[Brave Discussion]

I can't wait!

Brave is my 4th most anticipated movie of the Summer! (after TDKR, Avengers, and Prometheus).

[All of our preseason answers and top 12+ WW questions and SOTM 1 here]

AND HERE WE GO!!

WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL BAUMER'S SUMMER GAME 2012! This is the 5th Annual Summer Game:

This year, you have to predict the top 12 films of the summer.

1. Avengers - $445

2. The Dark Knight Rises - $415

3. Brave - $240

4. Spiderman - $215

5. Bourne Legacy - $200

6. Prometheus - $195

7. Snow White & the Huntsman - $193

8. Ice Age 4 - $180

9. Madagascar 3 - $170

10. Men in Black 3 - $165

11. Neighborhood Watch - $160

JUST TOP 11

International Flair #1:

Tell me what the WW top 5 of the summer will be. The point structure will be as follows:

The Dark Knight Rises - $1,120,000,000

Avengers $1,096,000,000

Ice Age - $750,000,000

Brave - $720,000,000

Prometheus - $690,000,000

International Flair #2:

What five films will have the best opening weekends World Wide?

Dark Knight Rises

Ice Age

Spiderman

Prometheus

Avengers

Tell me what films will finish with the 7 best opening weekends domestically.

Avengers

The Dark Knight Rises

Amazing Spider-Man

Prometheus

Snow White & the Huntsmen

Men in Black 3

Madagascar 3

Tell me, of these five films, which one will be the lowest grossing of the summer. Only these five films can you choose from.

1) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2

2) Savages

3) Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor

4) People Like Us- $46 million

5) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Second Bonus Question:

Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the summer:

1) Magic Mike

2) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter - $99 million

3) Dark Shadows

4) The Dictator

Third Bonus Question:

Tell me, of these five films, which will be the highest grossing?

1) Total Recall

2) The Dictator

3) Dark Shadows

4) The Expendables 2 - $125 million

5) Paranorman

For 15,000 bonus points, call the correct film within 5 mill.

TRIPLE BONUS

Here are your 16 bonus questions that have to be answered before the MAY 2ND start date.

Question 1: Will the Opening Weekend (3 day) record be broken? The current record holder is HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 2 WITH $169,189,427.

Yes.

Question 2: Will the opening day record be broken? This includes all monies earned from midnight as well, but will not include any money earned from early start times like 8pm and so on). The current record holder is DH2 WITH $91,071,119.

Yes.

Question 3: Will any film this summer open to a worldwide opening weekend of more than 400 million? (THIS WILL INCLUDE ANY 5 DAY WEEKENDS. WHATEVER IS REPORTED FOR THE ACTUALS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BE THE NUMBER WE GO BY).

Yes.

Question 4: Will any film make more than 60 million this summer in FRANCE?

Choose Not to Answer

Question 5: Will any film make more than 85 million dollars this summer in the UK box office?

Choose Not to Answer

Question 6: Will any film make more than 50 million in CHINA this summer? Both Transformers 3 and DH2 did more than 60 in China last year.

Choose Not to Answer

Question 7: Will at least 2 films make one billion WW this summer?

YES

Question 8: Will at least 2 films, listed as a comedy by Box Office Mojo, make more than 100 million dollars this summer?

YES.

Question 9: Will at least 2 animated film have a WW gross of more than 700 million dollars?

YES.

Question 10: Which combination of films will make more money domestically?

1) The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy, Step Up 4, Rock of Ages

Question 11: Will any film make more than 30 million in Russia this summer?

Choose Not to Answer

Question 12:

Will TDKR and The Avengers combined make more this summer than the other top 5 films combined (domestic only)?

Yes.

Question 13:

Will at least three films gross more than 100 mill opening weekend?

No.

Question 14:

Will The Avengers or The Dark Knight Returns have a better Saturday drop than The Hunger Games?

Yes.

Question 15:

Will The Amazing Spider-man have a better gross than TDKR in any of these three regions:

No.

Bonus Question of all Bonus Questions:

This is a four parter:

1) Will TDKR make at least 500 million domestically? No.

2) Will TDKR make more than 580 million internationally? Yes.

3) Will TDKR do at least 40 million for midnights? No.

4)) Will TDKR make at least 1.1 billion WW? Yes.

NEW QUESTION:

17)

A) Will any film listed as a horror film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 100 million dollars this summer? No.

Will any film listed as a horror film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 32.5 mill? No.

C) Will any film listed as a horror film by boxofficemojo.com have a second weekend drop of less than 43%? No.

D) Will any film listed as a horror film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 10 mill? Abstain.