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Indeed she was, iirc. I read Porno a long time ago (it came out in 2002) so my memory could be fuzzy, but I remember it being about 1/10th as good as Trainspotting. Edit - I like that teaser trailer, though. With a low budget and a marketing campaign built around stuff like that, it could do quite well despite being terrible (which I suspect it will be). Edit2 - Wow, didn't realize Trainspotting came out 20 years ago. I mean, I knew it had been a long time, but that's even longer than I'd thought. I agree that its hard to see any of those characters, except maybe Diane, somehow surviving for another 20 years.

I think this has breakout hit written all over it.

I had low expectations but it was better than I expected. I also thought it was better than the first book. The movie's third act was disappointing, but imo it was better than the book's third act. Haven't read the second book, though.

On the one hand, movies based off video games generally do very poorly. On the other hand, the games sold a LOT of copies and generally had good stories. The marketing has been fine so far, and if they can step that up AND its actually a good movie it could do very well.

Wow. 5.2M is just ghastly. On the bright side, going back and editing my Winter Competition entry at the last minute was just validated.

Just noting that I've edited my answers and thus no longer get Week 1 points.

5. X-Men

1. Will Inferno open to more than $25M? *YES* 2. Will Inferno open to more than $29M? 2000 *NO* 3. Will Inferno open to more than $32.5M? *NO* 4. Will Madea stay more than $2.5M ahead of Jack Reacher? *YES* 5. Will Ouija drop more than 60%? *NO* 6. Will The accountant cross $60M by the end of the weekend? 3000 *NO* 7. Will Keeping up With the Joneses stay above Storks? *NO* 8. Will any non-new relaese film increase less than 80% on Friday? *YES* 9. Will Miss Pereguine increase more than 65% on Saturday? 2000 *NO* 10. Will Max Steel gross less than $150k this weekend (being pulled form theaters would equate to a gross of $0)? *YES* 11. Will any film in the top 12 have had a theater increase of more than 25 theaters? 3000 *YES* 12. Will Kevin Hart stay above Deepwater Horizon? *YES* 13. Will Suicide Squad have a higher PTA than Secret Life of Pets? *YES* 14. Will the top 10 make a combined weekend gross above $82.5M 2000 *NO* 15. Will Moonlight's PTA stay above $20k? *YES* 16. Will Girl on the Train decrease more than 40% on Sunday? *YES* 17. Will Mr. Donkey have a PTA above $2,500? *NO* 18. Will Blair Witch stay above Pete's Dragon? $3000 *NO* 19. Will any film drop over 800 theatres and finish inside the top 16 this weekend? *YES* 20. IS this already the most pointless and dullest weekend this winter will have? *Maybe, maybe not. Telling would spoil the surprise." Bonus: 14/20 2000 15/20 3000 16/20 5000 17/20 7000 18/20 10000 19/20 14000 20/20 20000 Part 2: Closest predictor wins 5000 points (Added Bonus: If prediction is within 10% win 6000, 5% 7000, 2.5% 9000, 1% 12000) 1. Predict Ouija's Friday total. 2.2M 2. Predict Moonlight's PTA 21K 3. Predict the OW of Inferno. 25.001M Part 3: Predict the films that place in the following positions: 3. Madea 6. Train 8. Joneses 11. Deepwater 14. Middle School 16. Moonlight 3/6 2000 points 4/6 5000 points 5/6 8000 points 6/6 13000 points

Yes! I'm saying you clearly forgot a zero. Its going to be HUGE.

Um, you didn't happen to notice it opens on 2/17, did you?

Here is the first set of weekly questions. The deadline for these questions will always be midnight on the Thursday before the weekend questions are designed for. All questions are related to the top 12, are for the 3 day weekend and are worth 1000 points unless otherwise stated: 1. Will Jack Reacher open to more than $19M? *YES* 2. Will Jack Reacher open to more than $22M? 2000 *NO* 3. Will Madea open to more than $15M? *YES* 4. Will Madea open to more than $18M? *YES* 5. Will Ouija open to more than $10M? *YES* 6. Will Ouija open to more than $12.5M? 3000 *YES* 7. Will Keeping up With the Joneses open to more than $10M? *NO* 8. Will Keeping up With the Joneses open to more than $12.5M? *NO* 9. Will Keeping up With the Joneses open to more than Ouija? 2000 *NO* 10. Will Ouija and Joneses combine to more than Jack Reacher? *NO* 11. Will the top 3 films all be new entries? 3000 *NO* 12. Will the Accountant drop less than 48%? *YES* 13. Will Miss Pereguine pass $77.5M total Domestic? *NO* 14. Will Kevin Hart drop more that 52%? 2000 *YES 15. Will Max Steel have a weekend above $2M? *NO* 16. Will The Handmaiden have a PTA above $6,500? *YES* 17. Will I'm not Ashamed have a PTA above $8,000? 3000 *NO* 18. Will Storks still be in the top 11 at the end of the weekend? *YES* 19. Will Birth of a Nation stay above Sully? *NO* 20. Will Jack Reacher inevitably go back during the course of his film? *He's so back that he's *already* back!* Bonus: 14/20 2000 15/20 3000 16/20 5000 17/20 7000 18/20 10000 19/20 14000 20/20 20000 Part 2: Closest predictor wins 5000 points (Added Bonus: If prediction is within 10% win 6000, 5% 7000, 2.5% 9000, 1% 12000) 1. Predict Madea's Friday total. 6.2M 2. Predict Ouija's Sunday PTA 1,400 3. Predict the total gross of the 5 highest new openers. 58.75M Part 3: Predict the films that place in the following positions: 1. Madea 3. Accountant 6. Joneses 8. Kevin Hart 11. Magnificent Seven 15. Birth of a Nation 3/6 2000 points 4/6 5000 points 5/6 8000 points 6/6 13000 points

A: Domestic top 15: 1) Rogue One - 465M2) Sing - 265M3) Moana - 250M4) Fantastic Beasts - 245M5) Dr Strange - 200M 6) Passengers - 150M7) Arrival - 125M8) LEGO Batman - 124M9) Hacksaw Ridge - 112M10) Assassin's Creed - 98M 11) Trolls - 96M12) Office Christmas Party - 89M13) La La Land - 88M14) Fifty Shades Darker - 84M15) Billy Lynn - 75M B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Rogue One - 157M2) Dr Strange - 77M3) Fantastic Beasts - 71M4) Moana - 66M5) Sing - 63M 6) LEGO Batman - 53M7) Fifty Shades - 42M C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Rogue One - 1.15B2) Fantastic Beasts - 800M3) Sing - 780M4) Moana - 685M5) Dr Strange - 580M 6) Passengers - 460M7) Fifty Shades - 330M8) Inferno - 325M9) Great Wall - 315M10) Inferno - 285M D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2.47B Top 7 W/E) 530M Top 10 WW) 5.51B E: And the Winner Is…: 1) Moana2) Arrival3) Hacksaw Ridge4) La La Land5) Fences 6) Hidden Figures 7) Collateral Beauty8) 9) 10) F: Assassin's Greed: 1) China2) UK3) Germany4) Australia5) Russia 6) Mexico Pre-season Questions: A: 100M - Assassin's Creed B: 200M - Doctor Strange C: 300M - Sing D: 400M - Rogue One E: 500M - Rogue One Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it). 1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically: *Moana - 245M*1) Dr. Strange2) Fantastic Beasts 3) Moana 4) Assassin’s Creed Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically: *Rings - 18M*1) Rings2) Ouija 23) Split4) Resident Evil Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 250M domestically by the end of the game? *Abstain* Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 3,000 points 4) Will animated films combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game? *YES* Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 3,000 points 5) Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic? *Abstain* Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 6) Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic? *Abstain* Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 7) Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)? *YES* Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise? *NO* Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day. Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China? *YES* Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13)Animated films have had a stellar year. But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game? *YES* Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4? *YES* Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m. Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition. Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)? *YES* Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts? *YES* Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15? *YES* Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)? *YES* Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%? *YES* Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here. Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok). Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart? *ABSTAIN* Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 27) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? *ABSTAIN* 1) Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen 2) Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 3) Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog 4) Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game? *ABSTAIN* 1) Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2 2) Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man 3) Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake 4) Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? *ABSTAIN* 1) November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 2) December 16th 3) December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 4) February 10th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? *ABSTAIN* 1) October 28th 2) December 2nd 3) January 13th 4) March 24th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions: 1. Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)? *Fantastic Beasts higher* 2. Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? *Rogue One higher* 3. Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? *Fantastic Beasts higher* 4. Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)? *Fantastic Beasts higher* 5. Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)? *Rogue One higher* 6. Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)? *Rogue One higher* 7. Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please) *Fantastic Beasts higher* 8. Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please) *Rogue One higher* Simple Yes/No Answers: 9. Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016? *YES* 10. Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)? *NO* 11. Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it? *YES* 12. Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)? *NO* 13. Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters. Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts? *NO* 14. Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe? *NO* 15. Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)? *NO* 16. Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game? *NO* A few final questions to really test the thinking….. 17. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest? *ROGUE ONE* 18. In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)? *7* 19. How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)? *3* 20. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))? *Rogue One* a. As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.) *23* REMEMBER!!! USE THIS TEMPLATE AND RECEIVE 20,000 BONUS POINTS ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!

1. Boo: A Madea Halloween - $26M - Too Low 4. Hacksaw Ridge - $37M - Too Low 7. Friend Request - $5M - Too Low 8. The Edge of Seventeen - $58M - Too High

Thought I was going to catch up, but instead I have to leave on a flight first thing tomorrow and won't be back until late Sunday night. Catching up is going to be ugly but I do still intend to do it. Please provide your 9/30 - 10/25 Opening Weekend predicts for, Deepwater Masterminds Miss Peregrine Deadline this week will be Thursday afternoon (US Eastern time), whenever I get to it. Note that we will be using our median predict rather than our mean predict going forward.

I get that. I just *really* wanted to know what was so special about the kid that decades of the lives of virtually everyone around him were, unbeknownst to them, dedicated to ensuring his survival of those final 10 minutes.

I think Im the only person who wanted a sequel to Signs.

Good question. I never saw Kung Fu Panda 3, Ratchet and Clank, or Wild Life, and while Sausage Party and Jungle Book were both excellent, theyre both so different (in wildly different ways) from everything else I wont include them either. Of the rest, Id rank them: 1. Kubo and the Two Strings 2. Zootopia 3. Storks 4. Angry Birds 5. Secret Life of Pets 6. Finding Dory 7. Ice Age Which isnt intended as a slight to anything on the list (except Ice Age which was bad, but at least not genuinely awful in an Alvin and the Chipmunks kind of way). In an average summer, SLOP or Dory probably would have been in the best 2 or 3. Imo, 1 and 2 were very close, then a gap, then 3, then a small gap, then 4, 5, and 6 were very close, then a gigantic gap down to 7.

Maybe it was low expectations, but Storks was actually really good. Having seen the movie, I'd say the trailers really did the film a disservice. The wolf pack, for example, is actually hilarious. I mean, I wouldn't say it was exactly great as a movie, and the ending is perhaps a little muddled. But it was fun, and Tulip and Junior's banter was some of the most entertaining dialogue I've heard since GotG.

LIFE HAS MEANING AGAIN! I mean, I guess I'll probably play.

Not dead yet! And hopefully I'll be able to get it together next week to catch back up. Please provide your 9/23 -25 Opening Weekend predicts for, Magnificent Seven Storks Deadline this week will be Thursday afternoon (US Eastern time), whenever I get to it. Note that we will be using our median predict rather than our mean predict going forward.

Sorry I'm getting even farther behind, but hopefully I'll be able to catch up soon-ish. On the bright side, in about a week and a half things should chill out and I'll hopefully be more on top of it. Isn't this like the 3rd time Hillsong is supposed to have come out? Given its history, I won't be especially surprised if it fails to open wide and gets removed. Please provide your 9/16-18 Opening Weekend predicts for, Blair Witch Bridget Jones Hillsong Snowden Deadline this week will be Thursday afternoon (US Eastern time), whenever I get to it. Note that we will be using our median predict rather than our mean predict going forward.

Grats to Damien! Well played! I found it amusing how you kept lamenting how badly you were going to fall off during the pre-season scoring, because it was a tough summer for top 15s and you absolutely killed it compared to everyone else. If TMNT snuck into the top 15, you would have won in a walk. Well done. While I definitely was too high on Ice Age, I'd say my real mistake was failing to answer SOTM 10! Yikes, that stung!

Lol. Yeah, I was pretty sure I was the abstain, but I figured maybe I happened to have been drunk while answering that one...

Yes to both, imo. That was a good trailer. Not a SLOP/SS-grade great trailer, but a very good one, and kids are already talking about it. However, its a little nuts so I don't know if it'll get much higher.

Sorry I'm behind. Tiring weekend and its hard to be motivated when its so blah. Anyway, do your best and I'll catch up tomorrow. In the meantime, we shall predict, because predicting is what we do. Please provide your 9/9-11 Opening Weekend predicts for, Disappointments Room Sully When the Bough Breaks Wild Life Deadline this week will be Thursday afternoon (US Eastern time), whenever I get to it. Note that we will be using our median predict rather than our mean predict going forward.