BSG: Congratulations to FILM!

[Plain Old Tele]

Don't be idealistic, grim.

[baumer]

[Donald]

Am too scared to play!But maybe i should copy and paste kitik!But that jupiter flop number of his looks out of place!no way a wachowhacks product is getting that high!

[baumer]

I know you guys are kidding.  But imo, copying someone else's predictions is about as diametric from what you should be doing.  If you copy theirs and they mess everything up, you are screwed.

[narniadis]

TOP 15 (17)

01 – How to Train Your Dragon 2   305

02 – Transformers 4     295

03 – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 235

04 – Amazing Spider-Man 2   230

05 – X-Men: Days of Future Past   215

06 – Godzilla     205

07 – Maleficent   160

08 – The Guardians of the Galaxy     150

09 – 22 Jump Street 145

10 – Tammy   143

11 – Neighbors   135

12 – Lucy   115

13 – The Fault in Our Stars 110

14 – Million Dollar Arm 108

15 – Planes 2 100 

Alt 1 (16) – Blended 100

Alt 2 (17) – Get On Up       090

 

International Flair #1:
Tell me what the WW top 10 of the summer will be. The point structure will be as follows: 

1 – Transformers

2 – HTTYD2

3 – AMAZING SM 2

4 – GODZILLA

5 – APES

6 – XMEN

7 – MALEFICENT

8 – GUARDIANS

9 – LUCY

10 - JUPITER 

 

International Flair #2:

TRANSFORMERS

SPIDERMAN

XMEN

APES

HTTYD2

 

OPENING WEEKENDS 

TRANSFORMERS 110

SPIDERMAN 105

XMEN 95

APES 70

HTTYD2 70

GODZILLA 65

GUARDIANS 60

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

LEGENDS OF OZ

AND SO IT GOES
AS ABOVE SO BELOW

THE ROVER

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 – 24.671

Second Bonus Question:

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

1) Maleficent – 151.497

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)?

2) How To Train Your Dragon 2 – 537.3

TRIPLE BONUS

Here are your 16 bonus questions that have to be answered before the May 1st start date.

Question 1: YES
Question 2: YES
Question 3: YES

Question 4: ABSTAIN

Question 5: YES

Question 6: ABSTAIN

Question 7: ABSTAIN

Question 8: YES

Question 9: ABSTAIN
Question 10: 3) How to Train Your Dragon 2, Lucy,  22 Jump Street, Million Dollar Arm,  

Question 11: YES

Question 12: ABSTAIN

Question 13: NO

Question 14: ABSTAIN

Question 15: ABSTAIN

 

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?

 

ABSTAIN FROM ALL

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?

ABSTAIN FROM ALL

 

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: The Neighbors

June: 22 Jump Street

July: Tammy

 

Question 19

 

 

1) ***17***

2) ***05***

3) ***450***

4) ***04***

5) YES  

6) NO

7) YES

8) MALEFICENT

9) NO

10) YES

11) NO

12) NONE

13) YES

14) YES

15) YES

16) LUCY

17) YES

18) NO

19) NO

20) ***09***

 

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? – 3

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? – 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 2, 2014 by narniadis

[Shawn Robbins]

Your post reminded me that I need to work on that summer preview, B. 

Edited April 5, 2014 by ShawnMR

[glassfairy]

So it's that time already...

 

[Kalo]

Top 15

 

1.How To Train Your Dragon  2 $310,000,000

2.Transformers: Age of Extinction $280,000,000

3.X-Men Days of Future Past $250,000,000

4.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $232,000,000

5.Godzilla $230,000,000

6.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $225,000,000

7.Guardians of the Galaxy $167,000,000

8.Maleficent $165,000,000

9.22 Jump Street $145,000,000

10.Neighbors $140,000,000

11.The Fault in Our Stars $117,000,000

12.Deliver Us From Evil $115,000,000

13.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $113,000,000

14.Tammy $110,000,000

15.A Million Ways to Die in the West $105,000,000

 

16.Planes Fire and Rescue $95,000,000

17.Hercules $94,000,000

 

 

 

Worldwide top 10-1.Transformers IV-1 billion

2.How To Train Your Dragon 2-800 Million2.The Amazing Spider-Man 2-725 Million

4.Godzilla-650 Million5.X-Men: D Days of Future Past-635 million6.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-580 Million

7.Maleficent $425,000,000

8.Guardians of the Galaxy-400 Million

9.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-395 million10. 22 Jump Street-340 MillionBest openings world wide-1. Transformers: IV-250 Million2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2-200 Million3. Godzilla-180 million4. X-Men: Days of Future Past-185 Million5. How To Train Your Dragon 2-165 million

 

 

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 In2) The Purge 23) Jersey Boys4) Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return $20,000,0005) Million Dollar Arm

 

Second Bonus Question:

 

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

1) Maleficent2) Blended3) Neighbors4) 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: DAFP2) How To Train Your Dragon 2 $450m3) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes4) Jupiter Ascending5) Hercules

 

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 No

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? Abstain from answering.

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

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?

Abstain

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 In2) X-Men: Days of Future Past, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Hercules, The Fluffy Movie, Purge 23) 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? abstain

Question 12:

Will the top three films combined make more this summer than the next 5 films combined ? 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 abstain 

 

Question 15:

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

 

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? No2) Will ASM2 make more than 600 million internationally? No3) Will ASM2 do at least 10 million for midnights (including Thurs)? Yes4)) Will ASM2 make at least 900 million WW? No

 

A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 70 million dollars this summer? YesB. Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 30 mill? YesC) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have a second weekend drop of less than 47%? abastainD) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 15 mill? abastain

NEW QUESTION: QUESTION 18:May: Neighbors June: 22 Jump Street, July: TammyQuestion 19New 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? 15 films. 2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? 5 films3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? $430m4) How many films will gross at least 80 million OW? 5 films5) Will any film gross at least 35 mill in Brazil?  Yes6) Will any horror film make 200 mill WW No7) Will any film gross 20 million in Spain? Yes8) What will be the fourth highest grossing film of May? Maleficent9) Will Snowpiercer gross more than 30 million: No10) Will TASM2 have a better Thursday than Captain America 2? No11) Will Jupiter Ascending make more than 80 million? No12) How many 1 billion dollar WW films will there be this summer? 113) Will Tammy gross at least half of what Captain 2, ASM2 or X-men DOFP does? No14) Will Hercules make more than 70 million? Yes15) Will Lucy make more than 60 million? Yes16) What film finishes second in gross out of the August films? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles17) Will Michael Bay's films gross more than 400 mill domestic? Yes18) Will frank Miller's Sin City open higher than Expendables 3? No19) Will the Fluffy Movie gross at least 15 mill? Yes20) How many films will open to at least 50 million? 8 films

 

Question 20:  The "Baumer is Killing Us With All These Questions" QuestionThis 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? 17) 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%? yes10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? No11) 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? A) 22 Jump Street, Tammy, Million WaysB] TLAMT, Blended, TammyC) Million Ways, Neighbors, BlendedD) Tammy, Sex Tape, 22 Jump StreetE) TLAMT, Million, Sex Tape 

Edited April 24, 2014 by The Winter Soldier

[Dipper]

Edited May 2, 2014 by Dipper

[Aplandg]

Reserved

[Mulder]

Top 15 of the summer-

1. How To Train Your Dragon 2-380 million

2. Transformers IV-350 Million

3. X-Men: Days of Future Past-270 Million

4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2-225 Million

6. Godzilla-220 Million

7. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-215 Million

8. Guardians of the Galaxy-200 Million

9. 22 Jump Street-190 Million

10. The Purge: Anarchy-170 Million

11. A Million Ways To Die In The West-150 Million

12. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-145 Million

13. Hercules-130 Million

14. Lucy-115 Million

15. Think Like a Man Too -110 Million

 

16 ((Backup number one))  Planes: Fire and Rescue 105 Milllion

17 ((Backup number two)) The Expendables 2 102 Million

 

Worldwide top 10-

 

1. Transformers IV-1 billion

2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2-900 Million

3. X-Men: Days of Future Past-750 million

4. Godzilla-700 Million

5. How To Train Your Dragon 2-650 Million

6. Guardians of the Galaxy-600 Million

7. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-580 Million

8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-400 million

9. Planes: Fire and Rescue-350 Million

10. Hercules-300 Million

 

Best openings world wide-

 

1. Transformers: IV-250 Million

2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2-200 Million

3. Godzilla-180 million

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past-175 Million

5. How To Train Your Dragon 2-150 million

 

5 Lowest grossing films-

1. The Fluffy Movie-25 Million

2. The Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return-35 Million

3. Step Up: All In-40 Million

4. The Million Dollar Arm-50 Million

5. Jersey Boys-65 Million

 

 

 

Question 1-

1. Step Up All In-40 Million

2. The Million Dollar Arm-50 million

3. Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return-35 million

4. Jersey Boys-65 Million

5. The Purge: Anarchy-170 Million

 

Question 2-

1. Think Like A Man Too-110 Million

2. Neighbors-100 Million

3. Blended-95 Million

4. Maleficent-90 Million

 

Question 3-

1. X-Men: Days of Future Past-750 million

2. How To Train Your Dragon 2-650 million

3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes-580 Million

4. Hercules-300 Million

5. Jupiter Ascending-250 Million

 

Question 1-Yes

Question 2-Yes

Question 3-Yes

Question 4-Yes

Question 5-Yes

Question 6-Yes

Question 7-No

Question 8-No

Question 9-No

Question 10-4th combination ((This is only because of TF:IV being added into the mix...))

Question 11-No

Question 12-Yes

Question 13-Yes

Question 14-Yes ((If I must specify I think Godzilla and X-Men: DoFP will))

Question 15-Yes

 

16-

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. No

4. Yes

 

17-

A. Yes

B. Yes

C. Yes

D. Yes

 

May-One Million Ways To Die In The West: 150 Million

June-22 Jump Street: 190 Million

July-Sex Tape: 92 Million

 

1-16 films

2-5 films

3-600 Million

4-4 films

5-No

6-No

7-Yes

8-One Million Days To Die In The West

9-No

10-No

11-Yes

12-1 

13-No

14-Yes

15-Yes

16-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

17-No

18-No

19-No

20-15

 

1. 22 Jump Street

2. Yes

3. Sex Tape

4. Yes

5. Yes

6. No 

7. No

8. No

9. Yes

10. No

11. Yes

12. Yes

13. Yes

14. No

15. A

Edited April 26, 2014 by Mulder

[druv10]

Top 15

1. HTYD2 275M

2. TF4 270M

3. DOFP 260M

4. GOTG 235M

5. TASM2 225M

6. Godzilla 200M

7. DOTPOFA 185M

8. Maleficent 165M 

9. TFOS 140M

10. 22 JS 135M

11. Neighbors 120M

12. Tammy 110M

13. Planes 2 100M

14. EOT 100M

15. TMNT 90M

 

16. Hercules 85M

17. TLAMT 80M

 

Worldwide Top 10

 

1. TF4 1.01B

2. HTTYD2 900M

3. TASM2 825M

4. DOFP 720M

5. DOFTPOTA 710M

6. Godzilla 650M

7. GOTG 600M

8. Maleficent 525M

9. TMNT 400M

10. EOT 350M

 

Top Opening Weekends Worldwide
1. TF4 225M

2. TASM2 180M

3. HTTYD2 165M

4. Godzilla 160M

5. DOFP 150M

 

Top Opening Weekends Domestic
1. TF4 105M

2. TASM2 95M

3. DOFP 93M

4. Godzilla 80M 

5. HTTYD2 77M

6. GOTG 75M

7. DOFTPOTA 75M

 

Lowest Grossing Films Of Summer

1) Step Up All In
2) Fluffy Movie
3) Jersey Boys
4) Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return
5) Million Dollar Arm

 

Preseason Bonus Questions

1.Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2.Maleficent

3.HTTYD2

 

Triple Bonus Questions

1. No

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. No

5. Yes

6. Yes

7. Yes

8. Yes

9. Yes

10. 2

11. No

12. No

13. Yes

14. No

15. Yes

 

 

TASM Bonus

1. No

2. No

3. Abstain

4. No

 

QUESTION 17

A. Yes

B. Yes

C. Abstain

D. Abstain

 

QUESTION 18

 

May-Neighbors

June-22 Jump Street

July- Tammy

 

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) 18

2) How many films will gross at least 650 mill WW this summer? (cushion of 1 film) 6

3) What will be the total gross for the top 4 films in August? (you have a cushion of 50 mill) 505M 

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? No

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? 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? Yes

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? Yes

20) How many films will open to at least 50 million? (2 film cushion) 8

 

Question 20

 

1) Which comedy will open the highest? 22 JS

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? Yes

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%? No

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? 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% No

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 29, 2014 by druv10

[tawasal]

I'm having hard time finishing the game in the years I played.

[tawasal]

I'm not saying it's boring but I travel too much in summer. and miss deadlines and fall too far away from the pack and hate chasing for too long.

Edited April 6, 2014 by CrispyLips

[baumer]

NOTE:

 

Question 10 in the triple bonus has changed.  If you have answered it already, please double check the new choices.

 

Thanks.

[The Stingray]

NOTE:

 

Question 10 in the triple bonus has changed.  If you have answered it already, please double check the new choices.

 

Thanks.

 

It looks the same to me.

[baumer]

It looks the same to me.

 

I took out some of the movies from some of the options.  One of the options was heavily favoured to win, so I changed it up a bit.

[baumer]

NOTE:

 

Question 10 in the triple bonus has changed.  If you have answered it already, please double check the new choices.

 

Thanks.

[The Stingray]

I took out some of the movies from some of the options.  One of the options was heavily favoured to win, so I changed it up a bit.

 

?? Maybe it's me, I'm a little f**ked up maybe, but I see no changes in Q10. Same options as before.

[baumer]

?? Maybe it's me, I'm a little f**ked up maybe, but I see no changes in Q10. Same options as before.

 

Yes, you're a little fucked up.

Check option #4