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The 2026 Movie Auction
January 14, 2026 · 2:21:19 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan
Edition: 2026
Chapters
The 2026 Movie Auction
Budget: $1000 each
| Movie | Price | ▶ |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Fennessey — $1076 spent | ||
| The Odyssey | $926 | ▶ 42:31 |
| Toy Story 5 | $1 | ▶ 1:26:56 |
| The Adventures of Cliff Booth | $76 | ▶ 1:37:16 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew | $18 | ▶ 1:47:03 |
| Dredd | $5 | ▶ 1:59:54 |
| Jack of Spades | $50 | ▶ 2:15:00 |
| Amanda Dobbins — $1000 spent | ||
| Dune: Part Three | $775 | ▶ 1:15:27 |
| Project Hail Mary | $200 | ▶ 1:30:53 |
| The Social Reckoning | $1 | ▶ 1:51:30 |
| Verity | $5 | ▶ 1:53:42 |
| The Mandalorian and Grogu | $19 | ▶ 2:05:38 |
| Chris Ryan — $245 spent | ||
| Wuthering Heights | $75 | ▶ 1:01:01 |
| Resident Evil | $72 | ▶ 1:11:00 |
| The Devil Wears Prada 2 | $26 | ▶ 1:34:03 |
| Disclosure Day | $72 | ▶ 1:43:11 |
Last year’s reckoning
- Sean Fennessey — Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — 1 point, crossed $100M domestic
- Sean Fennessey — 28 Years Later — No points, 77 Metacritic, $60M box office
- Sean Fennessey — A Big Bold Beautiful Journey — Disaster, only $6M domestic, 43 Metacritic
- Sean Fennessey — One Battle After Another — $1 steal, 95 Metacritic, multiple Oscar noms coming
- Sean Fennessey — Eddington — 65 Metacritic, $10M box office, but a great film
- Sean Fennessey — Avatar: Fire and Ash — Likely two Oscar noms, $300
- Sean Fennessey — Superman — Crossed $100M, 1 point for $62
- Sean Fennessey — Hamnet — 84 Metacritic, just missed 85; will get Oscar noms
- Sean Fennessey — It Was Just an Accident — 91 Metacritic, two points likely for $41
- Sean Fennessey — Predator: Badlands — Zero points, came up just short of $100M
- Amanda Dobbins — M3GAN 2.0 — Bombed, failed to clear $100M, zero points
- Amanda Dobbins — F1 — 1 point, could get Sound nom for a second
- Amanda Dobbins — Opus — No points
- Amanda Dobbins — The Phoenician Scheme — No points, 70 Metacritic, no Oscar whiff
- Amanda Dobbins — Marty Supreme — 89 Metacritic, two Oscar noms likely, great pick
- Amanda Dobbins — After the Hunt — No points, deranged movie
- Amanda Dobbins — Roofman — No points, Channing Tatum miscast
- Amanda Dobbins — Jay Kelly — $420, $0 reported box office, divisive
- Amanda Dobbins — A House of Dynamite — 75 Metacritic, no points
- Amanda Dobbins — Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — $45M, no points but a delightful cup of tea
- Chris Ryan — Sinners — 3 points, 84 Metacritic, $278M, best pick
- Chris Ryan — Jurassic World Rebirth — 1 point off box office
- Chris Ryan — Highest 2 Lowest — Disappointing, streaming killed the value
- Chris Ryan — Sentimental Value — 86 Metacritic, two points, Oscar noms coming
- Chris Ryan — The Running Man — 56 Metacritic, $37M, didn't pan out
- Chris Ryan — Ballad of a Small Player — 46 Metacritic, $0, most disappointing of the year
- Chris Ryan — Weapons — $465, $151M box office, Amy Madigan Oscar nom
- Chris Ryan — Is This Thing On? — 73 Metacritic, $2M, botched release
- Chris Ryan — Now You See Me: Now You Don't — $240M worldwide but weak domestic, $61M
- Chris Ryan — Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — 59 Metacritic, $22M, no points
Movies Referenced (98)
13 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:26:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:07:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 29:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan▶ 1:00:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 22:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 21:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (28)
7 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Saint, Open Your Eyes▶ 1:42:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn▶ 1:27:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Se7en, Gone Girl, Zodiac▶ 1:37:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Argo, Gone Girl, The Town▶ 42:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Tenet, Interstellar, Inception▶ 53:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven▶ 1:54:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Fly, eXistenZ, Dead Ringers▶ 1:03:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Devil Wears Prada, One Chance▶ 1:35:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Ad Astra, The Lost City of Z▶ 1:58:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for I Am Love, Challengers, Call Me by Your Name▶ 20:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for V/H/S▶ 2:18:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (82)
9 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Lobster, In Bruges, S.W.A.T.▶ 10:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Happy Gilmore 2▶ 33:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Fifty Shades of Grey, The Social Network▶ 1:53:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Willow▶ 1:08:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Dark Knight Rises, Rachel Getting Married▶ 45:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Barbie, Death on the Nile▶ 1:46:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Shakespeare in Love, Sliding Doors▶ 2:03:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Big Night, Spotlight, The Lovely Bones▶ 1:52:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, Minority Report▶ 2:00:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for A Star Is Born, Silver Linings Playbook, American Sniper▶ 32:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for No Time to Die, Casino Royale, Skyfall▶ 1:23:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (17)
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for It Ends with Us, Regretting You▶ 46:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for One Battle After Another, Inherent Vice▶ 1:06:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Wuthering Heights, Saltburn, Promising Young Woman▶ 1:01:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Road, No Country for Old Men, The Counselor▶ 1:48:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Tokyo Sonata▶ 27:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Safe Haven▶ 1:56:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story▶ 21:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for A Few Good Men, The Trial of the Chicago 7▶ 1:50:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Dracula▶ 1:03:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Martian, The Cabin in the Woods, Bad Times at the El Royale▶ 1:33:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Deadpool & Wolverine, IF▶ 2:15:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗