MovieMan89

Couple quick questions on the 25 questions. They're all about DOM gross unless otherwise stated correct(Q's 7, 21, and 24 seem like they could be asking either DOM or WW)? And on question 8, how lenient will the "love" the movie thing be. Like for example, Tele likes movies but almost never ever does he "love" them, lol.

Dat Harrison Ford effect. 1 bil DOM for Force Awakens confirmed.

Nah, I think at least 10 is locked. That about the soonest the franchise could "cool down" enough that they would stop making them. But 12 is my guess.

Should just follow the name pattern since 5. So this would be Fast 8, then Fast and Furious 9, then Furious 10, etc.

It is strange that if a woman's body is shown off we get the rallied up people, but if a guy's is it's just normal. I mean isn't that right there the very thing that's actually sexist? If it's socially acceptable for men to show off pretty much all of their body excluding genitals, then really the same should apply for women. Or it should be unacceptable for men to be going shirtless all time if women can't. Equal means same for both.

Ha! Jake turned in one of the best performances of the decade last year in Nightcrawler and didn't even get nominated. He has nothing in the bag as far as Oscars are concerned.

So is BOM just really behind on the foreign section of the film? Because the numbers there only add up to like $450m OS. Granted I know they don't list every country there, but I wouldn't think that extra 400m is coming from all the smaller countries.

Top 15 Domestic 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $530m 2. Jurassic World - $335m 3. Minions - $308m 4. Inside Out - $274m 5. Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation - $225m 6. Tomorrowland - $196m 7. Ant-Man - $175m 8. Ted 2 - $164m 9. Pitch Perfect 2 - $160m 10. Spy- $140m 11. Magic Mike XXL - $127m 12. Pixels - $118m 13. San Andreas - $115m 14. Fantastic Four - $106m 15. Terminator: Genisys - $92m 16. Vacation - $90m 17. Trainwreck - $85m Top 10 World Wide 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1,790b 2. Jurassic World - $1,100b 3. Minions - $1,010b 4. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - $830m 5. Inside Out - $755m 6.Ted 2 - $610m 7. Tomorrowland - $570m 8. Ant-Man - $450m 9. Terminator: Genisys - $400m 10. San Andreas - $330m Top 5 World Wide OW 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $405m 2. Jurassic World - $270m 3. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - $190m 4. Minions - $185m 5.Ted 2 - $140m Top 5 Domestic OW 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - $220m 2. Jurassic World - $133m 3. Minions - $103m 4. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - $76m 5. Ant-Man - $66m Least Grossing 5 Films Domestic 1. Dope - $9m 2. The Outskirts - $13m 3. The Gift - $15m 4. Ricki and the Flash- $20m 5. Southpaw - $23m 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) Trainwreck 2) Southpaw 3) Aloha 4) The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 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. 24m Second Bonus Question: Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the summer: Only these five films. 1) Masterminds 2) Fantastic Four 3) Terminator Genisys 4) Magic Mike XXL 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. 127m Third Bonus Question: Tell me, of these five films, which will be the highest grossing INTERNAtIONALLY (NOT WW, ONLY INTERNATIONALLY....ALL FIGURES ACCORDING TO BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM)? 1) Terminator Genisys 2) San Andreas 3) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation 4) Ted 2 5) Mad Max For 15,000 bonus points, call the correct film within 25 mill. 615m TRIPLE BONUS Here are your 16 bonus questions that have to be answered before the start date. Question 1: Will more than 3 films gross at least 110 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only) NO 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. Question 2: Will more than two films gross at least 50 million dollars on opening day? NO 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. Question 3: Will any film this summer have a worldwide weekend of more than 280 million? (THIS WILL INCLUDE ANY 5 DAY WEEKENDS. WHATEVER IS REPORTED FOR THE ACTUALS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BE THE NUMBER WE GO BY). But the weekend has to fall within the summer game dates. YES 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. Question 4: Will any film make more than 51.5 million this summer in Australia? YES 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. Question 5: Will at least two films make more than 55 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? YES 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. Question 6: Will any film besides Avengers make more than 150 million in CHINA this summer? YES 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. Question 7: Will at least 2 films make at least a billion mill WW this summer? YES 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. Question 8: Will at least 5 films, listed as a comedy (could be sci-fi comedy...horror comedy...must have comedy listed somewhere in the genre ) by Box Office Mojo, make more than 120 million dollars this summer? ABSTAIN 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. Question 9: Will at least 3 action films released after May, have a WW gross of more than 500 million? NO 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. Question 10: Which combination of films will make more money domestically? 1) Terminator, Spy, Jurassic World 2) Entourage, Spy, Hot Pursuit, Poltergeist 3) Minions, Insidious 3, Self/Less, Straight Oughtta Compton 4) Avengers first ten days, Mafgic Mike XXL 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. Question 11: Will any two films make more than 40 million in Russia this summer? ABSTAIN 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. Question 12: Will the top two films combined make more this summer than the next 5 films combined (domestic only)? So to avoid any confusion like we have last summer, the question reads like this.... top 2 spots add up to more than slots 3-7. NO 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. Question 13: Will any of the top 7 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 47.5%? ABSTAIN 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. Question 14: Will Avengers, Minions or Jurassic World have a Saturday increase minus the preview number? So take out the Thursday number and you get the true Friday number. You guys know the drill. 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. Question 15: Will Minions outgross Avengers in at least two of these regions this summer? NO France Netherlands Venezuela Hungary 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. 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. The Ron Jeremy of all bonus questions This is a four parter: 1) Will Avengers make at least 600 million domestically? NO 2) Will Avengers make more than a billion internationally? YES 3) Will Avengers do at least 25 million for previews YES 4)) Will Avengers make at least 1.8 billion WW? YES 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 20,000 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. 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) Note*** Jurassic World does not qualify for this question A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 100 million dollars this summer? NO Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 35 mill? NO C) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have a second weekend drop of less than 47%? NO D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 13 mill? ABSTAIN 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 Double Secret Probation Bonus Question Very simple, but very dangerous. I'll give you a number, you tell me if Avengers will gross more or less than that number in said markets. 1) Russia: 42M MORE 2) Germany: 31.5M MORE 3) Portugal: 3M LESS 4) China: 200M MORE If you go for this question, you must get all 4 correct. This is not a partial question. If you get at least 3 of the 4 correct, you will get 50,000. If you choose to abstain from this question, you will lose 15,000 points. If you go for the question and you do not get at least 3 or the 4 correct, you will lose 30,000 points. Choose Wisely. The "Hey maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events but we just got our asses kicked pal" question of debauchery. Will Jurassic World and F7 combine to make more than Avengers in these markets? 1) Japan YES 2) United Kingdom YES 3) Columbia YES 4) Mexico YES Each answer will be yes or no. Nothing more. You must get at least three correct. Get three correct, get a bonus of 50,000, don't get three correct, lose 25,000, abstain, lose 10,000. As promised, here are your additional 20 25 questions for you. I love this part of the game. For every question you get right, you receive 7000 points. For every question you get wrong, you lose 2000 points. These are mandatory questions, there is no abstaining. Any player who is in this game, who does not answer these questions, loses 50,000 points. Do not forget to do these. Remember grosses count from May 1st until September 7th. All grosses come from boxofficemojo.com, all genres are determined by boxofficemojo.com.....so if I ask you a question about a romance, if that film is listed as a sci-fi/romance, then it will qualify as a romance. 1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? You have a cushion of 1 film. So if you are off by 1, you still get full points. 14 2) How many films will make a billion dollars this summer? No cushion 3 3) What will the domestic total gross be for the top 3 horror films of the summer. II don't want to see anything but a number in your answer. Do not list the films. Cushion of 50 mill 112.550 4) How many films will gross at least 40 million opening day? No cushion 2 5) How many films will make at least 500 million internationally? cushion of 1. 4 6) Will Terminator Genisys and Pitch Perfect 2 and Insidious 3 combine to gross more than F7 domestically? NO 7) Will Ted 2 make more than Ted? NO 8) Will Tele love Mad Max and will baumer love Jurassic World? You must answer both. This is an honour system question. I will tell you right now that I think i will love Jurassic World. YES, YES 9) Will any film released in August gross 100 mill before the end of the game? YES 10) Will Self/Less make more than 40 million? NO 11) How many films will make at least 750 million WW? 1 cushion 5 12) How many films will make at least 30 million OD? 1 cushion 4 13) Will Magic Mike XXL have a bigger opening day than Terminator genisys? YES 14) Will Pan be one of the top 7 grossing films of the summer domestically? 15) Will Ant Man gross at least 500 mill WW? NO 16) Will any film gross 250 million in China? YES 17) Will any film have a WW weekend of more than 300 million (Avengers will only count from the time the game starts) YES 18) Will Mission Impossible gross more than 200 million? YES 19) Will Vacation gross more than 70 million? YES 20) How many films will gross at least 305 million this summer? 3 21) Will Avengers gross more than the first one? NO 22) Will any film besides Avengers make 25 million in Spain? NO 23) Will any film besides Avengers make 65 million in the UK? YES 24) Will Entourage make 100 mill or more? NO 25) Will Avengers drop less than 55% second weekend? NO

It sure shouldn't be. I couldn't go online the last week two weeks without ads for it everywhere. They viral marketed the hell out of it.

Avatar 2 is going to be insane in China given what the first one did there and the expansion of the market since. Like I could seriously see 600m from China alone. Or even the first film's DOM gross from China.

Only a matter of time before we get a $3 billion grosser with the way China is now.

How so? Spongebob, Cinderella, and Home all had 50m+ big openings and will end with a 3x+ multi. That's good for any 50m+ opener today. We can't look at multis the same way as we did even at the start of the decade. 3x indicates good legs these days for basically anything opening over 40m, including family movies.

Assuming Age of Adaline opens under 18m or so, F7 should 4peat next weekend. Basically owned the month of April.

Just wanna say I've expected massive things for 2015 DOM box office for well over a year. Where FF7 has possibly inflated my expectations is when it comes to China, which will be interesting to keep watching this year. As for the two biggies, I've always expected AOU to decrease DOM from the first and F7 hasn't changed my opinion on that. 500-550 is still my range. My SW prediction keeps going up, but that also has nothing to do with FF7's performance and everything to do with marketing and that film's hype.

F7 might make half a bil more WW than FF6 at this rate.

Maybe it's a grower not a shower?

So given no 3d it basically opened to IM3 attendance levels. Just crazy.

"I hate the first four Fast and Furious movies" is code for "I hate shitty movies." That said, I can't imagine how anyone who does like some fun at the movies could hate Fast Five or this installment. They are just too much fun.

I said it's the most fascinating franchise at the box office, not individual runs.

Holy shit at that OD! Last time I was here this evening the range was 50-55m. This is insane. I can't believe a Fast and Furious movie is probably going to out-open a Star Wars movie. This is easily the most fascinating and unique box office franchise I can think of in its trajectory/history.

I sometimes even refer to Lord of the Rings as LOTR (pronounced like "loader" with more of a t sound on the d) when talking about it outside message boards.

NO. TASM2 being TASM2 and TASM1 being TASM1 killed its potential.

Probably neither. I think AOU is about as locked in the 200 OW range as can be possible. Will be surprised if it fluctuates much more than 15m above or below that. Though out of your two scenarios, I'd say the latter is much more likey.

Getting really excited for summer now. With this year having some very strong performances already, and the summer slate looking good it should be the most excitement at the BO since Gravity/Frozen/CF/Oscar movies over-performing in Q4 2013. About time.

Crazy that it could go as high as #9 on the all time OW list. And bye bye already to every single one of 2014's pathetic OWs.