About this episode

The episode features the annual Summer Movie Wager where guests and hosts predict the highest grossing films of the summer.

It's time once again for the annual Summer Movie Wager! Our friends Peter Sciretta , BJ Colangelo , and Germain Lussier return to the show to stake their claims along with the Filmcast crew, on this summer's box office. Come back at summer’s end to find out who will take the prize as the winner of the 2026 wager. You can play along at thesummermoviewager.com . To be considered for the leaderboard, you must enter by April 29, 2026 We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads The Summer Movie Wager is a game that we play during the summer of each year. You can find the history of the game and play along at thesummermoviewager.com (thanks to Dennis for putting that site together). The general goal of this game is to predict the highest grossing films of the summer in terms of domestic box office, in the correct order. The closer you get to the final ranked order, the more points you get. This year, the summer movie wager will begin on April 30, 2026 (with the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2) and last through September 7, 2026, Labor Day, as usual. Each of your 13 picks (10 movies and 3 dark horses)…

People in this episode

Host: The Filmcast

Guests: Peter Sciretta, BJ Colangelo, Germain Lussier

Topics covered

• Summer Movie Wager
• box office predictions
• film industry
• entertainment news
• movie rankings

Keywords

• Summer Movie Wager
• box office
• film predictions
• 2026 movies
• entertainment

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Books & works: The Devil Wears Prada 2

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