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For those of you who have not played this game before, I will just say don't be intimidated by this huge thread.  It looks like a lot to know, but really, it's all about your predicting skills.  

 

 

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This game started simply because I got tired of everyone telling everyone that they knew such and such a film would be successful or not successful.  This game makes you predict films based strictly on what you think you know about a film, before tracking, before other prognosticators tell you what it will do and so on.  This is a game of pure skill.  In this game, it will challenge your predicting ability both domestic and international.  It will reward you points for preseason picks and for weekly questions.  I'll get into all of this later.  

 

I just wanted to make everyone feel welcome.  And without further ado, here's the game.

 

There is one absolute change this year and it pains me that it has to be this way, but there is no monetary reward this time.  I didn't pay out last year as I lost my job in the middle of everything and I'm not sure what my financial situation will be like this year.  If I land a career while the game is on going, then there might be prizes for 1st 2nd and 3rd.  But as of right now, there are not.  Sorry. 

Here are the films listed as wide this year...only these films count for top 15 and preseason.  Now keep in mind, this list will be updated right up until May 2nd.  So there may be films that are listed as going wide in the future that are not listed as such yet.  But as of today, here are the films that are wide and part of the game.

Here are all the films that qualify as wide releases for this summer.  This is all according to boxofficemojo.com.  Nothing against Shawn and our home site, but I have been using Mojo for this part of the game since the beginning and I don't like change.

The Amazing Spider-man 2

Chef  No longer wide!!

Legend of Oz:  Dorothy's Return

Mom's Night Out

Neighbors

Godzilla 

Million Dollar Arm

Blended

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Maleficent

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Edge of Tomorrow

Fault in our Stars

22 Jump Street

How to Train your Dragon 2

The Rover

Jersey Boys

Think Like a Man Too

Transformers Age of Extinction

Deliver us From Evil

Earth to Echo

Tammy

And So It Goes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

The Fluffy Movie

Jupiter Ascending

Planes: Fire and Rescue

The Purge: Anarchy

Hercules

Sex Tape

Step Up: All In

Get on Up

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Hundred Foot Journey

Into the Storm

Lucy

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

As Above, So Below

Expendables 3

The Giver

Let's be Cops

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

If I Stay

When the Game Stands Tall

Jane Got a Gun

Jessabelle

The Loft

Underdogs

Snowpiercer (not listed as wide yet but it will be, I'm pretty sure).

 

 

 

 

Here is the thread. This is the same piece that is on the first page. As of right now, these are the only films that are listed as wide, that could change by May 2nd, but as of right now, these are the only films that will count towards your top 15.


HERE WE GO!!



WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL BAUMER'S SUMMER GAME 2014! This is the 7th Annual Summer Game:

There are some changes this year, so please pay attention....starting with the start date of the game.


THE GAME:


Hello fellow BOF'ers. Welcome the SEVENTH annual BAUMER'S SUMMER GAME. Last year we had more than 70 players register and about 55 consistent players in the games. The second year we had about 70 and the first year there was about 35.

This is a four month game that begins this year on FRIDAY MAY 2ND with the release of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 and culminates on Monday September the 1st. This means the last weekend of the game will be Labour Day weekend and the grosses will count up to and including Monday the 1st.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT GROSSES FOR ALL FILMS WILL ONLY COUNT UP UNTIL MONDAY SEPTEMBER 1st.

This year we will be predicting the top 15 films of the summer. These predictions are due by THURSDAY MAY 1ST 11:59 PM PST. You will post your predictions in this thread. There are no pm's. Everyone's predictions are here for everyone to see. Nothing to hide. What this means is that if you are influenced by others and you want to copy what they think, that is up to you. But this game is won or lost over many different elements. Every element is important. If you target one player and copy their top 15 and they have a few bad calls, you will do the same. My advice to everyone is to be yourself. You have a month to analyze the films coming out this summer. Use that month to read up on and study the films slated for release this summer. It's a lot of work, no doubt. But the fun of the game is your reward.

Another piece of advice i can give is to read Shawn's 2014 preview which I'm sure will be out sometime soon.



I like how the game evolved last year so this year's will be pretty much like last years but with more bonus and a better structure. 

 

There are two big scoring parts of the game.  The first is your top 15 predictions.  I'll get into the point structure in a moment.

The second and biggest part of the game is that every week I put up "bonus questions" that are worth 15,000 points every week. There will also be bonus points each week rewarded for several different accuracy measures. You will experience this as the game goes on. There are several weeks with bigger releases that the points available could total up to 50,000 points or more. I decide if the week will be worth 15,000 points, 50,000 points or anywhere in between.  You will notice that the bigger the film might be, the more questions will be available.


There will also be SOTM (SPUR OF THE MOMENT QUESTIONS) asked every once in a while. These literally are spur of the moment questions. I don't have a set amount as to how many there will be, but they will be worth no more than 10,000 points each. Again, there will be some stipulations, and very few mind you, where some special ones may go as high as 15,000. To make this fair and transparent, I'll promise that this year, no more than FIVE SOTM QUESTIONS WILL BE WORTH 15,000. The rest will stay at 10,000. The SOTM questions can change the balance of the game, no doubt, but they are also a staple of this game and although they create some controversy, they will remain. The reason for this is that I like them.

A typical looking SOTM scoring scheme will look like this:

Tell me, will Guardians of the Galaxy have a second weekend drop of more than 50%?

10,000 if you get it right.
-5000 if you get it wrong.
2000 if you choose not to answer the question (abstain).


Here's how the game will work. AND PLEASE READ VERY VERY CAREFULLY. And if you have any questions, ask me because once the game starts, you must abide by STRICT deadlines. If you miss a deadline on any question, you absolutely, unequivocally will not qualify for that question. So if i ask that a SOTM question be answered by 4pm on July 6th, and your answer is submitted or edited after that time, you will be disqualified from that question. I will rule on this without passion or prejudice. IT WILL BE STRICT. I hope everyone understands this. To be even more clear, THIS YEAR, I WILL FOLLOW THE DEADLINES TO A FAULT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO BE ABSOLUTELY FAIR WITH EVERYONE. CONSIDER THE DEADLINE TO BE JUST LIKE A TIMER ON A COMPUTER. WHEN IT RUNS OUT, YOUR TIME RUNS OUT.....JUST LIKE THE DERBY BACK IN THE DAY. I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH GUYS. THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE STRICT.

If you are in a different time zone, it is your responsibility to figure out the conversion.


NOW PAY ATTENTION HERE: Here is the game structure and all that is involved. For those of you who have played before, you will notice some significant changes. As I mentioned, I am taking some of your suggestions and incorporating it into the game.

This year, you have to predict the top 15 films of the summer. That means you have to tell me, in order, what the top 15 films, by gross, will be for the summer.  You will also pick a 16th and 17th film as your backups, just in case some films end up getting moved.  

For example, if you think Mom's Night Out will finish 1st with 350 million dollars, you would put that 1st. If you think Neighbors finishes 2nd with 300 mill you put that and so on.

Here is an example of what your top 12 would have to look like:


1) Expendables 3: 485 mill
2) Tammy: 420 mill
3) How to Train Your Dragon 2: 215 mill
4) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 199.9 mill
5) Mom's Night Out: 185 mill
6) ASM 2: 165 mill
7) Godzilla: 164 mill
8) The Purge 2: 160 mill
9) Blended: 137
10) Million Dollar Arm: 125
11) Maleficent: 125
12) The fault in our Stars: 115
13) Neighbors: 114
14) 22 Jump Street: 110
15) Edge of Tomorrow 95

 

16 (back up number one) Think Like a Man Too 85 mill

17 (back up number 2) Transformers Age of Extinction 81 mill

This is just a sample of what you need to do. Tell me, in order with the gross, what films will finish top 15 for the summer.

POINT SYSTEM: The point system will be very similar to last year, but with a few changes. You will rewarded even more for accuracy. This is something you asked for. I listened.

For every film you call correctly in the top 15, in any order, you will get 15,000 points. For every film you call in the exact spot, you will get 25,000 points (total). So you must think this out thoroughly. You will also lose 10,000 points for every film in the top 15 that you call incorrectly. So, for example, if you say Edge of Tomorrow will be in the top 15, and it misses the top 15, you will lose 10,000 points (PLUS whatever you miss the gross by).

And one more caveat to this is the double whammy rule. If you call a film to hit the top 15 and it misses, you will lose points for missing the top 15 AND you will lose points if the gross misses by more than the 40 million allotted to you. If however you call a film incorrectly in the top 15 but you are within the 40 million, YOU WILL NOT GET CREDIT FOR THOSE POINTS. This is a rule that was finally enforced last year and it will stay going forward.
Back to the scoring.

If you are able to call the top two positions right, in order, regardless of the gross, you will get a 75,000 point bonus.

If you are able to call the top three positions right, in order, regardless of the gross, you will get a 100,000 point bonus.

If you can call the top four positions right, in order, regardless of gross, you will get a 150,000 point bonus.

 

If you are able to call the top five positions right, in order, regardless of gross, you will get a 250,000 point bonus.  This is not as easy as you might think it is.

If you are a genius and can call the top 10 right, in order, regardless of gross, you will get a 750,000 point bonus and basically win the game.

If you can call 12 right in order, you get a million bonus points. This is impossible so don't worry.

As a side note, in the six previous years in this game, no one has called the top five correct yet.

OTHER ADD ONS:

Call SPOTS 3-6 correct, regardless of order, and receive a 100,000 point bonus.

 

Here is where I have listened to your suggestions and tightened up the bonus structure.  

Call 6 or 7 of the 15 films correct, regardless of order and get a 50,000 point bonus

Call 8-10 of the 15 films correctly, regardless of the order, and receive a 100,000 point bonus.

Call 11 of the top 15 correct, regardless of order, receive a 200,000 point bonus.

Call 12 films correct, regardless of the order and you will receive a 350,000 point bonus.

Call 13 correct, regardless of order, and you get a 500,000 point bonus.

 

Call 14 correct, regardless of order, and you get a 750,000 point bonus.

 

If you call all 15 correct, regardless of order, you will get a 1.5 million point bonus and you deserve to win the game.

This does not eliminate the bonus points originally mentioned, it will just add to them.

Keep in mind, this game was born from calling the summer films accurately. This is why there is such a premium put on your preseason predictions.

So even if you are not doing so well with the bonus points, a huuuuuuge premium is put on calling the films in the right order, so do your research.

For the gross that you predict, for every film that you call within 20 mill, you will get 10,000 points. If you call it within 20.1-30 mill, you get 5000 bonus points. If you miss the films gross by 30.01-40 mill you will not lose any points. From 40.01 to 60 mill you lose 5000 points. For every 20 mill you miss after the first 60 mill, you will lose 1000 points per 20 mill. Even if you miss the gross by 61 mill, that extra 1 mill will cause you to lose a full 1000 points.

For even more of an accuracy bonus, if you can call any film within 5 million of the actual gross, you will receive a bonus of 20,000. If you can call the gross within 2 million, you get a bonus of 25,000.

Predicting the top 15 and their gross is very, very difficult, especially since you have to have this in before May 1ST. ONCE YOUR PREDICTIONS ARE IN, YOU CANNOT CHANGE THEM AFTER MAY 1st. You can change them right up until I lock the thread.



As always. there will be an international flair to the game as well.  


To add some flair, here is how it will work.

International Flair #1:

Tell me what the WW top 10 of the summer will be. The point structure will be as follows:

Every film you call in the top 10 correct, you get 20,000 points. If you call the top 3 spots in order, you get a bonus of 100,000. If you can call the top 5 in order you will get a 200,000 point bonus. If you can call between 6-8 in order, a bonus of 300,000 and between 9-10 will get you a bonus of 500,000.

Call the gross correct within 50 mill: 30,000 points
Call the gross within 50.1 mill to 75 mill 20000 pts
Call the gross within 75.1 to 100 mill 10000 pts.

Call the gross within 100.01-150 mill 5000 pts

Anything more than 150 mill and lose 10,000 pts.



If you call a film in the top 5 that doesn't appear in the top WW top 5, you will lose 10,000 points.

International Flair #2:

What five films will have the best weekends World Wide? I realize some films open day and date, and others do not. This is why it is now just best weekend.

For every film in the top 5 you call correctly, you get 25,000 points.
For every film you call incorrectly, you lose 10,000 points.
If you call 3 of the top 5 correctly, regardless of order, you get a 20,000 point bonus.
If you call all 5 correctly, regardless of order, you get a 75,000 point bonus

 

For the gross, predict what the films gross for the weekend.  Here is the point structure.

 

Guess within 50-60 million:  10,000

Guess within 40-49.99 million:  20,000

Guess within 30-39.999 million:  30,000

Guess within 20-29.999 million:  40,000

Guess within 10-19.999 million:  75,000

Guess within 0-9.999 mill:  100,000 

 

There will be no point deductions for missing the gross by more than 60 million.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
 

Opening weekends this year will be from the time the film opens until the end of Sunday night.  This takes the pressure off of me from figuring out if it opened on a Tues, Wed and so on.

Tell me what films will finish with the 7 best opening weekends domestically. 

 

Midnights will now be from the night it opens.  Again, I'm taking the guess work out of this.

 

Scoring for best opening weekends:

For every film you call correctly in the top seven, regardless of order, you will receive 10,000 points. For every film you call in the exact spot it opens, you will get 15,000 points. If you are able to call 5 of the 7 correctly, you will receive a 75,000 point bonus. Call all seven correctly, you get a 150,000 point bonus. For every film you call incorrectly in the top 7, you lose 7,000 points.

 

Gross wise:  If you call the opening weekend within 5M, get 20,000

Call the opening weekend within 5.01M-10M, get 15,000

Call it withink 10.01-20M, get 10,000

Miss it by 20-30mill and lose no points.

Miss it by more than 30.01 mill, lose 10,000pts.

And finally, because it was suggested, I am going to have a 5 lowest grossing films of the summer bonus.

You pick the 5 lowest grossing films of the summer. You can only choose films that are listed on boxofficemojo as WIDE. So for a film to qualify for the bottom 5 grossing films of the summer, please make sure that it is listed as wide as May 1st. 

To qualify for lowest grossing, only films released on or before August 15th will qualify.


For every film that makes the bottom 5 that you call correctly, you will receive 10,000. If you can call 3 of 5 right, you get a 50,000 bonus. If you call 4 or 5 right, you get a 100,000 point bonus. There are no deduction of points for wrong answers. This is 100% bonus for you.  And no, you don't have to call them in order.  Just pick the five films that will be the lowest grossing of the summer.

I had a blast running this last year and it will be just as much fun this year. I hope all of you participate. The three winners last year were incredibly accurate and I expect nothing less this year.  And it must be said, Kitik was a great champion.  I know how tough it is to repeat, but if anyone can, it could be him.  He's a very good player.

 

To start the game off with 10,000 points, pm me this entire sentence, this is just to make sure you guys read the entire thread as it is long and tedious but important to do so.

This thread will be the thread where the summer game discussion will take place up until the opening of the game. After May 1st, I will lock this. Once the game starts, there will be a whole new forum opened where we will post our weekly answers and so on. More on this later as the information becomes available.

One final thing:

I score this game by myself. There is no magic program to determine points, so sometimes points might not be done right on time.  Sometimes you will have to be patient with me while i score the game. I do have some help this year with excel programs and so on so it should be much more accurate. If you have a discrepancy with scoring please pm me, be nice and don't post it in the thread. Thanks.


You have almost 4 weeks to do your research, post your top 15 and get ready for a lot of fun this summer!!


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


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.


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.


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

 

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.  

 

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)

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film)

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill)

4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? (cushion of 1 film)

5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil?  

6) Will any horror film make 200 mill WW

7) Will any film gross 20 million in Spain?

8) What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May?

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. )

10) Will TASM2 have a better Thursday than Captain America 2?

11) Will Jupiter Ascending make more than 80 million?

12) How many 1 billion dollar WW films will there be this summer?

13) Will Tammy gross at least half of what Captain 2, ASM2 or X-men DOFP does?

14) Will Hercules make more than 70 million?

15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million?

16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films?

17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic?

18) Will frank Miller's Sin City open higher than Expendables 3?

19) Will the Fluffy Movie gross at least 15 mill?

20) How many films will open to at least 50 million? (2 film cushion)

 

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?

2) Will any two comedies combine to open with more than 60 million?

3) Which film will finish with the lowest total?

4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75?

5) Will any film have a multiplier of less than 3.3?

6) How many of these films will open to number one on the weekend?

7) Will any film make more than 150 mill internationally?

8) Will any film have a first Monday drop of less than 51%?

9) Will any film have a first Tuesday increase of more than 15.5%?

10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%?

11) Will a sequel be the highest grossing film of all these comedies?

12) Will any film make more than 18 million in Russia?

13) Will any film make more than 20 mill in the UK?

14) Will any film have a second weekend drop of less than 40%

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

 

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.

 

And just so I know that everyone has read this far, I need to know which players have purchased my book.  I don't remember how many points I said I would give you if you had, but I'm going to start you out with 5000 points if you did by my book.  I know Tele did.  That's all I know right now.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE. I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER.

Edited May 1, 2014 by CJohn

[Chewy]

Oh hell yes. Reserved

 

 

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Top 15 Domestic

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (285.65M)

2. X-Men: Days of Future Past (245.1M)

3. Transformers: Age of Extinction (233.33M)

4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (220.25M)

5. Godzilla (207.5M)

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (185.76M)

7. Guardians of the Galaxy (175.9M)

8. Neighbors (162.8M)

9. 22 Jump Street (143M)

10. The Fault in Our Stars (126.44M)

11, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (120M)

12. Maleficent (118.7M)

13. Planes: Fire and Rescue (105M)

14. Tammy (102.25M)

15. Edge of Tomorrow (93.67M)

 

16. Think Like a Man Too (89.8M) 

17. Blended (75M)

 

Top 10 WW

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction (1,084M)

2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (840M)

3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (655M)

4. Godzilla (610M)

5. X-Men: Days of Future Past (600M)

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (545M)

7. Guardians of the Galaxy (475M)

8. Maleficent (375M)

9. The Expendables 3 (330M)

10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (300M)

 

Top 5 WW weekends

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction (307M)

2. X-Men: Days of Future Past (210M)

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (195M)

4. Godzilla (190M)

5. Guardians of the Galaxy (135M)

 

Top 7 Domestic OWs

1. X-Men: Days of Future Past (117.5M)

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction (94.1M)

3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (90.6M)

4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (84.4M)

5. Godzilla (74.5M)

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (68.8M)

7. Guardians of the Galaxy (64.1M)

 

Bottom 5 Domestic wide-releases

1. Legends of Oz

2. The Fluffy Movie

3. The Rover

4. Mom's Night Out

5. Earth to Echo

 

PRE-SEASON BONUS QUESTIONS

1. 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 <- this
5) Million Dollar Arm

 

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. 9.6M

 

2. Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the summer:

1) Maleficent
2) Blended
3) Neighbors <- this
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. 162.8M

 

3. 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 <- this
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. 555.5M

 

TRIPLE BONUS QUESTIONS

1. Will at least 2 films gross more than 100 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only) NO

 

2. Will at least two films gross at least 35 million dollars on opening day? NO

 

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). YES

 

4. Will any film make more than 31.5 million this summer in Australia? YES

 

5. Will any film make more than 45 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? YES

 

6. Will any film make more than 200 million in CHINA this summer? YES

 

7. Will at least 2 films make more than 900 mill WW this summer? NO

 

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? NO

 

9. Will at least 2 dramas, according to boxofficemojo, make more than 100 million domestically? NO

 

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 <- this
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

 

11. Will any film make more than 35 million in Russia this summer? YES

 

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. NO

 

13. Will any of the top 5 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 44.5%? YES

 

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 NO

 

15. Will Transformers Age of Extinction's gross in China come within 50 million of ASM2's gross domestically? YES

 

16.

1) Will ASM2 make at least 260 million domestically? NO
2) Will ASM2 make more than 600 million internationally? NO
3) Will ASM2 do at least 10 million for midnights (including Thurs)? ABSTAIN
4)) Will ASM2 make at least 900 million WW? NO

 

17. 

A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 70 million dollars this summer? NO
B. Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 30 mill? YES
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 15 mill? YES

 

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.

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.

 

May - Neighbors 

June - 22 Jump Street

July - Tammy

4 - Think Like a Man Too

 

19. 

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) FOURTEEN
2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film) THREE
3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) 365.75M
4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? (cushion of 1 film) FOUR
5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil?  YES
6) Will any horror film make 200 mill WW NO
7) Will any film gross 20 million in Spain? NO
8) What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May? Neighbors
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? ONE
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? NO
15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million? YES
16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? Ninja Turtles
17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic? YES
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) NINE

 

20. ABSTAIN, lol

Edited May 2, 2014 by Chewy

[Neo]

Top 15 with 2 extra spots

1) Transformers: Age of Extinction: 369M

2) The Amazing Spider-Man 2: 330M

3) How To Train Your Dragon 2: 337M

4) X-Men: Days of Future Past: 258M

5) Godzilla: 255M

6) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 193M

7) Guardians of the Galaxy: 173M

8) Maleficent 160M

9) 22 Jump Street 149M

10) Neighbors: 148M

11) Edge of Tomorrow 139M

12) Tammy 138M

13) A Million Ways To Die In The West: 133M

14) Jupiter Ascending: 122M

15) Hercules: The Thracian Wars: 120M

 

16) Blended: 119M

17) The Expendables 3: 118M

 

 

International Flair #1

1) Transformers: Age of Extinction: 1.38B

2) The Amazing Spider-Man 2: 905M

3) Godzilla: 835M

4) X-Men: Days of Future Past: 825M

5) How To Train Your Dragon 2: 819M

6) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 641MM

7) Guardians of the Galaxy: 531M

8) Maleficent: 505M

9) Hercules: The Thracian Wars: 487M

10) Jupiter Ascending: 472M

 

International Flair #2

1) Transformers: Age of Extinction: 380M

2) The Amazing Spider-Man 2: 275M

3) X-Men: Days of Future Past: 246M

4) How to Train Your Dragon 2: 227M

4) Godzilla: 201M

 

Top 7 OW

1) Transformers: Age of Extinction: 142M

2) The Amazing Spider-Man 2:130M

3) X-Men: Days of Future Past: 108M

4) Godzilla: 96M

5) How To Train Your Dragon 2: 92M

6) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 72M

7) Guardians of the Galaxy: 69M

 

5 lowest DOM grosser's

1) The Fluffy Movie: 900K

2) Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return: 1.8M

3) The Giver: 3M

4) And So it Goes: 11M

5) Earth to Echo: 28M

Edited April 29, 2014 by Neo

[Plain Old Tele]

Baumer, just say you're adopting Entertainment Weekly's model. There is no pay, just prestige.

 

P.S. I bought a physical and an e-book. Do I get extra extra credit?

Edited March 29, 2014 by Telemachos

[Chewy]

1st place gets to ban a user of their choosing for 6 months, 2nd place 2 months, 3rd place 1 month

 

I see no flaws in this plan

[DAR]

Top 15

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2-350 million

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction-305 million

3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-255 million

4. Godzilla-245 million

5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2-225 million

6. X-Men: Days of Future Past-210 million

7. 22 Jump Street-190 million

8. Maleficient-170 million

9. Guardians of the Galaxy-165 million

10. Neighbors-140 million

11. Tammy-135 million

12. The Fault in Our Stars-125 million

13. Planes: Fire and Rescue-115 million

14. A Million Ways to Die in the West-110 Million

15. Think Like a Man Too-105 million

16. Million Dollar Arm-95 million

17. Get on Up-90 million

Worldwide Top 10

1. Transformers-1.05 billion

2. Dragon-865 million

3. ASM 2-670 million

4. Apes-665 million

5. Godzilla-535 million

6. X-Men-500 million

7. Guardians-475 million

8. Maleficient-455 million

9. 22 Jump Street-420 million

10. Hercules-380 million

Top Opening Weekends Worldwide

1. Transformers-185 million

2. ASM 2- 165 million

3. Apes-145 million

4. X-Men-135 million

5. Dragon-130 million

Top Opening Weekends Domestic

1. Transformers-112 million

2. Apes-100 million

3. Dragon-88 million

4. ASM 2-85 million

5. X-Men-75 million

6. Godzilla-70 million

7. 22 Jump Street-65 million

Lowest Grossing Films Of Summer

Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Preseason Bonus Questions

1. Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2. Maleficent

3. Dragon

Triple Bonus Questions

1. No

2. Yes

3. No

4. Abstain

5. Yes

6. Yes

7. No

8. Yes

9. No

10. 3

11. Abstain

12. Abstain

13. No

14. No

15. Yes

16. ASM Bonus

1. No

2. Yes

3. No

4. Yes

17. Horror Bonus

1. Abstain

2. Abstain

3. Abstain

4. Abstain

18. Comedy monthly

May: Neighbors-140 million

June: 22 Jump Street-190 million

July: Tammy-135 million

Next-best: A Million Ways to Die in the West-110 million

Question 19

1. 15

2. 3

3. 515 million

4. 4

5. Yes

6. No

7. No

8. Maleficent

9. No

10. No

11. No

12. 1

13. Yes

14. Yes

15. No

16. Get On Up

17. No

18. No

19. No

20. 9

Question 20

1. 22 Jump Street

2. No

3. Blended

4. No

5. No

6. 3

7. Yes

8. No

9. No

10. No

11. Yes

12. No

13. Yes

14. No

15. A) 22 Jump Street, Tammy, Million Ways

Edited April 27, 2014 by DAR

[baumer]

Sorry tele, I appreciate the support and the Friday the 13th box set, but to be fair to the rest of the players, I can't stake you to that much of a lead.

[Neo]

Midnights can start at 12:01 that is Friday.

 

So no grosses for International Flair #2?

[Plain Old Tele]

Question on #13: Do holiday weekends count, or will it be strictly 3-day weekends?

[baumer]

Midnights can start at 12:01 that is Friday.

 

So no grosses for International Flair #2?

 

Sorry, I don't know what you mean about Friday.  All movies have Thursdays now.  

 

There wasn't any grosses for International Flair #2 last year, do you think I should include them this year?

[baumer]

Question on #13: Do holiday weekends count, or will it be strictly 3-day weekends?

 

Three day weekends only.

[baumer]

Ok guys, I'm going to throw a movie on and head to bed.  I'll check in on your questions in the morning.

[Neo]

Sorry, I don't know what you mean about Friday.  All movies have Thursdays now.  

 

There wasn't any grosses for International Flair #2 last year, do you think I should include them this year?

They do wasn't aware of that. So the 12:01 shows on Fridays don't exist anymore?

 

I think it should be added will add the OS OW which is hard to predict.

 

Should this rule be taken out:  Any film that opens on a Thursday, then the gross will count from the Wednesday.  Its becoming less of a 3 day OW and  a 3-5+ OW.

[Blankments]

Top 15

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $333M

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $253M

3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $239M

4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $236M

5. Godzilla - $232M

6. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $228M

7. 22 Jump Street - $211M

8. The Fault in Our Stars - $179M

9. Guardians of the Galaxy - $173M

10. Maleficent - $149M

11. Neighbors - $143M

12. Think Like a Man Too - $127M

13. Planes: Fire and Rescue -$118M

14. Edge of Tomorrow - $113M

15. Tammy - $108M

 

16. Get on Up - $103M

17. A Million Ways to Die in the West - $102M

 

 

Worldwide Top 10

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $983M
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $952M

3. Godzilla - $936M

4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $841M

5. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $714M

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $651M

7. Guardians of the Galaxy - $489M

8. 22 Jump Street - $438M
9. Hercules - $383M

10. Maleficent - $380M
 

Top Opening Weekends Worldwide
1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 195M

2. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 142M

3. Godzilla - 123M

4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 112M

5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 102M

 

Top Opening Weekends Domestic

1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $94M

2. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $91M

3. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $88M

4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $86M

5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $76M

6. Godzilla - $72M

7. 22 Jump Street - $69M

 

Lowest Grossing Films Of Summer

1. The Fluffy Movie - 8M

2. The Rover - 12M

3. And So It Goes - 14M

4. Snowpiercer - 18M

5. Mom's Night Out - 21M

 

Preseason Bonus Questions

1. Step Up: All In - 27M

2. Maleficent - 149M

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 619M

 

Triple Bonus Questions

1. NO

2. YES

3. YES

4. YES

5. YES

6. YES

7. YES

8. YES

9. YES

10. 3) How to Train Your Dragon 2, Lucy, 22 Jump Street, Million Dollar ARm

11. NO

12. NO

13. NO

14. NO

15. YES

 

 

TASM Bonus

1. NO

2. NO

3. ABSTAIN

4. NO

 

QUESTION 17

A. NO

B. YES

C. NO

D. YES

 

QUESTION 18

May: Neighbors – 143M

June: 22 Jump Street – 211M

July: Tammy – 108M

 

Think Like a Man Too – 127M

 

QUESTION 19

 

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) SEVENTEEN

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film) SIX

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) 490M

4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? (cushion of 1 film) FOUR

5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil?  YES

6) Will any horror film make 200 mill WW NO

7) Will any film gross 20 million in Spain? NO

8) What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May? MALEFICENT

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? YES

12) How many 1 billion dollar WW films will there be this summer? ZERO

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? GET ON UP

17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic? 389M

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) TEN

 

QUESTION 20

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? SEX TAPE

4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75? NO

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? ONE

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%? NO

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? YES

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 

Edited May 1, 2014 by Blankments

[Jake Gittes]

LET'S FUCK!

 

Top 15 Domestic

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $319.5 million

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $289.9 million

3. Godzilla - $288.1 million

4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $238 million

5. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $235.8 million

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $232.8 million

7. 22 Jump Street - $205 million

8. Maleficent - $173 million

9. The Fault in Our Stars - $170 million

10. Guardians of the Galaxy - $167.5 million

11. Neighbors - $157.2 million

12. Tammy - $118.2 million

13. Million Dollar Arm - $115.7 million

14. Jupiter Ascending - $115.6 million

15. Think Like a Man Too - $112.8 million

 

16. (backup #1) Blended - $112.7 million

17. (backup #2) Edge of Tomorrow - $107.2 million

 

Top 10 Worldwide

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $1046 million

2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $897 million

3. Godzilla - $812 million

4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $707 million

5. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $700 million

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $645 million

7. Maleficent - $445 million

8. 22 Jump Street - $389 million

9. Guardians of the Galaxy - $369 million

10. Edge of Tomorrow - $344 million

 

Top 5 Worldwide Weekends

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $316 million

2. Godzilla - $180 million

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $179 million

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $178 million

5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $139 million

 

Top 7 Domestic Opening Weekends

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $96.4 million

2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $92.3 million

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $86.7 million

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $83.6 million

5. Godzilla - $77.9 million

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $76.2 million

7. 22 Jump Street - $64.4 million

 

5 Lowest Grossing Films

Snowpiercer

Legends of Oz

Mom's Night Out

The Rover

And So It Goes

 

Bonus 1: Tell me, of these five films, which one will be the lowest grossing of the summer. Only these five films can you choose from.

Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return ($10m)

 

Bonus 2: Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the summer:

 

Maleficent ($173m)

 

Bonus #3: Tell me, of these five films, which will be the highest grossing INTERNATIONALLY?

How To Train Your Dragon 2 ($578m)

 

Question 1: Will at least 2 films gross more than 100 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only)? NO

 

Question 2: Will at least two films gross at least 35 million dollars on opening day? NO

 

Question 3: Will any film this summer have a worldwide weekend of more than 200 million? YES

 

Question 4: Will any film make more than 31.5 million this summer in Australia? YES

 

Question 5: Will any film make more than 45 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? YES

 

Question 6: Will any film make more than 200 million in CHINA this summer? YES

 

Question 7: Will at least 2 films make more than 900 mill WW this summer? NO

 

Question 8: Will at least 3 films, listed as comedy make more than 110 million dollars this summer? YES

 

Question 9: Will at least 2 dramas, according to boxofficemojo, make more than 100 million domestically? YES

 

Question 10: Which combination of films will make more money domestically?

3) How to Train Your Dragon 2, Lucy,  22 Jump Street, Million Dollar Arm

 

Question 11: Will any film make more than 35 million in Russia this summer? YES

 

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. NO

 

Question 13: Will any of the top 5 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 44.5%? NO

 

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? NO

 

Question 15: Will Transformers Age of Extinction's gross in China come within 50 million of ASM2's gross domestically? YES

 

Question 16: Bonus Question of all Bonus Questions -- This is a four parter:

 

1) Will ASM2 make at least 260 million domestically? NO

2) Will ASM2 make more than 600 million internationally? NO

3) Will ASM2 do at least 10 million for midnights (including Thurs)? NO

4) Will ASM2 make at least 900 million WW? NO

 

Question 17: 

 

A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 70 million dollars this summer? YES

B. Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 30 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 15 mill? NO

 

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.

 

May: Neighbors ($157.2m)

June: 22 Jump Street ($205m)

July: Tammy ($118.2m)

 

Question 19:

 

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) 17

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film) FIVE

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) $331m

4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? (cushion of 1 film) FOUR

5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil? YES

6) Will any horror film make 200 mill WW? NO

7) Will any film gross 20 million in Spain? NO

8) What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May? Maleficent

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? NO

11) Will Jupiter Ascending make more than 80 million? YES

12) How many 1 billion dollar WW films will there be this summer? ONE

13) Will Tammy gross at least half of what Captain 2, ASM2 or X-men DOFP does? YES

14) Will Hercules make more than 70 million? YES

15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million? NO

16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? TMNT

17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic? YES

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) EIGHT

 

Question 20:  The "Baumer is Killing Us With All These Questions" Question

 

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? Sex Tape

4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75? NO

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? ZERO

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%? NO

10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? NO

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? NO

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 

Edited May 1, 2014 by Jake Gittes

[The Stingray]

Ugh. I hate you, baumer.

 

Btw, do you know where I can the answers to last season's pre-season questions?

Edited March 29, 2014 by The Stingray

[Filmovie]

TOP 17

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How to train your dragon 2 311 mln

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X-men – Days of future Past 259 mln

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Transformers Age of Extinction 246 mln

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The Amazing Spider-man 2 233 mln

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Dawn of the planet of the apes 232 mln

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Godzilla 231 mln

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Maleficient 201 mln

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22 Jump Street 176 mln

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Fault in Our Stars 172 mln

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Neighbors 139 mln

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Guardians of the Galaxy 126 mln

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TMNT 119 mln

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Tammy 109 mln

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Edge of Tomorrow 107 mln

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Think Like a man Too 104 mln

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Get on Up 87 mln

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Planes 2 86 mln

INTL 10

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Transformers Age of Extinction 1013 mln

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How to Train your Dragon 2 821 mln

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The Amazing Spider-man 2 724 mln

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X-Men: Days of Future Past 703 mln

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Godzilla 669 mln

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Maleficent 517 mln

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 498 mln

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Edge of Tomorrow 336 mln

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Guardians of The Galaxy 318 mln

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Jupiter Ascending 309 mln

WW WE 5

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Transformers Age of Extinction 284 mln

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X-Men: Days of Future Past 234 mln

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Godzilla 206 mln

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The Amazing Spider-man 2 190 mln

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Maleficient 156 mln

OW 7

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Transformers Age of Extinction 104 mln

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X-Men: Days of Future Past 103 mln

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The Amazing Spider-man 2 100 mln

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 89 mln

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How to Train your Dragon 2 82 mln

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Godzilla 77 mln

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Maleficent 72 mln

LOWEST 5

Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return

And so it Goes

Moms' Night Out

The Hundred Foot Journey

The Fluffy Movie

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 11 MLN

5) Million Dollar Arm

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

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 2 520 mln

3) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

4) Jupiter Ascending

5) Hercules

Question 1: Will at least 2 films gross more than 100 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only)

YES

Question 2: Will at least two films gross at least 35 million dollars on opening day?

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).

YES

Question 4: Will any film make more than 31.5 million this summer in Australia?

NO

Question 5: Will any film make more than 45 million dollars this summer in the UK box office?

YES

Question 6: Will any film make more than 200 million in CHINA this summer?

YES

Question 7: Will at least 2 films make more than 900 mill WW this summer?

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?

YES

Question 9: Will at least 2 dramas, according to boxofficemojo, make more than 100 million domestically?

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

Question 11: Will any film make more than 35 million in Russia this summer?

YES

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.

NO

Question 13:

Will any of the top 5 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 44.5%?

NO

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

NO

Question 15:

Will Transformers Age of Extinction's gross in China come within 50 million of ASM2's gross domestically?

YES

16)as many as you want

1) Will ASM2 make at least 260 million domestically? NO

2) Will ASM2 make more than 600 million internationally? NO

3) Will ASM2 do at least 10 million for midnights (including Thurs)? NO

4)) Will ASM2 make at least 900 million WW? NO

17) as many as you want

A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 70 million dollars this summer? YES

B. Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 30 mill? YES

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 15 mill? NO

18)

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June: 22 Jump Street 176 mln

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May: Neighbors 129 mln

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July: Tammy 109 mln

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June: Think Like a Man Too 104 mln

Question 19

1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? 17

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? 5

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? 375 mln

4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? 5

5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil? YES

6) Will any horror film make 200 mill WW? NO

7) Will any film gross 20 million in Spain? NO

8) What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May? Maleficient

9) Will Snowpiercer gross more than 30 million? NO

10) Will TASM2 have a better Thursday than Captain America 2? NO

11) Will Jupiter Ascending make more than 80 million? YES

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? NO

16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? TMNT

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? YES

19) Will the Fluffy Movie gross at least 15 mill? NO

20) How many films will open to at least 50 million? 8

Question 20: The "Baumer is Killing Us With All These Questions" Question

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? Sex Tape

4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75? NO

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? 1

7) Will any film make more than 150 mill internationally? NO

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%? NO

10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? NO

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

Edited April 30, 2014 by Filmovie

[#ED]

Top 15

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 305M

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 275M

3. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 239M

4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 231M

5. Godzilla - 214M

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 201M

7. Guardians of The Galaxy - 147M

8. Maleficent - 143M

9. Tammy - 134M

10. 22 Jump Street - 121M

11. The Neighbors - 111M

12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 108M

13. A Million Ways to Die in The West - 98M

14. The Fault in Our Stars - 97M

15. The Expendables 3 - 90M

16. Jupiter Ascending - 89M

17. The Purge Anarchy - 78M

Worldwide Top 10

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 1.21B

2. How To Train Your Dragon 2 - 781M

3. TASM2 - 779M

4. Godzilla - 775M

5. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 650M

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 620M

7. Guardians of the Galaxy - 410M

8. Maleficent - 390M

9. Jupiter Ascending - 350M

10. Edge of Tomorrow - 325M

Top Weekends Worldwide

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 225M

2. X-Men Days Of Future Past - 175M

3. TASM2 - 155M

4. Godzilla - 123M

5. Guardians of the Galaxy - 112M

Top Opening Weekends Domestic

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 102.7M

2. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 97.6M

3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 92.6M

4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 74.2M

5. Godzilla - 71.3M

6. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 69.4M

7. Guardians of The Galaxy - 55.7M

Lowest Grossing Films Of Summer

1. The Fluffy Movie - 9.1M

2. Moms Night Out - 10.5M

3. Legend of Oz: Dorothy Return - 17.5M

4. Step Up All In - 18.8M

5. Million Dollar Arm - 20.5M

Preseason Bonus Questions

1. Step Up: All In - 18.8M

2. Maleficent - 143M

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 519M

Triple Bonus Questions

1. NO

2. YES

3. YES

4. YES

5. YES

6. YES

7. NO

8. NO

9. NO

10. ( 2 )

11. YES

12. ABSTAIN

13. YES

14. NO

15. YES

Bonus Q of All Bonus Q

1. NO

2. NO

3. Abstain

4. NO

QUESTION 17

A. YES

B. NO

C. NO

D. Abstain

QUESTION 18

May - The Neighbors - 95M

June - 22 Jump St - 98M

July - Tammy - 93M

QUESTION 19

1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? 12

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? 6

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? 410M

4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? 4

5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil? YES

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? Malifecent

9) Will Snowpiercer gross more than 30 million? 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? YES

14) Will Hercules make more than 70 million? YES

15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million? NO

16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? TNMT

17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic? YES

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) 8

Question 20

1) Which comedy will open the highest? Tammy

2) Will any two comedies combine to open with more than 60 million? YES

3) Which film will finish with the lowest total? Blended

4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75? NO

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? 1

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%? NO

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%? NO

15) Which films will combine to have the highest total gross? D) Tammy, Sex Tape, 22 Jump Street

Edited May 2, 2014 by #ED

[Kvikk Lunsj]

reserved  

Top 15 Domestic

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 310m

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction 290m 

3. Amazing Spider Man 2 260m

4. X-Men: Days of Future of Past 225m 

5. Maleficent 200m

6.Rise of the Planet of the Apes 195m

7. Godzilla 170m

8. 22 Jump Street 140m

9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 133m

10. Neighbors 130m

11.Fault of the our Stars 123m

12. Guardians of the Galaxy 122m 

13, Tammy 115m

14. Edge of Tomorrow  105m

15. Planes Fire and Rescue 100m

 

16.  Jupiter Ascending 80m 

17.  Eacho to Earth 75m 

That hard picking all of these movies. 

 

Top 10 WW.

1. Transformers 1.15B

2. Amazing Spider Man 2 770m

3. Dragons 2 650m 

4.  Godzilla 635m

5. Maleficent 600m 

6. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 590m

7. X-Men Days of Future Past 525m 

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 460m 

9.  Edge of Tomorrow 370m 

10. 22 Jump Steet 330m ( I have no idea what going to be 10th) 

 

Top Opening Weekends Worldwide
1. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 215M

2. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 130M

3. Godzilla - 123M

4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 112M

5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 102M

 

Top Opening Weekends Domestic

1. Transformers: Ages of Exictiion 110m

2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $100M

3. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $85M

4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $70M

5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $67M

6. Godzilla - $65M

7. 22 Jump Street - $M

 

Lowest Grossing Films Of Summer

Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return

 

Preseason Bonus Questions

Maleficent

 

Triple Bonus Questions

 

 

Question 1: NO

Question 2: Yes
Question 3: Yes
Question 4: NO
Question 5: Yes
Question 6:Yes
Question 7: No
Question 8:  Yes
Question 9:  No
Question 10: Which combination of films will make more money domestically?
) 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

Question 11:  yes
Question 12:yes
Question 13:  yes
Question 14: Yes Godzilla and Apes

Question 15: Yes

ASM question

1)  Yes

2) Yes 
3)  Yes
4))  No

 

question 17

) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 70 million dollars this summer? Yes

B. Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 30 mill? Yes
C) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have a second weekend drop of less than 47%? Yes
D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 15 mill? No

 

QUESTION 18

May: Neighbors-130 million 

June: 22 Jump Street-150 million

July: Tammy-115 million

Next-best: A Million Ways to Die in the West- 75 million

 

QUESTION 19

 

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)  15

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film) 3

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) 600m

4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? (cushion of 1 film)  2

5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil?  Yes 

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? 

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. ) Yes

10) Will TASM2 have a better Thursday than Captain America 2?  No

11) Will Jupiter Ascending make more than 80 million?  No

12) How many 1 billion dollar WW films will there be this summer?  One

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? no

15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million? yes

16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? GOTG

17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic?  Yes

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) 8

Will finish later

Edited April 29, 2014 by Jesus of Suburbia

[rukaio101]

Top 15 Domestic

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction- 365m

2. How to Train Your Dragon 2- 320m

3. The Amazing Spiderman 2- 260m

4. Godzilla- 210m 

5. Maleficent- 192m

6. X-Men: Days of Future Past- 190m

7. Rise of the Planet of the Apes- 185m 

8. Guardians of the Galaxy-175m

9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- 165m

10. A Million Ways to Die in the West- 160m

11. 22 Jump Street- 150m

12. Neighbours- 125m

13. Tammy- 118m

14. Edge of Tomorrow- 97m

15. Planes: Fire and Rescue- 88m

 

16. Think Like a Man Too- 83m

17. Planes: Fire and Rescue- 81m

 

Top 10 WW

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction- 1.15B 

2. The Amazing Spiderman 2- 770m

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2- 650m

4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes- 590m

5. Guardians of the Galaxy- 540m

6. Godzilla- 520m 

7. X-Men: Days of Future Past- 460m

8. Maleficent- 430m

9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- 390m

10. Edge of Tomorrow- 340m

 

Top 5 WW weekends

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction- 225m

2. How to Train your Dragon 2- 145m 

3. X-Men Days of Future Past- 140m

4. Guardians of the Galaxy- 115m

5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes- 112m 

 

Top 7 Domestic OWs

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction- 122m

2. The Amazing Spiderman 2- 104m

3. X-Men: Days of Future Past- 95m

4. How to Train Your Dragon 2- 82m

5. Godzilla- 78m

6. Maleficent- 65m

7. Guardians of the Galaxy- 62m

 

Bottom 5 Domestic wide-releases

1. The Fluffy Movie- 7m

2. Dorothy: Return to Oz- 12m

2. The Rover- 13m

3. And So it Goes- 14m

4. Mom's Night Out- 15m

 

 

Preseason Bonus Questions

 

1. Dorothy: Return to Oz- 12M

2. Maleficent- 192m

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2- 650m

 

Triple Bonus Questions

 

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Abstain

5. Abstain

6. Yes

7. No

8. Yes

9. Abstain

10. Abstain

11. Abstain

12. No

13. Abstain

14. Abstain

15. yes

 

16) TASM question

1) Abstain

2) Yes

3) Abstain

4) No

 

17) Horror question

Abstain from all

 

18) Comedy Question

May: A Million Ways to Die in the West- 160m

June: 22 Jump Street- 150m

July: Tammy- 118

 

19.

1) 13

2) 3

3) 490m

4) 4

5) Yes

6) No

7) Yes

8) X-Men: Days of Future Past

9) No

10) Yes

11) Yes

12) 1

13) Yes

14) Yes

15) No

16) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

17) Yes

18) No

19) No

20) 8

 

20.

Abstain all.

Edited April 29, 2014 by Za Rukaio!