Ep. 821 - The 2025 Summer Movie Wager

It's the annual Summer Movie Wager! Our friends BJ Colangelo,
Germain Lussier, and Peter Sciretta return to make their wagers
along with the Filmcast crew, on this summer's box office. Come
back in the fall to see who will reign supreme as the winner of
the 2025 wager. You can play along at thesummermoviewager.com. To
be considered for the leaderboard, you must enter by Wednesday
April 30, 2025.

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The Summer Movie Wager is a game that we play during the summer
of each year. You can find the history of the game and play along
at thesummermoviewager.com (thanks to Dennis for putting that
site together). The general goal of this game is to predict the
highest grossing films of the summer in terms of domestic box
office, in the correct order. The closer you get to the final
ranked order, the more points you get. This year, the summer
movie wager will begin on May 1, 2025 (with the release of
Thunderbolts) and last through September 1, 2025, Labor Day, as
usual. 

Each of your 13 picks (10 movies and 3 dark horses) gets a single
score assigned to it by using the following rules: 

-If your picked movie for #1 OR #10 is correct, you score 13
points for it. 
-If your picked movie for 2-9  is correct, you score 10
points for it. 
-If your picked movie is only 1 spot away from its actual
placement, you score 7 points for it. 
-If your picked movie is only 2 spots away from its actual
placement, you score 5 points for it. 
-If your picked movie is placed inside the Top 10, you score 3
points for it. 
-If your picked movie is not placed inside the Top 10, you score
0 points for it. 
-For each of your picked dark horses placed inside the Top 10,
you score 1 point. If two or more rules apply to a single pick,
only that single rule will be applied which assigns the highest
point value to that pick. For example: If your pick for #1 is
correct, you don't get 16 points for it because it is #1 and
because it placed inside the Top 10; instead you only get 13
points for it.

Germain’s Top 10
1. Lilo & Stitch
2. Jurassic World Rebirth
3. Superman
4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
5. How to Train Your Dragon
6. Thunderbolts*
7. F1
8. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
9. Elio
10. 28 Years Later
DARK HORSES:
- Ballerina
- M3GAN 2.0
- The Naked Gun
TIE BREAKER: $457MM

BJ’s Top 10
1. Jurassic World Rebirth
2. Lilo & Stitch
3. Superman
4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
5. How to Train Your Dragon
6. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
7. Thunderbolts*
8. Final Destination: Bloodlines
9. Ballerina
10. Elio
DARK HORSES:
- M3GAN 2.0
- Karate Kid: Legends
- F1
TIE BREAKER: $527MM

Peter’s Top 10
1. Lilo & Stitch
2. Superman
3. Jurassic World Rebirth
4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
5. How to Train Your Dragon
6. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
7. Thunderbolts*
8. Karate Kid: Legends
9. Elio
10. F1
DARK HORSES:
- Ballerina
- M3GAN 2.0
- Smurfs
TIE BREAKER: $402MM

Devindra’s Top 10
1. Lilo & Stitch
2. Jurassic World Rebirth
3. Superman
4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
5. F1
6. How to Train Your Dragon
7. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
8. Karate Kid: Legends
9. Thunderbolts*
10. Elio
DARK HORSES:
- M3GAN 2.0
- Final Destination: Bloodlines
- Freakier Friday
TIE BREAKER: $510MM

Jeff’s Top 10
1. Lilo & Stitch
2. Superman
3. Jurassic World Rebirth
4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
5. Elio
6. How to Train Your Dragon
7. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
8. F1
9. Thunderbolts*
10. Freakier Friday 
DARK HORSES:
- M3GAN 2.0
- Karate Kid: Legends
- The Bad Guys 2
TIE BREAKER: $520MM

David’s Top 10
1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. Jurassic World Rebirth
3. Lilo & Stitch
4. Superman
5. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
6. Karate Kid: Legends
7. Thunderbolts*
8. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
9. F1
10. Elio
DARK HORSES:
- Ballerina
- The Bad Guys 2
- Final Destination: Bloodlines
TIE BREAKER: $530MM

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