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The 2025 Movie Auction
January 20, 2025 · 1:55:34 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey · With Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins
Edition: 2025
The 2025 Movie Auction
Budget: $1000 each
| Movie | Price | ▶ |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Fennessey — $1206 spent | ||
| Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | $390 | ▶ 29:40 |
| 28 Years Later | $355 | ▶ 1:00:10 |
| A Big Bold Beautiful Journey | $50 | ▶ 1:20:00 |
| Marty Supreme | $206 | ▶ 1:35:00 |
| One Battle After Another | $1 | ▶ 1:37:00 |
| Eddington | $204 | ▶ 1:43:00 |
| Chris Ryan — $785 spent | ||
| Sinners | $270 | ▶ 41:00 |
| Highest 2 Lowest | $205 | ▶ 51:00 |
| Jurassic World: Rebirth | $100 | ▶ 1:00:10 |
| Sentimental Value | $110 | ▶ 1:17:00 |
| The Running Man | $100 | ▶ 1:27:20 |
| Amanda Dobbins — $794 spent | ||
| M3GAN 2.0 | $30 | ▶ 1:06:30 |
| F1 | $256 | ▶ 1:11:30 |
| The Phoenician Scheme | $200 | ▶ 1:25:45 |
| Opus | $308 | ▶ 1:36:00 |
Last year’s reckoning
- Chris Ryan — Dune: Part Two — Crossed $100M, sequel — hit trigger; strong get at $243
- Chris Ryan — We Live in Time — $375 for zilch; Garfield revival but no triggers hit
- Chris Ryan — Gladiator II — $380, crossed $100M, sequel
- Chris Ryan — Speak No Evil — $1, did nothing
- Chris Ryan — Horizon: An American Saga — $1, did nothing (briefly #1 on Netflix)
- Chris Ryan — The Instigators — $130 Apple movie, did nothing
- Chris Ryan — A Real Pain — $200, two Oscar noms and 86 Metacritic — great pick
- Chris Ryan — Blink Twice — $50, no triggers
- Chris Ryan — Heretic — $300, maybe a Hugh Grant nom, probably not
- Chris Ryan — The Order — $320, beloved but underperformed — very Chris Ryan
- Amanda Dobbins — Challengers — $150 deal of the century but hit no triggers; missed Metacritic
- Amanda Dobbins — MaXXXine — $75, sequel
- Amanda Dobbins — Blitz — $385, did nothing and could have been rebought cheaper — a fumble
- Amanda Dobbins — Twisters — $350, sequel and crossed $100M
- Amanda Dobbins — The Bikeriders — $40, enjoyed it
- Amanda Dobbins — Conclave — $205, good get, two Oscar noms
- Amanda Dobbins — Trap — $345, everyone let her down; weak Metacritic
- Amanda Dobbins — Wolfs — Everyone let John Watts down
- Amanda Dobbins — Queer — $225, could get an Oscar nom; hadn't seen it
- Amanda Dobbins — Babygirl — $5, good but critics/public didn't help; Amanda missed $100M and 85 triggers
- Sean Fennessey — Hit Man — $275, didn't open in box office
- Sean Fennessey — Mickey 17 — $3, not released — pushed to 2025
- Sean Fennessey — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — $375, sequel
- Sean Fennessey — Megalopolis — $345, nothing there
- Sean Fennessey — Nosferatu — $1, possible steal of the draft near $100M domestic
- Sean Fennessey — Anora — $410.91, Palme d'Or, 91 Metacritic — hit triggers
- Sean Fennessey — Moana 2 — $1, sequel, crossed $100M easily — great grab
- Sean Fennessey — Emilia Pérez — $150, will get two Oscar noms; not a movie Sean loves
- Sean Fennessey — The Wild Robot — Crossed $100M plus 85 Metacritic — triangulated the triggers
- Sean Fennessey — Nightbitch — $321, affection for it but hit no categories
Movies Referenced (88)
Directors Referenced (16)
7 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs▶ 1:15:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Worst Person in the World, Sentimental Value▶ 1:12:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Predator: Badlands, Prey▶ 1:29:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Inland Empire▶ 26:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 1:33:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · · Known for Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact▶ 21:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for It Follows, Under the Silver Lake▶ 1:41:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for Sherlock Holmes, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch▶ 1:06:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Uncut Gems, Good Time, Marty Supreme▶ 1:35:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for I Am Love, Challengers, Call Me by Your Name▶ 19:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (75)
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Fences, The Book of Eli▶ 51:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · · Known for Super 8, Predator: Badlands, The Neon Demon▶ 1:13:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Memento, L.A. Confidential▶ 1:50:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Igby Goes Down, A Real Pain▶ 1:49:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Black Panther, Creed, Fruitvale Station▶ 40:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · · Known for Leave the World Behind▶ 35:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Five Nights at Freddy's▶ 12:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (9)
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Shaun of the Dead, The World's End, Baby Driver▶ 1:27:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Knives Out, Looper, Glass Onion▶ 5:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Predator, The Nice Guys, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang▶ 53:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for Ex Machina, Civil War, Annihilation▶ 1:20:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Blinded by the Light, The Wrestler, Philadelphia▶ 1:40:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for It's Complicated, Something's Gotta Give, Private Benjamin▶ 41:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · · Known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther, Creed▶ 40:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Maximum Overdrive, Creepshow▶ 1:28:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗