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WINTERTIME IS HERE, HUZZAH!


WELCOME TO THE SUPER FUN ALL CONSUMING BEHEMOTH WINTER GAME 2016!

Looking for a fun and frantic way to quench your predictioning thirst until next summer rolls around again? If yes, the winter game is where things be at.

The game will run from Friday October 21st until Sunday February 26th. So that means that all grosses and predictions will only count until Sunday February 26th.

As for structure, the main focus is on preseason general gross predictions and a sprinkling of bonus questions. Then during the game itself, there will be weekly sets of questions as well as the good old SOTM (Spur of the Moment – You will learn to love these ;) ) questions too. So let’s get to the predictioning:

A: DOMESTIC TOP 15

Predict the 15 films you believe will gross the highest over the course of the winter game along with a predicted gross. You may choose any film for this list that gets released during the course of the winter game (If you think that some film listed on BOM for a 22 screen limited release is going to explode to $750M domestic, then go ahead and predict it).

 

 

Therefore your top 15 predictions should look something like the following:

 

1) Avatar: 485M
2) Ernest Saves Christmas 46lM
3) The Tom and Jerry Movie 411M
4) Ironclaws! Fists of fury. 325M
5) Honey we ate the kids 232M
6) The Really Amazing Spiderman, We Promise it Really is This Time 4: 177M
7) Halloween Part Ninety Three 155M
8) BSG: The Movie 118M
9) Sparticus 2: The Quickening 115M
10) Hans: A prince’s Tale 112M
11) Snow White and the 7 Gigolos 109M
12) Aliens vs Ja Ja Binks 104M
13) We Bought a Nuclear Powerplant 101M
14) Tetris The Movie 95M
15) On the Cusp of Yesterday 92M

 

POINT SYSTEM:


For every film you call correctly in the top 15, in any order, you will get 30,000 points. For every film you call in the exact spot, you will get 50,000 points (total). So you must think this out thoroughly. You will also lose 15,000 points for every film in the top 15 that you call incorrectly. So, for example, if you say Rogue One will be in the top 15, and it misses the top 15, you will lose 15,000 points (PLUS whatever you miss the gross by).

If you are able to call the top two positions right, in order, regardless of the gross, you will get a 75,000 point bonus.

If you are able to call the top three positions right, in order, regardless of the gross, you will get a 100,000 point bonus.

If you can call the top four positions right, in order, regardless of gross, you will get a 150,000 point bonus.

If you are able to call the top five positions right, in order, regardless of gross, you will get a 250,000 point bonus.  This is not as easy as you might think it is.

If you are a genius and can call the top 10 right, in order, regardless of gross, you will get a 750,000 point bonus.

If you can call 12 right in order, you get a million bonus points.

If you can call 15 right in order, you will get 2 million points, a specially commissioned MS Paint portrait of any movie scene you choose, hand-created by me, and I will post a Youtube video of me acting out any scene of your choice from any film released during the Winter Game. 

OTHER ADD ONS:

Call ANY 4 SPOTS in the correct place (eg: 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 14th) and receive a 100,000 point bonus.

 Call ANY 6 SPOTS in the correct place and receive a 200,000 point bonus.

 Call ANY 8 SPOTS in the correct place and receive a 300,000 point bonus.

 Call ANY 10 SPOTS in the correct place and receive a 500,000 point bonus.

If less than 20 players successfully predict a film to finish in the top 15, those players will score a 20,000 point bonus.

If less than 10 players successfully predict a film to finish in the top 15, those players will score a 50,000 point bonus.

If less than 5 players successfully predict a film to finish in the top 15, those players will score a 75,000 point bonus.

If 1 solitary player successfully predicts a film to finish in the top 15, that players will score a 125,000 point bonus.

 

BONUS STRUCTURE.  

Call 6 or 7 of the 15 films correct, regardless of order and get a 50,000 point bonus

Call 8 or 9 of the 15 films correct, regardless of order and get a 100,000 point bonus

Call 10 of the 15 films correctly, regardless of the order, and receive a 150,000 point bonus.

Call 11 of the top 15 correct, regardless of order, receive a 200,000 point bonus.

Call 12 films correct, regardless of the order and you will receive a 300,000 point bonus.

Call 13 correct, regardless of order, and you get a 500,000 point bonus.

 Call 14 correct, regardless of order, and you get a 700,000 point bonus.

 If you call all 15 correct, regardless of order, you will get a 1 million point bonus

This does not eliminate the bonus points originally mentioned, it will just add to them.

 

GROSS ACCURACY:

Call a film’s gross to within 2 million to get 30,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 5 million to get 25,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 10 million to get 20,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 20 million to get 15,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 30 million to get 10,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 40 million to get 5000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 50 million to get no bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 50.01-80 million lose 10,000 points and lose 1,000 points for every subsequent 10M you are away. *If the film finishes in the top 15, the maximum points that can be lost are 25,000. If the film is not in the top 15, there is no upper limit for points lost.  

The closest predictor for each of the top 15 films will receive an additional 20,000 points to their total (no matter how wrong that prediction may be)

If anyone can predict at least 4 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 25,000 points

If anyone can predict at least 6 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 50,000 points

If anyone can predict at least 8 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 100,000 points

If anyone can predict at least 10 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 150,000 points

If anyone can predict at least 12 of the top 15 to within 50 million, they will score a bonus 250,000 points

And one more caveat to this is the double whammy rule.

If you call a film to hit the top 15 and it misses, you will lose points for missing the top 15 AND you will lose DOUBLE points if the gross misses by more than the 50 million allotted to you. If however you call a film incorrectly in the top 15 but you are within the 50 million, YOU WILL NOT GET CREDIT FOR THOSE POINTS

If you don't enter a gross for a particular film in the top 15 and you've put that film in your top 14, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the film in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly.  If you don't enter a gross for the 15th film, the gross used will be that of the 14th placed film you predicted. 

 

If you DO NOT enter any grosses, you are assumed to ABSTAIN from entering the gross for the top 15 and you will lose a score equal to worst score for grosses - 10k.  If the lowest score is +ve then you will lose 10k for grosses.  (you will still receive all points associated with the positions of course)

 

B: DOMESTIC TOP 7 WEEKENDS (READ CAREFULLY)

NOTE: THIS IS NO LONGER EXCLUSIVELY OPENING WEEKENDS.

Due to platform style release schedule of award targeted films before the proper release date, this section will no longer be exclusively opening weekends but rather any weekend in general. This means that if a repeat of the American Sniper situation from Winter 2014 occurs again, the 100 million ‘3rd weekend’ or whenever it was would be that film’s qualifying weekend.

 

A film’s weekend will always be deemed its 3 day Friday to Sunday gross (including Thursday previews). So if a film opens on a Wednesday, only the BOM reported Friday-Sunday 3 day will count as the weekend total.

 

 

POINT SYSTEM:

For each correctly predicted film, regardless of order you receive 15,000 points

For each film in the exact spot you receive 10,000 bonus points (so 25,000 total)

Call top 3 in order and receive 50,000 bonus points

Call 5 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 75,000 bonus points

Call 6 of the top 7 (any order) receive 100,000 bonus points

Call top 7 (any order) receive 150,000 bonus points

For every incorrect film lose 7,000 points

 
GROSS ACCURACY:

Call a film’s gross to within 1 million to get 30,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 2.5 million to get 25,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 5 million to get 20,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 10 million to get 15,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 15 million to get 10,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 20 million to get 5,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 30 million to get no bonus points

Miss the gross by more than 30M and lose 10,000 points (You will lose these points even if the film doesn’t make the top 7 OW.)

The closest predictor for each film will also receive a bonus 10,000 points.

Predict 3 of the top 7 to within 30M and score a 30,000 point bonus

Predict 4 of the top 7 to within 30M and score a 60,000 point bonus

Predict 5 of the top 7 to within 30M and score a 100,000 point bonus

NEW RULE!!! - If you don't enter a gross for a particular film in the top 7 and you've put that film in your top 6, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the film in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly.  If you don't enter a gross for the 7th film, the gross used will be that of the 6th placed film you predicted. 

 

If you DO NOT enter any grosses, you are assumed to ABSTAIN from entering the gross for the Top 7 Weekends and you will lose a score equal to worst score for grosses - 5k.  If the lowest score is +ve then you will lose 5k for grosses.  (you will still receive all points associated with the positions of course)

 

C: TOP 10 WORLDWIDE TOTAL GROSS

Predict the top 10 grossing films of the Winter, worldwide.

POINT SYSTEM:

For each correctly predicted film, regardless of order you receive 25,000 points

For each film in the exact spot you receive 15,000 bonus points (so 40,000 total)

Call top 3 in order and receive 100,000 bonus points

Call top 5 in order and receive 200,000 bonus points

Call 6 of the top 10 correctly (any order) receive 75,000 bonus points

Call 7 of the top 10 correctly (any order) receive 125,000 bonus points

Call 8 of the top 10 correctly (any order) receive 200,000 bonus points

Call 9 of the top 10 (any order) receive 300,000 bonus points

Call top 10 (any order) receive 500,000 bonus points

For every incorrect film lose 10,000 points

 
GROSS ACCURACY:

Call a film’s gross to within 10 million to get 50,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 25 million to get 40,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 50 million to get 30,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 75 million to get 20,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 100 million to get 10,000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 150 million to get 5000 bonus points

Call a film’s gross to within 200 million to get no bonus points

Miss the gross by 200-250M and lose 10,000 points. Then also lose an additional 1,000 points for every subsequent 25M you miss the final total by. (You will lose double these points if the film doesn’t make the top 10 WW.) *If the film finishes in the top 15, the maximum points that can be lost are 25,000. If the film is not in the top 15, there is no upper limit for points lost.

Call 4 of the top 10 to within $200M and score 50,000 bonus points

Call 5 of the top 10 to within $200M and score 100,000 bonus points

Call 6 of the top 10 to within $200M and score 150,000 bonus points

Call 8 of the top 10 to within $200M and score 250,000 bonus points

NEW RULE!! - If you don't enter a gross for a particular film in the Top 10 Domestic and you've put that film in your top 9, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the film in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly.  If you don't enter a gross for the 10th film, the gross used will be that of the 9th placed film you predicted. 

 

If you DO NOT enter any grosses, you are assumed to ABSTAIN from entering the gross for the Top 10 Worldwide and you will lose a score equal to worst score for grosses - 10k.  If the lowest score is +ve then you will lose 10k for grosses.  (you will still receive all points associated with the positions of course)

 

D: TOTAL GROSSES

Predict a total gross for each of: Top 15 Domestic, Top 7 W/E, Top 10 WW and Top 5 China (This does not have to have any mathematical connection to your predictions in parts A-D). This will look something like:

Top 15: 3 Billion dollars

Top 7 W/E 475M

Top 10 WW: 8 Trillion Dollars

POINT SYSTEM:

For each prediction if you are:

Within 25% of the final total. score 10,000 points

Within 20% of the final total. score 15,000 points

Within 15% of the final total. score 20,000 points

Within 10% of the final total. score 25,000 points

Within 8% of the final total. score 30,000 points

Within 5% of the final total. score 35,000 points

Within 2% of the final total. score 50,000 points

 

If all three predictions are within 10% score a bonus 25,000

If all three predictions are within 8% score a bonus 40,000

If all three predictions are within 5% score a bonus 70,000

If all three predictions are within 2% score a bonus 100,000

 

E: AND THE WINNER IS…

That’s right folks, it’s Oscar time! With this year’s game now ending on Oscar night, it feels right to have a Oscar based prediction round and this one will be fun.

Predict the seven highest grossing films of the Winter to be nominated for one of the following Oscars: Best Picture, Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress, Director or Animation.

Only films released during the course of the game are eligible (so no Zootopia for example).

In an added twist, any film that WINS the Oscar will have their gross doubled for this list.

So if Bad Santa grosses 65M and gets nominated for an Oscar, it is eligible for the top 7.

If Why Him grosses 45M and WINS an Oscar, it is eligible for the top 7 and its gross will be counted as 90M (45 x 2)

If Underworld grosses 475M but does not get nominated in an eligible category, it will not make the top 7.   

 

POINT SYSTEM:

For each correctly predicted film, regardless of order you receive 20,000 points

For each film in the exact spot you receive 10,000 bonus points (so 30,000 total)

Call 3 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 25,000 bonus points

Call 4 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 50,000 bonus points

Call 5 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 75,000 bonus points

Call 6 of the top 7 correctly (any order) receive 100,000 bonus points

Call 7 of the top 7 (any order) receive 150,000 bonus points

For every incorrect film that gets an Oscar nomination lose 10,000 points

For every film that does not get nominated for any eligible Oscar lose 25,000 points

GROSS ACCURACY:

There are no gross predictions required only placements.

 

E: ASSASSIN’S GREED

Predict the top 5 Overseas (so not USA or Canada) territories for Assassins Creed over the duration of the game. Also predict one back up in the event of the film not being released there in time (looking at you China!). If two regions fail to release the film then that becomes just your hard luck J

POINT SYSTEM:

For each correctly predicted country, regardless of order you receive 25,000 points

For each country in the exact spot you receive 15,000 bonus points (so 40,000 total)

Call 3 of the top 5 correctly (any order) receive 40,000 bonus points

Call 4 of the top 5 (any order) receive 60,000 bonus points

Call top 5 (any order) receive 100,000 bonus points

For every incorrect film lose 10,000 points

 

GROSS ACCURACY:

There are no gross predictions required only placements.

 


LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!


HERE ARE YOUR PRE SEASON BONUS QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BEFORE MIDNIGHT OCTOBER 21st.

NOTE: In the event that a film gets pulled from release completely, if this schedule change occurs before October 14th, a new film will be added to replace it. Players will then still have 7 days to change their answer as they please (anybody who predicts the removed film and doesn’t change in this time will automatically have their prediction assigned to abstain).

If the film exits the schedules after October 14th, then for yes/no answers, the question will be considered void, for questions with multiple answers such as 1 and 2, the option will be removed from the game and the question will continue. (Any player who had chosen the deleted option in this scenario will score points equivalent to abstaining in this instance)     
 

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

 

A: 100M

B: 200M

C: 300M

D: 400M

E: 500M

 

Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

 

1)     Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Dr. Strange
2) Fantastic Beasts
3) Moana
4) Assassin’s Creed

Answer correctly: 12,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 2,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus.

 

 

2)     Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Rings
2) Ouija 2
3) Split
4) Resident Evil

Answer correctly: 12,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 2,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus

 

 

3)    Will at least 3 films make more than 250M domestically by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

 

 

4)    Will animated films combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

 

 

5)    Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

 

6)    Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

 

7)    Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)?

 

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

 

8)    Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

9)   Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day.  Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide?

 

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

13)Animated films have had a stellar year.  But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens?

 

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 65m.  Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)?

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition.  Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)?

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

 

20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

                                          

21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

 

24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)?

 

Answer correctly: 35,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%?

 

Answer correctly: 35,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here.  Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok).  Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart?

Answer correctly: 40,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

27)  Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

 

1)   Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen  

2)   Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 

3)   Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog

4)   Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

28) Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game?

 

1)   Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2   

2)   Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man

3)   Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake

4)   Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? *

 

1)   November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still)

2)   December 16th

3)   December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still)

4)   February 10th

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? *

 

1)   October 28th

2)   December 2nd

3)   January 13th

4)   March 24th

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

Films moving release dates will not void questions 29-30.

YES WE ARE PUTTING BONUSES HERE TOO!!!:

If you get 12 or more preseason questions correct, you will score 50,000 bonus points

If you get 15 or more preseason questions correct, you will score 75,000 bonus points

If you get 18 or more preseason questions correct, you will score 100,000 bonus points

If you get 21 or more preseason questions correct, you will score 150,000 bonus points

If you get 23 or more preseason questions correct, you will score 200,000 bonus points

If you get at least 25 or more preseason questions correct, you will score 250,000 bonus points

If you get 27 preseason questions correct, you will score 300,000 bonus points

If you get 28-29 preseason questions correct, you will score 500,000 bonus points

If you get 30 preseason questions correct, you will score 750,000 bonus points

 

And Finally… Potter vs Star Wars Universe Questions (JJ-8’s Questions)


Both universes have films being released this winter for the first time (in a blockbuster format) that are in addition to the main franchise films of their respective universes.  Nothing is certain in the fickle environment that is box office returns, so here are 20 questions to help decide whether either of the universes can expand beyond their main franchise films (though ok Star Wars already did it in the past with TV shows etc)……


Points structure is simple: 5000 for a correct answer, lose 3000 for an incorrect answer(accept for questions 20(a) which is a bonus question and you cannot lose on the bonus section only).
You can abstain from every question and score 8,000 points you must answer all or nothing, any missing answers will be marked as incorrect (excluding the bonus question – 20(a)). 


To simplify names I am using the following shorthand for each film:

  • Rogue One = Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Fantastic Beasts = Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them

Right here are questions (are broken in 3 sections this game)


Higher or Lower Questions 

(well this wasn’t just a Potter vs Star Wars Universe set of questions for nothing!)

Simply put down “Higher” OR “Lower” – if you fail to use put Higher or Lower and put say Yes or No for these you will be marked INCORRECT.


e.g. for question 1. if you pick “Higher”, then your answer is Rogue One’s theatre Count is higher than Fantastic Beast theatre count on opening weekend. 


IF SOMEHOW (VERY UNLIKELY) WE A QUESTION WHICH IS EQUAL THEN EVERYONE WILL GET THE QUESTION CORRECT.


1.    Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)?
2.    Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend?
3.    Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend?
4.    Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)?
5.    Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)?
6.    Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)?
7.    Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please)
8.    Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please)


Simple Yes/No Answers:

9.    Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016?
10.    Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)?
11.    Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it?
12.    Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)?
13.    Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters.   Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts?
14.    Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe?
15.    Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)?
16.    Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game?


A few final questions to really test the thinking…..
17.    Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest?
18.    In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)?
19.    How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)?
20.    Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))?
        a.    As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.)


POINT BONUSES:


16/20: 5,000
17/20: 7,000
18/20: 10,000
19/20: 15,000
20/20: 25,000

 

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND HAVE FUN.

THE FIRST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND THE FIRST SOTM WILL BE POSTED SOON

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This Template is the preferred way to answer the preseasons: (Another copy will be posted in the first post of the official predictions thread when it is up)

 

Prediciton Thread is here:

 

 

TOP 15 ETC PREDICTION TEMPLATE

 

Below is a helpful template to use for making predictions. All Players who use this template for their predictions will receive 10,000 bonus points for making my life easier when I have to score everything at the end of the game.

 

A: Domestic top 15:

 

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B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

 

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C: Worldwide top 10:

 

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D: Total Grosses:

 

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Top 7 W/E)
 

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E: And the Winner Is…:

 

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F: Assassin's Greed:

 

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Pre-season Questions:

 

A: 100M

B: 200M

C: 300M

D: 400M

E: 500M

 

Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

 

1)   Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Dr. Strange
2) Fantastic Beasts
3) Moana
4) Assassin’s Creed

Answer correctly: 12,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 2,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus.

 

 

2)   Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Rings
2) Ouija 2
3) Split
4) Resident Evil

Answer correctly: 12,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 2,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus

 

 

3)    Will at least 3 films make more than 250M domestically by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

 

 

4)    Will animated films combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

 

 

5)    Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

 

6)    Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

 

7)    Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)?

 

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

 

8)    Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

9)   Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day.  Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

 

10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide?

 

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

13)Animated films have had a stellar year.  But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens?

 

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m.  Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)?

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition.  Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)?

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

 

20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

                                          

21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)?

 

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

 

24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)?

 

Answer correctly: 35,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%?

 

Answer correctly: 35,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here.  Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok).  Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart?

Answer correctly: 40,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

27)  Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

 

1)   Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen  

2)   Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 

3)   Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog

4)   Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game?

 

1)   Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2   

2)   Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Friday 13th

3)   Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake

4)   Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? *

 

1)   November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still)

2)   December 16th

3)   December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still)

4)   February 10th

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? *

 

1)   October 28th

2)   December 2nd

3)   January 13th

4)   March 24th

 

Answer correctly: 40,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

 

 

And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions:

 

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REMEMBER!!! USE THIS TEMPLATE AND RECEIVE 20,000 BONUS POINTS ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!

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Summer Game FAQ/Nitpick

 

I will endeavor to use this post to answer any queries or specifics about the game or a particular question. Any pertinent point that is of significant importance to the game will be answered and pasted into the first post here so that there will always be a record for my stance on any particular question or issue.

 

I have started this off myself with answers to most of the questions I expect people to have about the game/scoring.

 

Q. The film I predicted in my top 15/7/10/5 got moved out of the release window of the game. What happens to that prediction?

             If the schedule changes before the start of the game, then you are free to change this prediction to a new film. If it happens after the game begins, or you do not notice in time, then it is just hard luck  Points wise you would only score the negative 10,000 for having an incorrect placement and would not lose extra for your gross being 40M more than $0.

 

Q. I forgot to predict a dollar total for film / section X, what will happen to me score wise?

If you don't enter a gross for a particular film in the top 15 and you've put that film in your top 14, the gross will be assumed to be the same as the film in the position you predicted below it and will be scored accordingly.  If you don't enter a gross for the 15th film, the gross used will be that of the 14th placed film you predicted. 

 

If you DO NOT enter any grosses, you are assumed to ABSTAIN from entering the gross for the top 15 and you will lose a score equal to worst score for grosses - 10k.  If the lowest score is +ve then you will lose 10k for grosses.  (you will still receive all points associated with the positions of course)

 

Q. I forgot to post a prediction for weekly questions on at least one occasion, what happens to me?

You will score zero points for that week. Near the end of the game there will be a set of makeup questions that anyone missing at least one week of questions can answer in order to claw some points back.

 

Q. Can a foreign film end up in the Worldwide top 10 totals list?

No it cannot, (Unless it gets wide domestic release)

 

Q. Can you please make the SOTM Questions more complicated and with bigger risks than the Winter Game ones please, they were far too tame for my liking?

I will see what I can do J

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17)Thor opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 65m.  Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (65.1m)?

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

Thor didn't open on this weekend, Thor 2 did.

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22 hours ago, grim22 said:

17)Thor opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 65m.  Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (65.1m)?

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 6,000 points

 

Thor didn't open on this weekend, Thor 2 did.

 

It has been changed to Thor 2's numbers. I will message nybody who has already posted a prediction set

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