Mediocre Fantasy Movie League 2: Back In The Habit

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Season 1 of the Mediocre Fantasy Movie League is over, so if you were wanting to join but didn’t want to be left in the dust with a pitiful score, now is the time!

Join here (if it asks for a password: wearemeh)

If you have already joined, you don’t have to do anything, we’re keeping the same league.

What is this?

Think Fantasy Football, but you own a movie theater instead. Each week you must choose from 15 movies that you can put on your 8 screens, and try to have the lineup that will make the most money at the box office for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night.

How does this work?

You are given a $1000 budget and the movies cost a certain amount based on expected return, so new releases may cost $300 - $800 per screen, but movies that have been running for awhile might only be $15 - $50.

Unlike a real movie theater, variety is not necessarily a good thing here; most of the time the best week is many screenings of the same movie.

A good example of this was last season when Independence Day 2, Central Intelligence, and The Shallows came out. The first two did great at the box office, but cost so much you could only run one or two; The Shallows was cheap enough that running it on seven screens ended up bringing in a lot more money.

Okay, but I can’t predict the future and I don’t care to do the research…

Fantasy Movie League has great info in their Research Vault and forum, and the FML Nerd Analyzer is also very helpful; you can adjust how well you think movies will do and it will tell you what your best lineup will be. Beware though, the default settings are often not correct.

Prizes?

I intend on it but no promises. If somebody beats @Chadp and I though, then definitely maybe.

Okay I’m in

Join here (if it asks for a password: wearemeh)

Please post what your movie theater name is, otherwise I can’t praise your success, ridicule your failure, or send prizes.