Memorial Day weekend pushed Team Metcalf’s front-loaded slate to $682 million through Monday in the second annual ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Fantasy Draft, with only two significant films left to open on his slate: Prometheus (#8 pick overall) and Madagascar 3 (#11), both opening June 8.
Team Weil totals $47 million so far (with Battleship his lone film to have opened). Weil’s most significant films open in July: Dark Knight Rises (#1 pick overall) on July 20, Ted (#6) on July 13 and Ice Age: Continental Drift (#7) also on July 13.
Team Salem, also with only one film in release (The Dictator), has a total $43 million gross to date. However, one of his top four films opens Friday: Snow White and the Huntsman (#9 pick overall). The other major films on Salem’s slate open June 22 (Brave, #3 pick overall), July 3 (Amazing Spider-Man, #4) and August 3 (Bourne Legacy, #10).
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