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And of course thanks to @chasmmi the game-runner extraordinare and tireless score scorer!

Grats to @Sheikh and @ZeeSoh on playing great games and to @BobDole for the selfless scoring! Fine play all around! Needless to say, I'm disappointed at my strategy of trying to score as many points as possible, since a 3rd place does me no good in executing my BINGO. However, hope springs eternal and with luck I'll do a better job over the Summer and perhaps come in 6th or that elusive 9th.

You're a scoring MACHINE!

Abstaining LIKE A BOSS!

Hah. My favorite line from Deadpool 2: Deadpool, after hearing Cable’s backstory:”Woo, dark and gritty. Are you sure you’re not a DC character?”

1. Will Sonic make more than $25M? 1000 YES 2. Will Sonic make more than $35M? 2000 YES 3. Will Sonic make more than $30M? 3000 YES 4. Will Sonic make more than the next three highest New Entries Combined? 4000 YES 5. Will Sonic Make it into the Domestic top 20 for the Game by the end of the Game? 5000 YES 6. Will Birds of Prey drop more than 55%? 1000 NO 7. Will Jumanji finish closer Domestically to Little Women or Star Wars? 2000 Little Women 8. Will Fantasy Island make more than $12? 3000 YES 9. Will Fantasy Island make more than $15? 4000 YES 10. Will Parasite enter the top 10? 5000 YES  11. Will Doolittle drop more than 25%? 1000 YES 12. Will Star Wars stay in the top 12? 2000 NO 13. Will Jojo Rabbit Increase? 3000 NO 14. Will Sonic turn out to be a beautiful butterfly? 4000 Sonic IS a beautiful butterfly 15. Should I put in a better 2nd free question here next year? 5000 If it was possible, sure. BUT ITS NOT. 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 Sonic's Weekend be? 44M 2. What will 1917's percentage drop be? -21% 3. What will Knives out's PTA be? 1,420 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 2. Harley Quinn 4. Fantasy Island 6. 1917 8. Parasite 10. Gentlemen 12. Little Women

1. Will Photograph make more than $9M? 1000 YES 2. Will Photograph make more than $14M? 2000 YES 3. Will Photograph make more than $11.5M? 3000 YES 4. Will Photograph make more than Fantasy Island? 4000 YES 5. Will Photograph make more than Sonic's Highest Day? 5000 NO 6. Will Gentlemen drop more than 46%? 1000 NO 7. Will Bad Boys finish closer Domestically to Spies in Disguise or Jumanji? 2000 SPIES 8. Will 1917 make more than $6M? 3000 YES 9. Will Frozen make more than $1M? 4000 YES 10. Will Knives Out stay in the top 10? 5000 YES  11. Will Gretel and Hansel drop more than 45%? 1000 YES 12. Will Birds of Prey's Weekend total be closer to the weekend total of Sonic or Bad Boys? 2000 Bad Boys 13. How many films will make over $2M? 3000 11 14. Will Star Wars stay above Jojo Rabbit? 4000 YES 15. Is... Is it over? 5000 In the end? Nothing ever ends. 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 No Part B for You!!!! Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 3. Photograph 5. Fantasy Island 7. Jumanji 9. Dolittle 11. Knives Out 13. Gretel

Wk16 - It’s a gamble, but I’ll go with Yes.

1. Will Sonic make more than $25M? 1000 YES 2. Will Sonic make more than $35M? 2000 YES 3. Will Sonic make more than $30M? 3000 YES 4. Will Sonic make more than the next three highest New Entries Combined? 4000 YES 5. Will Sonic Make it into the Domestic top 20 for the Game by the end of the Game? 5000 6. Will Birds of Prey drop more than 55%? 1000 7. Will Jumanji finish closer Domestically to Little Women or Star Wars? 2000 8. Will Fantasy Island make more than $12? 3000 9. Will Fantasy Island make more than $15? 4000 10. Will Parasite enter the top 10? 5000 YES  11. Will Doolittle drop more than 25%? 1000 12. Will Star Wars stay in the top 12? 2000 NO 13. Will Jojo Rabbit Increase? 3000 14. Will Sonic turn out to be a beautiful butterfly? 4000 Sonic IS a beautiful butterfly 15. Should I put in a better 2nd free question here next year? 5000 If it was possible, sure. BUT ITS NOT. Part C 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12.

Oh, wow, I didn't mean to impugn the overall running of the game. You've all done a great job of that! Giving it to everyone is fair, things happen and that's ok.

Edge of Tomorrow was a great movie totally undone by awful marketing. BR2049 was a good movie that did about as well as it should have done, but was saddled with huge expectations and budget. People forget that the original BR was a totally BO flop and is atmospheric but really, really slow moving.

I have to protest the QotW this week. It was open for like 6 hours and they weren't regular hours so I just assumed it wasn't happening and didn't check.

1. Will Birds of Prey make more than $44M? 1000 - Yes 2. Will Birds of Prey make more than $50M? 2000 - No 3. Will Birds of Prey make more than $47M? 3000 - Yes 4. Will Birds of Prey drop more than 22% on Saturday? 4000 - Yes 5. Will Birds of Prey Sunday gross be enough for 1st place on its own? 5000 - Yes 6. Will bad Boys Overtake Knives Out Dom Total On Saturday? 1000 - Yes 7. How many films will make more than $5M? 2000 - 4 8. Will Parasite stay above Jojo Rabbit? 3000 - No 9. Will Star Wars have a bigger percentage drop than Doolittle? 4000 - Yes 10. Will Gretel and Hansel stay above The Gentlenen? 5000 - No  11. Will Little Women fall more than 30% on Sunday? 1000 - No 12. Will The Turning stay in the top 12? 2000 - No 13. Will Jumanji fall more than 20%? 3000 - Yes 14. Will 1917 fall more than 25% percentage? 4000 - Yes 15. Where shall we hold the afterparty to celebrate Endgame's Oscar Win? 5000 - In my parents' basement! I mean, my house! 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 Birds of Prey's's Weekend be? - 42m 2. What will Bad Boys' percentage drop be? - 53% 3. What will Jumanji's PTA be? - $1,555 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 3. 1917 5. Jumanji: The Next Level 7. The Gentlemen 9. Little Women 11. Knives Out 13. The Rhythm Section

Well, that seems bad. Hopefully you end up hanging around as long as Methuselah. 1. Will The Gentlemen make more than $9M? 1000 YES 2. Will The Gentlemen make more than $12M? 2000 NO 3. Will The Gentlemen make more than $10.5M? 3000 NO 4. Will The Turning make more than 10.5M? 4000 YES 5. Will The Turning make more than Gentlemen? 5000 YES 6. Will Bad Boys drop more than 57.5%? 1000 NO 7. Will bad Boys make more than double the OW total of the two main new entries? 2000 NO (this means twice both of them combined, right?) 8. Will Doolittle finish above 1917? 3000 YES 9. Will Star Wars cross $500M ON Saturday? 4000 NO 10. Will Knives Out have the lowest percentage drop in the top 12? 5000 YES  11. Will Jumanji drop more than 30%? 1000 YES 12. Will 1917 cross $100M by the end of the weekend? 2000 YES 13. Will Parasite stay above Jojo Rabbit? 3000 NO 14. Will Little Women decrease more than 30% on Sunday? 4000 NO 15. Will I live to see another sunrise? 5000 Maybe. What time zone are you in? 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 The Gentlemen's Weekend be? 10.1M 2. What will Just Mercy's percentage drop be? -29% 3. What will TROS's PTA be? 1,850 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 2. Dolittle 4. Turning 6. Jumanji 8. Just Mercy 10. Knives Out 12. Like a Boss

wk13 - No

Last thought: I’m surprised Rachel House wasn’t in it. I thought Rebel Wilson was good as Fraulein Rahm , but House is in a lot of Waititi’s work and the part feels written for her.

I agree with just about all of this, though I still need to see Little Women and Marriage Story.

Finally got around to seeing it, and I thought it was amazing. Sincerely doubt it’ll win best picture but it’d be a deserving winner. How can you possibly say it was un-creative? Maybe technically, but from a story telling standpoint it was fantastic.

1. Will Bad Boys make more than $24M? 1000 YES 2. Will Bad Boys make more than $32M? 2000 YES 3. Will Bad Boys make more than $28M? 3000 YES 4. Will Doolittle make more than 17.5M? 4000 YES 5. Will Doolittle make more than 22.5M? 5000 NO 6. Will The Gentlemen make more than $12M? 1000 NO 7. Will the three largest new entries combine to more than $65M? 2000 NO 8. Will Doolittle's OW total be closer to Bad Boys or Gentlemen? 3000 Gentlemen (which means I think Doolittle will be closer to $0 than to Bad Boys' OW) 9. Will 1917 stay in the top 2? 4000 YES 10. Will TROS stay above Jumanji? 5000 NO  11. Will Frozen stay above Knives Out? 1000 NO 12. Will Frozen have a bigger percentage drop than Spies in Disguise? 2000 NO 13. Will Parasite Increase? 3000 YES 14. Will Little Women stay above Underwater? 4000 YES 15. Will the Academy decide to award Alita all the Oscars in order to stop the protest balloon flying over the Awards? 5000 I understood they were going to rename the awards to the Alitas. 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 Bad Boys's Weekend be? 36.5M 2. What will Star Wars' percentage drop be? -53% 3. What will Just Mercy's PTA be? 2,850 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 2. 1917 3. Jumanji 5. TROS 7. Little Women 9. Frozen 11. Underwater

Wk12 - No We’re talking 3-day, right?

1. Will 1917 make more than $22M? 1000 YES 2. Will 1917 make more than $28M? 2000 YES 3. Will 1917 make more than $25M? 3000 YES 4. Will 1917 finish in 1st place? 4000 YES 5. Will 1917 increase more than 6000% on friday? 5000 YES 6. Will Just Mercy make more than $12M? 1000 NO 7. Will Like a Boss Open to more than $12M? 2000 YES 8. Will Just Mercy make more than Like a Boss? 3000 NO 9. Will Jumanji finish within $2.5M of Star Wars? 4000 YES 10. Will TROS overtake Frozen Domestically by end of weekend? 5000 YES  11. Will Little Women drop more than 40%? 1000 YES 12. Will Frozen have a bigger percentage drop than Spies in Disguise? 2000 NO 13. Will Grudge stay above Knives Out? 3000 NO 14. Will Cats stay above Ford vs Ferrari? 4000 NO 15. Will Cats ever stop giving me nightmares? 5000 I'm afraid not. You can't unsee it. 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 1917's Weekend be? 36M 2. What will Grudge's percentage drop be? -63% 3. What will Frozen's PTA be? $2,450 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 1. 1917 4. Little Women 6. Just Mercy 8. Spies 10. Uncut Gems 12. Bombshell

Figured something movie-related was in order, and it was a great movie you might not have seen. I was going to go with that or Croupier.

Ok, this is super-belated thanks to me having been out of town and then having running computer problems, but thanks to @Keanu! It was super-thoughtful and they totally did an awesome job of wrapping it. I have not made a sandwich with it yet, but I will soon.

Ooops, missed last week. Wk11 - No

1. Will Spies in Disguise make more than $7m? 1000 - Yes 2. Will Spies in Disguise make more than $11M? 2000 - Yes. 3. Will Spies in Disguise make more than $19M? 3000 - No. 4. Will Little Women Make more than $17.5M? 4000 - No. 5. Will Little Women Make more than $22.5M? 5000 - No. 6. Will Uncut Gems make more than $5M? 1000 - Yes. 7. Will Jumanji have a 3 day weekend above $20M? 2000 - Yes. 8. Will Jumanji have a 3 day weekend above $25M? 3000 - Yes. 9. Will TROS have a 3 day weekend above $90M? 4000 - Yes. 10. Will TROS have a 3 day weekend above $100M? 5000 - No.  11. Will Frozen stay in the top 3? 1000 - Yes. 12. Will Uncut Gems enter the top 8? 2000 - Yes. 13. Will Cats drop less than 15%? 3000 - No. 14. Will Cats domestic toal by the end of Sunday be higher than Spies in Disguises' 4000 - No. 15. Are you glad that we now leave the Star Wars Era and enter the ERA OF AVAT... wait there;s still more years til that? 5000 - We can wait. 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 Spies In Disguise's? - 14m 2. What will Cats' percentage drop be? - 31% 3. What will Star Wars's PTA be? 19,000 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 3. Frozen II 5. Spies in Disguise 7. Uncut Gems 9. Bombshell 10. Richard Jewell 12. Queen & Slim