The 2025 Movie Auction

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