 64 points (40/24, tiebreak 0.305)
9 [↑ 11] J.T. - 68 points (32/36, tiebreak 0.435)
10 [- 10] DreamBroken - 70 points (26/44, tiebreak 0.41)
11 [↓ 9] Elsavajeloco - 70 points (26/44, tiebreak 0.646)
12 [- 12] Hail Sabin - 76 points (42/34, tiebreak 1.19)

Box office
1 [- 1] Barbie - $545,782,865 (28 days)
2 [- 2] Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - $328,371,821 (28 days)
3 [- 3] Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - $312,511,454 (28 days)
4 [↑ 5] Oppenheimer - $274,631,735 (28 days)
5 [↓ 4] The Little Mermaid - $261,567,764 (28 days)
6 [- 6] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - $163,084,867 (28 days)
7 [- 7] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - $153,314,219 (28 days)
8 [- 8] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - $141,723,312 (28 days)
9 [- 9] Fast X - $140,383,585 (28 days)
10 [- 10] Elemental - $116,589,287 (28 days)
11 [- 11] The Flash - $106,086,978 (28 days)
12 [↑ 13] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - $79,705,087 (16 days)
13 [↓ 12] Insidious: The Red Door - $79,530,087 (28 days)
14 [↑ 15] Meg 2: The Trench - $59,827,236 (14 days)
15 [↓ 14] Haunted Mansion - $55,832,155 (21 days)
16 [- 16] Asteroid City - $25,753,061 (28 days)
17 [- 17] Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - $15,555,475 (28 days)

Rotten Tomatoes
1 [- 1] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - 199/206 = 97% (16 days)
2 [- 2] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - 391/407 = 96% (28 days)
3 [- 3] Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - 327/341 = 96% (28 days)
4 [- 4] Oppenheimer - 420/450 = 93% (28 days)
5 [- 5] Barbie - 393/447 = 88% (28 days)
6 [- 6] Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - 297/363 = 82% (28 days)
7 [- 7] Elemental - 171/232 = 74% (28 days)
8 [- 8] Asteroid City - 214/291 = 74% (28 days)
9 [- 9] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - 271/391 = 69% (28 days)
10 [- 10] The Little Mermaid - 210/314 = 67% (28 days)
11 [- 11] Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - 60/91 = 66% (28 days)
12 [- 12] The Flash - 226/352 = 64% (28 days)
13 [- 13] Fast X - 160/286 = 56% (28 days)
14 [- 14] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - 112/210 = 53% (28 days)
15 [↑ 16] Insidious: The Red Door - 42/108 = 39% (28 days)
16 [↓ 15] Haunted Mansion - 86/226 = 38% (21 days)
17 [- 17] Meg 2: The Trench - 44/156 = 28% (14 days)

[S.K.o.S.]

Imagine if someone came in here back in April and said, "Barbie's going to make more money than any other movie in this thing. And you know what else? It's going to make $200 million more than the #2 movie."

[The Natural]

4 hours ago, S.K.o.S. said:

Imagine if someone came in here back in April and said, "Barbie's going to make more money than any other movie in this thing. And you know what else? It's going to make $200 million more than the #2 movie."

I did, my post didn't go through .

[John from Cincinnati]

4 hours ago, S.K.o.S. said:

Imagine if someone came in here back in April and said, "Barbie's going to make more money than any other movie in this thing. And you know what else? It's going to make $200 million more than the #2 movie."

Just wait till the rankings get taken over by Beetlemania! 

[Hail Sabin]

So, what's the last place prize again? 

[S.K.o.S.]

10 hours ago, Hail Sabin said:

So, what's the last place prize again? 

Actually.... I gotta talk to Rippa about that. Right now I don't know if there is one!

[S.K.o.S.]

UPDATE 16 OF 20 - through August 24

Standings
1 [- 1] The Z - 56 points (28/28, tiebreak 0.04)
2 [- 2] John from Cincinnati - 60 points (34/26, tiebreak 0.468)
3 [- 3] JRGoldman - 64 points (30/34, tiebreak 4.592)
4 [↑ 8] Rippa - 70 points (42/28, tiebreak 0.305)
5 [↑ 10] DreamBroken - 70 points (26/44, tiebreak 0.41)
6 [↓ 5] The Natural - 70 points (40/30, tiebreak 0.435)
7 [↓ 6] Kuetsar - 72 points (36/36, tiebreak 0.523)
8 [↓ 4] Phantom Lord - 78 points (34/44, tiebreak 0.631)
9 [↓ 7] S.K.o.S. - 84 points (34/50, tiebreak 0.272)
10 [↑ 12] Hail Sabin - 84 points (44/40, tiebreak 0.889)
11 [- 11] Elsavajeloco - 88 points (34/54, tiebreak 0.646)
12 [↓ 9] J.T. - 96 points (48/48, tiebreak 0.435)

Box office
1 [- 1] Barbie - $545,782,865 (28 days)
2 [- 2] Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - $328,371,821 (28 days)
3 [- 3] Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - $312,511,454 (28 days)
4 [- 4] Oppenheimer - $274,631,735 (28 days)
5 [- 5] The Little Mermaid - $261,567,764 (28 days)
6 [- 6] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - $163,084,867 (28 days)
7 [- 7] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - $153,314,219 (28 days)
8 [- 8] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - $141,723,312 (28 days)
9 [- 9] Fast X - $140,383,585 (28 days)
10 [- 10] Elemental - $116,589,287 (28 days)
11 [- 11] The Flash - $106,086,978 (28 days)
12 [- 12] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - $92,043,134 (23 days)
13 [- 13] Insidious: The Red Door - $79,530,087 (28 days)
14 [- 14] Meg 2: The Trench - $69,332,805 (21 days)
15 [- 15] Haunted Mansion - $60,156,861 (28 days)
16 [NEW] Blue Beetle - $33,543,690 (7 days)
17 [↓ 16] Asteroid City - $25,753,061 (28 days)
18 [↓ 17] Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - $15,555,475 (28 days)
19 [NEW] Strays - $11,476,230 (7 days)

Rotten Tomatoes
1 [- 1] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - 212/219 = 97% (23 days)
2 [- 2] Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 - 391/407 = 96% (28 days)
3 [- 3] Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - 327/341 = 96% (28 days)
4 [- 4] Oppenheimer - 420/450 = 93% (28 days)
5 [- 5] Barbie - 393/447 = 88% (28 days)
6 [- 6] Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - 297/363 = 82% (28 days)
7 [NEW] Blue Beetle - 178/229 = 78% (7 days)
8 [↓ 7] Elemental - 171/232 = 74% (28 days)
9 [↓ 8] Asteroid City - 214/291 = 74% (28 days)
10 [↓ 9] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - 271/391 = 69% (28 days)
11 [↓ 10] The Little Mermaid - 210/314 = 67% (28 days)
12 [↓ 11] Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken - 60/91 = 66% (28 days)
13 [↓ 12] The Flash - 226/352 = 64% (28 days)
14 [↓ 13] Fast X - 160/286 = 56% (28 days)
15 [NEW] Strays - 83/149 = 56% (7 days)
16 [↓ 14] Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - 112/210 = 53% (28 days)
17 [↓ 15] Insidious: The Red Door - 42/108 = 39% (28 days)
18 [↓ 16] Haunted Mansion - 90/236 = 38% (28 days)
19 [↓ 17] Meg 2: The Trench - 49/166 = 30% (21 days)

[RIPPA]

Okay - I am gonna be upfront

If JT finishes last, I am gonna customize the booby prize