Tim Widens Lead, but Huge Threats on Horizon

Megamind: giant head and, for some reason, giant fingers.

The Q4 HFL race is extremely tight so far, with Tim still holding on to the top spot. However, the quarter's most anticipated movies are just hitting theaters and will surely shake things up.

"Megamind" has already notched $90 million in its first 10 days, and is sure to be one of this season's top movies. However, it's surprisingly low 64 Metacritic score will certainly hurt Ellen's chances of making a run at the title.

The unique story to the Q4 season thus far is the movies that didn't get drafted. "Saw 3D" went undrafted, but was the highest grossing movie in the country last week (although it's horrific 23 Metacritic score limits its upside). Also, the Denzel Washington action flick "Unstoppable" scored 16 points in it's opening weekend. It won't be the quarter's highest scoring movie, but it could have been a key contributor to any team's roster.

All of this commentary may be academic after next weekend, when "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" drops, and barring a terrible critical reception, is sure to score a boatload of points and reorder the standings.

Above are the current HFL standings. Click to enlarge. Movies with dark coloring are final scores, light colored are in progress or yet to be released.