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FARKING HELL!

You can't blame Oz for not having any advertising yet, it was only announced here a few days ago.

Nope, blu-ray and 3d rips are online now.

Awesome film!

What's a 35% drop in $$$? Does it put it on course for 100m?

Come on 97!

The original Godzilla. Some of the sound is pretty hokey, and the miniatures are pretty obvious, but it's a great start to a cinematic dynasty so far.

It will get released

1) Will ASM2 make more than 35 mill OD? 5000 Yes 2) Will ASM2 make less than 30 mill OD? 3000 No 3) Will ASM2 make more than 37.5 M OD mill OD? 3000 No 4) Will ASM2 make more than 7M OW in Brazil? 2000 Yes 5) Will ASM2 make more than 90 mill OW? 2000 Yes 6) Will ASM2 make more than 100 mill OW? 2000 No 7) Will ASM2 have a Saturday drop of more than 8%? Yes 8) Will ASM2 make more than 10 mill at midnight/thurs? No 9) Will ASM2 make more than 10 mill at IMAX domestically? Yes 10) Will ASM2 have a per theater average of more than $23,200? Yes 11) Will ASM2 have a cinemascore of A or better? No 12) Will ASM2 fall less than 33% on Sunday? No 13) Will ASM2 make at least 60 mill more than positions 2 and 3 combined? Yes 14) Will ASM2 have a world wide weekend of more than 200 mill? Yes 15) Will the top 10 films combine to make more than 130 million? Yes 16 Will Captain2 drop less than 50.5%? No 17) Will Captain2 have a Friday increase of more than 125%? No 18) Will The Other Woman drop more than 41%? No 19) Will Nikki or Deadline's posting about ASM2 contain the phrase "NOT A RECORD" anywhere in the post at any time on the weekend? No 20) Will the first posted "projection" about ASM2 be higher than the number reported with official Friday estimates? 3000 Yes 21) Will The Quiet Ones drop less than 55%? No 22) Will HIFR drop less than 45%? Yes 23) Will any film in the top 12 drop less than 35%? No 24) Will Walk of Shame have a per theater average of more than $3000? No 25) Will Transcendence stay in the top 15? Yes 26) Will Transcendence drop more than 70%? Yes 27) Will any film have a Saturday increase of more than 85%? Yes 28) Will Rio 2 have a Friday increase of more than 75%? Yes 29) Will Draft Day stay in the top 13? No 30) Will Divergent increase more than 40% on Saturday? Yes 25/30 3000 26/30 4000 27/30 7,000 28/30 10,000 29/30 12,000 30/30 24,000 Bonus 1-4 are to 3 decimal points please. Only one person will get the bonus per question. Bonus 1: What will ASM2 weekend gross be? 5000 97.243m Bonus 2: What will TOW's weekend gross be? 5000 16.326m Bonus 3: What will Brick Mansion's weekend gross be? 5000 4.945m Bonus 4: What will the combined gross be for The Quiet Ones, Oculus and Transcendence? 5000 3.772m Bonus 5: What finishes in spots: 4 Rio 2 5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 10 The Quiet Ones 11 Divergent 13 Transcendence 2000 each and a bonus of 5000 if all correct

It happens every so often, more than likely this weekend it'll say that it was on 500 or so screens, which is where they mean cinemas. Opening weekend for Skyfall could have approached close to 1500 total screens given the number of sell outs and extra screens added.

Me thinks the spidey screen number is legit, by refers to the literal number of screens, and not the number of cinemas.

Fingers crossed Oz gets a wide release, but I fear that just like Jurassic Park that it'll be limited just to IMAX screens. That said, it could be a successful release regardless as it gives am opportunity for the less football inclined to see something during the World Cup.

Chinese government hate to give any form of advantage to Hollywood movies. It's pretty stupid.

Monsters will be released outside the UK, as will The Zero Theorem at some point. Pretty sure Tarzan is a german film...

probably in that area, it dropped quite a few cinemas last week.

Considering we don't have a TDKR coming up, Spidey has a great chance of beating the last one. It'll definitely have better admissions as 3D demand has pretty much crashed.

Due by May 1st at 11:59 pm PST. You have four choices for this spur of the moment question. You can answer, all, none or as many as you would like. 1) Will ASM2 make more than Captain America 2 did on Thursday? Yes 2) Will ASM2 make more than Cap2 on OD? Yes 3) Will ASM2 make more than Cap2 did on OW? Yes 4) Will ASM2 fall more than 67% on Monday? Yes Each answer you get correct is worth 5000 points EACH ANSWER YOU GET WRONG, YOU LOSE 10,000 POINTS Abstain from all four questions, get 4000 points. If you go for at least one of the questions, you do not qualify for the abstaining points. No bonus or penalty for getting all four right or wrong. As a bonus, what will ASM2 gross for it's OW? If you are within 3.5%, the bonus is worth another 5,000. No penalty for missing the gross by more than 3.5%. $97m Good luck. This is an unusually large point amount for a SOTM question but it is the first one of the year, so we're starting off big! All answers go in this thread.

Top 15: 1) How to Train your Dragon 2 $330m 2) Transformers: Age of Extinction $318m 3) Amazing Spider-man 2 $275m 4) X-Men Days of Future Past $260m 5) Godzilla $238m 6) 22 Jump Street $207m 7) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $203m 8) Maleficent $173m 9) Neighbours $142m 10) Tammy $126m 11) Guardians of the Galaxy $124m 12) Fault of our Stars $123m 13) Planes: Fire and Rescue $112m 14) Edge of Tomorrow $103m 15) Think Like a Man Too $94m 16) Blended $93m 17) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $83m Worldwide Top 10: 1) Transformers Age of Extinction $1.03bn 2) How to Train Your Dragon 2 $822m 3) Godzilla $816m 4) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $800m 5) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $714m 6) X-Men Days of Future Past $637m 7) Maleficent $533m 8) Neighbours $333m 9) Planes: Fire and Rescue $300m 10) Edge of Tomorrow $289m Top WW Opening Weekends 1) X-Men Days of Future Past $243m 2) Godzilla $204m 3) Transformers Age of Extinction $170m 4) How to Train Your Dragon 2 $135m 5) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $107m Top Opening Weekends US 1) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $97m 2) X-Men Days of Future Past $96m 3) Transformers Age of Extinction $95m 4) Godzilla $81m 5) How To Train Your Dragon 2 $74m 6) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $71m 7) 22 Jump Street $61m Lowest Grossing Movies 1) The Fluffy Movie 2) Legend of Oz 3) Mom's Night Out 4) Step Up All In 5) The Giver LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!! HERE ARE YOUR FIRST PRE SEASON BONUS QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BEFORE MIDNIGHT May 1st THESE WILL BE WORTH A TOTAL OF 10,000 POSSIBLE POINTS. 10,000 IF CORRECT -5000 IF INCORRECT 3000 FOR TELLING ME THAT YOU ARE ABSTAINING 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) Step Up All In 2) The Purge 2 3) Jersey Boys 4) Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return 5) Million Dollar Arm Legend of Oz $6m 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: 1) Maleficent 2) Blended 3) Neighbors 4) Think Like a Man Too 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. Maleficent $177m Third Bonus Question: Tell me, of these five films, which will be the highest grossing INTERNAIONALLY (NOT WW, ONLY INTERNATIONALLY....ALL FIGURES ACCORDING TO BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM)? 1) X-men: DAFP 2) How To Train Your Dragon 2 3) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 4) Jupiter Ascending 5) Hercules For 15,000 bonus points, call the correct film within 25 mill. How to Train Your Dragon 2 $490m TRIPLE BONUS Here are your 16 bonus questions that have to be answered before the May 1st start date. Question 1: Will at least 2 films gross more than 100 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only) 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. No Question 2: Will at least two films gross at least 35 million dollars on opening day? 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. Yes Question 3: Will any film this summer have a worldwide weekend of more than 200 million? (THIS WILL INCLUDE ANY 5 DAY WEEKENDS. WHATEVER IS REPORTED FOR THE ACTUALS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BE THE NUMBER WE GO BY). 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. Yes Question 4: Will any film make more than 31.5 million this summer in Australia? 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. Yes Question 5: Will any film make more than 45 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? 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. Yes Question 6: Will any film make more than 200 million in CHINA this summer? 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. Yes Question 7: Will at least 2 films make more than 900 mill WW this summer? 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. No Question 8: Will at least 3 films, listed as comedy (doesn't matter if it says horror/comedy, western/comedy as long as "comedy" is listed, it counts) by Box Office Mojo, make more than 110 million dollars this summer? 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. Yes Question 9: Will at least 2 dramas, according to boxofficemojo, make more than 100 million domestically? 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. No Question 10: Which combination of films will make more money domestically? 1) Amazing Spider-man 2, Blended, Sex Tape, Planes: Fire and Rescue, Step Up All In 2) X-Men: Days of Future Past, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Hercules, The Fluffy Movie, Purge 2 3) How to Train Your Dragon 2, Lucy, 22 Jump Street, Million Dollar Arm, 4) Transformers AOE, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Exp3, The fault in our Stars 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. 3 Question 11: Will any film make more than 35 million in Russia this summer? 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. No Question 12: Will the top three films combined make more this summer than the next 5 films combined (domestic only)? So to avoid any confusion like we had before, the question reads like this.... top 3 spots add up to more than slots 4-8. 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. No Question 13: Will any of the top 5 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 44.5%? 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. Yes Question 14: Will ASM2, Godzilla, X-men or Dawn of the Planet of the Apes have a Saturday increase (this includes any money it made on Thursday for midnights/early shows)...so if it makes 50 mill on Friday, including 7 mill from Thursday, then it has to make more than than 50 mill on Saturday to count as a 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. Yes Question 15: Will Transformers Age of Extinction's gross in China come within 50 million of ASM2's gross domestically? 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. Yes 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. Bonus Question of all Bonus Questions: This is a four parter: 1) Will ASM2 make at least 260 million domestically? 2) Will ASM2 make more than 600 million internationally? 3) Will ASM2 do at least 10 million for midnights (including Thurs)? 4)) Will ASM2 make at least 900 million WW? 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. *** Even more bonus and more treachery: If you go 4/4 you get a 28,000 point bonus. So this means you will get a total of 56,000 points for this question (7000X4 plus 28,000 point bonus) However, if you go for all 4 you must get all four correct. If you get even one incorrect, you will lose 15,000 points. So what this means is, if you go for all four and even if you get 3/4 correct, not only will you NOT get the 11,000 but you will lose a full 15,000 points. This question is worth a lot of points for those ballsy enough to go for all 4, but it will kick your ass if you get too cocky. PLEASE READ THIS ONE CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND IT FULLY. IF YOU DO NOT, THEN ASK ME. ONCE THE GAME STARTS, CLAIMING YOU DIDN'T READ IT RIGHT WILL NOT BE AN EXCUSE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU GO FOR ALL FOUR QUESTIONS, YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST GET ALL FOUR RIGHT IN ORDER TO GET POINTS. Remember, you don't have to answer any of them. Or you can answer as little as you want. It's totally up to you. You can choose to go for as many or as little as you want. ***CAVEAT*** If you choose to abstain from all 4, you will get 5000 for doing so. You must tell me if you are abstaining. 1) Yes, $275m 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) A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 70 million dollars this summer? B. Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 30 mill? C) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have a second weekend drop of less than 47%? D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 15 mill? 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 If you go for all four, you must get all four correct. An incorrect result on even one question will result in a loss of 25,000 points! Abstain NEW QUESTION: QUESTION 18: What will the highest grossing comedy be in each of the first three months of the summer? So for the months of May, June and July, tell me the highest comedy to come out of each month. Obviously, each film has until the end of the summer to make its money. Scoring: For each month you call correctly, you get 15,000 points. For each film you call incorrectly, you lose 5000 points. For a bonus, tell me the next highest grossing comedy to come out of May, June and July. So, how it works is as follows. Each month will have one comedy that will be the highest grossing. Those three films will rank 1-2 and 3. Then you pick the next highest grossing film out of the three months (only pick one film). Now obviously, the next highest grossing film could be bigger than some of the films in gross, but kind of like seeding in some professional sports, it will still be the fourth highest ranked film because it came in second in that particular month. If you can call the fourth highest film correctly, you get a bonus of 25,000. If however you go for the fourth film, you must get this film right, if you do not, you do not qualify for the points you earned on parts 1,2 and 3 and you will lose 15,000 total. For optics sake, here's what your answer might look like: May: Mom's Night Out: 125 mill June: 22 Jump Street: 150 mill July: And So It Goes: 95 mill Then you would choose the highest grossing comedy out of all the months. So lets say Neighbors was the highest grossing comedy remaining, and it grossed 122 mill, you would pick that as your fourth. If all four films are correct, you win the points. This question could be a very big windfall for you. It is potentially worth 70,000 points. But remember, greed could also do you in. This is a tough question imo. There are, imo, at least three comedies that could be the biggest of the summer. So tread carefully. And good luck! If this is not clear, please let me know. May: Neighbours June: 22 Jump Street July: Tammy Question 19 New addition to the game this year: Here are ten twenty additional questions. For every question you get right, 5000 points. For every question you get wrong, -2000 points. These are mandatory questions. There is no abstaining. Anyone who does not answer these twenty questions, loses 40,000 points. 1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? (you have a cushion of 2 films. So if you are wrong by two films, you still get full points) 13 2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film) 5 3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) $360m 4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? (cushion of 1 film) 4 5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil? No 6) Will any horror film make 200 mill WW No 7) Will any film gross 20 million in Spain? Yes 8) What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May? Neighbours 9) Will Snowpiercer gross more than 30 million (this question must be answered regardless of the ambiguity of the release. As of right now it is not listed as going wide. We should know before May if it is or not, but even if we don't, tough. ) No 10) Will TASM2 have a better Thursday than Captain America 2? Yes 11) Will Jupiter Ascending make more than 80 million? No 12) How many 1 billion dollar WW films will there be this summer? 1 13) Will Tammy gross at least half of what Captain 2, ASM2 or X-men DOFP does? No 14) Will Hercules make more than 70 million? Yes 15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million? Yes 16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles 17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic? No 18) Will frank Miller's Sin City open higher than Expendables 3? No 19) Will the Fluffy Movie gross at least 15 mill? No 20) How many films will open to at least 50 million? (2 film cushion) 9 If you answer 18 correct, bonus of 25,000 If you answer 19 correct, bonus of 35,000 If you answer all 20 correct, you double your score, bonus of 100,000. Good luck! Any questions please let me know. Question 20: The "Baumer is Killing Us With All These Questions" Question This is the final preseason question. I promise. For these questions there is no abstaining, unless you choose to not answer any of them, in which you will receive 5000 points. But that is your only option for abstaining, you must abstain from all of them. Each question is worth 3000 if you answer correctly and -2000 if answered incorrectly. You must answer them all. Comedy battle of the summer: There are 7 high profile comedies coming out this summer. They are: Neighbors Blended 22 Jump Street Think Like a Man Too A Million Ways to Die in the West Tammy Sex Tape Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is as follows: 1) Which comedy will open the highest? 22 Jump Street 2) Will any two comedies combine to open with more than 60 million? Yes 3) Which film will finish with the lowest total? A Million Ways to Die in the West 4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75? Yes 5) Will any film have a multiplier of less than 3.3? Yes 6) How many of these films will open to number one on the weekend? 2 7) Will any film make more than 150 mill internationally? Yes 8) Will any film have a first Monday drop of less than 51%? Yes 9) Will any film have a first Tuesday increase of more than 15.5%? Yes 10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? Yes 11) Will a sequel be the highest grossing film of all these comedies? Yes 12) Will any film make more than 18 million in Russia? No 13) Will any film make more than 20 mill in the UK? Yes 14) Will any film have a second weekend drop of less than 40% Yes 15) Which films will combine to have the highest total gross? A) 22 Jump Street, Tammy, Million Ways B] TLAMT, Blended, Tammy C) Million Ways, Neighbors, Blended D) Tammy, Sex Tape, 22 Jump Street E) TLAMT, Million, Sex Tape A Answer 14/15 Correct, get a 25,000 bonus Answer 15/15 correct, get a 60,000 bonus Good Luck! THESE BONUS QUESTIONS ARE DUE BY MIDNIGHT May 1st.

Wolf of Wall Street goes off the boil somewhere in the second half.

Just sat down to watch Wolf of Wall Street at long last! I love cineworld! Wooooo!!!

Kudos to the spidey guys on having some balls this time around.Was about half full when I saw it this afternoon, which is pretty good for a 3D film these days. Finally got to see the Godzilla trailer on the big screen too (OMG!)

It will be in nigh on every cinema in the UK. I would stake my TV on it.

Back when Cranston was a joke instead of a king

22 Jump Street will be saturation, not wide. Sony aren't stupid.

It'll be touch and go as to whether or not it can beat the first.