The Big Picture · Auction
The 2026 Movie Auction Returns!
July 2, 2026/ 149 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
The mid-year movie auction: each host drafts 5 upcoming 2026 films with a $1,000 budget. Rule: you can't draft or bid on a film you've already seen. That's why the Cannes attendees, Sean and Amanda, lost the Cannes titles cheap to Chris.
A sale of 15 lots across 3 paddles, $2,146 at the hammer.
Top lot: Behemoth!, to Paddle 3, $715.
The paddles who spent what
The board this sale, by hammer price
- 01 $715Behemoth! 2026No.3 Amanda Dobbins
Tony Gilroy; Pedro Pascal, Will Arnett, Olivia Wilde
- 02
$310Whalefall 2026No.1 Chris RyanBrian Duffield; Austin Abrams
- 03
$235No.2 Sean FennesseyDavid Robert Mitchell; Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor
- 04
$200Werwulf 2026No.1 Chris RyanRobert Eggers
- 05
$110Wild Horse Nine 2026No.1 Chris RyanMartin McDonagh; Malkovich, Rockwell, Buscemi
- 06
$105Clayface 2026No.2 Sean FennesseyJames Watkins; DC horror
- 07
$100The Debut 2026No.2 Sean FennesseyJesse Eisenberg
- 08
$100Other Mommy 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsRob Savage; Jessica Chastain
- 09
$87La Bola Negra 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsNetflix; Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close (Cannes)
- 10
$75Primetime 2026No.2 Sean FennesseyLance Oppenheim; Robert Pattinson
- 11
$5Paper Tiger 2026No.1 Chris RyanJames Gray; Adam Driver, Miles Teller, ScarJo (Cannes)
- 12
$5No.2 Sean FennesseyDestin Daniel Cretton; Tom Holland
- 13
$1Fjord 2026No.1 Chris RyanChristian Mungiu; Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve (Cannes)
- 14
—Minotaur 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsAndrey Zvyagintsev; Grand Prix, Cannes; price not captured in recap
- 15
—Here Comes the Flood 2026No.3 Amanda DobbinsFernando Meirelles; Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson; price not captured
Titles link to TMDb where a confident match exists. Unlinked entries are too new to be catalogued or aren't films.
Passed in raised, no bid
Hope (Na Hong-jin)Avengers: DoomsdayHer Private HellOz Perkins horror filmFatherlandTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Previous sale January · first-half slate
- Dune: Part Three $775
- Project Hail Mary $200
- The Social Reckoning $1
- Verity $5
- The Mandalorian and Grogu $19
- Wuthering Heights $75
- Resident Evil $72
- The Devil Wears Prada 2 $26
- The Adventures of Cliff Booth $76
- Disclosure Day $72
- The Odyssey $926
- Toy Story 5 $1
- Narnia: The Magician's Nephew $18
- Digger —
- Jack of Spades —
Also mentioned raised along the way
Festival / 85+ Metacritic Once Upon a Time in HarlemBlue HeronRemakeFatherlandSilent FriendSound of FallingMagellanPompeiiBelow the CloudsOur LandBlue FilmMy Father's ShadowThe FuriousThe Secret Agent
Other 2026 and 2027 films raised ArtificialAfter the HuntCutoffThe RipMichaelWildwoodClub KidThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingOnslaughtClara and the SunIn the GreyWhat Happens at NightTenzingMaydayGodzilla Minus ZeroThe Great BeyondStreet FighterSense and SensibilityA Place in HellThe Hunt for GollumThe War of the RohirrimEbenezerAnthony Bourdain docLove, Weddings and Other Disasters
Older films name-checked NosferatuThe WitchThe LighthouseThe NorthmanBeowulfTreasure of the Sierra MadreMichael ClaytonThe Bourne LegacyDuplicityThe Banshees of InisherinSeven PsychopathsThree BillboardsIn BrugesWhiplashThe Spectacular NowMidnight CowboyGildaIt FollowsUnder the Silver LakeTrainspottingJurassic ParkJurassic World RebirthOppenheimerTenetThe Smashing MachineThe Fantastic Four: First StepsGhostbustersTriple Frontier
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV AndorPeaky BlindersThe BearEuphoriaGrace and FrankieThe AgencyFargoObi-Wan KenobiCape FearHouse of the DragonTo Catch a Predator
Games Elden Ring
Ads TremfyaAmazon PrimeWells FargoState FarmBlinds.com