Alright, it's Labor Day here in the States, and it's time to finalize the 2017 Summer Movie Draft for whowhatwhereswhy. It seemed like right from the beginning, the winner of this friendly contest was already predetermined. Sure enough, it was! Congrats to Jiaming for winning it all primarily because he had a winning draft pick that included Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Wonder Woman. So now, how did the rest of them do?
Edward
1) Snatched : $60,498,103
2) Baywatch : $177,703,947
3) Transformers: The Last Knight : $604,051,265
4) Despicable Me 3 : $994,943,180
5) Atomic Blonde : $90,007,945
6) Annabelle Creation : $255,380,598
Louis
1) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword : $146,175,066
2) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul : $39,945,832
3) Captain Underpants : $102,904,291
4) Spider-Man: Homecoming : $747,216,546
5) The Emoji Movie : $160,426,714
6) The Hitman's Bodyguard : $58,069,214
Jiaming
1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 : $863,101,971
2) Alien: Covenant : $233,056,304
3) Wonder Woman : $813,199,021
4) War for the Planet of the Apes : $366,688,829
5) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets : $172,842,890
6) The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature : $29,599,173
Albert
1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales : $792,033,026
2) The Mummy (2017) : $407,778,013
3) All Eyez on Me : $44,922,302
4) Cars 3 : $343,884,869
5) Dunkirk : $460,254,545
6) The Dark Tower : $101,406,894
Final rankings...
Jiaming : $2,478,488,188
- Edward : $2,182,585,038
- Albert : $2,150,279,649
- Louis : $1,254,737,663
Well look at that! Edward managed to move right pass Albert for 2nd place, by only $32,305,389. It was due to the strength on the legs of Despicable Me 3, as well as the popularity of The Conjuring cinematic universe with Annabelle: Creation's excellent first month in release. Albert made good strides with Dunkirk's impressive performance at the box office, but with The Dark Tower not doing that great (but better than we all expected), his draft picks wasn't enough to prevent Edward from taking his place on the rankings at the finish line. Besides Louis being the distant underdog in the race, he at least did hit the 1 Billion mark, thanks to Spiderman: Homecoming, and oddly enough The Emoji Movie.
Just from this list, no movie passed $1 Billion in the World Wide Box Office. The closest to that was Despicable Me 3, which was only about $5 Million short of that goal. Who knows, it might meet that goal by Sept 5.
Along with Despicable Me 3, only five other movies made it past the $500 Million mark. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2, Wonder Woman, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Spiderman: Homecoming, and Transformers: The Last Knight; in that order.
There were at least twelve other movies; besides the previously mentioned six, that made it past the $100 Million mark. Probably to some people's surprise, that includes... The Mummy, Alien: Covenant, Baywatch, Valerian & The City Of A Thousand Planets, King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, The Emoji Movie, Captain Underpants, and The Dark Tower. Besides Captain Underpants and Alien: Covenant, all those other movies mentioned had a rotten tomatometer score at RottenTomatoes.com
Well there you go folks. Until next year, when we do the Summer Movie Draft for 2018!