This is the scoring recap for Week One of Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League. If you want to compete for pride and prizes against more than 18,000 other film buffs, there’s still time to join: Visit the league hub for information on how to play, and/or click the button below to submit an entry.
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A handful of films opened theatrically this weekend, running the gamut from major awards contender One Battle After Another to kids’ flick Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie to horror sequel The Strangers — Chapter 2. One Battle, the new Paul Thomas Anderson film, was shown in a variety of premium exhibition formats including VistaVision, 70-mm., and Imax. Those increased ticket prices helped contribute to a $22 million opening weekend — the biggest in PTA’s career. It earned 20 bonus points in the MFL for being the No. 1 movie of the week at the box office, yielding a total of 42 points for any team that selected it.
Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie finished second with $13 million, which translates to 13 points — a decent start for your $5 investment.
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Another $5 buy, The Strangers — Chapter 2, only brought in $5 million. Last year’s Chapter 1 opened to $11 million, finishing domestically north of $35 million, so that’s an ominous step backward.
And the 562 players who drafted director Scarlett Johansson’s festival flick Eleanor the Great will have to wait until next week for it to earn its first MFL point: The $5 movie opened on around 900 screens and pulled in just north of $935,000. While unsurprising for the low-budget release, that’s less Eleanor the Great than Eleanor the Just Okay.
You can visit the MFL landing page to see the full leaderboard — and join our Discord server for additional data about each movie in the MFL, plus much more.
Calendar
The Smashing Machine: October 3
Bone Lake: October 3
Anemone: October 3
Tron: Ares: October 10
Soul on Fire: October 10
Roofman: October 10
After the Hunt: October 10
Kiss of the Spider Woman: October 10
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: October 10
