Predict the Box Office (New Game)

[bwind22]

Okay, I'm online 5 nights a week and sometimes I get bored. Now is one of those times, so while I was sitting here bored I ended up thinking of a new game that could end up being pretty fun...

It will be played once a week. Your goal is to predict the top 10 films at the box office for the upcoming weekend (Friday- Sunday)in order of which film will pull in the most money.

I will always make sure to post what new releases will be opening that weekend as well.

This week's new releases....


Poseidon
Just My Luck
Goal! The Dream Begins




So basically, you want to predict the top 10 films of the upcoming weekend in order.

A weekly winner will be declared on Monday of each week based on who had the most right answers. 10 points will be given for picking the box office winner, 9 for second, 8 for third, 7 for fourth, 6 for 5th and 5 for every correct pick in positions 6-10 on the box office chart. In the event of a tie, whoever posted their picks first will be deemed the winner.

Good luck to all.

If it turns out to be fun or well received, then you can expect to see this game again next week, and the week after and the week after, etc...


Just to give people a little aid the first week, here's last weekend's box office numbers...

1 Mission: Impossible III $47,743,273
2 RV $11,004,706
3 An American Haunting $5,783,508
4 Stick It $5,479,658
5 United 93 $5,347,860
6 Ice Age: The Meltdown $4,161,724
7 Silent Hill $4,013,871
8 Scary Movie 4 $3,690,454
9 Akeelah and the Bee $3,369,630
10 Hoot NL $3,368,197


Oh and by the way, since there isn't really any way I could cheat in this, I will be playing too.

[bwind22]

I'll post my picks first so everyone gets the idea, but feel free to ask any questions you may have as well...


1 Poseidon
2 Mission: Impossible III
3 Just My Luck
4 RV
5 An American Haunting
6 United 93
7 Stick It
8 Ice Age: The Meltdown
9 Scary Movie 4
10 Goal! The Dream Begins


Those are my picks for this week.

I also forgot to mention that the deadline for submitting your picks is noon (CST) on Fridays. Any picks submitted after that won't be eligible.

Good luck.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Cool idea, I'll do this sometime on Sunday.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Cool idea, I'll do this sometime on Sunday.

Sunday? You need to make your picks before the weekend happens or else it kinda defeats the purpose ya know?

Sunday's too late. (Unless you are answering for next weekend.)

I could go over to boxofficemojo.com on Sunday and tell you with 90% certainty what the top 10 will end up.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by bwind22


I could go over to boxofficemojo.com on Sunday and tell you with 90% certainty what the top 10 will end up.


I wasn't planning on doing so, the official stuff comes out Monday so I figured Sunday would be the deadline. Guess I'll do it sometime today then.

[bwind22]

Haha. Deadline is Friday's at noon (central US time). I think I said that in the first post somewhere but I understand it was long and rambling. ;)

[Zero]

1. MI:III
2. Poseidon
3. Just My Luck
4. An American Haunting
5. RV
6. Stick It
7. Hoot
8. Ice Age
9. Silent Hill
10. Akeelah


p.s. I think as a tie-breaker we should also predict the gross of the #1 film that weekend.

[newb]

1 Poseidon
2 Mission: Impossible III
3 RV
4 An American Haunting
5 United 93
6Silent Hill
7 The Sentinel
8 Ice Age: The Meltdown
9 Scary Movie 4
10 Akeelah & Bee

[Yellow Jacket]

1. Poseidon
2. Mission: Impossible 3
3. Just My Luck
4. RV
5. United 93
6. An American Haunting
7. Stick It
8. Silent Hill
9. Scary Movie 4
10. Ice Age: The Meltdown

BTW- You forgot that "Keeping up with the Steins" is also coming out this weekend. It's limited though, so it doesn't really matter.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket


BTW- You forgot that "Keeping up with the Steins" is also coming out this weekend. It's limited though, so it doesn't really matter.

Yeah, it's extremely limited. As in, no chance of cracking the list this weekend. (Only 138 theatres, compared to 3,555 for Poseidon.)

Once it gets a wider release and has a chance at cracking the list, I'll make mention.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by bwind22
Yeah, it's extremely limited. As in, no chance of cracking the list this weekend. (Only 138 theatres, compared to 3,555 for Poseidon.)

Once it gets a wider release and has a chance at cracking the list, I'll make mention.

I'm just hoping that Keeping up with the Steins is released in a theater near me, because I desperatly want to see it (mainly because of Jeremy Piven)! If not, I'll go see Poseidon.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
I'm just hoping that Keeping up with the Steins is released in a theater near me, because I desperatly want to see it (mainly because of Jeremy Piven)! If not, I'll go see Poseidon.

Jeremy Piven rocks on Entourage. Ari is one of my favorite television assholes ever!

[bwind22]

There's still 4 hours left to make your picks and have them count towards this weekend! Anyone that hasn't done so yet, is strongly encouraged to give 'er a go.

Thanks.

[pinkfloyd45769]

1. Poseidon
2. MI3
Uninted 93
4.RV
5. An American Haunting
6.Just My Luck
7. Silent Hill
8.Stick It
9. Scary Movie 4
10. Ice Age

[bwind22]

Originally posted by Zero


p.s. I think as a tie-breaker we should also predict the gross of the #1 film that weekend.



Excellent idea! I like that way better. We will start that next week. Thanks for the suggestion.







We can do it for this week as well, but it's not required since some people already voted without it. No biggie.


Week 1 is just to see if this is even a good idea to begin with...


Anyways, my guess is Poseidon will pull in about 38 million right ahead of MI3 which will get about 36. That's my guess.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by Zero
p.s. I think as a tie-breaker we should also predict the gross of the #1 film that weekend.

Though bwind said it's not necessary for this weekend, I'm going to still do it. But, I'm going to predict the income of all ten movies.

1. Poseidon- $34.12 Million
2. Mission: Impossible 3- $20.5 Million
3. Just My Luck- $11.3 Million
4. RV- $8.5 Million
5. United 93- $6.22 Million
6. An American Haunting- $4.7 Million
7. Stick It- $4.3 Million
8. Silent Hill- $3.9 Million
9. Scary Movie 4- $2 Million
10. Ice Age: The Meltdown- $1.4 Million

[The_Return]

1. Poseidon
2. Just My Luck
3. Mission: Impossible 3
4. RV
5. An American Haunting
6. Stick It
7. United 93
8. Silent Hill
9. Scary Movie 4
10. Ice Age: The Meltdown

[bwind22]

Results - Week 1

Well, here is what the weekend box office Top 10 came in at....

Mission: Impossible III $24,514,000
Poseidon $20,325,000
RV $9,500,000
Just My Luck $5,500,000
An American Haunting $3,689,000
United 93 $3,583,000
Stick It $3,239,000
Ice Age: The Meltdown $2,975,000
Silent Hill $2,200,000
Hoot $2,125,000



And here aer the results of for those who played... (Refer back to first couple posts for more info on scoring.)


Yellow Jacket - 5 points
The Return - 6 points
pinkfloyd - 6 points
Newb - 13 points
bwind22 - 21 points
Zero - 29 points



Well, Zero came out on top in the inaugural weekend! Can he keep up the same momentum next week or will he be dethroned?


Thanks for playing everyone. Keep your eyes peeled for Week 2.

[bwind22]

This upcoming weekend should be an interesting one at the box office with 2 HUGE new releases (The Da Vinci Code & Over the Hedge), not to mention the latest horror film to arrive, See No Evil.


I actually want to see all 3 of them, although I'll more than likely be waiting for all of them on video.

[Zero]

Originally posted by bwind22
Results - Week 1

Well, here is what the weekend box office Top 10 came in at....

Mission: Impossible III $24,514,000
Poseidon $20,325,000
RV $9,500,000
Just My Luck $5,500,000
An American Haunting $3,689,000
United 93 $3,583,000
Stick It $3,239,000
Ice Age: The Meltdown $2,975,000
Silent Hill $2,200,000
Hoot $2,125,000



And here aer the results of for those who played... (Refer back to first couple posts for more info on scoring.)


Yellow Jacket - 5 points
The Return - 6 points
pinkfloyd - 6 points
Newb - 13 points
bwind22 - 21 points
Zero - 29 points



Well, Zero came out on top in the inaugural weekend! Can he keep up the same momentum next week or will he be dethroned?


Thanks for playing everyone. Keep your eyes peeled for Week 2.

Thank you - thank you all. . . if anyone from a major studio would like my unique predicting skills they are available for a reasonable fee!

[Yellow Jacket]

Here are my predictions (including income):

1. The Da Vinci Code- $44.3 Million
2. Mission: Impossible 3- $18.2 Million
3. Over the Hedge- $15.17 Million
4. Poseidon- $10.12 Million
5. RV- $7.1 Million
6. Just My Luck- $5.5 Million
7. United 93- $4.12 Million
8. See No Evil- $2.4 Million
9. An American Haunting- $2.1 Million
10. Stick It- $1.8 Million

[bwind22]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Here are my predictions (including income):

1. The Da Vinci Code- $44.3 Million
2. Mission: Impossible 3- $18.2 Million
3. Over the Hedge- $15.17 Million
4. Poseidon- $10.12 Million
5. RV- $7.1 Million
6. Just My Luck- $5.5 Million
7. United 93- $4.12 Million
8. See No Evil- $2.4 Million
9. An American Haunting- $2.1 Million
10. Stick It- $1.8 Million




Nice. I'm holding off on mine until I can decide if I think Over the Hedge can top MI3...

[bwind22]

The Da Vinci Code - 42.5 million
Over the Hedge - 26 million
Mission: Impossible III - 17 million
Poseidon - 15 million
RV -7 million
Just My Luck -4.5 million
See No Evil -4 million
An American Haunting - 3 million
United 93 - 3 million
Ice Age: The Meltdown -2.5 million


Those are my guesses for week 2.


Just so everyone knows, our tiebreaker is now whoever is closest to guessing the weekend gross for the top movie.

[bwind22]

Theres still 2.5 days left to submit your picks for week 2.

[_____V_____]

This is somewhat tricky but here are mine...


The Da Vinci Code - $41 million

Over the Hedge - $ 22 million

Mission: Impossible III - $ 16 million

Poseidon - $ 14 million

RV - $ 6.5 million

See No Evil - $ 6 million

Just My Luck - $ 5 million

An American Haunting - $ 3.5 million

United 93 - $ 2 million

Ice Age: The Meltdown - $ 1.5 million

[AUSTIN316426808]

Right or wrong?

You only have to predict the weekend's gross of whatever film you list as #1 and since everybody's #1 pick will at least be in the top ten(barring a badly misinformed player), then the tie breaker will be determined by who's closest to their particular #1's gross. Therefor there's no need to predict the gross of the other films.

[pinkfloyd45769]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Right or wrong?

You only have to predict the weekend's gross of whatever film you list as #1 and since everybody's #1 pick will at least be in the top ten(barring a badly misinformed player), then the tie breaker will be determined by who's closest to their particular #1's gross. Therefor there's no need to predict the gross of the other films. I'm wondering that too. I suck at this game! :rolleyes:

[bwind22]

You only need to predict the dollar amount of the top grossing film that week. Everyone that is putting dollar amounts for more than just their #1 film is just doing extra for shits and giggles, but if it ever comes in to play, the tiebreaker will be who is closest to guessing the $$$ made by the top movie at the box office that weekend.

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by bwind22
You only need to predict the dollar amount of the top grossing film that week. Everyone that is putting dollar amounts for more than just their #1 film is just doing extra for shits and giggles, but if it ever comes in to play, the tiebreaker will be who is closest to guessing the $$$ made by the top movie at the box office that weekend.

so we dont need to predict the gross $$ of other movies cept the #1 movie we choose?

[Zero]

OK - time for the correct answer (please don't everyone else just copy mine) :rolleyes:

DaVinci Code - 48mil
MI:III
Over the Hedge
Poseidon
See no Evil
An American Haunting
United 93
Hoot
Akeelah
Ice Age II:

[newb]

OK - time for the correct answer (please don't everyone else just copy mine)

DaVinci Code - 48mil
MI:III
Over the Hedge
Poseidon
See no Evil
An American Haunting
United 93
Hoot
Akeelah
Ice Age II:

[Zero]

OK - time for the correct answer (please don't everyone else just copy mine)

DaVinci Code - 48mil
MI:III
Over the Hedge
Poseidon
See no Evil
An American Haunting
United 93
Hoot
Akeelah
Ice Age II:

[bwind22]

Originally posted by _____V_____
so we dont need to predict the gross $$ of other movies cept the #1 movie we choose?

Correct. You don't need to, but if you want to for fun, feel free.

[Amalthea]

Over the Hedge - 48mil
Poseidon
DaVinci Code
MI:III
See no Evil
An American Haunting
United 93
Hoot
Akeelah
Ice Age II:

[bwind22]

Today is the last day to submit answers for this weekend.

[AUSTIN316426808]

I know this is past the deadline but my computer was acting retarded yesterday. So it's all good if you don't count this but I'm still doing just for the hell of it.


1. The DaVinci Code- 63Mil
2. Over The Hedge
3. MI3
4. Poseidon
5. Just My Luck
6. An American Haunting
7. See No Evil
8.United 93
9. Stick It
10 Ice Age

[bwind22]

Haha. If you win there will be an asterik by your name.

[ghostgirl38]

[COLOR=blue]:cool: O.K. I'll play. I think Poisidon will be first in the box office. I'll figure out the rest later. I have until Monday.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by ghostgirl38
[COLOR=blue]:cool: O.K. I'll play. I think Poisidon will be first in the box office. I'll figure out the rest later. I have until Monday.

You had until yesterday. Deadline is Friday because after that numbers are already coming in.

[bwind22]

Results - Week 2

Well, here is what the weekend box office Top 10 came in at....

The Da Vinci Code $77,000,000
Over the Hedge $37,228,000
Mission: Impossible III $11,015,000
Poseidon $9,200,000
RV $5,100,000
See No Evil $4,350,000
Just My Luck $3,375,000
An American Haunting $1,663,000
United 93 $1,426,000
Akeelah and the Bee $1,000,000




And here are the results of for those who played... (Refer back to first couple posts for more info on scoring.)

Amalthea - 0 points
zero- 17 points
newb - 17 points
Yellow Jacket - 23 points
Austin - 34 points
bwind22 - 50 points
___V___ - 60 points




Well, ____V_____ came out on top in this second week, pegging an impressive 9 out of 10!!


Thanks for playing everyone. Keep your eyes peeled for Week 3.

[_____V_____]

thanks BW...just lucky I guess...:)

[AUSTIN316426808]

1. X-Men: The Last Stand 54mil
2. The Da Vinci Code
3. Over The Hedge
4. MI:3
5. A Prairie Home Companion
6. Poseidon
7. R.V.
8. See No Evil
9. Just My Luck
10. An American Haunting

[bwind22]

Well, we only have 1 new movie opening (of any significance) this week...

X-Men 3


Remember, picks are due by the middle of the day on Friday. (Austin's quick though. He's already submitted his.)

[bwind22]

X-Men 3 - 71 million
The Da Vinci Code -35 million
Over the Hedge - 20 million
Mission: Impossible III - 10 million
Poseidon - 7 million
RV - 4 million
See No Evil - 2.5 million
Just My Luck - 2 million
An American Haunting - 1 million
United 93 - 1 million

[_____V_____]

Here are mine :-


X-Men 3: The Last Stand - 74 million

The Da Vinci Code - 38 million

Over the Hedge - 18 million

Mission: Impossible III - 9 million

Poseidon - 7 million

RV - 5 million

See No Evil - 3 million

Just My Luck - 2 million

An American Haunting - 1.5 million

United 93 - 1 million or less

[GorePhobia]

I guess I'll try this out

seems fun

X-Men 3 - 64 million

The Da Vinci Code - 40 million

Over the Hedge - 24 million

Mission: Impossible III - 11 million

Poseidon - 5.5 million

RV - 3.5 million

See No Evil - 1.5 million

Just My Luck - 1.4 million

An American Haunting - 1.2 million

United 93 - 1 million

[Yellow Jacket]

1. X-Men: The Last Stand- $80.7 Million
2. The Da Vinci Code- $37.15 Million
3. Over the Hedge- $14.75 Million
4. Mission: Impossible 3- $9.2 Milliom
5. Poseidon- $8.10 Million
6. RV- $5.7 Million
7. Just My Luck- $4.1 Million
8. See No Evil- $3.12 Million
9. Stick It- $1.45 Million
10. An American Haunting- $1.37 Million

[Angelakillsluts]

X-Men 3 - 74 million
Mission: Impossible III (thinking the people that decided to boycott this movie might be going to see it now that all the good reviews have come out from critics and fans)
See No Evil Poseidon
The Da Vinci Code
Over the Hedge
Just My Luck
RV
An American Haunting
United 93

[bwind22]

Final answer submissions for Week 3 are due by mid-day today.

[GorePhobia]

1 X-Men: The Last Stand $107,000,000
2 The Da Vinci Code $33,500,000
3 Over the Hedge $27,273,000
4 Mission: Impossible III $6,584,000
5 Poseidon $5,900,000
6 RV $3,900,000
7 See No Evil $2,530,000
8 Just My Luck $1,800,000
9 United 93 $740,000
10 An American Haunting $700,000


so there it is

I was way off

X3 made a whoping 107 mil for 3 days.

Amazing :)

[AUSTIN316426808]

My list would've been perfect if I hadn't taken a shot on that new musical. I thought it was going to do well.

[bwind22]

Week 3 Results

1 X-Men: The Last Stand $107,000,000
2 The Da Vinci Code $33,500,000
3 Over the Hedge $27,273,000
4 Mission: Impossible III $6,584,000
5 Poseidon $5,900,000
6 RV $3,900,000
7 See No Evil $2,530,000
8 Just My Luck $1,800,000
9 United 93 $740,000
10 An American Haunting $700,000


X-Men 3 shattered opening weekend box office records pulling in a whopping 107 million in just 3 days! That's unheard of!!!!


Let's see how we all did....


____V_____ - 65 points
bwind22 - 65 points
Gorephobia - 65 points
Yellow Jacket - 60 points
Austin - 34 points
AngelaKillsSluts - 10 points


For the first time, we have a tie for first place so our tiebreaker will come in to effect. This week's winner will be whoever guessed closest to the total box office gross for X-Men 3....



Gorephobia guessed..... 64 million



bwind22 guessed.... 71 million





....and the winner, for the second week in a row, making him/her our first repeat champion....




____V_____ guessed ..... 74 million!



Well done V!




Will V's reign at the top continue or will we see a new champion?






Week 4


Week 4 answers can be submitted any time starting now until mid-day Friday, June 2.

The only new release this week getting any sort of wide release is The Break Up with Vince Vaughn & Jennifer Aniston.

Good luck in trying to dethrone V in week 4 to everyone!

[bwind22]

- Week 4 -



1 X-Men: The Last Stand - 63 million
2 The Da Vinci Code
3 The Break Up
4 Over the Hedge
5 Mission: Impossible III
6 Poseidon
7 RV
8 See No Evil
9 Just My Luck
10 American Haunting

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by bwind22
[b]

X-Men 3 shattered opening weekend box office records pulling in a whopping 107 million in just 3 days! That's unheard of!!!!



Didn't Spiderman do 114? Or did it open Wednesday/Thursday?

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Didn't Spiderman do 114? Or did it open Wednesday/Thursday?

You're right. I mis-read the article I was looking at. It shattered Memorial weekend records, but actually came in 4th all time behind Spiderman, Star Wars III & Shrek 2.

My bad.

[AUSTIN316426808]

1. X-Men: The Last Stand- 59mil
2. The Da Vinci Code
3. The Break Up
4. Over the Hedge
5. MI3
6. Poseidon
7. See No Evil
8. RV
9. Just My Luck
10. An American Haunting

[Angelakillsluts]

haha I did too bad the first time around to give it another shot.

[_____V_____]

thanks BW...I wasnt even close to the original mark of X3 though...over a 100 million geez, and I thought people wont be expecting much outta it since Singer wasnt directing...

Anyway for week 4 :-

1. X-Men: The Last Stand - 68 million

2. The Da Vinci Code

3. The Break Up

4. Over the Hedge

5. Mission Impossible III

6. Poseidon

7. See No Evil

8. RV

9. Just My Luck

10. An American Haunting

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by _____V_____
I thought people wont be expecting much outta it since Singer wasnt directing...


The majority of movie goers aren't worrying about directors unless it's Tarantino, Speilberg ect. Which are frequently mentioned throughout the promtion of the film anyway.

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
The majority of movie goers aren't worrying about directors unless it's Tarantino, Speilberg ect. Which are frequently mentioned throughout the promtion of the film anyway.

yes thats true, plus the overwhelming sense of curiosity linked with the whole "what happened to Jean Grey?", also the big name franchise, big stars, two previous blockbusters, final chapter of the trilogy etc.

But still, the way in which Singer revived the comic-to-movie adaptation after Batman and Robin did have a big influence. I have to say X-Men was an awesome adaptation. Although X2 is my fav out of the 3.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by _____V_____
yes thats true, plus the overwhelming sense of curiosity linked with the whole "what happened to Jean Grey?", also the big name franchise, big stars, two previous blockbusters, final chapter of the trilogy etc.

But still, the way in which Singer revived the comic-to-movie adaptation after Batman and Robin did have a big influence. I have to say X-Men was an awesome adaptation. Although X2 is my fav out of the 3.

I liked X2 better than the original (Wolverine goes berserk = money in the bank!) but I still havent seen the 3rd.

Anywyas, I highly doubt it'll end up being the final part in a trilogy. It just pulled in 107 mil on opening weekend. Do you honestly think they wont make another one?

I know they claim it's the last one, but we all know how Hollywood works and if it'll make money, they'll make it. X4 would make money & they know it. I bet there are Hollywwod fatcats in LA right now throwing around ideas.

[_____V_____]

There have been press releases from Fox chiefs on these lines already. X3 was part of "this trilogy" which has concluded, according to them. Read this (dated Jan 26, 2006) :-


"Despite the stupid title "X-Men: The Last Stand", Fox Head Tom Rothman has confirmed that there will indeed be an X-Men 4, and probably more after that as well. Now it's all well and good for him to say that now... but if X-Men 3 is a bomb (which we all know it won't be... even if it sucks) then those words will be quickly eaten.

So why the title "The Last Stand" then? Well, according to the good folks over at Movie Hole, Rothman offers the following explanation:

“It's the conclusion of this trilogy. These three movies work as a trilogy. These characters in this relationship, it's the culmination of that saga. It's the culmination and the resolution of those relationships laid out in the first two movies. That doesn't mean never, I would ever say never again, but I will say that this brings that saga to an end. It's quite the way the last Lord of the Rings, Return of the King, brought that trilogy to a conclusion in terms of those characters, that's what this movie does. It goes all the way back to the first one and rounds off and completes that three-part story”.

Perhaps someone should tell Rothman that the end of the Lord of the Rings was indeed actually the end of the whole series. He might have missed that part."


The X-Men series might be going for a new storyline...who knows? Maybe they will get Vince Vaughn or Clive Owen to play Gambit in X4.

:D

[Amalthea]

1. Over the Hedge - 59mil
2. X-Men: The Last Stand
3. The Da Vinci Code
4. Poseidon
5. MI3
6. The Break Up
7. See No Evil
8. RV
9. Just My Luck
10. An American Haunting

[Yellow Jacket]

1. X-Men: The Last Stand- $59.14 Million
2. The Break-Up- $30.5 Million
3. The Da Vinci Code- $30.3 Million
4. Over the Hedge- $21.6 Million
5. Mission: Impossible 3- $9 Million
6. Poseidon- $8.6 Million
7. RV- $6.54 Million
8. Just My Luck- $2.1 Million
9. See No Evil- $1.15 Million
10. United 93- $199,787 Thousand

[Yellow Jacket]

I do want to point out that since it was Memorial Day weekend, the box-office had Monday included as the box-office income. So, this is actually the final tallies as of Tuesday Morning for our Week 3.

1.X-Men: The Last Stand -$123M
2.The Da Vinci Code- $42.4M
3.Over the Hedge $35.3M
4.Mission: Impossible III $8.9M
5.Poseidon $7.09M
6.RV $5.45M
7.See No Evil $3.44M
8.Just My Luck $2.48M
9.United 93 $1.05M
10.Ice Age: The Meltdown $986K

[GorePhobia]

1. X-Men: The Last Stand - 74 Million
2. The Break Up - 32.5 Million
3. The Da Vinci Code - 31 Million
4. Over the Hedge - 25.5 Million
5. Mission Impossible III - 9.5 Million
6. Poseidon - 8.5 Million
7. See No Evil - 4 Million
8. RV - 3.3 Million
9. Just My Luck - 2.5 Million
10. An American Haunting - 1.5 Million

[bwind22]

If you want to particpate in Week 4, picks are due today at the latest. (Friday)

[GorePhobia]

I just read that The Break Up topped X3 this weeked brining in 36 million to X3's 32 million.

I am shocked.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by GorePhobia
I just read that The Break Up topped X3 this weeked brining in 36 million to X3's 32 million.

I am shocked.

Me too! Holy crap!


Week 4 Results

1 The Break-Up
2 X-Men: The Last Stand
3 Over the Hedge
4 The Da Vinci Code
5 Mission: Impossible III
6 Poseidon
7 RV
8 See No Evil
9 An Inconvenient Truth
10 Just My Luck


Here are the results for week 4.... Will V retain his crown and keep the winning streak alive or will we see a new champion?


Amalthea - 6 points
Austin - 11 points
Gorphobia - 11 points
___V___ - 11 points
Yellow Jacket - 16 points
bwind22 - 21 points



Hey look at that! We have a new winner this week and it's yours truely! All it takes is a collosal box office upset throwing everyone elses picks into turmoil. :p


Week 5 answers can be submitted any time from now until Friday. See if you can be the next one to hold the illustrious title of HDC Box Office Prediction Weekly Champ!

[bwind22]

There are a few big movies opening this week....

Disney's Cars, as well as The Omen (Which opens Tuesday, but we are still only counting the Fri-Sun box office), A Prairie Home Companion all open widely, as well as An Inconvenient Truth, which is expanding to show in more theatres.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Well that's where I messed up last week with 'Prairie Home Companion', it hadn't opened wide yet.


Also, I don't think it makes sense to open on a Tuesday just for the marketing date.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Well that's where I messed up last week with 'Prairie Home Companion', it hadn't opened wide yet.


Also, I don't think it makes sense to open on a Tuesday just for the marketing date.

Naw, it doesnt really. How much extra will they make with those couple days? And what if it opens & gets shredded by critics? Then, they'd be up shits creek without a paddle. They wouldn't even have the "opening weekend" thing going for them...

[_____V_____]

congrads BW...you were better than the rest of us...

I didnt expect X3 to tumble down so soon, and taking Da Vinci Code with it. Last Stand might have done #2, but #1?? damn.

Anyway, the curiosity value of the Pitt - Aniston break-up was more than the Jean Grey saga last week. Oh well.

1 thing about the curiosity value. If viewers are curious enough about Omen, then a release on a Tuesday wont matter. It takes only 3-4 days to break box-office records (as we have seen in X3 and other movies in the past) so lets see what happens to the Omen post 06 - 06 - 06.

[bwind22]

Week 5

Cars -71 million
The Omen
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Break-Up
Over the Hedge
The Da Vinci Code
Mission: Impossible III
Poseidon
A Prairie Home Companion
An Inconvenient Truth


I think X-Men will overcome The Break Up this week, but I doubt anyone will come close to touching Cars.

[AUSTIN316426808]

1. Cars- $65million
2. X-Men:The Last Stand
3. The Break Up
4. The Da Vinci Code
5. Over The Hedge
6. MI3
7. A Prairie Home Companion
8. Poseidon
9. See No Evil
10. RV

[_____V_____]

Here are mine for this 5th week :-


Cars - $ 75 million

The Omen

The Break Up

X Men 3: Last Stand

Over The Hedge

The Da Vinci Code

Mission Impossible 3

Priarie Home Companion

An Inconvenient Truth

Poseidon

[GorePhobia]

Cars - 70 million
The Omen
The Break-Up
X3: The Last Stand
Over The Hedge
The Da Vinci Code
Mission Impossible 3
Priarie Home Companion
An Inconvenient Truth
Poseidon

[Yellow Jacket]

1. Cars- $42.14 Million
2. The Omen- $36.6 Million
3. The Break-Up- $22.1 Million
4. X-Men: The Last Stand- $19.69 Million
5. The Da Vinci Code- $12.4 Million
6. Mission: Impossible 3- $8.6 Million
7. Poseidon- $6.17 Million
8. Over the Hedge- $4.11 Million
9. An Incovienient Truth- $3.3 Million
10. A Prairie Home Companion- $1.9 Million

[bwind22]

There's about 15 hours left to submit picks for this week.

[bwind22]

Week 5 Results

1-Cars - 60 million
2-The Break-Up
3-X-Men: The Last Stand
4-The Omen
5-The Da Vinci Code
6-Over the Hedge
7-A Prarie Home Companion
8-Mission: Impossible III
9-RV
10-Poseidon

Let's tally up the scores for week 5 and see who came out on top....

Gorephobia - 15 points
V - 15 points
Austin - 15 points
Yellow Jacket - 16 points
bwind22 - 18 points


Well, it was a pretty low scoring week. Most of us only got Cars and 1 other film right, but I managed to hang on to the throne for another week. Next week's picks can be submitted any time...

This week, we have Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties, The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift, Nacho Libre, and The Lake House all opening, as well as An Inconvenient Truth expanding to an additional 400+ theatres.

Good luck in week 6 everyone.

[AUSTIN316426808]

I completely forgot that I left out The Omen until I checked on the thread about 2 or 3 o'clock Friday.

[_____V_____]

wtg bw, you sneaked ahead of us again. :mad: :eek: :D

I thought An Inconvenient Truth might do better when expanded into a wider release, but it didnt. Also, The Omen at 2 was a safe bet, thinking maybe the curiosity value might propel its $$s. Those 2 mistakes cost my predictions.

[Yellow Jacket]

1. Nacho Libre- $31.16 Million
2. Cars- $29.61 Million
3. Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift- $20.5 Million
4. The Break-Up- $16.17 Million
5. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties- $12.3 Million
6. X-Men: The Last Stand- $10.29 Million
7. The Omen- $7.4 Million
8. The Lake House- $4.1 Million
9. Over the Hedge- $2.2 Million
10. Prairie Home Companion- $1 Million

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by _____V_____
I thought An Inconvenient Truth might do better when expanded into a wider release, but it didnt. Also, The Omen at 2 was a safe bet, thinking maybe the curiosity value might propel its $$s. Those 2 mistakes cost my predictions.

Me and you made the same mistakes. I'm still shocked that the Omen only pulled in $15 Million and that it opened at #4. And An Incovinient Truth was a schocker also, as it broke box-office records by making $4,000 in only four theaters a couple of weeks ago. Damn! This weekend is going to be a mystery at the box-office in my opinion.

[bwind22]

Week 6 picks


1-Nacho Libre - 37 million
2-The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
3-Cars
4-The Lake House
5-Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties
6-The Omen
7-X-Men: The Last Stand
8-The Break-Up
9-The Da Vinci Code
10-Over the Hedge



Wow, this week is really tough! 4 new (pretty well promoted) movies opening plus Disney's Cars coming off a big opening week. It's a crapshoot as to what film will come out on top this week... I switched F&F with Nacho Libre three times while making this list....

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by bwind22
Wow, this week is really tough! 4 new (pretty well promoted) movies opening plus Disney's Cars coming off a big opening week. It's a crapshoot as to what film will come out on top this week... I switched F&F with Nacho Libre three times while making this list....

I was doing the same thing. Let alone, I just found out that F&F has more showings than Nacho Libre does at my local theater. My prediction stands, but I won't be surprised to see F&F with the #1 spot this weekend. It's been a shocking summer movie blockbuster season so far, with twists and turns everywhere (The Break-Up topping X3 still taking the prize so far, with The Omen's weak opening coming in at a close second).

[bwind22]

Garfield looks terrible & will more than likely be a massive flop.

I think The Lake House looks stupid, but it'll do okay with the date crowd.

F&F as well as Nacho Libre will be hit or miss depending on how their reviews start rolling in. I could see either being a HUGE hit or a HUGE flop.

[Yellow Jacket]

Garfield looks like shit and doesn't stand much of a chance at the box-office (why the fuck would you release this movie a week after Cars?!?)! The Lake House will do good with the date crowd, but not too well in the theaters IMO. And I agree with you whole-heartedly on the Nacho Libre & F&F statement! We'll just have to see what happens come Monday Morning.

[_____V_____]

Here are mine for this week :-

1 - The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift - 40 million

2 - Nacho Libre

3 - Cars

4 - Lake House

5 - X-Men 3: The Last Stand

6 - Garfield : A Tale of Two Kitties

7 - The Break Up

8 - The Omen

9 - Over The Hedge

10 - The Da Vinci Code

[bwind22]

Week 6 Results

1-Cars - 31 million
2-Nacho Libre
3-The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift
4-The Lake House
5-The Break-Up
6-Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties
7-X-Men: The Last Stand
8-The Omen
9-The Da Vinci Code
10-Over the Hedge


Let's tally up the scores for week 6 and see who came out on top....

Yellow Jacket - 8 points
V - 17 points
bwind22 - 22 points


Well, it was another pretty low scoring week. No one predicted Cars topping the box office again so it ended up boiling down to who got a couple of the other ones right through more or less lucky guessing.


This week, we have Click and Waist Deep accounting for the two main theatrical releases.



Good luck in week 7 everyone.

I will be out of town from the 23rd-30th and will not be able to post scores until I get back, so basically if anyone wants to stand in as me for a week, feel free, otherwise I will update this when I return.

[bwind22]

Week 7

1-Click -42 million
2-Nacho Libre
3-Cars
4-Waist Deep
5-The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift
6-The Lake House
7-The Break-Up
8-Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties
9-X-Men: The Last Stand
10-The Omen

[bwind22]

1 and a half days left to make your selections.

[_____V_____]

1 - Click (35 million)

2 - Cars

3 - Nacho Libre

4 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

5 - Waist Deep

6 - The Lake House

7 - The Break-Up

8 - Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties

9 - X-Men 3: The Last Stand

10 - The Da Vinci Code

[Amalthea]

1-Cars -42 million
2-Nacho Libre
3-Click
4-Waist Deep
5-The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift
6-The Lake House
7-The Break-Up
8-Over The Hedge
9-X-Men: The Last Stand
10-Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties

[_____V_____]

Week 7 Results

1 - Click - $40 million
2 - Cars
3 - Nacho Libre
4 - The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift
5 - Waist Deep
6 - The Lake House
7 - The Break Up
8 - Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
9 - X-Men 3: The Last Stand
10 - The Da Vinci Code


Scores for week 7 :-

bwind22 - 30 points
___V___ - 65 points (I got all of em correct! :eek: damn jackpot!)
Amalthea - 15 points


This week's winner is me, although BW did predict the closest figure of the weekend #1 grosser. Hats off to both of us.

This weekend has a huge release lined up...

Superman Returns

along with another release, The Devil wears Prada.



There are some others lined up for selected limited releases, so they wont have much of an impact in the top 10 list.
Good luck for Week 8 to all!

[_____V_____]

Week 8 Predictions :-

1 - Superman Returns - $ 80 million

2 - Click

3 - The Devil Wears Prada

4 - Cars

5 - Nacho Libre

6 - The Lake House

7 - The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift

8 - Waist Deep

9 - The Break Up

10 - X Men 3: The Last Stand

[GorePhobia]

1 - Superman Returns - $ 100 million
2 - Click
3 - Cars
4 - The Devil Wears Prada
5 - Nacho Libre
6 - The Lake House
7 - The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift
8 - Waist Deep
9 - The Break Up
10 - X Men 3: The Last Stand

[The_Return]

1. Superman Returns with $89 million
2. Click
3. The Devil Wears Prada
4. Cars
5. Nacho Libre
6. Waist Deep
7. The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift
8. The Lake House
9. The Break Up
10. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

[_____V_____]

one and half days left to submit your predictions.

[_____V_____]

Week 8 Results

(since it was Independence Day weekend, it was stretched from June 30th -July 4th)


1 - Superman Returns - $76 million
2 - The Devil Wears Prada - $40 million
3 - Click
4 - Cars
5 - Nacho Libre
6 - The Lake House
7 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
8 - Waist Deep
9 - The Break Up
10 - The Da Vinci Code



Scores for week 8 :-

__V__ - 36 points
Gorephobia - 26 points
The_Return - 33 points


This week's winner is again me but by a very slim margin over Return bro.

Next week has another big release lined up...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

alongwith some limited releases in selected theaters of

Heading South
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary story of the New York Cosmos
A Scanner Darkly (animated)


good luck for week 9 predictions amigos...btw bwind is back so I ll let him take over back again from this weekend...:)

[AUSTIN316426808]

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest- $85 million
2. Superman Returns
3. Click
4. The Devil Wears Prada
5. Cars
6. Nacho Libre
7. The Lake House
8. The Fast and The Furious:Tokyo Drift
9. Waist Deep
10. The Break Up



If we're counting from the 30th to the 4th shouldn't Superman's total clear $100?

[GorePhobia]

1. Pirates of the Caribbean - $110 million
2. Superman Returns
3. The Devil Wears Prada
4. Click
5. Cars
6. Nacho Libre
7. The Lake House
8. The Fast and The Furious:Tokyo Drift
9. Waist Deep
10. The Break Up

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
If we're counting from the 30th to the 4th shouldn't Superman's total clear $100?

believe it or not, but thats the collection of the entire 5 day extended weekend. For 30th June, 1st and 2nd July (the actual weekend), Superman Returns stood at $52 million.

Box Office Results - June 30th to July 4th (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2006&wknd=26b&p=)

Predictions for this weekend :-

01 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $60 million
02 - Superman Returns
03 - The Devil Wears Prada
04 - Click
05 - Cars
06 - Nacho Libre
07 - The Lake House
08 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
09 - Waist Deep
10 - The Break Up


All yours now, BW...:D

[AUSTIN316426808]

Pirates of the Caribbean opened at $132 million, killed Spiderman's $114 record.

[GorePhobia]

I think I won this week :)

[bwind22]

Thanks to V for keeping this rolling in my absense.


Week 9 Results


1- Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest -132 million
2 - Superman Returns
3 - The Devil Wears Prada
4 - Click
5 - Cars
6 - Nacho Libre
7 - The Lake House
8 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
9 - Waist Deep
10 - The Break Up




Scores for week 9 :-


Austin - 50 points
Gorephobia - 65 points
V - 65 points


Gore & V both got them all correct, but Gore was way closer on the weekend gross for Pirates of the Carribean and is therefore declared the week 9 winner! Congrats gorephobia!!!



For Week 10, there are 2 films opening in wide release... (Both look pretty stupid if you ask me.).... You, Me & Dupree and Little Man will both be opening this weekend.

Remember you can submit your picks until mid-day Friday. Good luck everyone.

[bwind22]

Week 10 predictions

1- Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest -71 million
2 - Superman Returns
3- You Me & Dupree
4- Little Man
5 - Click
6 - The Devil Wears Prada
7 - Cars
8 - Nacho Libre
9 - The Lake House
10 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

[AUSTIN316426808]

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $62 million
2. Superman Returns
3. You, Me and Dupree
4. Little Man
5. The Devil Wears Prada
6. Click
7. Cars
8. Nacho Libre
9. The Lake House
10. The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift

[bwind22]

I personally think both of the releases for this week (You, Me & Dupree and Little Man) Look absolutely stupid. I doubt I'll even ending up renting either of those...

[GorePhobia]

1. Pirates of the Caribbean - $68 million
2. Superman Returns
3. You, Me and Dupree
4. Little Man
5. The Devil Wears Prada
6. Click
7. Cars
8. Nacho Libre
9. The Lake House
10. The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift

[bwind22]

You have until Friday evening to submit your picks for week 10. Roughly 18 hours left to do so...

[bwind22]

Week 10 Results


1 - Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest -132 million
2 - Little Man
3 - You, Me & Dupree
4 - Superman Returns
5 - The Devil Wears Prada
6 - Cars
7 - Click
8 - The Lake House
9 - Nacho Libre
10 - A Scanner Darkly


bwind22 - 28 points
Gorphobia - 34 points
Austin - 34 points

We have a tie, so it will come down to who was closer with the total weekend gross for the #1 movie....

Gore guessed 68 million, Austin guessed 62....



The actual weekend gross for the weekend's top movie, which once again was Pirates of teh Carribean, was.........
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Austin nailed it! Congratulations Austin!

Week 11 looks menacing with 4 big movies getting widescale release... Best of luck in week 11 everyone. Here are the new movies....

Monster House, Clerks 2, Lady in the Water and My Super Ex-Girlfriend

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by bwind22
Austin nailed it! Congratulations Austin!


:D :cool:



1. Monster House- $65 millioin
2. Lady in the Water
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Clerks 2
5. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
6. Little Man
7. You, Me and Dupree
8. Superman Returns
9. The Devil Wears Prada
10. Cars

[bwind22]

Week 11 Picks


1 - Monster House -85 million
2 - Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest -132 million
3 - My Super Ex-Girlfriend
4 - Clerks 2
5 - Lady in the Water
6 - Superman Returns
7 - Little Man
8 - You, Me & Dupree
9 - The Devil Wears Prada
10 - Cars

[Yellow Jacket]

1. Monster House- $77 Million
2. Clerks II- $42.14 Million
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest- $29.3 Million
4. My Super Ex-Girlfriend- $20.6 Million
5. Lady in the Water- $18.77 Million
6. Superman Returns- $8.9 Million
7. Little Man- $8 Million
8. You, Me, and Dupree- $7.61 Million
9. The Devil Wears Prada- $2.1 Million
10. Cars- $1.90 Million

[GorePhobia]

1. Monster House- $72 million
2. Pirates of the Carribean
3. Clerks 2
4. Lady in the Water
5. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
6. Little Man
7. You, Me and Dupree
8. Superman Returns
9. The Devil Wears Prada
10. Cars

[KRUGERKID13]

Pirates : 33 million
Monster House
Lady In the water
You me and Dupreez
Clerks 2
Litle Man
Super Ex Girlfriend
Click
Cars
Superman


sorry

[bwind22]

Originally posted by KRUGERKID13
Pirates : 33 million
Monster House 21 million
Lady In the water : 17 million
You me and Dupreez: 10 million
Clerks 2 : 8.6 million
Litle Man : 7 million
Super Ex Girlfriend : 6.3 million

Hey dude. Glad you want to play, but there's a couple things I should point out to you....

1- You only need to guess the $$$ amount for the #1 movie.
2- You only picked 7 movies, but we are trying to guess the top 10.

That's it. Just some pointers to get you started in the right direction. Good luck.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by bwind22
Hey dude. Glad you want to play, but there's a couple things I should point out to you....

1- You only need to guess the $$$ amount for the #1 movie.
2- You only picked 7 movies, but we are trying to guess the top 10.

That's it. Just some pointers to get you started in the right direction. Good luck.

He must be taking after me.

[KRUGERKID13]

Just a little bit of info I work for Kerasotes theaters and we do this thing called tracking to see how interrested people are in certain films and well Monster House is tracking a 2..... out of 25. It will not be tops at the Box Office i can almost guarantee that.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
:D :cool:



1. Monster House- $65 millioin
2. Lady in the Water
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Clerks 2
5. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
6. Little Man
7. You, Me and Dupree
8. Superman Returns
9. The Devil Wears Prada
10. Cars

New List

1. Monster House- $65 millioin
2. Clerks 2
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Lady in the Water
5. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
6. Little Man
7. You, Me and Dupree
8. Superman Returns
9. The Devil Wears Prada
10. Cars

[GorePhobia]

no winners this week?

[bwind22]

Originally posted by GorePhobia
no winners this week?

Sorry, I've been slacking. I'll do it right now.

[bwind22]

Week 11 Results


1 - Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest -35 million
2 - Monster House
3 - Lady in the Water
4 - You, Me & Dupree
5 - Little Man
6 - Clerks 2
7 - My Super Ex-Girlfriend
8 - Superman Returns
9 - The Devil Wears Prada
10 - Cars

Yellow Jacket - 10 points
bwind22 - 10 points
Gorphobia - 15 points
Austin - 15 points
KruegerKid - 39 points



Well, most of us didn't do very well this week. Apparently we either underestimated Pirates of the Carribean's box office appeal or we overestimated Monster House. Either way most of us only got 2 or 3 right.... Except for KruegerKid! Who dominated with 39 points to pull off his first victory!

Way to go KK!

Week 12 has The Ant Bully, John Tucker Must Die and Miami Vice all seeing wide releases....


Good luck.

[Yellow Jacket]

Week 13 Predictions

1. Talladegga Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby- $60.2 Million
2. Miami Vice- $20.87 Million
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest- $20.1 Million
4. John Tucker Must Die- $10.4 Million
5. Barnyard- $8.9 Million
6. Monster House- $6.50 Million
7. The Ant Bully- $4 Million
8. Lady in the Water- $3.72 Million
9. The Descent- $2.1 Million
10. You, Me, and Dupree- $1 Million

[roshiq]

[1] Miami Vice........$22.60 Million
[2] Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
[3] Talladegga Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
[4] Barnyard
[5] John Tucker Must Die
[6] Monster House
[7] The Ant Bully
[8] The Descent
[9] Lady in the Water
[10] You, Me, and Dupree