Top 12 Winter Films
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $425M
2. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 - $312M
3. Skyfall - $203M
4. Wreck-It Ralph - $145M
5. Rise of the Guardians - $122M
6. Taken 2 - $112M
7. Django Unchained - $107M
8. Frankenweenie - $89M
9. Paranormal Activity 4 - $83.5M
10. Argo - $82M
11. Les Miserables - $80M
12. Lincoln - $77M
Top 5 Worldwide:
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $1.2B
2. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 - $760M
3. Skyfall - $735M
4. Rise of the Guardians -$390M
5. Wreck-It Ralph - $380M
Top 5 Opening Weekends:
1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 - $158M
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $144M
3. Skyfall - $73M
4. Wreck-It Ralph - $46M
5. Paranormal Activity 4-$41M
HERE ARE YOUR FIRST PRE SEASON BONUS QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BEFORE OCTOBER 3RD AT 11:59PM CENTRAL TIME
THESE WILL BE WORTH A TOTAL OF 10,000 POSSIBLE POINTS.
10,000 IF CORRECT
-5000 IF INCORRECT
3000 FOR TELLING ME THAT YOU ARE ABSTAINING
Tell me, of these six films, which one will be the lowest grossing of the Winter:
Seven Psycopaths
Sinister
Pitch Perfect
The Man with the Iron Fists
Playing Keeps
Chasing Mavericks- 11.5M
FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 Tell me, within 5 million dollars, what its gross will be. Anyone who calls this within 5 million dollars (note you MUST CALL THE CORRECT FILM TO QUALIFY FOR THE 10,000 BONUS PTS) whether it is over or under the total, will get the 10,000 points.
Second Bonus Question:
Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the Winter:
Taken 2: $112M
Argo
Paranormal Activity 4
Flight:
This is 40
Life of Pi
For 10,000 POSSIBLE bonus points, tell me, within 5 million dollars, what its gross will be. Anyone who calls this within 5 million dollars (note you MUST CALL THE CORRECT FILM TO QUALIFY FOR THE 10,000 BONUS PTS) whether it is over or under the total, will get the 10,000 points.
Tell me, of these four films, which will be the highest grossing?
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
Jack Reacher
Skyfall - $203M
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
For 15,000 bonus points, call the correct film within 5 mill.
PRESEASON QUESTIONS:
1. Will the Holiday OW record be broken? The current holder is New Moon with $142,839,137 YES
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
2. Will the October OW record be broken? The current holder is Paranormal Activity 3 with $52,568,183. Only films released in Oct are valid. No
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
3. Will the December OW record be broken by more than 40M? The current holder is I Am Legend with $77,211,321. Only films released in December are valid. Yes
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
4. Will any movie come within 15M of the January biggest OW? The current January OW record is Cloverfield at $40,058,229. Only films released in Jan are valid. NO
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
5. Will any movie do more than 45M in Spain? ABSTAIN
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
6. Will any movie do more than 110M in the UK? NO
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
7. Which combination of films will gross more? B
A. Paranormal Activity 4, Killing Them Softly, The Big Wedding
B. Taken 2, Frankenweenie, Here Comes the Boom
C. Argo, Cloud Atlas, Alex Cross
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,00 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
8. Will Breaking Dawn 2 and Hobbit make more combined than the rest of the top 8 combined? NO
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
9. Which combination of movies will gross more OS: C
A. Skyfall, Cloud Atlas, Pitch Perfect
B. Rise of the Guardians, Paranormal Activity 4, Argo, Red Dawn
C. Wreck-It Ralph, Taken 2, Jack Reacher
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
10. Will Taken 2 gross more than Gone in 60 Seconds ($101,648,571)? YES
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points
11. Will The Hobbit gross more WW than the rest of the top 4 combined? No
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points.
12. Will any movie listed as horror by boxofficemojo.com not named Paranormal Activity 4 open with more than 20M? NO
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points
13. Will any movie listed as crime by boxofficemojo.com open with more than 29.5M? YES
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points
14. Will any animated film make more than 250 million domestically? NO
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points
15. Will the Hobbit beat DH2's OW ($169,189,427)? NO
Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Abstain (and you must state that you are not answering or you will lose 8000 points) 3000 points