laguy's Winter Game - And the winner is...

[laguy03]

WEEK 2 ANSWER KEY:

 

1. Will Gravity be the #1 film this weekend? YES

2. Will Captain Phillips open to more than $30M? NO

3. Will Captain Phillips have a Saturday increase of more than 20%? YES

4. Will Machete Kills open to more than $7.5M? NO

5. Will Romeo & Juliet have a theater average of at least $6,500? NO

6. Will Gravity fall less than 33%? YES

7. Will at least 6 films have a Friday increase of at least 100%? YES

8. Will Insidious Chapter 2 drop more than 44%? NO

9. Will Baggage Claim stay in the Top 10? YES

10. Will the top 8 films combine to make more than $100M? NO

 

Bonus #1) How much will Captain Phillips & Machete Kills make this weekend, combined? $29.55M [Goffe - $29.3M]

Bonus #2) Percentage-wise, how much will Gravity fall this weekend? (Use at least 2 decimal places.) 22.6% [MovieMan89 - 23.675%]

[laguy03]

Week 2 Scores: 

chasmmi - 16,000Goffe - 16,000Filmovie - 15,000Alfred - 12,000Cmasterclay - 12,000Films - 12,000

MovieMan89 - 12,00baumer - 7,000Blankments - 7,000laguy03 - 7,000Rocket Olive - 7,000Telemachos - 7,000bcf26 - 6,000Catching Iceroll - 6,000#ED - 6,000glassfairy - 6,000k1stpierre - 6,000Kalo21 - 6,000Chewy - 5,000grey ghost - 5,000Michael Gary Scott - 5,000Tower - 5,000

Edited October 15, 2013 by laguy03

[laguy03]

Total Score (as of 10/13/13):
 
1. chasmmi – 30,000
2. Tower – 28,000
3. k1stpierre – 27,000
4. Films – 26,000
5. #ED – 25,000
5. Goffe – 25,000
7. Filmovie – 24,000
8. Cmasterclay – 23,000
8. laguy03 – 23,000
10. bcf26 – 22,000
10. glassfairy – 22,000
12. Chewy – 21,000
12. grey ghost – 21,000
12. MovieMan89 – 21,000
12. Telemachos – 21,000
16. Rocket Olive – 18,000
17. baumer – 16,000
17. Catching Iceroll – 16,000
19. Michael Gary Scott – 14,000
20. Blankments – 13,000
20. Kalo21 – 13,000
22. Alfred – 12,000
23. gizmo – 11,000

Edited October 15, 2013 by laguy03

[chasmmi]

 

Bonus #2) Percentage-wise, how much will Gravity fall this weekend? (Use at least 2 decimal places.) 22.6% [MovieMan89 - 23.675%]

 

I would like to launch a formal protest!!!

 

The deadline was clearly stated as being 11:59pm and Movieman's prediction is clearly shown as coming in at 12:02!

 

This is a full 3 minutes late and thus he should be thrown out of the game and the bonus points should be mine!!!

 

I can't believe that somebody running this game could allow such as injustice to stand! Who knows how much untold extra info Movieman gained in those precious 3 minutes that put him at an advantage over the rest of us honest hardworking predictors.

 

Throw him out of the game and bring back Baumer! GRRRRRR

 

 

P.S any suggestions for the best emoticons to add at the end here to show I'm not serious

 

[#ED]

I would like to launch a formal protest!!! The deadline was clearly stated as being 11:59pm and Movieman's prediction is clearly shown as coming in at 12:02! This is a full 3 minutes late and thus he should be thrown out of the game and the bonus points should be mine!!! I can't believe that somebody running this game could allow such as injustice to stand! Who knows how much untold extra info Movieman gained in those precious 3 minutes that put him at an advantage over the rest of us honest hardworking predictors. Throw him out of the game and bring back Baumer! GRRRRRR P.S any suggestions for the best emoticons to add at the end here to show I'm not serious

I think you're serious but you're afraid it to admit to being serious. This is a game.With that said....Rules are rules mother fuckas!I say just give it to me at 24%.

[laguy03]

Actually, I didn't catch that he posted after the deadline. My internet was slow that night and even my revised answers didn't post until after 11:59 PM. That's the reason the thread wasn't closed on time.

 

Anyway, what's fair is fair. MovieMan, I will allow you to keep the points that you earned for your answers to the first 10 questions, but I am going to have to give the bonus points for Bonus #2 to chasmmi, who had the next closest guess (23.94%). Next time, please make sure you get your answers in before the deadline. Thanks for your cooperation.

[laguy03]

SOTM #1 is up. You can find it here.

[baumer]

Great SOTM!

[bcf26]

Laguy, I just noticed that all your answers in Week 3 questions are NO. hahaha

 

Your 5th question is kind of tricky for me to ponder because of the theater counts for 12 Years A Slave (19) and All is Lost (6).

 

Also, I love this week's questions.

 

Peace 

[baumer]

The theater count is why i think 12YAS will finish lower.

[laguy03]

Laguy, I just noticed that all your answers in Week 3 questions are NO. hahaha

 

Your 5th question is kind of tricky for me to ponder because of the theater counts for 12 Years A Slave (19) and All is Lost (6).

 

Also, I love this week's questions.

 

Peace 

 

I originally had put NO for 8 out of the 10 questions, so I thought I would just take a chance and make them all NO. Although I am kind of regretting it now, seeing as how it looks like Carrie will, in fact, make over $22M.

Edited October 18, 2013 by laguy03

[Chewy]

Two rough weeks in a row for me

[chasmmi]

Wow I may actually nail more than 1 position prediction for the first time in like forever.

 

But everything is so close together that I am most likely ending up a sad panda yet again.

[Tower]

Answers for week 3:

 

1) no

2) no

3) no

4) no

5) yes

6) no

7) no

8) no

9) yes

10) no

 

placement:

7) Enough Said

9) Runner Runner

11) Rush

15) I'm in love with a church girl

 

 

[laguy03]

Week 3 Scores

 

Tower - 15,000bcf26 - 14,000Catching Iceroll - 14,000chasmmi - 13,000gizmo - 12,000grey ghost - 12,000laguy03 - 12,000baumer - 9,000Filmovie - 8,000Goffe - 8,000Kalo21 - 8,000alisson23 - 7,000Blankments - 7,000Telemachos - 7,000k1stpierre - 6,000glassfairy - 5,000Chewy - 4,000Cmasterclay - 4,000#ED - 4,000Films - 4,000Michael Gary Scott - 4,000MovieMan89 - 4,000Rocket Olive - 4,000Alfred - 3,000

[laguy03]

Current Score Totals (as of 10/20/13):

 

1. chasmmi - 43,0001. Tower - 43,0003. bcf26 - 36,0004. laguy03 - 35,0005. Goffe - 33,0005. grey ghost - 33,0005. k1stpierre - 33,0008. Filmovie - 32,0009. Catching Iceroll - 30,0009. Films - 30,00011. #ED - 29,00012. Telemachos - 28,00013. Cmasterclay - 27,00013. glassfairy - 27,00015. baumer - 25,00015. Chewy - 25,00015. MovieMan89 - 25,00018. gizmo - 23,00019. Rocket Olive - 22,00020. Kalo21 - 21,00021. Blankments - 20,00022. Michael Gary Scott - 18,00023. Alfred - 15,00024. alisson23 - 7,000

Edited October 22, 2013 by laguy03

[laguy03]

Sorry it took so long! Week 4 Questions are up! Here is the link.

[chasmmi]

Very proud of getting church girl correct. Will now enjoy my brief moment in the sun

[K1stpierre]

Awww damn. So much for my great start. I'm slipping lower and lower! >.<

[laguy03]

By the way, grey ghost got this week's Bonus #1 with a guess of $16.66M.