Baumer's Summer Game - Darkelf #1, Grim22 #2, laguy03 #3..final words from baumer pg 95

[chasmmi]

just want to clarify how avengers will be handled overslept as it gets released April 23rd here.

will it be the same as tasm2 last year and the whole gross counts or do we need to ignore early gross it is it even ineligible for predicting ww totals

[K1stpierre]

I'm assuming since we're posting our answers here that rough drafts are allowed? We can edit it until the due date I'm assuming?

Top 15 Domestic

1) Avenger 2 -- 550M

2) Minions -- 332.5M

3) Jurassic World -- 285M

4) Inside Out – 225M

5) Mission Impossible – 220M

6) Ted 2 – 216M

7) Tomorrowland – 210M

8) Spy – 163M

9) Fantastic 4 – 156M

10) Ant Man – 144.8M

11) Mad Max – 135.5M

12) Poltergeist – 107M

13) Terminator Genesis -- 102M

14) Pitch Perfect – 91.3M

15) San Andreas – 86.7M

Top 5 Domestic Opening Weekends:

1) Avengers – 207M

2) Jurassic World – 106M

3) Minions – 97M

4) Mission Impossible – 80M

5) Inside Out – 75M

International Flair #1:

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

1) Avengers 2 – 1.7B

2) Jurassic World – 1.050B

3) Minions – 950M

4) Inside Out – 780M

5) Mission Impossible – 730M

6) Tomorrowland – 675M

7) Ted 2 – 575M

8) Fantastic 4 – 550M

9) Terminator – 510M

10) Ant Man -- 500M

International Flair #2:

What five films will have the best weekends World Wide?

1) Avengers

2) Jurassic World

3) Minions

4) Mission Impossible

5) Tomorrowland

5 Lowest Grossing Fils of the Summer of 2015:

1) Straight Outta Compton -- 5M

2) The Outskirts -- 8M

3) Dope -- 11M

4) The Gift -- 12M

5) Somnia -- 15M

FIRST PRE SEASON BONUS QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BEFORE THURSDAY APRIL 30TH AT 6PM.

THESE WILL BE WORTH A TOTAL OF 15,000 POSSIBLE POINTS.

15,000 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.

1) Trainwreck

2) Southpaw

3) She's Funny That Way <--------

4) Aloha

5) The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Second Bonus Question:

Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the summer: Only these five films.

1) Masterminds

2) Fantastic Four

3) Terminator Genisys <-----

4) Magic Mike XXL

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 INTERNAtIONALLY (NOT WW, ONLY INTERNATIONALLY....ALL FIGURES ACCORDING TO BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM)?

1) Terminator Genisys

2) San Andreas

3) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation ß---------- 510M OS

4) Ted 2

5) Mad Max

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 start date.

Question 1: Will more than 3 films gross at least 110 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only)

No.

Question 2: Will more than two films gross at least 50 million dollars on opening day?

No.

Question 3: Will any film this summer have a worldwide weekend of more than 280 million? (THIS WILL INCLUDE ANY 5 DAY WEEKENDS. WHATEVER IS REPORTED FOR THE ACTUALS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BE THE NUMBER WE GO BY). But the weekend has to fall within the summer game dates.

Yes.

Question 4: Will any film make more than 51.5 million this summer in Australia?

I’m abstaining.

Question 5: Will at least two films make more than 55 million dollars this summer in the UK box office?

I’m abstaining.

Question 6: Will any film besides Avengers make more than 150 million in CHINA this summer?

No.

Question 7: Will at least 2 films make at least a billion mill WW this summer?

I’m abstaining.

Question 8: Will at least 5 films, listed as a comedy (could be sci-fi comedy...horror comedy...must have comedy listed somewhere in the genre ) by Box Office Mojo, make more than 120 million dollars this summer?

No.

Question 9: Will at least 3 action films released after May, have a WW gross of more than 500 million?

I'm abstaining.

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

1) Terminator, Spy, Jurassic World <----

2) Entourage, Spy, Hot Pursuit, Poltergeist

3) Minions, Insidious 3, Self/Less, Straight Oughtta Compton

4) Avengers first ten days, Mafgic Mike XXL

Question 11: Will any two films make more than 40 million in Russia this summer?

I’m abstaining.

Question 12:

Will the top two films combined make more this summer than the next 5 films combined (domestic only)? So to avoid any confusion like we have last summer, the question reads like this.... top 2 spots add up to more than slots 3-7.

No.

Question 13:

Will any of the top 7 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 47.5%?

I’m abstaining.

Question 14:

Will Avengers, Minions or Jurassic World have a Saturday increase minus the preview number? So take out the Thursday number and you get the true Friday number. You guys know the drill.

I’m really hesitant on this one, but I’m think I’ll go yes. Could regret it. I think Avengers will do this or even Minions.

Question 15:

Will Minions outgross Avengers in at least two of these regions this summer?

I’m abstaining.

The Ron Jeremy of all bonus questions

This is a four parter:

1) Will Avengers make at least 600 million domestically? Yes.

2) Will Avengers make more than a billion internationally? I'm abstaining.

3) Will Avengers do at least 25 million for previews? I'm abstaining.

4)) Will Avengers make at least 1.8 billion WW? No.

A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 100 million dollars this summer? Yes.

Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 35 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%? I'm abstaining.

D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 13 mill? I'm abstaining.

Double Secret Probation Bonus Question

Very simple, but very dangerous.

I'll give you a number, you tell me if Avengers will gross more or less than that number in said markets.

1) Russia: 42M --- More

2) Germany: 31.5M --- More

3) Portugal: 3M -- More

4) China: 200M -- Less

Will Jurassic World and F7 combine to make more than Avengers in these markets?

1) Japan -- less

2) United Kingdom -- less

3) Columbia -- less

4) Mexico -- less

Each answer will be yes or no. Nothing more. You must get at least three correct. Get three correct, get a bonus of 50,000, don't get three correct, lose 25,000, abstain, lose 10,000.

1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? You have a cushion of 1 film. So if you are off by 1, you still get full points. 15

2) How many films will make a billion dollars this summer? 2

3) What will the domestic total gross be for the top 3 horror films of the summer. II don't want to see anything but a number in your answer. Do not list the films. Cushion of 50 mill. 180M

4) How many films will gross at least 40 million opening day? No cushion. 3

5) How many films will make at least 500 million internationally? cushion of 1. 2

6) Will Terminator Genisys and Pitch Perfect 2 and Insidious 3 combine to gross more than F7 domestically? No.

7) Will Ted 2 make more than Ted? No.

8) Will Tele love Mad Max and will baumer love Jurassic World? You must answer both. This is an honour system question. I will tell you right now that I think i will love Jurassic World. Yes and Yes

9) Will any film released in August gross 100 mill before the end of the game? Yes.

10) Will Self/Less make more than 40 million? No.

11) How many films will make at least 750 million WW? 1 cushion. 5

12) How many films will make at least 30 million OD? 1 cushion. 6

13) Will Magic Mike XXL have a bigger opening day than Terminator genisys? Yes.

14) Will Pan be one of the top 7 grossing films of the summer domestically? No.

15) Will Ant Man gross at least 500 mill WW? Yes.

16) Will any film gross 250 million in China? Yes.

17) Will any film have a WW weekend of more than 300 million (Avengers will only count from the time the game starts) Yes.

18) Will Mission Impossible gross more than 200 million? Yes.

19) Will Vacation gross more than 70 million? No.

20) How many films will gross at least 305 million this summer? 2

21) Will Avengers gross more than the first one? No.

22) Will any film besides Avengers make 25 million in Spain? No.

23) Will any film besides Avengers make 65 million in the UK? Yes.

24) Will Entourage make 100 mill or more? No.

25) Will Avengers drop less than 55% second weekend? No.

Edited April 30, 2015 by K1stpierre

[DAJK]

Wow Keli, that was fast!

[K1stpierre]

Wow Keli, that was fast!

I'll probably make some changes to it, and I'm also waiting till late for the top 5 lowest movies (waiting to find out what will be released wide or not). Plus I'll make some edits here and there.

 

I'm really nervous. I really wanted to just abstain from all the questions so I'd be guaranteed positive points   But then I thought how unfun that would be so went for the gamble on some. I'm not very good OS wise, so I know I won't get those right.

[DAJK]

I'll probably make some changes to it, and I'm also waiting till late for the top 5 lowest movies (waiting to find out what will be released wide or not). Plus I'll make some edits here and there.

I'm really nervous. I really wanted to just abstain from all the questions so I'd be guaranteed positive points But then I thought how unfun that would be so went for the gamble on some. I'm not very good OS wise, so I know I won't get those right.

I admit I do abstain on some questions, but where's the fun in that right? I'm going to try answering as many as I can, but I probs won't be posting it until the day before the deadline.

[Neo]

especially since you have to have this in before the game starts. ONCE YOUR PREDICTIONS ARE IN, YOU CANNOT CHANGE THEM once the thread is locked.

 

Does this mean one time to put it all down and no changes or changes are allowed til deadline?

 

Edited April 6, 2015 by Neo

[The Panda]

Top 15 Domestic

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 565m

2.Minions - 325m

3.Inside Out - 280m

4.Jurassic World - 275m

5.Ant-Man - 215m

6.Ted 2 - 210m

7.Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation - 190m

8.Pitch Perfect 2 - 185m

9.Pixels - 165

10.Spy - 155m

11.Terminator: Genisys - 150m

12.Fantastic Four - 140m

13.Tomorrowland - 130m

14.Straight Outta Compton - 120m

15.Mad Max: Fury Road - 115m

16.Magic Mike XXL - 105m

17.Vacation - 100m

Top 10 World Wide

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 1.7b

2.Minions - 1.05b

3.Jurassic World - 900m

4.Inside Out - 750m

5.Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 700m

6.Terminator: Genisys - 650m

7.Ted 2 - 600m

8.Ant-Man - 500m

9.Fantastic Four - 450m

10.Pixels - 400m

Top 5 World Wide OW

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 380m

2.Jurassic World - 280m

3.Minions - 250m

4.Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - 175m

5.Inside Out - 150m

Top 5 Domestic OW

1.The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 220m

2.Jurassic World - 120m

3.Minions - 105m

4.Ant-Man - 80m

5.Inside Out - 75m

Least Grossing 5 Films Domestic

1.The Gift - 8.4m

2.The Outskirts - 10.2m

3.Self/Less - 10.4m

4.Dope - 14.5m

5.Before I Wake - 16.5m

HERE ARE YOUR FIRST PRE SEASON BONUS QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BEFORE THURSDAY APRIL 30TH AT 6PM.

THESE WILL BE WORTH A TOTAL OF 15,000 POSSIBLE POINTS.

15,000 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) Trainwreck

2) Southpaw - 25m

3) She's Funny That Way

4) Aloha

5) The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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: Only these five films.

1) Masterminds

2) Fantastic Four

3) Terminator Genisys - 150m

4) Magic Mike XXL

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 INTERNAtIONALLY (NOT WW, ONLY INTERNATIONALLY....ALL FIGURES ACCORDING TO BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM)?

1) Terminator Genisys - 500m

2) San Andreas

3) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation

4) Ted 2

5) Mad Max

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 start date.

Question 1: Will more than 3 films gross at least 110 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 more than two films gross at least 50 million dollars on opening day? No

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 280 million? (THIS WILL INCLUDE ANY 5 DAY WEEKENDS. WHATEVER IS REPORTED FOR THE ACTUALS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BE THE NUMBER WE GO BY). But the weekend has to fall within the summer game dates. 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 51.5 million this summer in Australia? Yes

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 at least two films make more than 55 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? 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 8000 points) 5000 points.

Question 6: Will any film besides Avengers make more than 150 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 at least a billion 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 5 films, listed as a comedy (could be sci-fi comedy...horror comedy...must have comedy listed somewhere in the genre ) by Box Office Mojo, make more than 120 million dollars this summer? 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 9: Will at least 3 action films released after May, have a WW gross of more than 500 million? 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 10: Which combination of films will make more money domestically?

1) Terminator, Spy, Jurassic World

2) Entourage, Spy, Hot Pursuit, Poltergeist

3) Minions, Insidious 3, Self/Less, Straight Oughtta Compton

4) Avengers first ten days, Magic Mike XXL

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 two films make more than 40 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 two films combined make more this summer than the next 5 films combined (domestic only)? So to avoid any confusion like we have last summer, the question reads like this.... top 2 spots add up to more than slots 3-7. 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 13:

Will any of the top 7 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 47.5%? 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 Avengers, Minions or Jurassic World have a Saturday increase minus the preview number? So take out the Thursday number and you get the true Friday number. You guys know the drill. 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 Minions outgross Avengers in at least two of these regions this summer? Yes

France

Netherlands

Venezuela

Hungary

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.

The Ron Jeremy of all bonus questions

This is a four parter:

1) Will Avengers make at least 600 million domestically? ABSTAIN

2) Will Avengers make more than a billion internationally? Yes

3) Will Avengers do at least 25 million for previews? Yes

4) Will Avengers make at least 1.8 billion WW? ABSTAIN

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 20,000 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) Note*** Jurassic World does not qualify for this question

A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 100 million dollars this summer? Abstain

Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 35 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%? Abstain

D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 13 mill? Yes

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

Double Secret Probation Bonus Question

Very simple, but very dangerous.

I'll give you a number, you tell me if Avengers will gross more or less than that number in said markets.

1) Russia: 42M Yes

2) Germany: 31.5M No

3) Portugal: 3M No

4) China: 200M Yes

If you go for this question, you must get all 4 correct. This is not a partial question. If you get at least 3 of the 4 correct, you will get 50,000. If you choose to abstain from this question, you will lose 15,000 points. If you go for the question and you do not get at least 3 or the 4 correct, you will lose 30,000 points. Choose Wisely.

The "Hey maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events but we just got our asses kicked pal" question of debauchery.

Will Jurassic World and F7 combine to make more than Avengers in these markets?

1) Japan Yes

2) United Kingdom Yes

3) Columbia Yes

4) Mexico Yes

Each answer will be yes or no. Nothing more. You must get at least three correct. Get three correct, get a bonus of 50,000, don't get three correct, lose 25,000, abstain, lose 10,000.

1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? You have a cushion of 1 film. So if you are off by 1, you still get full points. 17

2) How many films will make a billion dollars this summer? No cushion 2

3) What will the domestic total gross be for the top 3 horror films of the summer. II don't want to see anything but a number in your answer. Do not list the films. Cushion of 50 mill 210m

4) How many films will gross at least 40 million opening day? No cushion 2

5) How many films will make at least 500 million internationally? cushion of 1. 4

6) Will Terminator Genisys and Pitch Perfect 2 and Insidious 3 combine to gross more than F7 domestically? Yes

7) Will Ted 2 make more than Ted? No

8) Will Tele love Mad Max and will baumer love Jurassic World? You must answer both. This is an honour system question. I will tell you right now that I think i will love Jurassic World. Yes and Yes

9) Will any film released in August gross 100 mill before the end of the game? Yes

10) Will Self/Less make more than 40 million? No

11) How many films will make at least 750 million WW? 1 cushion 4

12) How many films will make at least 30 million OD? 1 cushion 5

13) Will Magic Mike XXL have a bigger opening day than Terminator genisys? Yes

14) Will Pan be one of the top 7 grossing films of the summer domestically? No

15) Will Ant Man gross at least 500 mill WW? Yes

16) Will any film gross 250 million in China? Yes

17) Will any film have a WW weekend of more than 300 million (Avengers will only count from the time the game starts) Yes

18) Will Mission Impossible gross more than 200 million? Yes

19) Will Vacation gross more than 70 million? Yes

20) How many films will gross at least 305 million this summer? 2

21) Will Avengers gross more than the first one? No

22) Will any film besides Avengers make 25 million in Spain? No

23) Will any film besides Avengers make 65 million in the UK? Yes

24) Will Entourage make 100 mill or more? No

25) Will Avengers drop less than 55% second weekend? No

Any questions please let me know.

THESE BONUS QUESTIONS ARE DUE BY 6pm April 30th

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

Edited April 30, 2015 by The Panda

[Blankments]

I'm putting back-ups for everything except WW Weekend, you can ignore them if you wish.

 

Top 15 Domestic:

 

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - 583M

2. Minions - 307M

3. Jurassic World - 271M

4. Inside Out - 267M

5. Ant-Man - 219M

6. Pixels - 215M

7. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 212M

8. Ted 2 - 183M

9. Spy - 175M

10. Fantastic Four - 174M

11. Terminator: Genisys - 160M

12. Pitch Perfect 2 - 156M

13. San Andreas - 145M

14. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

15. Magic Mike XXL - 115M

 

16. Tomorrowland - 112M

17. Paper Towns - 106M

 

Top 10 Worldwide:

 

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - 1.738B

2. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 821M

3. Minions - 792M

4. Inside Out - 762M

5. San Andreas - 729M

6. Jurassic World - 667M

7. Pixels - 640M

8. Ant-Man - 542M

9. Terminator: Genisys - 531M

10. Ted 2 - 491M

 

11. Fantastic Four - 436M

12. Tomorrowland - 371M

 

Top 5 WW Weekends:

 

1. Jurassic World

2. Minions

3. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

4. Inside Out

5. Fantastic Four

 

Top 5 DOM Opening Weekends:

 

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron - 219M

2. Jurassic World - 100M

3. Minions - 96M

4. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - 88M

5. Inside Out - 78M

 

6. Ant-Man - 73M

7. Fantastic Four - 62M

 

Least Five Grossing Films DOM:

 

1. The Outskirts

2. The Gift

3. Dope

4. Max

5. Masterminds

 

I like what Chas did in his winter game, it makes it so much easier for scoring.  So if you use this template below...in other words, if you copy the questions and then put the answer beside the question, you get a 25,000 point bonus to start.  If you do not use the right template, and just put in your answers, I'm deducting you 25,000 points.  You have no idea how hard it is to score these questions when the template is not copied.


HERE ARE YOUR FIRST PRE SEASON BONUS QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED BEFORE THURSDAY APRIL 30TH AT 6PM.

THESE WILL BE WORTH A TOTAL OF 15,000 POSSIBLE POINTS.
15,000 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) Trainwreck
2) Southpaw
3) Aloha
4) The Man From U.N.C.L.E.


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: Only these five films.

1) Masterminds
2) Fantastic Four - 174M
3) Terminator Genisys
4) Magic Mike XXL

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 INTERNAtIONALLY (NOT WW, ONLY INTERNATIONALLY....ALL FIGURES ACCORDING TO BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM)?

1) Terminator Genisys
2) San Andreas
3) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - 609M
4) Ted 2
5) Mad Max

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 start date.

Question 1: Will more than 3 films gross at least 110 million dollars Opening weekend domestically (3 day weekends count only) NO
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 more than two films gross at least 50 million dollars on opening day? NO

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 280 million? (THIS WILL INCLUDE ANY 5 DAY WEEKENDS. WHATEVER IS REPORTED FOR THE ACTUALS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BE THE NUMBER WE GO BY). But the weekend has to fall within the summer game dates. 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) 5000 points.

Question 4: Will any film make more than 51.5 million this summer in Australia? NO

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 at least two films make more than 55 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? 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 8000 points) 5000 points.

Question 6: Will any film besides Avengers make more than 150 million in CHINA this summer? 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 7: Will at least 2 films make at least a billion mill WW this year? 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 8: Will at least 5 films, listed as a comedy (could be sci-fi comedy...horror comedy...must have comedy listed somewhere in the genre ) by Box Office Mojo, make more than 120 million dollars this summer? 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 9: Will at least 3 action films released after May, have a WW gross of more than 500 million? 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) Terminator, Spy, Jurassic World
2) Entourage, Spy, Hot Pursuit, Poltergeist
3) Minions, Insidious 3, Self/Less, Straight Oughtta Compton

4) Avengers first ten days, Mafgic Mike XXL

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 two films make more than 40 million in Russia this summer? 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 12:

Will the top two films combined make more this summer than the next 5 films combined (domestic only)? So to avoid any confusion like we have last summer, the question reads like this.... top 2 spots add up to more than slots 3-7. 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 13:

Will any of the top 7 grossing sequels domestically this summer have a second weekend drop of less than 47.5%? 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 14:

Will Avengers, Minions or Jurassic World have a Saturday increase minus the preview number?  So take out the Thursday number and you get the true Friday number.  You guys know the drill. 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 Minions outgross Avengers in at least two of these regions this summer?  YES

France
Netherlands

Venezuela

Hungary

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.

The Ron Jeremy of all bonus questions

This is a four parter:

1) Will Avengers make at least 600 million domestically? NO
2) Will Avengers make more than a billion internationally? YES
3) Will Avengers do at least 25 million for previews YES
4)) Will Avengers make at least 1.8 billion 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 20,000 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)  Note*** Jurassic World does not qualify for this question

A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 100 million dollars this summer? ABSTAIN
Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 35 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%? ABSTAIN
D) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 13 mill? YES

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

 

Double Secret Probation Bonus Question

 

Very simple, but very dangerous.

 

I'll give you a number, you tell me if Avengers will gross more or less than that number in said markets.

 

1) Russia:  42M MORE

2) Germany:  31.5M MORE

3) Portugal:  3M MORE

4) China:  200M MORE

 

If you go for this question, you must get all 4 correct.  This is not a partial question.  If you get at least 3 of the 4 correct, you will get 50,000.  If you choose to abstain from this question, you will lose 15,000 points.  If you go for the question and you do not get at least 3 or the 4 correct, you will lose 30,000 points.  Choose Wisely.

 

The "Hey maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events but we just got our asses kicked pal" question of debauchery.

 

Will Jurassic World and F7 combine to make more than Avengers in these markets? ABSTAIN

 

1) Japan

2) United Kingdom

3) Columbia

4) Mexico

 

Each answer will be yes or no.  Nothing more.  You must get at least three correct.  Get three correct, get a bonus of 50,000, don't get three correct, lose 25,000, abstain, lose 10,000.


Any questions please let me know.

THESE BONUS QUESTIONS ARE DUE BY 6pm April 30th

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

 

1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? You have a cushion of 1 film.  So if you are off by 1, you still get full points. EIGHTEEN

2) How many films will make a billion dollars this summer?  No cushion ONE

3) What will the domestic total gross be for the top 3 horror films of the summer.  II don't want to see anything but a number in your answer.  Do not list the films.  Cushion of 50 mill 439M

4) How  many films will gross at least 40 million opening day?  No cushion TWO

5) How many films will make at least 500 million internationally? cushion of 1. THREE

6) Will Terminator Genisys and Pitch Perfect 2 and Insidious 3 combine to gross more than F7 domestically? YES

7) Will Ted 2 make more than Ted? NO

8) Will Tele love Mad Max and will baumer love Jurassic World?  You must answer both.  This is an honour system question.  I will tell you right now that I think i will love Jurassic World. YES FOR THE FIRST, NO TO THE SECOND, SO NO OVERALL. TELE WILL GIVE MAD MAX 9/10, BAUMER WILL GIVE JURASSIC WORLD 7.5/10

9) Will any film released in August gross 100 mill before the end of the game? YES

10) Will Self/Less make more than 40 million? YES

11) How many films will make at least 750 million WW?  1 cushion FOUR

12) How many films will make at least 30 million OD?  1 cushion FOUR

13) Will Magic Mike XXL have a bigger opening day than Terminator genisys? NO

14) Will Pan be one of the top 7 grossing films of the summer domestically? NO

15) Will Ant Man gross at least 500 mill WW? YES

16) Will any film gross 250 million in China? YES

17) Will any film have  a WW weekend of more than 300 million (Avengers will only count from the time the game starts) YES

18) Will Mission Impossible gross more than 200 million? YES

19) Will Vacation gross more than 70 million? YES

20) How many films will gross at least 305 million this summer?  TWO

21) Will Avengers gross more than the first one? NO

22) Will any film besides Avengers make 25 million in Spain? YES

23) Will any film besides Avengers make 65 million in the UK? NO

24) Will Entourage make 100 mill or more?  NO

25) Will Avengers drop less than 55% second weekend? NO

Edited April 20, 2015 by Blankments

[baumer]

Does this mean one time to put it all down and no changes or changes are allowed til deadline?

 

 

You can make as many changes as you want up until the deadline.

[baumer]

Oh.

Sorry to inform u ill have 20 more preseason questions up later today as well. Hahahaha

[CJohn]

Oh.

Sorry to inform u ill have 20 more preseason questions up later today as well. Hahahaha

       

[JJ-8]

Oh.

Sorry to inform u ill have 20 more preseason questions up later today as well. Hahahaha

 

[JJ-8]

 

HERE WE GO!!

WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL BAUMER'S SUMMER GAME 2015! This is the 8th Annual Summer Game:

 

 

preparing my super secret spreadsheet with all the calculations on how to get the top 15 "wrong"   

 

 

Also, I'd say it's time to dust off the old excel spreadsheets and update with the latest scoring systems........ (B - I'll probably do some updates to them also to make them easier to calc these things! )

[Alpha]

Oh.

Sorry to inform u ill have 20 more preseason questions up later today as well. Hahahaha

 

Jesus Christ.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Hmm...I don't think I'm down with that.

They pay you $200 dollars.

[baumer]

just want to clarify how avengers will be handled overslept as it gets released April 23rd here.

will it be the same as tasm2 last year and the whole gross counts or do we need to ignore early gross it is it even ineligible for predicting ww totals

 

Okay...Announcement:

 

Since the Avengers has an early release date, the Avengers....AND ONLY THE AVENGERS....will have it's entire gross count towards the game, with one caveat.

 

The WW weekend question will not use the Avengers gross before the game starts.  So International Flair 2 asks:  

 

Are we clear?

 

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.  And to avoid more confusion, the weekend will include any numbers the film makes from the time it opens during that week.  So if a film opens on a Wednesday, and all of that gross is reported as the opening gross, it will count.

 

For this question, you can only use films that open AFTER THE GAME STARTS.  So to clarify, Avengers entire gross will count towards the game except for this one question...or any other question that I have missed and I reserve the right to clarify as such before the game starts.  

 

As promised, here are your additional 20 25 questions for you.  I love this part of the game.  

 

For every question you get right, you receive 7000 points. For every question you get wrong, you lose 2000 points.  These are mandatory questions, there is no abstaining.  Any player who is in this game, who does not answer these questions, loses 50,000 points.  Do not forget to do these.  Remember grosses count from May 1st until September 7th.

 

All grosses come from boxofficemojo.com, all genres are determined by boxofficemojo.com.....so if I ask you a question about a romance, if that film is listed as a sci-fi/romance, then it will qualify as a romance.

 

1) How many films will gross at least 100 million dollars this summer? You have a cushion of 1 film.  So if you are off by 1, you still get full points.

2) How many films will make a billion dollars this summer?  No cushion

3) What will the domestic total gross be for the top 3 horror films of the summer.  II don't want to see anything but a number in your answer.  Do not list the films.  Cushion of 50 mill

4) How  many films will gross at least 40 million opening day?  No cushion

5) How many films will make at least 500 million internationally? cushion of 1.

6) Will Terminator Genisys and Pitch Perfect 2 and Insidious 3 combine to gross more than F7 domestically?

7) Will Ted 2 make more than Ted?

8) Will Tele love Mad Max and will baumer love Jurassic World?  You must answer both.  This is an honour system question.  I will tell you right now that I think i will love Jurassic World.

9) Will any film released in August gross 100 mill before the end of the game?

10) Will Self/Less make more than 40 million?

11) How many films will make at least 750 million WW?  1 cushion

12) How many films will make at least 30 million OD?  1 cushion

13) Will Magic Mike XXL have a bigger opening day than Terminator genisys?

14) Will Pan be one of the top 7 grossing films of the summer domestically?

15) Will Ant Man gross at least 500 mill WW?

16) Will any film gross 250 million in China?

17) Will any film have  a WW weekend of more than 300 million (Avengers will only count from the time the game starts)

18) Will Mission Impossible gross more than 200 million?

19) Will Vacation gross more than 70 million?

20) How many films will gross at least 305 million this summer?  

21) Will Avengers gross more than the first one?

22) Will any film besides Avengers make 25 million in Spain?

23) Will any film besides Avengers make 65 million in the UK?

24) Will Entourage make 100 mill or more? 

25) Will Avengers drop less than 55% second weekend?

 

Good luck!!

Edited April 6, 2015 by baumer

[Neo]

Current: I realize some films open day and date, and others do not. This is why it is now just best weekend.  And to avoid more confusion, the weekend will include any numbers the film makes from the time it opens during that week.

 

For International Flair #2 you know its super hard at the moment. Say the DOM OW is 2 weeks post OS OW and if that OS OW is the best one one would need to find out the % fall for the 2nd wknd and add it to the DOM one. If its third weekend it opens DOM and so on. Should read WW OW so if its not day and date whatever BOM records in the records page. As on now you have it worded differently. Say for a movie that opens a week before OS than DOM would be the first DOM OW and the first OS OW that would have occurred before the DOM OW. Then movie that have OS releases that coincide with DOM releases would be recorded as that weekend.

 

Just to understand you are not going by what BOM reports on these records?

Edited April 6, 2015 by Neo

[K1stpierre]

Hey that's 5 more questions!!!

[Neo]

Are there other questions that you lose points for not answering?

[Blankments]

For #3, does Jurassic World count?