Recap #1 Fantasy Box Office Q3 - End of Summer & Fall Surprises

Well hello there.

I've been away for most of the summer enjoying myself in San Francisco, working 90 hours at the county fair, debating whether "Get Lucky" or "Blurred Lines" is the song of the summer and becoming Paul McCartney's best friend.

Here I am to post the final scores from the first round of Fantasy Box Office Q2 (May-July) - Summer Blockbusters.

DOUGYS RECAP

Dougy Pick #1: Star Trek Into Darkness (35 Points)

Dougy Pick #2: Despicable Me 2 (32 Points)

Dougy Pick #3: Pacific Rim (12 Points)

Dougy Pick #4: Fast & Furious 6 (36 Points)

Dougy Pick #5: Epic (12 Points)

Dougy Total: 127 Points

CHARLIES RECAP

Charlie Pick #1: Man of Steel (33 Points)

Charlie Pick #2: World War Z (24 Points)

Charlie Pick #3: The Great Gatsby (15 Points)

Charlie Pick #4: The Heat (12 Points)

Charlie Pick #5: After Earth (2 Points)

Charlie Total: 86 Points

O'KEEFE'S RECAP
Matt Pick #1: Monsters University (32 Points)

Matt Pick #2: The Hangover 3 (8 Points)

Matt Pick #3: This Is The End (10 Points)

Matt Pick #4: The Wolverine (15 Points)

Matt Pick #5: RIPD (1 Point)

O'Keefe Total: 66 Points

It was too easy beating these chumps

We decided to add a some new blood to Fantasy Box Office Q3 (August-October) - End of Summer & Fall Surprises. We asked for people to join and four people wanted to join putting us at seven contestants. Since this is the slimmest period of releases on the Hollywood calendar, I offered that I would sit this round out and referee as long as I was allowed to take my forfeited first pick in Q4 (November-January) - Holiday and Award Releases.

From now on, the bottom two people will be eliminated to make room for new players and the number of teams allowed would be limited to five. Therefore everyone will get three picks instead of five. All these names were drawn out of a hat and the number next to the movie signifies the number the movie was drafted. Get all of that?

Luke Smith

1) Machete Kills (Oct. 4)

12) Carrie (Oct. 18)

13) Planes (Aug. 9)

John Strand

2) Elysium (Aug. 9)

11) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Aug. 7)

14) Lee Daniels' The Butler (Aug. 16)

John Sheppard

3) The World's End (Aug. 23)

10) Captain Phillips (Oct. 11)

15) Oldboy (Oct. 25)

 

Charlie Tritschler

4) Kick Ass 2 (Aug. 16)

9) The Counselor (Oct. 25)

16) Don Jon (Sept. 27)

Mike Even

5) Jobs (Aug. 16)

8) Runner, Runner (Sept. 27)

17) 2 Guns (Aug. 2)

Matt O'Keefe

6) Gravity (Oct. 4)

7) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sept. 27)

18) Prisoners (Sept. 20)

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MOVIE: 2 Guns

PERSON: Mike Even

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 62% = 3x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $27.1 = 2 Points

SCORE: 6 Points

MOVIE: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

PERSON: John Strand

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 36% = 2x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $14.4 = 1 Point

SCORE: 2 Points

MOVIE: Elysium

PERSON: John Strand

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 66% = 3x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $29.8 = 2 Points

SCORE: 6 Points

MOVIE: Planes

PERSON: Luke Smith

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 23% = 2x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $22.2 = 2 Points

SCORE: 4 Points

MOVIE: Kick-Ass 2

PERSON: Charlie Tritschler

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 28% = 2x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $13.3 = 1 Point

SCORE: 2 Points

MOVIE: Jobs

PERSON: Mike Even

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 26% = 2x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $6.7 = 0 Points

SCORE: 0 Points

MOVIE: Lee Daniels' The Butler

PERSON: John Strand (3/3)

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 72% = 4x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $24.6 = 2

SCORE: 8 Points

MOVIE: The World's End

PERSON: John Sheppard

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 90% = 5x

BOX OFFICE GROSS: $8.8 = 0

Score: 0 Points (Ouch)

Luke Smith Recap

1) Machete Kills

12) Carrie

13) Planes – 4 Points

Total Score: 4 Points

John Strand Recap

2) Elysium – 6 Points

11) Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – 2 Points

14) Lee Daniels' The Butler – 8 Points

Total Score: 16 Points

John Sheppard Recap

3) The World's End – 0 Points

10) Captain Phillips

15) Oldboy

Total Score: 0 Points

Charlie Tritschler Recap

4) Kick Ass 2 – 2 Points

9) The Counselor

16) Don Jon

Total Score: 2 Points

Mike Even Recap

5) Jobs - 0 Points

8) Runner, Runner

17) 2 Guns – 6 Points

Total Score: 6 Points

Matt O'Keefe Recap

6) Gravity

7) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

18) Prisoners

Total Score: 0 Points

Leader Board

1. John Strand (3/3) - 16 Points

2. Mike Even (2/3) - 6 Points

3. Luke Smith (1/3) - 4 Points

4. Charlie Tritschler (1/3) - 2 Points

5. Matt O'Keefe (0/3) - 0 Points

6. John Sheppard (1/3) - 0 Points

Fantasy Box Office resumes in two weeks

Sept 20. Prisoner - Matt O'Keefe

Sept 27. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs - Matt O'Keefe

Sept 27. Runner, Runner - Mike Even (3/3)

Sept 27. Don Jon - Charlie Tritschler

Oct 4. Machete Kills - Luke Smith

Oct 4. Gravity - Matt O'Keefe (3/3)

Oct 11. Captain Phillips - John Sheppard

Oct 18. Carrie - Luke Smith (3/3)

Oct 25. The Counselor - Charlie Tritschler (3/3)

Oct 25. Oldboy - John Sheppard (3/3)