[BSG Week 2]

1) Will Hot Pursuit open to more than 20 million? NO

2) Will D Train open to more than 2.5 million? NO

3) Will Hot Pursuit have an opening day of more than 7.5 million? NO

4) Will Avengers fall less than 58.5%? YES

5) Will Avengers have a Friday drop of more than 70% from last Friday? YES

6) Will Avengers increase more than 50% on Saturday? NO

7) Will Avengers drop more than 8% on Thursday? NO

8) Will F7 fall more than 40%? NO

9) Will Age of Adeline make more than F7? YES

10) Will Hot Pursuit and F7 make at least 25 million combined? NO

11) Will any film decrease more than 50% besides Avengers? YES

12) Will any film have a Saturday increase of more than 65%? YES

 

10/12 2000

11/12 3000

12/12 5000

 

What films finish in spots:

 

4 Furious 7

7 Ex Machina

8 The D Train

12 The Longest Ride

 

2000 each and a bonus of 3000 if all four spots correct.

 

Bonus 1) What will Avengers gross for the weekend?  5000 80.123M

Bonus 2) What will Hot Pursuit gross for the weekend? 5000 15.234M

Bonus 3) What will the weekend cume be for Blart, F7 and Cinderella? 10.124M

[BSG Spur of the Moment 1 (It's a fucking monster!)]

Here goes nothing...

 

1) Will Avengers make 600 million domestic? NO

2) Will Avengers make more than F7 internationally? NO

3) Will Avengers make more than F7 in China? NO

4) Will Avengers make more than F7 in any of these countries:  Brazil, Columbia, Portugal?  YES

[Baumer's Summer Game Week 1!!]

Not sure if I'm late, but giving it a shot 

 

1) Will Avengers make more than 22 million for previews? 2000 YES

2) Will Avengers make more than 85 million OD? 2000 YES

3) Will Avengers make more than 93 million OD? 2000 YES

4) Will Avengers fall more than 22% on Saturday? YES

5) Will Avengers fall more than 28% on Sunday? YES

6) Will Avengers make more than 200 million? YES

7) Will Avengers make more than 210 million? YES

8) Will Avengers make more than 20 million for the OW in Mexico? YES

9) Will Avengers make more than 1 million OW in Portugal? YES

10) Will Avengers surpass 600 mill at the WW box office, according to Mojo, Sunday estimates count only. YES

11) Will The Cinemascore for Avengers be at least an A? YES

12) Will Deadline's Friday report at any time contain the phrase, "Not a record"? NO

13) Will RTH's last Friday report in the forum be within 5% of the studio estimated Friday number (if RTH for some reason doesn't show up this weekend, everyone's answer will be correct)? YES

14) Will F7 fall more than 55%? YES

15) Will any film in the top 10 fall less than 50% YES

16) Will Paul Blart fall less than Get Hard? YES

17) Will the top ten films gross more than 260 million? YES

18) Will Age of Adeline have a Friday increase of more than 135%? NO 

19) Will F7 gross more than 40 million WW for the weekend? YES

20) Will Get Hard stay in the top 10? YES

21) Will any film increase more than 55% on Saturday? YES

22) Will the weekend gross of F7, Blart and Adeline gross at least 10% of what Avengers does? YES

 

18/22 3000

19/22 5000

20/22 7000

21/22 9000

22/22 15,000

 

What films place in slots:

 

6 EX MACHINA

7 UNFRIENDED

9 THE LONGEST RIDE

12 MONKEY KINGDOM

 

2000 for each correct place

5000 bonus if all four are correct

 

Bonus 1:  What will Avengers gross for the weekend?  Please put to three decimal points.  5000 $225.555M

Bonus 2:  What will the cume be for the films that finish in slots 2-6? 5000 $29.5M

Bonus 3:  What will F7 gross on Saturday?  5000 $3.03M

[Baumer's Summer Game - Darkelf #1, Grim22 #2, laguy03 #3..final words from baumer pg 95]

This was difficult, but I'm interested to see how I do. I wanted to include Paper Towns, but ultimately decided not to. No abstaining for me, this just got real!

 

Top 15 Domestic

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 580m

2.Inside Out - 275m

3.Jurassic World - 240m

4. Minions - 220m

5.Mission Impossible: - Rogue Nation - 215m

6.Ted 2 - 200m

7.Ant-Man - 185m

8.Pixels - 170m

9.Tomorrowland - 155m

10.Pitch Perfect 2 - 145m

11.Fantastic Four - 140m

12.Terminator: Genisys - 135m

13.Spy - 125m

14.Magic Mike XXL - 120m

15.Mad Max: Fury Road - 110m

 

Top 10 World Wide

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 1.8b

2.Jurassic World - 850m

3.Minions - 700m

4.Inside Out - 675m

5.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 625m

6.Ted 2 - 475m

7.Tomorrowland - 450m

8.Fantastic Four - 425m

9. Ant-Man - 415m

10.Terminator: Genisys - 400m

 

Top 5 World Wide OW

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 375m

2.Jurassic World - 230m

3.Minions - 180m

4.Inside Out - 175m

5.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 140m

 

 

Top 5 Domestic OW

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 220m

2. Jurassic World - 95m

3.Inside Out - 75m

4.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 70m

5.Minions - 65m

 

 

Least Grossing 5 Films Domestic

1.The Outskirts - 10m

2.The Gift - 15m

3.Before I Wake - 20m

4. The Gallows - 25m

5. Underdogs - 30m

 

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) Trainwreck

2) Southpaw

4) Aloha

5) The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Answer - Southpaw – 45M

 

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 5000 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 summer: Only these five films.

 

1) Masterminds

2) Fantastic Four

3) Terminator Genisys

4) Magic Mike XXL

Answer – Fantastic Four - 140M

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.

 

 

Third Bonus Question:

 

Tell me, of these five films, which will be the highest grossing INTERNAtIONALLY (NOT WW, ONLY INTERNATIONALLY....ALL FIGURES ACCORDING TO BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM)?

 

1) Terminator Genisys

2) San Andreas

3) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation

4) Ted 2

5) Mad Max

Answer - Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - 500M OS

 

For 15,000 bonus points, call the correct film within 25 mill.

 

 

TRIPLE BONUS

 

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

 

Question 1: Will more than 3 films gross at least 110 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only)? NO

Answer it correctly: 15,000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 2: Will more than two films gross at least 50 million dollars on opening day? NO

 

Answer it correctly: 15,000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 3: Will any film this summer have a worldwide weekend of more than 280 million? (THIS WILL INCLUDE ANY 5 DAY WEEKENDS. WHATEVER IS REPORTED FOR THE ACTUALS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BE THE NUMBER WE GO BY). But the weekend has to fall within the summer game dates.  YES

 

Answer it correctly: 15,000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 5000 points.

 

Question 4: Will any film make more than 51.5 million this summer in Australia? YES

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 5: Will at least two films make more than 55 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? YES

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 5000 points.

 

Question 6: Will any film besides Avengers make more than 150 million in CHINA this summer? NO

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 7: Will at least 2 films make at least a billion mill WW this summer? NO

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 8: Will at least 5 films, listed as a comedy (could be sci-fi comedy...horror comedy...must have comedy listed somewhere in the genre ) by Box Office Mojo, make more than 120 million dollars this summer? NO

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 9: Will at least 3 action films released after May, have a WW gross of more than 500 million? NO

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

 

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

 

1) Terminator, Spy, Jurassic World

2) Entourage, Spy, Hot Pursuit, Poltergeist

3) Minions, Insidious 3, Self/Less, Straight Oughta Compton

4) Avengers first ten days, Magic Mike XXL

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 5000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 11: Will any two films make more than 40 million in Russia this summer? YES

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 12:

 

Will the top two films combined make more this summer than the next 5 films combined (domestic only)? So to avoid any confusion like we have last summer, the question reads like this.... top 2 spots add up to more than slots 3-7. NO

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 13: 

 

Will any of the top 7 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 47.5%? YES

 

Answer it correctly: 15000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

 

Question 14:

 

Will Avengers, Minions or Jurassic World have a Saturday increase minus the preview number?  So take out the Thursday number and you get the true Friday number.  You guys know the drill. YES

Answer it correctly: 25,000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 15,000 points) 5000 points.

 

Question 15:

 

Will Minions outgross Avengers in at least two of these regions this summer? NO

 

France

Netherlands

Venezuela

Hungary

Answer it correctly: 25,000 points

Answer it incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 15,000 points) 5000 points.

 

PLAYERS:

 

There may be more preseason bonus questions added before the start of the game. It is doubtful, but I hold the right to add a question if it seems right.

 

The Ron Jeremy of all bonus questions

 

This is a four parter:

 

1) Will Avengers make at least 600 million domestically? NO

2) Will Avengers make more than a billion internationally? YES

3) Will Avengers do at least 25 million for previews? YES

4)) Will Avengers make at least 1.8 billion WW? YES

 

Scoring: All questions you answer correctly are worth 7000 points. You can go for as many as you like.

 

Here is the catch: Every answer you call incorrectly you lose 10,000 points.

 

There are no points for abstaining, with one caveat down below. ***

 

 

NEW QUESTION:

 

This is a four part question. Again, you have choices.

Answer any part of the question. Each answer you get correct you will receive 7000 points. Each answer you get wrong, you will lose 7000 points. If you go for all four parts of the question, you must get all four parts correct. If you get even one wrong after going for it all, you will lose 7,000 points. You can go for all of it, none of it and some of it. Choice is yours.

 

17)  Note*** Jurassic World does not qualify for this question

 

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

Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 35 mill? NO

C) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have a second weekend drop of less than 47%? YES

D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 13 mill? YES

 

Get any question right: 7000

Get any question wrong: -7000

Abstain from all four questions: 5000

Go for all four, and get all four correct not only will you get the 28,000, you get a bonus of 28,000. But you must go for all four to qualify for the bonus

 

Double Secret Probation Bonus Question

 

Very simple, but very dangerous.

 

I'll give you a number, you tell me if Avengers will gross more or less than that number in said markets.

 

1) Russia:  42M MORE

2) Germany:  31.5M LESS

3) Portugal:  3M MORE

4) China:  200M MORE

 

The "Hey maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events but we just got our asses kicked pal" question of debauchery.

 

Will Jurassic World and F7 combine to make more than Avengers in these markets?

 

1) Japan YES

2) United Kingdom YES

3) Columbia YES

4) Mexico YES

 

Each answer will be yes or no.  Nothing more.  You must get at least three correct.  Get three correct, get a bonus of 50,000, don't get three correct, lose 25,000, abstain, lose 10,000.

 

 

 

 

As promised, here are your additional 20 25 questions for you.  I love this part of the game.  

 

For every question you get right, you receive 7000 points. For every question you get wrong, you lose 2000 points.  These are mandatory questions, there is no abstaining.  Any player who is in this game, who does not answer these questions, loses 50,000 points.  Do not forget to do these.  Remember grosses count from May 1st until September 7th.

 

All grosses come from boxofficemojo.com, all genres are determined by boxofficemojo.com.....so if I ask you a question about a romance, if that film is listed as a sci-fi/romance, then it will qualify as a romance.

 

1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? You have a cushion of 1 film.  So if you are off by 1, you still get full points. 18

2) How many films will make a billion dollars this summer?  No cushion 1

3) What will the domestic total gross be for the top 3 horror films of the summer.  II don't want to see anything but a number in your answer.  Do not list the films.  Cushion of 50 mill  160

4) How  many films will gross at least 40 million opening day?  No cushion 1

5) How many films will make at least 500 million internationally? cushion of 1. 3

 

6) Will Terminator Genisys and Pitch Perfect 2 and Insidious 3 combine to gross more than F7 domestically? NO

7) Will Ted 2 make more than Ted? NO

8) Will Tele love Mad Max and will baumer love Jurassic World?  You must answer both.  This is an honour system question.  I will tell you right now that I think i will love Jurassic World. Tele will love Mad Max and baumer will NOT love Jurassic World

9) Will any film released in August gross 100 mill before the end of the game? YES

10) Will Self/Less make more than 40 million? YES

 

11) How many films will make at least 750 million WW?  1 cushion 3

12) How many films will make at least 30 million OD?  1 cushion 3

13) Will Magic Mike XXL have a bigger opening day than Terminator genisys? NO

14) Will Pan be one of the top 7 grossing films of the summer domestically? NO

15) Will Ant Man gross at least 500 mill WW? NO

 

16) Will any film gross 250 million in China? YES

17) Will any film have  a WW weekend of more than 300 million (Avengers will only count from the time the game starts) YES

18) Will Mission Impossible gross more than 200 million? YES

19) Will Vacation gross more than 70 million? NO

 

20) How many films will gross at least 305 million this summer?  1

21) Will Avengers gross more than the first one? NO

22) Will any film besides Avengers make 25 million in Spain? NO

23) Will any film besides Avengers make 65 million in the UK? NO

24) Will Entourage make 100 mill or more? NO

25) Will Avengers drop less than 55% second weekend? NO

[The 5th Wave | Sony | January 22, 2016. Trailer page 4]

I liked The Road/Walking Dead tone at the beginning when Cassie's on her own mixed with the flashbacks. Interested to see how this is adapted, Maika Monroe as Ringer is a major plus.

[Baumer's Summer Game PRE PRE SEASON WEEKEND QUESTIONS AND OTHER STUFF (Deadline 5pm forums time TONIGHT!!)]

1) Will FF7 make more than 7.5 mill for the early shows? YES

2) Will FF7 open to more than 42 million on Friday (including early shows) YES

3) Will FF7 fall less than 25% on Sunday? NO

4) Will FF7 open to more than 100 mill? YES

5) Will FF7 open to more than 250 mill WW (yes I'm aware it opens early in many markets....whatever number is reported Sunday from all markets since it opened will count)? YES

6) Will Get Hard drop more than 46%? YES

7) Will FF7 open to more than 13.5 mill in UK? YES

8) Will FF7 open to more than 6.5 mill in Brazil? YES

9) Will FF7 open to more than 12 mill in Australia? YES

10) Will Kingsman fall less than 30%? NO

 

What films finish in which spots?

 

4 INSURGENT

5 CINDERELLA

7 DO YOU BELIEVE?

8 KINGSMAN: SECRET SERVICE

10 RUN ALL NIGHT

 

2) Will FF7 gross more than 850 mill WW? YES

4) Will FF7 gross more than 7 million in midnights/early shows? YES

5) Will FF7 gross come within 40 million of Jurassic World (it can be higher or lower than JW but it has to be within 40 mill)? NO

[Baumer's Summer Game - Darkelf #1, Grim22 #2, laguy03 #3..final words from baumer pg 95]

This looks fun, my first time. Imma lay a smackin'! 

[What is your most anticipated movie(s) of 2016?]

Suicide Squad (Ayer & the cast got me intrigued), Rogue One (common, Felicity Jones is a plus) and X-Men: Apocalypse (DoFP is my favourite of the series, and it's filming in Montreal where I live). It looks like 2014's box office slate, except a little heavier at the top.

[Box Office Theory's Most Anticipated Films]

1. That's What I'm Talking About

2. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

3. The Martian

4. The Revenant

5. Sicario

6. Mad Max: Fury Road

7. Demolition

8. Avengers: Age of Ultron

9. Inside Out

10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

[Weekend Numbers THG: 123, BH6 20.1, IS 15.1 pg 205]

Yup, less action and more drama, this was to be expected. I still think Part 2 is going to do fairly well, people should up for the last instalment and it's well loved (the deaths tho!)

[Your Top 10 of the Decade-So-Far]

1. Her

2. Inception

3. Silver Linings Playbook 

4. Toy Story 3

5.The Wolf of Wall Street 

6- Blue is the Warmest Color

7- End of Watch

8- Drive

9- Inside Llewyn Davis

10- Midnight in Paris

 

4 from 2013, I think because it's fresh in my mind. Man, this makes me appreciate even more the movies that I love.