2012 Movie Box Office Draft - Game Thread

[Nicholasp27]

This is the 2012 version and you can find more details in the signup thread


Points:
Main: Your score is the domestic gross according to the box office chart
Pity: If your movie doesn't make the box office mojo 2012 top 150 list when we tabulate in February, then we'll give it 27,000,000 points as long as it was out for at least 6 weeks in 2012 in at least 500 theaters for 3 of those according to the box office mojo movie page
(example; http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?pag...funnystory.htm)
Bonus:
1. Leader as of 5/24 (after weekly receipts for 5/18-5/24) will get 50,000,000 bonus points; 2nd place at that time will get 27,000,000 bonus points
2. Whomever has the 27th place film (if anyone) will get 27,000,000 bonus points
3. Whomever has the film that makes the least while still charting in the top 150 will get a 27,000,000 bonus point boost
4. Whomever has the latest release in the year that breaks $100,000,000 will get 27,000,000 bonus points; points split if a tie
5. Whomever has the film released prior to 5/22 that makes the most revenue by year end will get 27,000,000 bonus points


This will also be a place for people to see what major films are slated to come out this year, so you should post a writeup with current expected release date (month/season) and who is in it, what's it's about, etc; or at least a link to an info page for it so people can go learn about the movie

Same rules as normal; no talking about undrafteds, pm next player after you post, etc

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...hl=en_US#gid=0

[pwnsall]

good morning nicholas

[Nicholasp27]

Phase 1: Auction - Results

We each had 270 to bid on 7 items: 6 movies and snake draft position.

Here are the results:

Dark Knight Returns:
Ibalvy/Aaron/PhilH/Chuck/Derwi - 264
Pwns - 263
D1abol - 101
Master - 100
Nich - 27
Swiitch - 5
TL - 1

Twilight:
Swiitch - 85
Master - 38
Nich - 27
Pwns - 2
Others - 1

Hobbit:
TL - 264
Nich - 108
D1abolical - 101
Master - 45
Others - 1

Avengers:
Nich - 27
Swiitch - 5
Others - 1

Spiderman:
Swiitch - 138
Nich - 27
Others - 1

Bond:
Nich - 27
Others - 1

Snake Draft Order:
D1abolical - 64
Master - 40
Swiitch - 35
Nich - 27
Derwi - 1
Chuck
Ibalvy
tl
pwns
philH
aaron

[Nicholasp27]

Phase 2 - Snake Draft

Snake Draft for the rest of the movies begins now.

The Order:
D1abolical
Master
Swiitch
Nich
Derwi
Chuck
Ibalvy
tl
pwns
philH
aaron

Standard Snake with the following picks already made (so skip these people in these rounds when it's their turn):

Round 2:
Pwns - DKR
TL - Hobbit
Swiitch - Twilight
Nich - Avengers

Round 4:
Swiitch - Spiderman
Nich - Bond


Standard draft rules apply; you may trade picks/movies and include cash considerations as well. Example: I trade $27M + 4th overall pick to Master for 2nd overall pick. He would get $27M added to his total box office and I would get -$27M



d1abolical is on the clock

remember to pm the person after you; aaron gets 2 picks in a row being at the end of the list and d1abolical will get 2 picks in a row when it gets back to him, etc etc

we'll be flexible with time for now, but try to keep up and go fast; will be more lenient around holidays but go ahead and research now so you are ready please


someone create google doc like last year; should be 10 rows for movies plus 11th row for bonus plus 12th row for traded money


We each get 10 movies, so 110 total movies

remember, movies are ineligible once they release, so grab those early january releases quick

[pwnsall]

lol, awesome!

doubt i got the best of it tho

also no clue why i didn't put 2 on draft, wasn't thinkin

[pwnsall]

Thanks for running the game/doing all the leg work up to this point!

[D1iabol1cal]

**** you pwns! Why couldn't you be a good boy and put 264 like everyone else? I was kind of banking on that happening.

Well at least I got first draft pick I guess. Pick incoming in a sec.

[D1iabol1cal]

OK, I'll take The Hunger Games.

I expect this to be the next big franchise with the departure of Harry Potter and Twilight. It ticks all the right boxes to be a huge success and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it surpass at least a couple of the big 6 in domestic gross.

Not only that, but being that it's released in March, I think it should be a near lock to win a couple of those bonuses.

[derwipok]

Damn should have put the 264 on Twilight.

[PhilHenderson]

Hah, didn't expect to get away with TDKR but figured I needed the edge if I did...

[master3004]

I may regret this but Pixar very very rarely misses.

BRAVE

Edit: actually, looking at their gross numbers, They have never made under 160 Mil, and the lowest was for A ****ing Bugs Life, so I think that's a pretty safe pick.

[Swiitch]

I got Twilight AND Spiderman?

gg folks

[master3004]

I had never heard of the Hunger Games before but just checked out the synopsis, and Ill be giving it a watch. I expect to be saying that a lot this draft.

[master3004]

Originally Posted by Swiitch

I got Twilight AND Spiderman?

gg folks

Bold prediction: Spidey is going to bomb. (In as much that the movie can bomb. It will not be the uber-success of the first trilogy.)

[master3004]

By the way, I will be going to the theaters for every pick of mine, just to help bolster the numbers.

Thats right, I'm gonna beat the system.