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The 2025 Movie Auction
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January 20, 2025 · 1:55:34 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan
Edition: 2025
The 2025 Movie Auction
Budget: $1000 each
| Movie | Price | ▶ |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Fennessey — $1000 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 |
| 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 — $1000 spent | ||
| M3GAN 2.0 | $30 | ▶ 1:06:30 |
| F1 | $256 | ▶ 1:11:30 |
| The Phoenician Scheme | $200 | ▶ 1:25:45 |
| Marty Supreme | $206 | ▶ 1:35:00 |
| Opus | $308 | ▶ 1:36:00 |
Every purchase and price here matches the slate the show posted.
2025 season winner: Sean Fennessey · Sean 10 pts · Chris 8 pts · Amanda 3 pts · margin 9.5 pts
Decided by the show's points tally · counts read off the ballot · one result for both halves of the season
“So, Amanda, I think you had three points total with a possibility of four. Chris, you had eight points total with a possibility of nine. I have 10 points total with a possibility of 11.” — The 2026 Movie Auction ▶ 32:39
Contested: Sean read the tally (Sean 10 / Chris 8 / Amanda 3, 2026-01-14 @ 32:39) and twice said he may have disqualified himself by auctioning four sequels against the <=2 sequels trigger (@ 7:45 "I think I may have broken my own rules and disqualified myself"; @ 32:51 "I think I also cheated. And so I'm disqualified. Unless we decide that we should keep more sequels"). The hosts did not resolve it on mic. If the DQ stands, Chris (8) won the season.
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 (94)
13 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:00:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:10:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:27:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:22:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan▶ 1:51:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 21:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan▶ 1:06:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (17)
7 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs▶ 1:15:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Worst Person in the World, Sentimental Value▶ 1:12:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Predator: Badlands, Prey▶ 1:29:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Inland Empire▶ 26:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Monsters, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Godzilla▶ 1:01:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 1:33:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Opus▶ 21:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact▶ 21:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for It Follows, Under the Silver Lake▶ 1:41:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · 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 ↗
Actors Referenced (73)
6 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Fences, The Book of Eli▶ 51:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Chris Ryan · 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 · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Igby Goes Down, A Real Pain▶ 1:49:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Black Panther, Creed, Fruitvale Station▶ 40:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Leave the World Behind▶ 35:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Blindspotting▶ 1:10:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Five Nights at Freddy's▶ 12:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (9)
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Shaun of the Dead, The World's End, Baby Driver▶ 1:27:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for The Raid 2, Apostle▶ 1:00:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Knives Out, Looper, Glass Onion▶ 5:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Predator, The Nice Guys, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang▶ 53:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Chris Ryan · 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 · Chris Ryan · Known for It's Complicated, Something's Gotta Give, Private Benjamin▶ 41:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Chris Ryan · 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 ↗