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Cmasterclay Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Top Fifteen Domestic 1. How to Train Your Dragon- 340 2. Transfourmers- 325 3. Godzilla- 260 4. TASM 2- 242 5. DOFP- 240 6. Dawn- 230 7. Jump Street- 195 8. Malificent- 185 9. Tammy- 155 10. Guardians- 145 11. Neighbors- 135 12. Turtles- 124 13. Hercules- 112 14. Fault- 110 15. Think Like a Man- 100 16. Million Dollar Arm- 92 17. Giver- 88 Worldwide top Ten 1. TF4- 1.1 B 2. TASM 2- 795 3. Dragon- 785 4. Godzilla- 750 5. Dawn- 680 6. DOFP- 650 7. Mal- 550 8. Galaxy- 450 9. Hercules- 400 10. Turtles- 380 Domestic Opening Weekend 1. TF4- 120 2. Spidey- 95 3. DOFP- 90 4. Dragon- 86 5. Godzilla- 84 6. Apes- 80 7. Malifecent- 71 Worldwide Opening Weekend 1. TF4- 260 2. Godzilla- 165 3. DOFP- 150 4. TASM- 145 5. Dawn- 130 Top Five Lowest Grossing 1. Fluffy- 11 2. Rover- 12 3. And So It Goes- 18 4. Dorthy- 20 5. Earth to Echo- 22 BonusTell 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- 20 million Second Bonus Question:Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the summer:Maleficent- 182 Third Bonus Question:DOFPFor 15,000 bonus points, call the correct film within 25 mill.TRIPLE BONUSHere are your 16 bonus questions that have to be answered before the May 1st start date.Question 1: Yes Question 2: Yes Question 3: YesQuestion 4: Abstain Question 5: AbstainQuestion 6: Yes.Question 7: AbstainQuestion 8: YesQuestion 9: AbstainQuestion 10: 3Question 11: AbstainQuestion 12: NoQuestion 13: NoQuestion 14: AbstainQuestion 15:Will Transformers Age of Extinction's gross in China come within 50 million of ASM2's gross domestically?: YesFour Parters1. Abstain 2. Abstain Comedy- Not sure if Right 3. May: Neighbors: 135 1. June: 22 Jump Street: 195 2. July: Tammy- 155 4. Think Like a Man Too- 100 (Lemme know if I did this right) 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) 5 3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) 450 million 4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? (cushion of 1 film) Five 5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil? Sure 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? Maleficent if talking releases in total, Neighbors for within the actual month 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? About exactly the same, but 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 15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million? Yes 16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? 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? Yes 19) Will the Fluffy Movie gross at least 15 mill? No 20) How many films will open to at least 50 million? (2 film cushion) 9 If you answer 18 correct, bonus of 25,000 If you answer 19 correct, bonus of 35,000 If you answer all 20 correct, you double your score, bonus of 100,000. Good luck! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is as follows: 1) Which comedy will open the highest? 22 Jump Street 2) Will any two comedies combine to open with more than 60 million? Yes 3) Which film will finish with the lowest total? 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? Yes 8) Will any film have a first Monday drop of less than 51%? No 9) Will any film have a first Tuesday increase of more than 15.5%? Yes 10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? Yes 11) Will a sequel be the highest grossing film of all these comedies? Yes 12) Will any film make more than 18 million in Russia? 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 I bought your book! Yay! Edited April 29, 2014 by Cmasterclay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 How do you think you'll do this year, Cmaster? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 How do you think you'll do this year, Cmaster? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!!! LMAO, I was starting to type a reply, thinking "Gee, how nice of him to ask" but then I saw the bottom and hilarity ensued. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Yes!! Now I'm laughing too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) TOP 15 (17) DOMESTIC01| 350 M HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON ll02| 340 M TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION03| 280 M GODZILLA04| 260 M X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST05| 250 M THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ll06| 235 M DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES07| 175 M GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY08| 160 M 22 JUMP STREET09| 145 M TAMMY10| 140 M MALEFICENT11| 135 M NEIGHBORS12| 130 M JUPITER SCENDING13| 125 M THE FAULT IN OUR STARS14| 120 M PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE15| 115 M THINK LIKE A MAN TOO16| 110 M EDGE OF TOMORROW17| 100 M HERCULESTOP 10 WORLDWIDE01| 1150 M TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION02| 0860 M HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON ll03| 0760 M GODZILLA04| 0750 M THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ll05| 0620 M X-MEN: DAYS OF THE FUTURE PAST06| 0590 M DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES07| 0470 M MALEFICENT08| 0380 M EDGE OF TOMORROW09| 0365 M GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY10| 0350 M JUPITER ASCENDINGTOP 5 OPENING WEEKEND WORLDWIDE01| 285 M TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION02| 205 M X-MEN: DAYS OF THE FUTURE PAST03| 170 M THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ll04| 165 M GODZILLA05| 135 M HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON llTOP 7 OPENING WEEKEND DOMESTIC01| 115 M TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION02| 100 M X-MEN: DAYS OF THE FUTURE PAST03| 093 M THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ll04| 090 M HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON ll05| 082 M GODZILLA06| 077 M DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES07| 068 M GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXYTOP 5 LOWEST GROSSING DOMESTIC01| 22 M LEGEND OF OZ: DOROTHY'S RETURN02| 20 M MOM'S NIGHT OUT03| 17 M THE ROVER04| 15 M AND SO IT GOES05| 10 M THE FLUFFY MOVIEPRESEASON QUESTIONS01| 022 M LEGEND OF OZ: DOROTHY'S RETURN 02| 140 M MALEFICENT03| 500 M HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON llTRIPLE BONUS01| Y02| Y03| Y04| Y05| Y06| Y07| N08| Y09| N10| 211| Y12| N13| Y14| N15| Y16.1| N16.2| N16.3| Y16.4| N17.1| N17.2| N17.3| N17.4| N18.1| MAY - 135 M - NEIGHBORS18.2| JUN - 160 M - 22 JUMP STREET18.3| JUL - 145 M - TAMMY19.01| 1519.02| 419.03| 300 M19.04| 519.05| Y19.06| N19.07| Y19.08| MALEFICENT19.09| N19.10| N19.11| Y19.12| 119.13| N19.14| Y19.15| N19.16| NINJA TURTLES19.17| Y19.18| N19.19| N19.20| 1020.01| 22 JUMP STREET20.02| Y20.03| SEX TAPE20.04| N20.05| Y20.06| 320.07| Y20.08| Y20.09| Y20.10| Y20.11| Y20.12| N20.13| Y20.14| Y20.15| A Edited May 2, 2014 by baumer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 This is what I have been waiting for! Fuck yeah to baumer for doing all this madness year after year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Top 15 1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 318M 2. Transformers: Age of Extinction - 283M 3. X-Men: Days of Future Past - 267M 4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 242M 5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 245M 6. Godzilla - 212M 7. Neighbors - 169M 8. Maleficient - 165M 9. 22 Jump Street - 145M 10.The Fault in Our Stars - 145M 11.Guardians of the Galaxy - 124M 12.A Million Ways to Die in the West - 120M 13.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 120M 14.Tammy - 115M 15.Deliver us from evil - 110M 16. Blended - 105M 17. Planes 2 - 105M Worldwide Top 10 1. Transformers - 1.15B 2. HTTYD2 - 853M 3. TASM2 - 721M 4. Days of Future Past - 663M 5. Apes - 635M 6. Godzilla - 630M 7. Maleficent - 450M 8. Edge of Tomorrow - 345M 9. Guardians of the Galaxy - 255M 10. 22 Jump Street - 220M Top Weekends Worldwide 1. Transformers - 245M 2. Days of Future Past - 195M 3. TASM 2 - 165M 4. Godzilla - 160M 5. Apes 2 - 130M Top Opening Weekends Domestic 1. Transformers - 113M 2. TASM2 - 95M 3. DOFP - 95M 4. HTTYD2 - 85M 5. Apes 2 - 83M 6. Godzilla - 73M 7. Maleficent - 55M Lowest Grossing Films Of Summer Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return Mom's night out The Rover Snowpiercer The Fluffy Movie Preseason Bonus Questions 1. Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return - 13.5M 2. Neighbors - 164M 3. HTTYD2 - 479M Triple Bonus Questions 1. No 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. No 5. Abstain 6. Yes 7. No 8. Yes 9. No 10. 2 11. Yes 12. No 13. No 14. No 15. Yes 16. ASM Bonus 1. No 2. No 3. Yes 4. No 17. Horror Bonus 1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. Abstain 18. Comedy monthly May: Neighbors - 164 million June: 22 Jump Street - 145 million July: Tammy - 115 million Question 19 1. 16 2. 4 3. 410 million 4. 4 5. Yes 6. No 7. No 8. Neighbors 9. No 10. Yes 11. No 12. 1 13. No 14. Yes 15. Yes 16. TMNT 17. Yes 18. No 19. No 20. 9 Question 20 1. Tammy 2. Yes 3. Sex Tape 4. No 5. Yes 6. 2 7. Yes 8. No 9. Yes 10. No 11. No 12. No 13. Yes 14. Yes 15. C Edited May 2, 2014 by grim22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Halfway done. Tele... I'm coming for you. My style is impetuous. My predictions are impregnable. I'm ferocious and I want your heart. Praise be to Allah! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Tele is not impressed Edited March 29, 2014 by Jake Gittes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 YEAH! Summer, bitch! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Top 15 Domestic 1.How To Train Your Dragon 2 - 340m 2.Godzilla - 270m 3.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 265m 4.The Fault in Our Stars - 245m 5.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 225m 6.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 220m 7.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 215m 8.Maleficent - 175m 9.Guardians of the Galaxy - 170m 10.22 Jump Street - 160m 11.Neighbors - 145m 12.Tammy - 135m 13.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 115m 14.Planes: Fire and Rescue - 110m 15.Think Like a Man Too - 105m 16.A Million Ways to Die in the West - 95m 17.Blended - 85m Top 10 World Wide 1.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 1.01b 2.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 950m 3.Godzilla - 810m 4.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 740m 5.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 670m 6.Guardians of the Galaxy - 560m 7.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 510m 8.Maleficent - 470m 9.The Fault in Our Stars - 450m 10.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 410m Top 5 Weekends World Wide 1.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 245m 2.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 185m 3.Godzilla - 175m 4.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 170m 5.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 150m Top 7 Opening Weekends Domestic 1.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 105m 2.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 95m 3.Godzilla - 91m 4.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 87m 5.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 84m 6.Guardians of the Galaxy - 76m 7.The Fault in Our Stars - 74m Top 5 Lowest Grossing Films (Dom) Earth to Echo - 38m Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return - 26m And So it Goes - 24m Step Up All In - 23m The Fluffy Movie - 16m Bonus Questions 1.Step Up All In - 23m 2.Maleficent - 176m 3.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 620m Triple Bonus 1.Abstain 2.Yes 3.Yes 4.Yes 5.Yes 6.Abstain 7.Yes 8.Yes 9.No 10.Number 4 11.Yes 12.No 13.Yes 14.Yes 15. 1) Will ASM2 make at least 260 million domestically? No2) Will ASM2 make more than 600 million internationally? No3) Will ASM2 do at least 10 million for midnights (including Thurs)? No4)) Will ASM2 make at least 900 million WW? No Added Bonus Questions 16.Abstain all 17.Abstain all 18. May: Neighbors - 145m June: 22 Jump Street - 160m July: Tammy - 150m 4th Pick: A Million Ways to Die in the West - 110m Question 19 1.16 2.5 3.464m 4.5 5.Yes 6.No 7.No 8.I'm confused about what this question is asking, is it money made in May or money from May releases? If May Releases: Maleficent If In May: Neighbors 9.No 10.No 11.No 12.1 13.Yes 14.Yes 15.No 16.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 17.No 18.No 19.No 20.11 Question 20 1) Which comedy will open the highest? If only 3 day, Neighbors If 5 Day counts than Tammy 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? 2 7) Will any film make more than 150 mill internationally? Yes 8) Will any film have a first Monday drop of less than 51%? Yes 9) Will any film have a first Tuesday increase of more than 15.5%? Yes 10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? No 11) Will a sequel be the highest grossing film of all these comedies? No 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 B] TLAMT, Blended, Tammy C) Million Ways, Neighbors, Blended D) Tammy, Sex Tape, 22 Jump Street E) TLAMT, Million, Sex Tape Btw Baumer I have purchased your book (It took me a bit to figure out what it meant) Edited April 29, 2014 by The Panda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerDurden365 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Edited April 28, 2014 by TylerDurden365 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Top 151. How to Train Your Dragon 2-3252. Transformers-2603. Days of Future Past-2254. TASM2-2205. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-2156. Godzilla-1807. 22 Jump Street-1758. Malficient-1609. Neighbors-13010. Fault of Our Stars-12511. Guardians of the Galaxy-12012. Think Like A Man Too-11513. Edge of Tomorrow-11014. TMNT-10515. Million Ways To Die In The West-10016. Million Dollar Arm-9017. Jupiter Ascending-85. Top 10 WW1. Transformers-950m2. How to train a dragon 2-8003. TASM2-7004. DOFP-6505. Godzilla-6006. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-5507. Maleficient-5008. Edge of Tomorrow- 3509. Guardians of the Galaxy-32510. 22 Jump Street-300Top 5 weekends WW1. Transformers-2502. How to train your dragon 2-1753. TASM2-1604. Dawn of the planet of the apes-1505. Godzilla-1255 lowest films1. Snowpiercer2.moms night out3. The Rover4. fluffy movie5. Into the stormBonus Questions1. Legend of Oz-30.52. Maleficient-160.253. How to train your dragon 2-550Triple Bonus1. No2. Abstain3. Yes4. Yes5. Yes6. Yes7. Abstain8. Yes9. Abstain10. Option 311. Yes12. Abstain13. No14. Abstain15. Yes16. Abstain17. Abstain18. May-neighbors-130June-22 jump street-175July-Tammy-90Next highest-think like a man-11519. Other bonus questions1. 152. 43. 3254. 35. Yes6. No7. Yes8. Maleficient9. No10. Yes11. Yes12. 113. No14. No15. No16. TMNT17. No18. No19. No20. 8Question 20: 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:NeighborsBlended22 Jump StreetThink Like a Man TooA Million Ways to Die in the WestTammySex TapeYour mission, if you choose to accept it, is as follows:1) Which comedy will open the highest? 22 jump street2) Will any two comedies combine to open with more than 60 million? Yes3) Which film will finish with the lowest total? Sex Tape4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75? No5) Will any film have a multiplier of less than 3.3? Yes6) How many of these films will open to number one on the weekend? 27) Will any film make more than 150 mill internationally? Yes8) Will any film have a first Monday drop of less than 51%? Yes9) Will any film have a first Tuesday increase of more than 15.5%? No10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? Yes11) Will a sequel be the highest grossing film of all these comedies? Yes12) Will any film make more than 18 million in Russia? No13) Will any film make more than 20 mill in the UK? Yes14) Will any film have a second weekend drop of less than 40%yes15) Which films will combine to have the highest total gross? Option AA) 22 Jump Street, Tammy, Million Ways TLAMT, Blended, Tammy C) Million Ways, Neighbors, Blended D) Tammy, Sex Tape, 22 Jump Street E) TLAMT, Million, Sex TapeGood Luck! Edited May 1, 2014 by Michael Tyrion Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 If I find a way of illegally downloading the book for free and posting the torrent as proof, can I still get the bonus 20k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 If I find a way of illegally downloading the book for free and posting the torrent as proof, can I still get the bonus 20k? You'd probably lose points for doing that. Actually, I think that's an ingenious plan and you should do it right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Reserved. I'm fucking in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Reserved. How long did it take you to write that OP Baumer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 It's copy and pasted from last year's post, then I change what needs to be changed. Still, took me about 2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Gonna make some posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...