Keeping pace with Hollywoods perpetual awards horserace.
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you’re able to call the Movies Fantasy League a dinosaurs story, because Were Back!
All of which is to say, to quote Tashi Duncan: LETS GOOOO.
Thats a huge show of faith thatthe movies charmswill translate upon its American debut.
(I share that faith I draftedAnorafor my own roster.)
1 at the domestic box office: 20 points per week spent at No.
While, yes, it debuted as the No.
1 film of the weekend,Jokeronly pulled in $40 million.
Thats less than half of the $96 million the firstJokermade over the same weekend five years ago.
What exactly went wrong here?
Was it the reviews that called the film everything from boring to trolling its audience?
Was it because Joaquin Phoenix andLady Gaga seemed thoroughly uninterestedin the movie even as they were promoting it?
Yes to perhaps all of these things!
That movie played on barely over 500 screens and hasnt passed the $1 million threshold yet.
1 placement at the box office) + 10 points (for clearing the $25 million threshold).
Thats 70 points in total.
If you drafted the movie, congrats on ending the first weekend in a 2,738-way tie for first place.
There will also be MoviePass subscriptions for the rest of the winning leagues top 10.
Well delve further into the mini-leagues as the season goes on, including which Podcast-related mini-leagues are performing best.
After October 14, all mini-leagues will be locked.
Meanwhile, there are 21 Patrick Zweigbased team names and only nine that mention Art Donaldson.
(Three team names make like Luca Guadagnino and mash the two together.)
Were off to a very goofy start.
Cant find your team or mini-league on the leaderboard?
Drop us a line atmoviesleague@vulture.com.
