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This week MyGuy Moneky puts the biggest Christmas movies on to his nice or naught list. We look at the highest gross Christmas movies of all time.

Highest-grossing Christmas films:

1 The Grinch $511,595,957 2018

2 Home Alone $476,700,000 1990

3 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! $345,141,403 2000

4 A Christmas Carol $325,286,646 2009

5 The Polar Express film currently playing $313,901,736 2004

6 Elf $220,885,524 2003

7 The Holiday $205,135,175 2006

8 The Santa Clause $189,833,357 1994

9 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $173,961,069 2018

10 The Santa Clause 2 $172,855,065 2002

11 Four Christmases $163,733,697 2008

12 Arthur Christmas $147,419,472 2011

13 A Bad Moms Christmas $130,560,428 2017

14 Jingle All the Way $129,832,389 1996

15 Last Christmas $121,550,750 2019

16 Office Christmas Party $114,501,299 2016

17 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause $110,768,122 2006

18 Fred Claus $97,838,349 2007

19 Christmas with the Kranks $96,593,018 2004

20 The Nightmare Before Christmas $88,171,091 1993

21 Bad Santa $76,488,889 2003

22 The Best Man Holiday $72,835,710 2013

23 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation $71,319,526 1989

24 The Star $62,812,974 2017

25 Krampus $61,548,707 2015

26 Scrooged $60,328,558 1988

Next was a sneaky list of films that MyGuy never saw coming:

Batman Returns (1992): $267 million

Michael Keaton returns in the first sequel to Tim Burton's reboot of the Caped Crusader. This time, Danny DeVito plays The Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer transforms into Catwoman.

Rise Of The Guardians (2012): $307 million

Chris Pine plays Jack Frost, Isla FIsher is the Tooth Fairy, Hugh Jackman is the Easter Bunny and Alec Baldwin is St NIcholas himself in this aimated fantasy.

The Polar Express (2004): $313 million

A little boy who doesn't believe in Santa Claus is soon put straight by the festive locomotive of the title, featuring Tom Hanks as the voice of the Conductor.

A Christmas Carol (2009): $325 million

Jim Carrey is joined by Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Bob Hoskins in this animated re-telling of the Charles Dickens story.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000): $345 million

Jim Carrey again - this time under the prosthetics as the titular character from Dr Seuss's cautionary tale. It's been somewhat overshadowed by the animated version from 2018 (see below).

Shazam! (2019): $364 million

It was released in April 2019, but this reboot of the Captain Marvel character is set during the festive period.

Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992): $365 million

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern all returned for a rematch in this seasonal sequel.

Home Alone (1990): $477 million

Macaulay Culkin is left to fend for himself at Christmas while keeping burglars Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern at bay.

The Grinch (2018): $511 million

Last year's animated hit, based on the classic story book by Dr Seuss and starring the vocal talents of Benedict Cumberbatch and Rashida Jones.

Iron Man 3 (2013): $1.2 billion

'Fraid so - the superhero actioner starring Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow is set during the festive period - and, according to Marvel themselves, is a Christmas film!

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On this weeks Show we review the biggest selling Media Franchises of all time and talk Christmas presents for family, friends, secret santa gifts, children and adults we got you covered. These media franchises has something for everyone including the hardest to buy person ever!

These franchises cover Merchandise, toys, clothing, video games, books, comic books, collectables, and more.

Franchises:

Pokémon 1996 est. $100 billion - Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures

• Licensed merchandise – $67.145 billion
• Video games – $19.533 billion
• Card game – $12.13 billion
• Box office – $1.756 billion
• Manga magazine – $1.452 billion
• Home entertainment – $863 million
• Manga volumes – $72.4 million

Hello Kitty 1974 est. $86 billion - Shintaro Tsuji Sanrio

• Merchandise sales – $85.832 billion
• Manga magazine – $23 million
• Music CD sales – $3 million
• Cartoon character - Yuko Shimizu

Winnie the Pooh 1924 est. $76 billion - The Walt Disney Company

• Retail sales – $76.19 billion
• DVD & Blu-ray – $59 million
• Box office – $460 million
• Book - A. A. Milne E. H. Shepard

Mickey Mouse & Friends 1928 est. $74 billion - The Walt Disney Company

• Retail sales – $73.115 billion
• Box office – $457.4 million
• VHS & DVD – $280 million
• Comic books – $460,000

Star Wars 1977 est. $70 billion - George Lucas Lucasfilm & The Walt Disney Company

• Merchandise sales – $42.217 billion
• Box office – $10.312 billion
• Home video – $9.057 billion
• Video games – $6.03 billion
• Book sales – $1.82 billion
• TV revenue – $280 million

Anpanman 1973 est. $56 billion - Manga Takashi Yanase Froebel-kan

• Retail sales – $56.404 billion
• Box office – $67 million
• Museum – $25 million

Disney Princess 2000 est. $46 billion - The Walt Disney Company

• Retail sales – $46.331 billion
• Home entertainment – $14.7 million

Jump Comics (Shōnen Jump) 1968 est. $40 billion Manga Shueisha Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)

• Manga magazines – $27.003 billion
• Manga volumes – $12.811 billion
• Video games – $217.3 million
• Manga Shueisha Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)

Mario 1981 est. $38 billion - Nintendo

• Video games – $32.4 billion
• Licensed merchandise – $4.323 billion
• Manga magazine – $1.599 billion
• Box office – $21 million

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) 2008 est. $35 billion - Film Marvel Studios & The Walt Disney Company

• Box office – $22.594 billion
• Merchandise sales – $7.228 billion
• Home entertainment – $5.254 billion
• Comic volumes – $520,000

Wizarding World of Harry Potter 1997 est. $32 billion - J. K. Rowling (books) & Warner Bros. (AT&T)

• Box office – $9.194 billion
• Merchandise sales – $8.318 billion
• Book sales – $7.743 billion
• Home entertainment – $3.966 billion
• Video games – $1.555 billion
• TV revenue – $1 billion
• Stage play – $108 million

Transformers (Diaclone / Microman) 1984 est. $30 billion - Hasbro

• Merchandise sales – $12.203 billion
• Box office – $4.853 billion
• Home entertainment – $874 million

Spider-Man 1962 est. $29 billion - Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Marvel Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company & Sony (films)

• Merchandise sales – $15.88 billion
• Box office – $7.236 billion
• Home video sales – $2.232 billion
• Video games – $1.65 billion
• Comic sales – $1.074 billion
• TV revenue – $880 million
• Pachinko sales – $308 million
• Broadway musical – $212 million

Batman 1939 est. $28 billion - Bob Kane & Bill Finger DC Entertainment

• Retail sales – $21.329 billion
• Home video – $1.212 billion
• Box office – $6.059 billion
• TV revenue – $340 million

Dragon Ball 1984 est. $27 billion - Manga Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio), Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga), Toei Animation (anime) & Bandai Namco (games)

• Merchandise sales – $7.687 billion
• Manga magazines – $7.025 billion
• Video games – $6.226 billion
• Manga volumes – $2.222 billion
• Home entertainment – $2.077 billion
• Trading card sales – $961 million
• Box office – $817 million
• Music sales – $47 million

Gundam 1979 est. $26.9 billion - Anime Yoshiyuki Tomino & Sunrise Bandai Namco Holdings

• Retail sales – $26.387 billion
• Manga magazine – $200 million
• Pachinko sales – $185 million
• Anime box office – $140 million

Barbie 1987 est. $24.7 billion - Ruth Handler & Mattel

• Merchandise sales – $22.724 billion
• Home video sales – $1.988 billion
• Box office – $5.1 million

Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) 1983 est. $22.5 billion - Shueisha (Hitotsubashi Group) (manga)

• Pachinko & arcades – $18.332 billion
• Manga magazine – $2.508 billion
• Manga volumes – $1.24 billion
• Console games – $373 million
• Anime DVD & Blu-ray – $37 million
• Licensed merchandise – $26.2 million
• Anime box office – $32 million

Toy Story 1995 est. $21.8 billion - Disney & Pixar

• Retail sales – $17.6 billion
• Box office – $3.044 billion
• TV revenue – $633 million
• VHS sales – $290 million
• DVD & Blu-ray sales – $250 million

Cars 2006 est. $21.8 billion - Disney & Pixar

• Merchandise sales – $19.114 billion
• Box office – $2.026 billion
• DVD & Blu-ray sales – $654 million

One Piece 1997 est. $20.9 billion

Manga magazine – $8.825 billion

Merchandise sales – $5.757 billion

Manga volumes – $2.707 billion

Video games – $1.89 billion

Home entertainment – $1.285 billion

Anime box office – $433 million

Yu-Gi-Oh! 1996 est. $20.3 billion

Call of Duty 2003 $20 billion

Middle-earth The Lord of the Rings 1937 $19.9 billion

James Bond 1953 est. $19.9 billion

Super Sentai Power Rangers 1975 est. $16.8 billion

Dora the Explorer 2000 est. $15.8 billion

The Simpsons 1987 est. $15.8 billion

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This week we do out big News Episode and talk about News, Previews and Major Reviews:

• Disney Subscribes grow to 73 Million
• Tom & Jerry Live Action Movie Trailer
• New Transformers Movie coming from Creed 2 Director
• Monster Hunter Trailer talk & Monster Hunt 2 Preview talk
• Justice League Zack Snyder Cut - HBO Max 4 hours with 2.5 hours unseen footage
• Disney's New Predator movie from 10 Cloverfield Lane Director
• Wonder Women 1984 going to HBO Max
• Deadpool 3 Official green lit by Disney and MCU
• Gremlins 3 talk and Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai 
• New Fighting Fantasy book Preview Psycho Killer by David Lowrie (David Gillson)
• The Hunt Movie Review*
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Video Game Review**

*The Hunt is a 2020 American horror thriller film[a] directed by Craig Zobel and written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof. The film stars Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Madigan, Emma Roberts, Ethan Suplee, and Hilary Swank. Jason Blum was a producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner, along with Lindelof.[4] Both Zobel and Lindelof have said that the film is intended as a satire on the profound political divide between the American left and right.

The film was first announced in March 2018, and the cast signed on a year later. Filming took place in New Orleans. The film was originally scheduled for release on September 27, 2019. However, as a result of the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings in early August 2019, Universal Pictures decided to delay it. The studio announced the delay in the days after receiving criticism from President Donald Trump and right-wing media for its perceived bias.

**Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in September 2014 and PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2014. An original story based on the legendarium created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the game takes place between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings film trilogies. The player controls Talion, a Ranger who bonds with the wraith of the Elf Lord Celebrimbor, as the two set out to avenge the deaths of their loved ones. Players can engage in melee combat, and use wraith abilities to fight and manipulate enemies. The game introduces the Nemesis System, which allows the artificial intelligence of non-playable characters to remember their prior actions against the game's protagonist and react accordingly.

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This weeks show we review the greatest movie Trilogy of all time (many caveats in there). We talk about Disney moving the movie Free Guy and what impact it has on cinema. Will it go to streaming like Soul or Mulan?

Also MyGuy Money rates the following 3rd movies from the biggest trilogies of all time:

• Transformers Dark of the Moon
• The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King
• Toy Story 3
• Pirates of the Caribbean at Worlds End
• Spider-Man 3
• Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Star Wars Episode III 3 Revenge of the Sith
• Shrek The Third
• Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban
• The Twlilght Saga Eclipse
• Indian Jones & The Last Crusade
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines
• The Matrix Revolutions

This week we review SpongeBob SquarePants the movie trilogy:

• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his aquatic friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The fifth-longest-running American animated series, its popularity has made it a media franchise. It is the highest rated series to air on Nickelodeon and ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks' most distributed property. As of late 2017, the media franchise has generated $13 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon

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We Review Playstation Plus November, Days Gone & Horror video Games Spin off's

As always, we look forward to two PlayStation 4 titles, both of which will also be playable on the PlayStation 5. November's consists of Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Hollow Knight — two highly rated but very different games. Both of them will be available to download and play starting from next week, on the 2nd November.

But that's not all. If you're getting a PS5, you'll be delighted to know that the weird and wonderful Bugsnax is joining the lineup. It'll be available to download on your new next-gen console at launch. It's worth noting, however, that the PS4 version of Bugsnax will not be up for grabs. PS5 only!

We talk Undead Nightmare

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare is a standalone expansion pack to the 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption. It adds a non-canonical zombie horror-themed single-player campaign, two multiplayer modes, and cosmetic additions to the environments and characters of the open world Western action-adventure game. Set in an alternate timeline from the base game's story, the plot follows returning protagonist John Marston, a former outlaw who sets out to find the cause and possible cure to a zombie plague that has infected his wife and son. Marston liberates towns overrun by the undead and assists non-playable characters with side quests along the way.

Infamous: Festival of Blood is an action-adventure standalone downloadable content video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the PlayStation 3 video game console. Festival of Blood is an expansion in the Infamous series based on the Infamous 2 engine and map, but does not require a copy of Infamous 2 in order to play.

Call of Duty Zombies & Borderlands DLC

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On this weeks episode we put MyGuy Monkey against some of the most iconic Horror characters and find out if he can survive the night against them. Each characters comes with their own set of rules and different environments. MyGuy Monkey versus: 

• Chucky
• Hannibal Lecter
• Jigsaw
• Leprechaun
• Freddy Krueger
• Michael Myers
• Jason Voorhees
• Predator
• Jeepers Creepers

South Park Watch Episodes 5 & 6

MyGuy Quick Reviews

• Between 2 Ferns the movie 
• Last of us - PS4
• Steven Kings In the Tall Grass
• The Purge Tv Series 

MyGuy Previews 

• Joker 
• Charlie the Unicorn  

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This week's show MyGuy Monkey is back to being Dungeon Master as he reads a Fighting Fantasy book called House of Hell. This book is a single-player adventure gamebook written by Steve Jackson, illustrated by Tim Sell and originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 10th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031831-3) and 7th in the modern Wizard series (ISBN 1-84046-417-8). A digital version was developed by Tin Man Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.

House of Hell is a horror scenario: trapped in a haunted house, the hero must survive skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and vampires.

At first a guest, the player, discovers the house is home to Satan-worshippers and various monsters. Gameplay is initially devoted to finding a means of escape, although after finding a series of clues the player must first defeat the evil presiding over the house.

Rules can be found here:

http://backpack.fightingfantasy.net/index.php/podcast/

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On this week Halloween Special we look at our Favourite Horror Video Games Series. We talk about dark and fun Horror video Games that might be overlooked. Video Games include:

• Days Gone
• Lollop Chainsaw - PS3 (James Gun)
• Pac Man & Miss Pac Man (plus fun facts)
• Doom Video Game (evolution of Doom and Fun Facts)
• Alien Isolation & Alien V Predator
• Until Dawn

Honourable mentions that were on PlayStation Plus:

• Bloodborne
• Amnesia Dark Descent
• Last of Us
• BioShock
• Gone Home

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On this weeks episode we talk about the most iconic horror villains on all time and put them in a death match tournament. 2 horror character versus each other and only one can win, matches include:

Jason Voorhees v Leather Face

Michael Myres v Blair Witch 

Hannibal Lecter v Chucky

IT follows v 

and special guest star Pennywise 

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Another Halloween Special this time we review and break down the following:

The Review Purge TV Series & The Pruge Movies

A Christmas Classics The Gremlins & Germline 2

The Shudder Documentary Series Cursed Films

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