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Just a quick glance around. I wondering if Star Wars will open on more screens than Harry. If it's selling so fast already I'm thinking that cinemas will be adding more screens. I mean the 2 biggest cinemas at chermside (vmax) are all but sold out at midnight already.

Actually much of the way the Jedi acted in the prequels is very logical. Consider that attachment is forbidden. Or they risk a Jedi going to the dark side. To be honest the way windu , yoda spoke if had anything but happy thoughts, you were going to the dark side. Hence I think a lot of Jedi wiped all emotion. Hence the coldness. It was actually one of key reasons why the force needed to brought back into balance in the first place. Also by refusing their emotions, I believe this allowed an avenue for the sith to re-emerge. Quite likely part of the reason dooku fell to dark side also.

Another very interesting fact. Most films were predicted within fairly small ranges (mostly) but Star Wars has one of widest ranges I've seen for a film. 450m to 1b. Yes the domestic range is that massive.

I did see someone answered most of preseason questions but didn't do their top 15 etc. Also a couple of players didn't put totals for the top 2 films.

I did see someone answered most of preseason questions but didn't do their top 15 etc. Also a couple of players didn't put totals for the top 2 films.

Yeah I saw that. I thought I was out there with nearly 900m. Probably the most interesting prediction I saw was 205m ow and 477m odd total. That kind of legs at Christmas. It will have to be nearly the worst Star Wars film ever to perform like that.

Speaking of. My $ went to the Martian tonight in the brisbane city myer centre. In 3d which i say is the only way to see this epic film. I loved it.

Under 30 minutes. That's the top 15; top 7 weekends; top 10 WW; totals; top 5 sw OS ; preseason questions; SOTM 1 and week 1 questions. All due

YES. all preseason - top 15, top 10 etc and pr season questions + this SOTM (1) and week 1 questions. All due in under 30 minutes.

Tick tock tick tock...... Less than 2 hrs to get your shit together !!!!

Must be under 12h till due now..... (I'm all done)

​The deadline each week will always be the Thursday at 11:59pm.​ All questions refer to the top 12 unless otherwise stated. ​ ​Part 1​ 1. Will Goosebumps open to number 1 this weekend? NO 2. Will Goosebumps open to more than $25M this weekend? 3000​ NO 3. Will at least two new openers outgross The Martian this weekend? NO 4. Will Hotel Transylvania 2 drop less than 43% this weekend? 2000 YES 5. Will Bridge of Spies have a higher PTA (per theatre average) than Crimson Peak? YES 6. Will Pan increase more than 65% on Saturday? NO 7. Will Jobs make more than $1.3m for the weekend? YES 8. Will Black mass have a higher percentage drop than Scorch Trials on Sunday? YES 9. Will The Walk cross $10M by the end of the weekend? YES 10. Will Pan have a higher total gross than Sicario by the end of the weekend? 2000 NO 11. Will Woodlawn open in the top 7? NO 12. Will the Intern have the best weekend drop in the top 10? NO 13. Which film in the top 12 will have the best PTA? STEVE JOBS 14. Will Crimson Peak make at least 37.5% of its opening weekend gross on Friday (including Thursday)? 2000 YES 15. Is everyone now crazy excited that Jem and the Holograms is now just a mere one week away?!? OooooO.... Jem is my new honey ... wait what.. did i say that out loud ... ok seriously lol and NO. Bonuses: 11/15 2000 12/15 4000 13/15 6000 14/15 8000 15/15 10000 Part 2. Bonus Question 1. What will be the total Friday gross for the top 3 new entries? (5000) 28.203m ​​Bonus Question 2. What will be Pan's weekend percentage drop? (5000) -47.777% Bonus Question 3. What will be Jobs' PTA this weekend? ​ (5000) 46,901 Part 3.​​ Placements: 2. The Martian 4. Crimson Peak 7. The Intern 11. Black Mass 13. The Walk 200o points per correct prediction. 5000 bonus for getting all 5. Good Luck

A: Domestic top 15: 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 871.3m 2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - 429.0m 3) Spectre - 276.6m 4) The Good Dinosaur - 213.3m 5) Bridge of Spies - 152.8m 6) The Peanuts Movie - 149.0m 7) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 144.2m 8) In the Heart of the Sea - 124.4m 9) Alvin and the Chipmunks The Road Chip - 110.6m 10) Creed - 100.4m 11) The Hateful Eight - 100.2m 12) The Nut Job 2 - 91.8m 13) Deadpool - 78.9m 14) Ride Along 2 - 78.4m 15) Goosebumps - 72.8m B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 210.4m 2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - 162.3m 3) Spectre - 96.8m 4) The Good Dinosaur - 62.8m 5) The Peanuts Movie - 43.9m 6) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 43.2m 7) Deadpool - 38.9m C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 2,051.3m 2) Spectre - 1,181.6m 3) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - 1,004.0m 4) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 904.2m 5) The Good Dinosaur - 703.0m 6) Bridge of Spies - 442.8m 7) The Peanuts Movie - 324.0m 8) Alvin and the Chipmunks The Road Chip - 275.6m 9) In the Heart of the Sea - 269.4m 10) Goosebumps - 247.8m D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2,993.5m Top 7 W/E) 658.3m Top 10 WW) 7,273.9m E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories: 1) China 2) United Kingdom 3) Japan 4) Germany 5) Australia 6) France F: Pre-season Questions: A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game: A: 100M The Hateful Eight B: 200M The Good Dinosaur C: 300M Spectre D: 400M The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k 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: 3) Creed - 100.4m 1) Goosebumps 2) Krampus 3) Creed - 100.4m 4) Concussion Answer correctly: 10,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 3,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically: 3) Victor Frankenstein - 11.7m 1) Point Break 2) The Nut Job 2 3) Victor Frankenstein - 11.7m 4) The Last Witch Hunter Answer correctly: 10,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 3,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus. 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? NO 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 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) YES Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 3,000 points 5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? YES Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 3,000 points 6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? YES Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 3,000 points 7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? CHINESE TOTAL Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? 4) .... see below 1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea 2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus 3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps, 4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2 Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game? 2) see below .... 1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2 3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi 4) Trumbo, Scout Guide to Apocalypse, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions: 1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? YES 2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? YES 3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? YES 4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? YES 5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? YES 6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? YES 7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? YES 8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under) OVER 9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? YES 10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? NO 11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? YES 12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? YES 13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? YES 14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? YES 15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) YES 16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? NO 17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? YES 18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? NO 19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? YES 20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? YES

TOTAL GROSS: The Martian - 234.9m Sicario - 53.2m The Walk - 11.7m Pan - 46.2m

Will be interesting how the inhumans play out anyway given its playing out in agents of shield partly.

The other question will of course come. Will avengers 4 kickoff the next trilogy of avengers? Ie like how phases 1,2,3 are all leading to the infinity wars.

Valid points, but i raise one key aspect... Alice in Wonderland was riding off the goodwill of the biggest film of all time. the first film to use 3D in a way that entranced audiences on a large level. ie. made it an experience. alice was that 2nd film which i still feel to this day is why it did so well in the first place. I still think it would have done only have as well as it did without Avatar just before it. Now i still think it will do well and 300 OS respects that, but i just don't see this reaching the highs of the first film based on this fact alone. to be honest you could say based upon this the more reasonable numbers is 300 to 400 ? 0h and before you say i'm a hater, i actually liked Alice in Wonderland. I actually think a very good comparison would be Clash of the Titans. It too rode off the 3D bump that avatar gave those films. it's follow up dropped domestically around 50% and about 30% internationally. alice of course did 330m Domestic and 690m OS. So similar drops would put it around 170m domestic & 460m OS give or take a few. so maybe my 300m is a little harsh but saying 600m is a shoe also makes no sense.... Also there is a much larger gap here which could have a +ve or -ve impact on the grosses... i'm thinking -ve, hence my 300m OS early estimate for this.

This is so hard to predict. Tough call. It's a sequel to a well loved film. ++ Emerich in his domain. ++ No smith from one of his iconic roles -? 20 years since --? Maybe? Was massive in 96 but the market is so different these days. It's Sfx in its day were so impressive. The one liners. Gonna be a hard act to follow. But I think it can overcome things. As long as it doesn't go too campy. Early predict of 750 OS. Domestic should pull it above 1b WW.

I think this will be one of those massive drop offs. 300 OS.

I'm for 1B OS. Watch this space.

Big call peludo. I had this about 400 OS until I see more.

Id better get my shit together and do some calculations.

Just been looking at chermside and the midnights seem to be selling well for mockingjay part 2. The main vmax is > 50% sold and the gold classes will no doubt sellout. I know only 1 cinema but we are talking over a month out. So good signs so far.

Been a good year for Aussie films. guess it helps when Max decides to join the party though

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