BSG: Congratulations to FILM!

[Mulder]

Yeah I'm lost at how to get the bonus points. Oh well.

Edited April 25, 2014 by Mulder

[Films]

Question about 19.8 - What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May?

 

I assume this means, what film (with a May release date) will have the fourth-largest gross, right?

 

Thanks for saving me from losing -40,000 points

I didn't realise there was a question 19 so I have just answered it now

[Plain Old Tele]

You realize there's a 20th question too, right?

[baumer]

Guys, getting the bonus is not rocket science.  There's no chicanery.  Just do what you are supposed to do and you will be rewarded.  Sometimes the longest path contains the greatest secrets.

[baumer]

Read this if you are not sure what has to be answered:

 

http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/14612-one-week-left-please-read-baumers-summer-game-players/

[24Lost]

Top 15

1) How to Train Your Dragon 2 370m
2) Transformers: Age of Extinction 292m
3) The Amazing Spider-man 2 280.5m
4) X-men: Days of Future Past 230m
5) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 192m
6) Neighbors 181m
7) Godzilla 180m
8) 22 Jump Street 155m
9) Maleficent 147m
10) Guardians of the Galaxy 145m
11) A Million Ways to Die in the West 137m
12) Hercules 120m
13) Tammy 119m
14) Edge of Tomorrow 92m
15) Think Like a Man Too 91m

16 (back up number one) Jupiter Ascending 88m

17 (back up number 2) Planes: Fire and Rescue 87m

 

International Flair #1:

1) Transformers: Age of Extinction 1312.3m
2) How to Train Your Dragon 2 1027.5m
3) The Amazing Spider-man 2 823.83m

4) Godzilla 672m
5) X-men: Days of Future Past 558m
6) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 556.5m
7) Guardians of the Galaxy 450m
8) Jupiter Ascending 395 m
9) Hercules 384.5m
10) Edge of Tomorrow 373.75m

 

International Flair #2:

1) Transformers: Age of Extinction 300m
2) The Amazing Spider-man 2 185m
3) Godzilla 159m
4) How to Train Your Dragon 2 157.82m
5) X-men: Days of Future Past 148.61m

 

Top 7 OW

1) Transformers: Age of Extinction 115m
2) The Amazing Spider-man 2 105.98m
3) X-men: Days of Future Past 97.17m
4) How to Train Your Dragon 2 96.59
5) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 67.73m
6) Godzilla 60m
7) Guardians of the Galaxy 56.54m

 

Bottom 5 movies

1) And So It Goes 5m
2) The Fluffy Movie 10.75m
3) Mom’s Night Out 16.88m
4) The Rover 19.75m
5) Legend of Oz 20m

 

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.

4) Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return 20m

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:

3) Neighbors 181m

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: next

Tell me, of these five films, which will be the highest grossing INTERNAIONALLY (NOT WW, ONLY INTERNATIONALLY....ALL FIGURES ACCORDING TO BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM)?

2) How To Train Your Dragon 2 657.5m

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)

ABSTAIN

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?

YES

Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 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).

YES

Answer it correctly: 15,000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 8000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 5000 points.

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

ABSTAIN

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?

ABSTAIN

Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 5000 points.

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

YES

Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

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

YES

Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

Question 8: Will at least 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

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?

NO

Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

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

1) 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

ABSTAIN


Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 5000 points) 3000 points.

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

YES

Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

Question 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.

ABSTAIN

Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

Question 13:

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

YES

Answer it correctly: 15000 points
Answer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
Choose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

Question 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

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?

ABSTAIN

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.
 

Bonus Question of all Bonus Questions:

This is a four parter:

1) Will ASM2 make at least 260 million domestically? YES
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

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? NO
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%? ABSTAIN
D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 15 mill? NO

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.

 

May: Neighbors 181m

June: 22 Jump Street 155.5m

July: Tammy 119m

4^th abstain

 

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.

 

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) 14

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film) 4

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) 332.5m

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

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? NO

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

12) How many 1 billion dollar WW films will there be this summer? 2

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? Teenage Mutant 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? YES

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.

Question 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:

 

Neighbors

Blended

22 Jump Street

Think Like a Man Too

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Tammy

Sex Tape

 

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is as follows:

1) Which comedy will open the highest? 22 Jump Street

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

3) Which film will finish with the lowest total? 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%? 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? NO

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

Answer 14/15 Correct, get a 25,000 bonus

Answer 15/15 correct, get a 60,000 bonus

Edited May 1, 2014 by 24Lost

[baumer]

Welcome back 24lost.  So glad you could make it.

[Films]

You realize there's a 20th question too, right?

Yeah, I somehow did that one and 1-18 and every other question but missed 19 (was it added as a new question because I remember working my answers out for question 20 using the new topic questions in the winter game forum and not the first page on this thread questions and I had already completed 1-18)

[Films]

I've finished mine at last

Well I have now after finding question 19

[junkshop36]

Edited April 29, 2014 by junkshop38

[The Panda]

Other predictions from around the net:

 

Weird, apparently the HTTYD2 #1 phenomenon is only on this site

[baumer]

Weird, apparently the HTTYD2 #1 phenomenon is only on this site

 

We know more than the average site does.

 

Not kidding either.

[The Panda]

We know more than the average site does.

 

Not kidding either.

 

Yeah, right now unless we are really overlooking a movie I can't see any one that will be able to top HTTYD2, especially given this summer's circumstances with only 2 animated films (one being a unwanted sequel to a DisneyToons spin-off of the least popular Pixar franchise)

[Mulder]

Might revise my list........>_> Do I still have time?

[DAR]

At least until Wednesday

[Plain Old Tele]

Thursday at midnight is the deadline.

[Empire]

Thursday at midnight is the deadline.

Good to know as I still need to get mine done. 

[chasmmi]

Is anyone else finding themselves being drawn to potentially screwing themselves over because of one film?I'm in this situation with Lucy. The trailer cast and everything about it looks cool enough to me that I want it to be a 100M grossing film and I feel like it should be, yet all logic dictates that it won't even get close and putting it in my top 15 is just giving myself a 30,000 point or so deficit on everyone else.But I keep readdding it to my list despite myself. (I did the same with After Earth last year)

[Plain Old Tele]

Be the outlier and go for it!

[baumer]

Yea, I'm doing that with Expendables, Fault in our Stars and a couple of others.