Labor Day forecast · 2026

Summer Movie
Wager

A live Bayesian read on the full domestic field—and who takes the wager.

films6 playersCutoff: Sep 7
The assumptions

Move the openings. Recut the race.

Expected opening-week domestic gross for the five unreleased films that can move the Top 10. Released films are reconditioned in-browser from fitted type priors and weekly increments.

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The standings

Player outcomes

Sole means alone in first. Win / tie includes shared first. Score bands use the same draws.

Winning worlds

Representative winning Top 10s

For each player, an actual winning draw nearest the consensus ranking under rank distance—not a dollar-space medoid.

The field

Labor Day forecast

Median season gross, 5–95% interval, and odds of landing in the final Top 10.

The shape of the race

Rank probability

The competitive slice includes films above 1% Top 10 probability or among the top 20 by median gross.