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Ep. 666 - The 2022 Summer Movie Wager (GUESTS: Germain Lussier and Peter Sciretta)


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The Summer Movie Wager returns! Old friends Germain Lussier (Follow on Twitter @GermainLussier. ) and Peter Sciretta (Follow on Twitter @Petersciretta ) place their bets, along with the Filmcast, on this summer’s box office. Come back to see who will emerge as the winner of 2022’s summer movie wager. 

For rules, scoreboard, and trivia, visit www.thesummermoviewager.com. Follow the wager on Twitter @SumMovieW

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Read Germain's work at io9 Gizmodo here

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  • Top Ten Lists:
    Germain’s top 10 movies (Tiebreaker: $578MM)
    1. Jurassic World Dominion
    2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 
    3. Top Gun: Maverick 
    4. Lightyear
    5. Thor: Love and Thunder
    6. Nope 
    7. Minions: The Rise of Gru 
    8. Elvis 
    9. DC League of Superpets 
    10. Where the Crawdads Sing 

    Germain’s dark horses
    -Bullet Train
    -Downtown Abbey: The New Era
    -The Bob’s Burgers Movie 

    Devindra’s top 10 movies (Tiebreaker: $650MM)
    1. Jurassic World Dominion
    2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    3. Thor: Love and Thunder
    4. Lightyear
    5. Top Gun: Maverick
    6. Minions: The Rise of Gru 
    7. Nope
    8. Bullet Train
    9. Elvis 
    10. DC League of Superpets

    Devindra’s dark horses
    -The Bob’s Burgers Movie
    -The Black Phone
    -Downton Abbey: The New Era

    Peter’s top 10 movies (Tiebreaker: $540MM)
    1. Jurassic World Dominion
    2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    3. Thor: Love and Thunder
    4. Minions: The Rise of Gru 
    5. Lightyear 
    6. Top Gun: Maverick
    7. Nope
    8. Bullet Train
    9. DC League of Superpets 
    10. Elvis

    Peter’s dark horses
    -The Bob’s Burgers Movie
    -The Black Phone
    -Downton Abbey: The New Era

    Jeff’s top 10 movies ($478MM)
    1. Jurassic World Dominion
    2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    3. Thor: Love and Thunder
    4. Lightyear
    5. Minions: The Rise of Gru
    6. Nope
    7. Bullet Train 
    8. Top Gun: Maverick
    9. DC League of Superpets 
    10. Elvis

    Jeff’s dark horses
    -Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
    -The Black Phone
    -Downton Abbey: The New Era

    David’s top 10 movies ($501MM)
    1. Jurassic World Dominion
    2. Thor: Love and Thunder
    3. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
    4. Lightyear
    5. Minions: The Rise of Gru
    6. Top Gun: Maverick  
    7. Nope 
    8. Elvis 
    9. Bullet Train
    10. Downton Abbey: The New Era 

    David’s dark horses
    -Where the Crawdads Sing
    -The Black Phone
    -The Bob’s Burgers Movie

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