Fantasy Moguls Draft Kit: Spring and Summer Marathon 2007
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Hello, movie fans! Welcome to FantasyMoguls.com, where you can play fantasy games for movies. Think you can do a better job of picking hit movies than the studios? Now's your chance to prove it. It works like fantasy football or baseball, except you draft movies instead of sports players.
It's
easy, fun and free to play:
- You can create a private league and invite your friends (2-8 players per league), or you can join a public league.
- From there, you'll draft your "slate" of six movies for your season. You can either participate in a live draft or pre-rank your movies (your top available movie will automatically be drafted in each round).
- Standard seasons include Spring (Feb. 15-Apr. 30), Summer Marathon (Feb. 15-Oct. 1), Summer Blockbuster (May 4-Oct. 1) and Holiday Blockbuster (Oct.-Jan.), but you can also set the start and end dates for your season yourself.
[It's not too late to play the Spring season, you just won't be able to draft movies which have already been released - there are still plenty of movies available to draft!]
Scoring depends upon which type of league you're in:
- Box Office Moguls (Basic game): Scoring is based entirely upon the total domestic gross for your movies.
- Ultimate Moguls (Advanced game): Scoring is based upon four criteria –- total domestic gross, per-theater average, IMDb user review score, and weeks in the box-office Top 5.
Find out more information about scoring and drafting on our How To Play page. Go ahead, we'll still be here when you get back.
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OK, ready to play in our upcoming season? Here are some helpful hints to help you set your draft strategy:
MOVIE PROJECTIONS
FantasyMoguls.com's resident analyst
Steve Mason has made projections for box office take and the other
Ultimate Moguls categories for eligible movies through the end of
Sept. See how they stack up.
| SPRING SEASON (Feb. 15 – Apr. 30) | |
| Box Office Moguls 1. Blades of Glory 2. Bridge to Terabithia 3. 300 4. Grind House 5. The Nanny Diaries Complete list |
Ultimate Moguls 1. Blades of Glory 2. 300 3. Grind House 4. Shooter 5. Reign Over Me Complete list |
| SUMMER MARATHON SEASON (Feb. 15 – Oct. 1) | |
| Box Office Moguls 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2. Shrek the Third 3. Spider-Man 3 4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 5. Transformers Complete list |
Ultimate Moguls 1. Shrek the Third 2. Blades of Glory 3. Ratatouille 4. 300 5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Complete list |
MOVIE MARKET
Steve Mason also has the latest on which films' stocks are rising and which are falling in his Movie Market features:
- Feb. 16-Aug. 30: $100 million club: The 16 biggest movies for this time period.
- Feb. 16-Mar. 16: Bridge to Terabathia, Breach rising, Ghost Rider, 23 falling, more...
- Mar. 23-Apr. 20: Dead Silence, Reign Over Me rising, Ninja Turtles, Hills Have Eyes II falling, more...
- Apr. 27-June 1: Balls of Fury, Shrek the Third rising, Next, Spider-Man 3 (?!) falling, more...
HOLIDAY SEASON LEADERS
Take a look back at the top movies in the just-completed inaugural Holiday Blockbuster season of Fantasy Moguls.
| 2006-07 HOLIDAY BLOCKBUSTER SEASON (Oct. 27 – Jan. 30) | |
| Box Office Moguls 1. Night at the Museum 2. Happy Feet 3. Casino Royale 4. The Pursuit of Happyness 5. Borat Complete list |
Ultimate Moguls 1. Borat 2. Casino Royale 3. The Pursuit of Happyness 4. Children of Men 5. Dreamgirls Complete list |
STRATEGY PRIMER
While acknowledging William Goldman's axiom that "Nobody knows anything" in Hollywood, Tom Donnelly digs a little deeper to find some leading indicators to help you determine which movies might be Fantasy Moguls stars.
Good luck! If you have any questions, by all means drop us a line at questions@fantasymoguls.com.
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