MFL 2025 Kickoff

Written By Zach Rhodes

Movie Fantasy League 2025 has officially commenced, and we a have few additions to our league from last year! Let’s take a look at our respective rosters:

Zach (runningwolf) - Total Budget $100

  • Hamnet — $20

  • Marty Supreme — $20

  • The Smashing Machine — $20

  • It Was Just an Accident — $15

  • Is This Thing On? — $15

  • The Secret Agent — $5

  • Sound of Falling — $3

  • Eternity — $2

E (ecrhodes) - Total Budget $99

  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — $25

  • Frankenstein — $25

  • Hamnet — $20

  • F1 — $8

  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters — $8

  • Black Phone 2 — $5

  • The Testament of Ann Lee — $5

  • Weapons — $3

J (Jord) - Total Budget $99

  • One Battle After Another — $30

  • The Smashing Machine — $20

  • Hamnet — $20

  • It Was Just an Accident — $15

  • The Secret Agent — $5

  • Sisu 2 — $3

  • Arco — $3

  • The Man with the Bag — $3

BigBrett - Total Budget $100

  • One Battle After Another — $30

  • Frankenstein — $25

  • The Smashing Machine — $20

  • Predator: Badlands — $10

  • Anemone — $5

  • A Private Life — $5

  • Caught Stealing — $3

  • Trap House — $2

Heather Huffs Great Picks - Total Budget $81

  • Wicked: For Good — $45

  • Nuremberg — $10

  • 28 Years Later — $5

  • Black Bag — $5

  • The Housemaid — $5

  • A Minecraft Movie — $5

  • Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning — $5

  • The Woman in Cabin 10 — $1

Max - Total Budget $99

  • One Battle After Another — $30

  • Zootopia 2 — $25

  • Nuremberg — $10

  • Die My Love — $8

  • If I Had Legs I'd Kick You — $8

  • The Running Man — $8

  • A Private Life — $5

  • Anemone — $5

Jetty - Total Budget $100

  • Wicked: For Good — $45

  • Bugonia — $25

  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 — $10

  • Goodbye June — $8

  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters — $8

  • One of Them Days — $2

  • The Conjuring: Last Rites — $1

  • All of You — $1

Austo - Total Budget $100

  • Wicked: For Good — $45

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash — $30

  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 — $10

  • K-Pop Demon Hunters — $8

  • Weapons — $3

  • Shelby Oaks — $2

  • The Conjuring: Last Rites — $1

  • “Silent Night, Deadly Night” — $1

St Shuffles - Total Budget $100

  • Wicked: For Good — $45

  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — $25

  • Predator: Badlands — $10

  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters — $8

  • Superman — $5

  • Weapons — $3

  • The Perfect Neighbor — $2

  • Shelby Oaks — $2

Daddy - Total Budget $100

  • Wicked: For Good — $45

  • Avatar: Fire and Ash — $30

  • KPop Demon Hunters — $8

  • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie — $5

  • 28 Years Later — $5

  • The Long Walk — $3

  • Steve — $3

  • Atropia — $1

Ruthless - Total Budget $99

  • Jay Kelly — $30

  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — $25

  • Hamnet — $20

  • Song Sung Blue — $10

  • The History of Sound — $5

  • Jurassic World Rebirth — $3

  • Arco — $3

  • The Roses — $3

What a league! Our 11 entrants picked a total of 56 movies, of which 36 were only picked once, and 20 of which were picked twice or more.

The most popular choices were:

  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters — $8 (picked 5 times)

  • Wicked: For Good — $45 (picked 5 times)

  • Hamnet — $20 (picked 4 times)

  • One Battle After Another — $30 (picked 3 times)

  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — $25 (picked 3 times)

  • The Smashing Machine — $20 (picked 3 times)

  • Weapons — $3 (picked 3 times)

Of our 11 entrants, Austo, Jord’s brother was the least unique, by having just a single unique movie. Jord’s mom Heather and E’s mom Ruth had the most unique rosters, having 5 unique movies each! And of course, an extra shoutout to Heather for having the lowest total budget, having spent just $81!

Excited to see the year play out. We’ll post periodic updates as we hit important scoring timeframes. Thanks for playing and good luck!

Zach Rhodes
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