[2019 Derby Summer League Signup - Waitlist only]

put me in coach

[Derby Summer League Signup - Full - Waiting list now]

I want in!

[Wednesday #s: TLJ 16.9M, Jumanji 7.2M, Greatest Snowman 2.45M]

Is the 2M Amazon sneaks including in the 7M for Jumanji? That'be pretty bad. I know they said they'd include it in total

[WINTER GAME IS HERE!!! - Premium George WINS!]

Sorry Chas, I won't be able to participate. Pretty busy this Winter, so I need a break. I'll be back for the Summer for sure  You guys are the best

[November 2017 | Investments & Monthly Thread]

Gimme all 3 lol

 

Justice League - 100%

Wonder - 100%

The Star - 100%

[October 2017 | Investments & Monthly Thread]

Need my horror fix

 

100% Jigsaw

[November 2017 | Investments & Monthly Thread]

Missed out on Thor

 

Murder on the Orient Express - 100%

[Do you need to be a virgin to see this fucking Derby? | Week 37]

Boom! First place in forever woohooo

[The Summer Game 2017 | Beans have been counted, sprouts measured, zombies destroyed, and Tele relegated to... oh wait better not... | Let the Pre-Season Reveals begin ...]

Wow, 4th place not too shabby missed out on some Korean movies or who knows what  Thanks Chas and JJ for running, and everyone who helped and scored  

[Week 18 - It all comes down to tulips and spaceships]

Part A:

 

1. Will Close Encounters make more than $1.5M? 1000 NO

2. Will Tulip Fever make more than $1.5M? 2000 YES

3. Will Close Encounters and Tulip Fever combine to more than #3M? 3000 NO

4. Will Hitman's Bodyguard make more $7.5M? 4000 NO

5. Will Annabelle drop less than 27.5%? 5000 NO

 

6. Will Despicable Me increase?  1000 YES

7. Will Leap stay in the top 3? 2000 NO

8. Will Logan Lucky stay above Dunkirk? 3000 NO

9. Will Wonder Woman increase more on Sunday? 4000 NO

10. Will at least 5 of the top 10 either increase or drop less than 20%? 5000 YES

 

11. Will Hazlo Como Hombre have a PTA stay above $4,000? 1000 YES

12. Will Viceroy's House have a PTA above $12,000? 2000 NO

13. Will Terminator 2 3D be at least 1% of the way to $100M ($1M) by the end of Friday? 3000 YES

14. Will Spider-Man make more than $2M? 4000 YES

15. Will Apes stay above Atomic Blonde? 5000 YES

 

16. Will Girl's Trip have a PTA above $1000? 1000 YES

17. Will any film in the top 12 decrease more than 10% on Sunday? 2000 YES

18. Will Cars increase more than 400% on Friday? 3000 YES

19. Will any film in the top 12 increase more than 70% on Saturday? 4000 YES

20. Will Hazlo Como Hombre increase on Sunday? 5000 NO 

 

21. Will there be any 'New Entries' (anything highlighted yellow) in the top 10 this weekend? 1000 YES

22. Will Detroit drop more than 50%? 2000 NO

23. Will Guardians stay above 47 metres down? 3000 NO

24. Will some cinema chain decide to show badger wrestling or something equally stupid at 25.6 locations and thus BOM decide that should qualify as a film for its box office tallies? 4000 YOU BETCHA

25. Will you come back for winter game? Or have I crushed your spirit into the dust? 5000 WAFFLING, BUT I HAVE TO WIN SOMETIME RIGHT?

 

Bonus: 

 

15/25   2000

16/25   3000

17/25   5000

18/25   7000

19/25    10000

20/25   15000

21/25    20,000

22/25   25,000 

23/25    33,000

24/25    40,000 

 25/25   50,000  

 

 

Part B:

 

The top 3 predictions will score points as follows:

 

Closest:  Within 1% - 15,000,  Within 2,5% - 12000,   Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000  Outside 10% - 3000 points  

2nd Closest:  Within 1% - 12,000,  Within 2,5% - 10000,   Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000  Outside 10% - 2000 points

3rd Closest:  Within 1% - 10,000,  Within 2,5% - 8000,   Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000  Outside 10% - 1000 points

 

1. What will Close Encounters make for its 3 day OW? 1.2M

2. What will The Dunkirk's Saturday gross be? 1.25M

3. What will Cars 3's percentage change be? +275%

 

 

Part C:

 

There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here:

 

2. ANNABELLE: CREATION

4. LEAP! 

7. SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

9. THE NUT JOB 2

11. GIRLS TRIP

14. BIRTH OF THE DRAGON

 

Because I realised bonuses are stupid...

 

1/6   4,000

2/6   10,000

3/6   18,000

4/6   25,000

5/6   36,000

6/6 - 50,000

[Make Up Questions]

Part A:

 

1. Will Wind River make more than #3.5M? 1000 YES

2. Will Dunkirk make more than $3M? 2000 YES

3. WIll Spiderman increase more than 62.5% on Saturday? 3000 YES

4. Will Dark Tower stay above All Saints? 4000 YES

5. Will Nut Job drop more than 25% this weekend? 5000 NO

 

6. Will Wonder Woman make more than 35% of its weekend gross on Saturday?  1000 YES

7. Will Birth of a Dragon Stay above Girl's Trip? 2000 NO

8. Will the Big Sick have a PTA above $925? 3000 YES

9. Logan Lucky make more than $1.75M on Saturday? 4000 NO

10. How many films will make more than $4M this weekend? 5000 3

 

11. Will Leap have a better PTA than Annabelle? 1000 NO

12. Will an Inconvenient Sequel drop more than 50%? 2000 NO

13. Will Pirates stay above GOTG2? 3000 YES

14. Will Terminator 3D's PTA be at least half of Close Encounters'? 4000 NO

15. Will this weekend even happen? 5000 INEVITABLE

 

Bonus: 

 

15/25   2000

16/25   3000

17/25   5000

18/25   7000

19/25    10000

20/25   15000

21/25    20,000

22/25   25,000 

23/25    33,000

24/25    40,000 

 25/25   50,000  

 

 

NO PART B FOR YOU

 

 

Part C:

 

There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here:

 

1. HITMAN'S BODYGUARD

3. WIND RIVER

5. DUNKIRK

8. THE EMOJI MOVIE

11. GIRLS TRIP

15. WONDER WOMAN

 

Because I realised bonuses are stupid...

 

1/6   4,000

2/6   10,000

3/6   18,000

4/6   25,000

5/6   36,000

6/6 - 50,000

[SOTM 13 - The final SOTM is a Labour of Love]

abstain

[Week 17 - Leap of the Dragon Saints]

Part A:

 

1. Will Leap Open to more than $4M? 1000 yes

2. Will All Saints open to more than $4M? 2000 no

3. Will Birth of the Dragon open to more than $2.5M? 3000 yes

4. Will the top 3 New Entries combine to more than $11M? 4000 no

5. Will any new entry open in the top 3? 5000 no

 

6. Will Dunkirk drop less than 35%?  1000 no

7. Will Detroit drop more than 62.5%? 2000 yes

8. Will Nut Job above Spiderman? 3000 no

9. Will 4 animated films be in the top 15? 4000 no

10. Will Good Time make more than $1M this weekend? 5000 no

 

11. Will A Taxi Driver drop less than 20% this weekend? 1000 no

12. Will A Gentleman have a PTA above $2,200? 2000 yes

13. Will Cars 3 have a PTA above $800? 3000 yes

14. Will Hitman's Bodyguard make more than $4.75M on Saturday? 4000 no

15. Will Terminator 2 3D make more than Blackhat in China this weekend? 5000 for sure

 

Bonus: 

 

9/15    5000

10/15   8000

11/15    12,000

12/15   16,000 

13/15    20,000

14/15    24,000 

 15/15   30,000  

 

 

Part B:

 

The top 3 predictions will score points as follows:

 

Closest:  Within 1% - 15,000,  Within 2,5% - 12000,   Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000  Outside 10% - 3000 points  

2nd Closest:  Within 1% - 12,000,  Within 2,5% - 10000,   Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000  Outside 10% - 2000 points

3rd Closest:  Within 1% - 10,000,  Within 2,5% - 8000,   Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000  Outside 10% - 1000 points

 

1. What will Leap make for its 3 day OW? 4m

2. What will be the combined gross of the three highest new entries (no expansions allowed_? 9m

3. What will Nut's? $913

 

 

Part C:

 

There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here:

 

1. the hitman's bodyguard

3. wind river

5. dunkirk

8. spider-man: homecoming

10. the nut job 2: nutty by nature

15. baby driver

 

Because I realised bonuses are stupid...

 

1/6   4,000

2/6   10,000

3/6   18,000

4/6   25,000

5/6   36,000

6/6 - 50,000

[SOTM 12 - It's a perfect 10 - Deadline Thursday 17th 11:59]

Abstain

[Week 16 - Logan's Bodyguard]

Weekly Questions will have 15 questions, except for the following weeks:

 

GOTG2 Weekend   25 questions

Pirates and Baywatch Weekend  20 questions

Transformers Weekend    20 questions

Spiderman Weekend    25 questions

Dunkirk Weekend     20 questions

Final Weekend    25 questions

 

 

Part A:

 

1. Will Hitman's Bodyguard Open to more than $20M? 1000 NO

2. Will Logan Lucky Open to more than $10M? 2000 NO

3. Will the two films combine to more than $30M? 3000 NO

4. Will Annabelle stay at number 1? 4000 NO

5. Will Will Nut Job stay above Dark Tower? 5000 YES

 

6. Will Wonder Woman drop less than 35%?  1000 YES

7. Will Valerian drop more than 62%? 2000 NO

8. Will Emoji Stay above Spiderman? 3000 NO

9. Will Kidnap stay above Glass Castle? 4000 YES

10. Will Girl's Trip drop more than 31% on Sunday? 5000 NO

 

11. Will A Taxi Driver drop less than 10% this weekend? 1000 NO

12. Will Patti Cakes have a PTA above $9,000? 2000 YES

13. Will Baby Driver have a PTA above $1,000? 3000 YES

14. Will Maudie stay above Captain Underpants? 4000 NO

15. Will Ryan Reynolds turn into deadpool and comment of Jackson's lack of eyepatch? 5000 YOU BETCHA

 

Bonus: 

 

9/15    5000

10/15   8000

11/15    12,000

12/15   16,000 

13/15    20,000

14/15    24,000 

 15/15   30,000  

 

 

Part B:

 

The top 3 predictions will score points as follows:

 

Closest:  Within 1% - 15,000,  Within 2,5% - 12000,   Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000  Outside 10% - 3000 points  

2nd Closest:  Within 1% - 12,000,  Within 2,5% - 10000,   Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000  Outside 10% - 2000 points

3rd Closest:  Within 1% - 10,000,  Within 2,5% - 8000,   Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000  Outside 10% - 1000 points

 

1. What will Logan Lucky make for its 3 day OW? 9.5M

2. What will Nut Job's percentage drop for the weekend be? -43%

3. What will GOTG2's PTA be? $1,113

 

2. ANNNABELLE: CREATION

5. THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE

7. GIRLS TRIP

9. THE EMOJI MOVIE

12. THE GLASS CASTLE

14. WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

 

Because I realised bonuses are stupid...

 

1/6   4,000

2/6   10,000

3/6   18,000

4/6   25,000

5/6   36,000

6/6 - 50,000

[SOTM 11 - A Nutty SOTM]

1. Will Nut Job open to more than $10M? YES
 
2. Will Nut Job drop less than 50% in its 2nd weekend? YES
 
3. Will Nut Job increase on Saturday? YES
 
4. Will Nut job increase more than 37.5% on its 1st Tuesday? NO
 
5. Will Nut Job have more than 9 days above $1M? YES
 
6. Will Nut Job more than $2M ahead of Emoji Movie in the August 18th Weekend standings? YES
 
7. Will Nut Job make more than $4M in the UK? YES

[Summer Game Week 15 - The Nut Castle:Creation Deadline: Thursday 10th 11:59pm]

Part A:
 
1. Will Annabelle Open to more than $25M? 1000 YES
2. Will Glass Castle Open to more than $3M? 2000 YES
3. Will Nut Job make more than $9.5M? 3000 YES
4. Will Nut Job and Glass Castle combine to more than half Annabelle's Opening weekend? 4000 NO 
5. Will Dunkirk stay in the top 2? 5000 NO
 
6. Will Wonder Woman drop less than 30%  1000 NO
7. Will Dark Tower drop more than 52% 2000 YES
8. Will Atomic Blonde Stay above Detroit? 3000 NO
9. Will War for the Apes stay above Despicable Me? 4000 YES
10. Will Valerian drop more than 61%? 5000 YES
 
11. Will A Taxi Driver have a PTA above $7,000? 1000 NO
12. Will The trip to Spain have a PTA above $5,000? 2000 YES
13. Will Kidnap have a PTA above $2,150? 3000 NO
14. Will SPiderman have a PTA above $1950? 4000 YES
15. Will the Nut Job finally be the 2017 animated tour de Force we have all been waiting for? 5000 IT'S GOING TO BE NUTTY
 
Bonus: 
 
9/15    5000
10/15   8000
11/15    12,000
12/15   16,000 
13/15    20,000
14/15    24,000 
 15/15   30,000  
 
 
Part B:
 
The top 3 predictions will score points as follows:
 
Closest:  Within 1% - 15,000,  Within 2,5% - 12000,   Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000  Outside 10% - 3000 points  
2nd Closest:  Within 1% - 12,000,  Within 2,5% - 10000,   Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000  Outside 10% - 2000 points
3rd Closest:  Within 1% - 10,000,  Within 2,5% - 8000,   Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000  Outside 10% - 1000 points
 
1. What will Annabelle make for its 3 day OW? 32.5M
2. What will Wonder Woman's percentage drop for the weekend be? -36%
3. What will Cars 3's PTA be? $1,213
 
 
Part C:
 
There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here:
 
2. THE NUT JOB 2
5. GIRLS TRIP
8. KIDNAP
10. THE GLASS CASTLE
13. DESPICABLE ME 3
18. TOILET: EK PREM KATHA
 
Because I realised bonuses are stupid...
 
1/6   4,000
2/6   10,000
3/6   18,000
4/6   25,000
5/6   36,000
6/6 - 50,000

[September 2017 | Investments & Monthly Thread]

It - 100%

[SOTM 10 - All the points can be yours!!! (but umm probably won't be?) Deadline: Thursday 3rd Aug, 11:59pm]

Wonder Woman
34% - 33% - 32% - 34% - 9%

 

Baby Driver

33 - 34 - 33 - 35 - 9

[Summer Game Week 14 - The Dark Weeks of the Summer Game - Deadline: Thursday 3rd 11:59pm]

Part A:

 

1. Will Dark Tower Open to more than $22.5M? 1000 NO

2. Will Detroit have a 3 day weekend of more than $12.5M? 2000 NO

3. Will Kidnap make more than $5M? 3000 YES

4. Will Dunkirk stay in the top 2? 4000 YES

5. How many films will make more than $12M this weekend? 5000 4

 

6. Will Wonder Woman drop less than 25%  1000 NO

7. Will Emoji drop more than 47.5% 2000 YES

8. Will Girl's Trip Stay above Atomic Blonde? 3000 YES

9. Will Baby Driver stay above Wonder Woman? 4000 YES

10. Will Wish Upon drop more than 65%? 5000 NO

 

11. Will Wind River have a PTA above $12,000? 1000 YES

12. Will Jab Harry met Sejal have a PTA above $5,000? 2000 YES

13. Will Despicable Me 3 have a PTA above $1,850? 3000 YES

14. Will Will Valerian somehow drop below Wonder Woman? 4000 YES LOL

15. Will Nolanites implode if Dunkirk drops below Emoji this weekend? 5000 YUS OUR WORLD WOULD BE ENDING

 

Bonus: 

 

9/15    5000

10/15   8000

11/15    12,000

12/15   16,000 

13/15    20,000

14/15    24,000 

 15/15   30,000  

 

 

Part B:

 

The top 3 predictions will score points as follows:

 

Closest:  Within 1% - 15,000,  Within 2,5% - 12000,   Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000  Outside 10% - 3000 points  

2nd Closest:  Within 1% - 12,000,  Within 2,5% - 10000,   Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000  Outside 10% - 2000 points

3rd Closest:  Within 1% - 10,000,  Within 2,5% - 8000,   Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000  Outside 10% - 1000 points

 

1. What will Dark Tower make for its 3 day OW? 19M

2. What will Valerian's percentage drop for the weekend be? -67%

3. What will Detroit's percentage change be? +2,675%

 

 

Part C:

 

There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here:

 

2. DUNKIRK

4. THE EMOJI MOVIE

7. SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

10. DESPICABLE ME 3

12. WONDER WOMAN

15. AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL

 

Because I realised bonuses are stupid...

 

1/6   4,000

2/6   10,000

3/6   18,000

4/6   25,000

5/6   36,000

6/6 - 50,000

[The Glass Castle | Destin Daniel Cretton | August 11, 2017]

This sucks I want the Glass Castle to do well. But there's only 1 trailer with not many views. Only way is maybe if they do a limited release and slowly expand. But I think Open Road is going wide. Snowden all over again

[Question of the Week Survival Thread | All done and Scored | 3 Players got all the way to end but needed 2 passes each to get through......]

Week 13: Tough week, so I guess I have to CASH OUT

[Summer Game Week 13 - Where everything goes to Patrick Stewart Emoji]

Part A:

 

1. Will Emoji Open to more than $30M? 1000 NO

2. Will Atomic Blonde Open to more than $30M? 2000 NO

3. Will The Emoji MOvie make more than Atomic Blonde? 3000 YES

4. Will Dunkirk stay above at least one of the two biggest new openers? 4000 YES

5. Will the top 3 all make over $24M? 5000 NO

 

6. Will Wonder Woman drop less than 35%  1000 YES

7. Will Girl's Trip drop more than 47.5% 2000 NO

8. Will Valerian Stay above Despicable Me 3? 3000 YES

9. Will Baby Driver have a lower percentage drop than The Big SIck? 4000 YES

10. Will Transformers drop more than 67.5%? 5000 NO

 

11. Will Inconvenient Sequel have a PTA above $11,000? 1000 YES

12. Will From the Land of the Moon have a PTA above $14,000? 2000 NO

13. Will Apes have a PTA above $3,250? 3000 NO

14. Will Underpants Randomly drop less than 10% yet again? 4000 NO

15. What emoji will end up best describing the Emoji Movie? 5000 I'M SICK

 

Bonus: 

 

9/15    5000

10/15   8000

11/15    12,000

12/15   16,000 

13/15    20,000

14/15    24,000 

 15/15   30,000  

 

 

Part B:

 

The top 3 predictions will score points as follows:

 

Closest:  Within 1% - 15,000,  Within 2,5% - 12000,   Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000  Outside 10% - 3000 points  

2nd Closest:  Within 1% - 12,000,  Within 2,5% - 10000,   Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000  Outside 10% - 2000 points

3rd Closest:  Within 1% - 10,000,  Within 2,5% - 8000,   Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000  Outside 10% - 1000 points

 

1. What will Emoji make for its 3 day OW? 26M

2. What will Dunkirk's percentage drop for the weekend be? -45%

3. What will be the difference in PTA between Atomic Blonde and Emoji? $2,313

 

 

Part C:

 

There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here:

 

1. DUNKIRK

3. GIRLS TRIP

5. SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

8. DESPICABLE ME 3

10. WONDER WOMAN

13. WISH UPON

 

Because I realised bonuses are stupid...

 

1/6   4,000

2/6   10,000

3/6   18,000

4/6   25,000

5/6   36,000

6/6 - 50,000

[Summer Game Week 12: Big Weekend with both GIrl's Trip and Valerian finally released - Deadline Thurs 20th July 11:59]

Part A:
 
1. Will Dunkirk make more than $45M OW? 1000 YES
2. Will Valerian Open to more than $22.5M? 2000 NO
3. Will Girl's Trip open to more than $22.5M? 3000 YES
4. Will Dunkirk Open to more than Valerian and Girl's Trip combined? 4000 YES
5. Will the three main openers make more than $90M combined? 5000 YES
 
6. Will Apes drop less than 55%? 1000 NO
7. Will Spiderman stay in the top 4? 2000 YES
8. WIll Cars 3 drop more than Despicable Me 3 (percentage)? 3000 YES
9. Will Wish Upon drop more than 62% 4000 YES
10. Will The House drop more than 65%? 5000 YES
 
11. Will Baby Driver have a PTA above $2,150? 1000 YES
12. Will The Fencer have a PTA above $6000? 2000 NO
13. Will The Midwife have a PTA above $4000? 3000 NO
14. Will The Big Sick drop more than 30%? 4000 YES
15. Will The Mummy stay above Captain Underpants? 5000 NO
 
16. Will 47 MEtres Down stay above The Beguiled? 1000 YES
17. Will Transformers have a higher weekend percentage drop than Pirates? 2000 YES
18. Wil Spiderman cross $250M by the end of the weekend?  3000 YES
19. Will Dunkirk Open in first place? 4000 YES
20. Will the British sailors save the day using some bullshit involving a watch, morse code and the 5th dimension? 5000 HARRY STYLES BRUH
 
Bonus: 
 
12/20   2000 
13/20   4000
14/20    7000
15/20   12000
16/20    16,000
17/20   21,000 
18/20    26,000
19/20    32,000 
 20/20   40,000  
 
 
Part B:
 
The top 3 predictions will score points as follows:
 
Closest:  Within 1% - 15,000,  Within 2,5% - 12000,   Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000  Outside 10% - 3000 points  
2nd Closest:  Within 1% - 12,000,  Within 2,5% - 10000,   Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000  Outside 10% - 2000 points
3rd Closest:  Within 1% - 10,000,  Within 2,5% - 8000,   Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000  Outside 10% - 1000 points
 
1. What will Dunkirk make for Friday? 21M
2. What will be the different in gross between Dunkirk's 3 day and Girl's Trip and Valerian's combined 3 day? 12M
3. What will Transformer's percentage drop be? -59.5%
 
 
Part C:
 
There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here:
 
1. DUNKIRK
3. WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
5. VALERIAN
8. THE BIG SICK
10. WISH UPON
13. 47 METERS DOWN
 
Because I realised bonuses are stupid...
 
1/6   4,000
2/6   10,000
3/6   18,000
4/6   25,000
5/6   36,000
6/6 - 50,000
 
Deadline is Thursday May 25th at 11:59pm

[SOTM 9 - A Day at the races. Deadline July 21st 11:59pm]

1. Despicable Me (2.0) vs  Logan (3.2) - 10,000 on Despicable Me
 
2. The Big Sick (4.0) vs Everything Everything   (1.3) - 10,000 on The Big Sick
 
3.  Pirates (2.3) vs Boss Baby  (1.8) - 10,000 on Boss Baby
 
4.  Dunkirk  (3.1) vs Hidden Figures  (1.6) - 10,000 on Dunkirk
 
5.  47 Metres Down(5.7) vs All Eyes on me  (1.2) - 5,000 on All Eyez on me
 
6.  Beguiled (3.5) vs Megan Leavey (1.4) - 10,000 on Megan Leavey
 
7.  Baby Driver (1.8)  vs Dark Tower  (3.4) - 10,000 on Baby Driver