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So any updated presales on sw7. Looking at at those numbers I think mj2 and spectre should cross 30m. Not locked but should.

Update - will post more later. MJ2 - 9.8m Spectre - 5.5m/20.8m (-52%) Dressmaker - 1.3m/13.8m The Martian over 26m Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

6.8m USD which should be about 9.5m ow. It's not lowest here but is a drop off from mj1 even in the local currency. By comparison: THG - 9m CF - 12.5m MJ1 - 11.9m Disappointing is all I can say. I should say it's still strong though, just not quite at the level hoped. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Overall Scores Updated to: Week 5 included SOTM 2 & 4 both included Going forward i won't show history .. - just totals with the new numbers being added. (all other info is still there i'm just hiding it to simplify the table.) As before - PM if there is an error. (GRAND TOTAL = PreSeason Total + SOTM Total + Weekly Total) # User Pre- season Entry GRAND TOTAL PreSeason Total SOTM Total SOTM 2 SOTM 4 Weekly's Total Week 5 1 Movieman89 YES 143000 10000 26000 7000 19000 107000 18000 2 Infernus YES 132000 10000 21000 8000 13000 101000 13000 3 darkelf YES 130000 10000 22000 6000 16000 98000 14000 4 glassfairy YES 124000 10000 26000 6000 20000 88000 12000 5 DAJK YES 122000 10000 10000 6000 4000 102000 8000 6 DamienRoc YES 122000 10000 27000 7000 20000 85000 12000 7 Exxdee YES 119000 10000 11000 7000 4000 98000 14000 8 WrathofHan YES 117000 10000 1000 7000 -6000 106000 16000 9 Wrath YES 116000 10000 15000 8000 7000 91000 18000 10 chasmmi YES 113000 10000 8000 8000 0 95000 13000 11 thatoneguy (Background Char) YES 113000 10000 5000 8000 -3000 98000 12000 12 Filmovie YES 108000 0 21000 8000 13000 87000 16000 13 Telemachos YES 108000 10000 16000 6000 10000 82000 16000 14 grey ghost YES 91000 10000 2000 8000 -6000 79000 16000 15 Jajang YES 91000 10000 1000 7000 -6000 80000 9000 16 kayumanggi YES 88000 0 -2000 8000 -10000 90000 14000 17 Blankments YES 84000 10000 -8000 6000 -14000 82000 8000 18 misafeco YES 81000 10000 -3000 8000 -11000 74000 9000 19 MikeKaye42 YES 66000 10000 -17000 7000 -24000 73000 12000 20 Kalo YES 59000 10000 2000 8000 -6000 47000 10000 21 bcf26 YES 57000 10000 7000 7000 0 40000 0 22 avi YES 44000 10000 -40000 7000 -47000 74000 15000 23 Alfred YES 42000 10000 8000 8000 0 24000 0 24 99 Trees YES 36000 10000 0 0 0 26000 0 25 Baumer YES 10000 10000 0 0 0 0 0 26 laguy03 YES 10000 10000 0 0 0 0 0 27 The Panda YES 10000 10000 0 0 0 0 0

I am using these scores .. if there are any errors.. PM away! Thanks infernus!

SOTM 2 Scores (No ordering or Tables for this one :P) Telemachos = 6000 Wrath = 8000 avi = 7000 exxdee = 7000 infernus = 8000 glassfairy = 6000 DAJK = 6000 WrathofHan = 7000 darkelf = 6000 MikeKaye42 = 7000 Blankments = 6000 Movieman89 = 7000 Filmovie = 8000 Kalo = 8000 chasmmi = 8000 damienroc = 7000 Alfred = 8000 Jajang = 7000 misafeco = 8000 kayumanggi = 8000 the background character (thatoneguy) = 8000 (yes we took your 2nd post luckily - please try to remember to edit rather than repost..) grey ghost = 8000 bcf26 = 7000 Everyone else is getting 0. Any quries with the scores as always PM me or Chasmmi.

SOTM 2 Answer: This is a minor twist on a classic summer SOTM question. We haven't had a big breakout in the first(let's face it, probably gonna be 3) weeks, so I decided to lumps a few films together. Therefore the question is: Which of the following grosses will the combine final gross of Goosebumps, Paranormal Activity and The Last Witch Hunter pass before the end of the game? 1) Saw IV - 63.3M (2000 / 0) 2) I know what you did last Summer - 72.5M (3000 / 1000) 3) Freddy vs Jason - 82.6M (4000 / 2000) 4) Scream 3 - 89.1M ( 5000 / 4000) 5) The Others - 96.5M (6000 / 6000) 6) Interview with the Vampire 105.2M (7000 / 8000) 7) Ghostbusters 2 112.5M (8000 / 10000) 8) Van Helsing 120.1M (10000 / 12000) 9) Shutter Island 128M (12000 / 15000) 10) The Conjuring 137.4 (15000 / 20000) 11) Gremlins 153.1M (20000 / 25000) 12) Halloween 1978 (Adjusted) 167.5M (25000 / 30000) Simply Pick a number and if that number is correct you win the left hand points total, if it is incorrect, you lose the right hand points total. You do not have to be in the exact window between two films to score the points. If you predict film number 3 (82.6M) and the films make 400M combined you still score your 4000 points. It just meant the potential to score more points that you did was not realised. There are no abstains as Option 1 contains no risk of losing points. Deadline is Thursday 29th October at 11:59PM Good Luck Current Results are : Goosebumps = 74.3m Paranormal Activity = 18.0m The Last Witch Hunter = 26.5m TOTAL = 118.8m Therefore, 7) Ghostbusters 2 112.5M (8000 / 10000) is the current answer. now yeah, this will likely push past #8 and maybe even #9, but as chasmmi has already said the highest predicted was #7 meaning everyone who answered gets it right Scores in next post

i'm updating the overalls anyway so i'll score this one now if thats alright ?

As a result of The 33 being in 5th and not The Martian, i've revised the places scores... if i make any errors, pm me or Chasmmi and we will tidy up i'm not reordering them just updating the scores so i can post the overalls Scores highlighted in red are modified.

IMDB is 20m - as such i've moved the budget to 20m as a result. I'm more trusting of IMDB's number than Wikipedia. I also agree that it doesn't look like a 5m type of movie. that 5m as noted is just the distribution rights alone.

one thing to remember with horror - no doubt one of these 2 will make between 10m and 20m OW and with budgets estimates of 5m and 15m the chances are both or at least one of those 2 films will be making Money back by the 10th already. also the only impact really is during january... so remember buying a film means you can buy bigger films in feb and on it goes.. assuming u make a profit. Also don't forget if u don't want the film but don't want to lose money on it by cancelling it you able to offer to sell it to someone else before release. especially if the film is sold out quickly and that does happen from time to time. I have seen users previously buy 50% of a film for 50m say and then on sell it to someone else for 80m making a tidy a profit as a result. so it does happen.. ask Alfred or Townzy, they were both masters of this process! PS - if you do buy and decide you want to offer it up for sale you create a new thread in the forum itself to avoid any clutter in here. in that thread you can then negotiate the price with whoever is interested.

as we get more info those budget estimates will be updated until it's available. it's still the best information we have right now. just remember we do revise budgets at release up or down also. (it's in the rules). though if we get it way wrong in the game, i do have allowances for that and take a final game budget somewhere between the final actual and what we had for the game. As the saying goes.. nothing is ever easy :)

typically it would be unlikely for a film to be pulled (unless it's extemely limited which most would be unlikely to invest in anyway), that close to the release date. If moved - it will depend on the move... if the move is within the 1 month window then no change (obviously). to outside the 1 month window or pulled completely your money and % will be refunded (no loss or no gain as a result.)

Big one this week, lots of points available As always all questions refer to the top 12 and are worth 1000 UOS Part 1. 1. Will Hunger Games Open to more than $120M? YES 2. Will Hunger Games Open to more than $132.5M? 2000 YES 3. Will Hunger Games Open to more than $145M? YES 4. Where will Mockingjay 2's OW rank alongside the other franchise instalments (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th)? 3RD 5. Will The Night Before's OW be at least 10% the gross of MJ2's OW? 3000 NO 6. Will MJ2's Friday be above $55M? YES 7. Will MJ2 drop less than 35% on Sunday? YES 8. Will MJ2 have a Saturday PTA above $10,000? YES 9. Will the Secrets in their Eyes open in the top 4? NO 10. Will Peanuts drop less than 48%? YES 11. Will legend have a PTA above $32,000? 2000 NO 12. Will Spectre cross $150M by Saturday? NO 13. Will Love the Coopers stay above The Martian? 3000 YES 14. Will Goosebumps remain above Bridge of Spies yet again? NO 15. Will Prem Ratan Dham Payo have a PTA above $4000? YES 16. Will My All American stay in the top 15? NO 17. Will The Last Witch Hunter actually do what it is supposed to and drop over 52% this weekend? YES 18. Will Hotel Transylvania's weekend be at least 10% of Peanuts'? 2000 YES 19. Will By the Sea finish above Trumbo? YES 20. Will a film drop at least 47% on Sunday? NO 21. Name any film that drops less than 33% this weekend (or choose none)? 3000 BRIDGE OF SPIES 22. Will the 3 new openers combine to at least $150M? YES 23. Will Jem Rock the Kasbah cross $2.9M by the end of the weekend? NO 24. Will Bridge of Spies' Total Gross overtake The Visit's Total Gross by the end of the weekend? 2000 YES 25. Does Tyrian Lannister die at the end of MJ2? (Note any actual spoiler answers will result in death by cannon ) WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO CREATE A NEW HUNGER GAMES WITH ALL THE CHILDREN... OH WAIT THAT ALREADY HAPPENED... ANYWAY TYRIAN LANNISTER WASN'T IN HUNGER GAMES HE WAS IN GAME OF THRONES Bonus 15/25 2000 16/25 3000 17/25 4000 18/25 5000 19/25 6000 20/25 8000 21/25 10000 22/25 12000 23/25 15000 24/25 17000 25/25 20000 Part 2: 1. What will MJ2's OW be? 5000 148.449m 2. What will The Night Before's OW gross be as a percentage of MJ2's OW? 5000 8.2% 3. What will Legend's PTA be? 5000 25,500 4. What will The Martian's total gross be by the end of Sunday? 5000 213.901m 5. What will Paranormal Activity's percentage drop be? 5000 -57.818% Part 3: Places 3. The Peanuts Movie 6. The Martian 9. Goosebumps 11. Hotel Transylvania 14. My All American 17. Burnt 2000 each 4/6 2000 bonus 5/6 5000 bonus 6/6 8000 bonus There we go, 100k up for grabs

Loved it. Much better than mj1 in my opinion. Still letting it wash over me. Much more emotional film to the 2nd and 3rd films. Some very pivotal and powerful moments in it. Near perfect end to the series. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sitting down in theatre now. Mj2 is here..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i've been in pretty much the same boat for the past 3 days... i've had to take work home ... tonight i'm finally got a night off but it's sleep time i think...

Having a child of the target audience, I'd say it go big. Little girls everywhere will be dragging their dad along to....... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If theatre owners onto it. They should time sessions of Mlp At the same time as Thor. The dads drop their girls to MLP and then watch Thor... Win win Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Investments are as follows. Assuming u have enough money in the bank to purchase. Each player can invest up to a max of 100% of any film within 1month from release. The max total for most films will be 200%. Which means that u could get a 50%, 75%, and another 75% in a single film. I'm allowing double to make there is enough investments to go around. I should note I will identify prior to be available 'blockbusters' which have a max of 300%. The first being Kung fu panda 3 of course. I am open to discussion on what is a blockbuster but once it's available that status will not change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

U can start 1 month prior to the release date. So on the 8th December both families and the forest come available. The on the 15th dec. so on and so on. Kung fu panda won't be avail until 29th dec. Once available u can choose to invest right up until it's release date. Of course don't forget, some movies will be more popular than others. So some will go quickly (first in first served. ). Word of wisdom. U need to invest in smaller films to be able to afford those big budget blockbusters. But be careful because if u pick a flop ..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

DRAFT Release Schedule and budgets for January 2016 Budgets are draft as per notes to right. some I have estimated myself and some have come from various info on the web. If you are aware of any budgets and the source please post away. As noted, the first 2 films to be available (wide releases) will be "The Forest" & "Families" from the 8th December. Release Schedule Not Available - Releases available 1 month in advance of date shown Sources January 2016 Friday 8 New in Theatres Budget % Available Theatres The Forest $15m 200% Wide Estimate Families (Untitled Blumhouse Horror 2) $5m 200% Wide Micro Budgeted Horror Friday 15 New in Theatres Budget % Available Theatres 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi $50m 200% Wide Wikipedia The 5th Wave $75m 200% Wide Estimated based upon previous scifi Norm of the North $40m 200% Wide Estimate The Nut Job 2 $60m 200% Wide Estimate (Nut Job ~ 42m) Ride Along 2 $40m 200% Wide Estimate (Ride Along ~ 25m) Friday 22 New in Theatres Budget % Available Theatres The Boy (2016) $20m 200% Wide Estimate - Horror Dirty Grandpa $20m 200% Wide Estimate Friday 29 New in Theatres Budget % Available Theatres Fifty Shades of Black $20m 200% Wide IMDB (Estimated) The Finest Hours $85m 200% Wide Wikipedia Kung Fu Panda 3 $140m 300% Wide Wikipedia Lights Out $20m 200% Wide Estimate

Alrighty then, 11 sign ups so far (including me of course ) FYI - you can join the game at any time through the year and can play as little and as much as you want or need. There will be quiet times and there will be crazy times... it's just one of those games starting the research on the January Budgets - i'll be focusing on Wide releases only but you are more than welcome to invest in a limited release too if you can post a budget for that film

So we should be heading for just above 10m which is inline with my more recent thinking... should lock ink in a 30m min finish. I think.

Any Thursday numbers for spectre? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk