Chasmmi's Winter Game Pre-Season Prediction Thread

chasmmi · September 16, 2015

Please put all pre-season predictions in this thread please. This will be locked after deadline on October 16th.

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chasmmi · September 16, 2015

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D: Total Grosses:

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E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

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F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M
B: 200M
C: 300M
D: 400M

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps
2) Krampus
3) Creed
4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points
Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break
2) The Nut Job 2
3) Victor Frankenstein
4) The Last Witch Hunter

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here)

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total?

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only)

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars?

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically?

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea
2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus
3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,
4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game?

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2
3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi
4) Trumbo, Scout Guide to Apocalypse, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically?
2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically?
3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically?
4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide?
5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide?

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts?
7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total?
8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under)
9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game?
10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game?

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars?
12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010?
13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998?
14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January?
15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive)

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total?
17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea?
18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st?
19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office?
20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game?

Edited October 11, 2015 by chasmmi

WrathOfHan · September 16, 2015

A: Domestic top 15:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 720M

2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2: 380M

3) The Good Dinosaur: 290M

4) Spectre: 280M

5) Peanuts: 170M

6) Joy: 160M

7) The Hateful Eight: 155M

8) Kung Fu Panda 3: 150M

9) Creed: 150M

10) The Revenant: 140M

11) Ride Along 2: 100M

12) Goosebumps: 90M

13) Bridge of Spies: 85M

14) Concussion: 80M

15) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: 70M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 215M

2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2: 170M

3) Spectre: 95M

4) The Good Dinosaur: 65M

5) Peanuts: 60M

6) Kung Fu Panda 3: 50M

7) Joy: 40M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 1.7B

2) Spectre: 1B

3) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2: 900M

4) The Good Dinosaur: 800M

5) Kung Fu Panda 3: 650M

6) Peanuts: 500M

7) The Hateful Eight: 400M

8) The Revenant: 300M

9) Joy: 260M

10) Bridge of Spies: 230M

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 3.065B

Top 7 W/E) 695M

Top 10 WW) 6.76B

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China

2) Japan

3) UK

4) France

5) Germany

6) Australia

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Ride Along 2

B: 200M Peanuts

C: 300M The Good Dinosaur

D: 400M The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps

2) Krampus

3) Creed 150M

4) Concussion

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break

2) The Nut Job 2

3) Victor Frankenstein

4) The Last Witch Hunter 25M

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? I abstain

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) Yes

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? Yes

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? Yes

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) Yes

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? Yes

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? Yes

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? Yes

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? Chinese

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? I abstain

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? No

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? No

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea

2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus

3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,

4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game?

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2

3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi

4) Trumbo, Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? Yes

2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? Yes

3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? Yes

4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? Yes

5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? Yes

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? Yes

7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? OW

8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under) Yes

9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? Yes

10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? No

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? Yes

12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? Yes

13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? Yes

14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? Yes

15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) Yes

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? No

17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? No

18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? Yes

19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? Yes

20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? Yes

Edited October 14, 2015 by WrathOfHan

sakskidz · September 16, 2015

A: Domestic top 15:

1) SW7 717M
2) Mockinjay 344M

3) Spectre 323M
4) Good Dinosaur 321M
5) Peanuts 277M

6) Kung Fu Panda 3 260M
7) Creed 214M
8) Hateful Eight 209M

9) Joy 175M
10) Alvin 4 128M

11) The Revenant 103M
12) Deadpool 81M
13) Zoolander 2 72M

14) Ride Along 2 67M

15) Bridge of Spies 60M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) SW7 166M
2) Hunger Games 131M

3) Spectre 91M
4) Peanuts 66M
5) Good Dinosaur 58M
6) Kung Fu Panda 3 51M
7) Deadpool 47M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Sw7 1.4B
2) Hunger Games 1.2B
3) Spectre 1B
4) Good Dinosaur 689M
5) Kung Fu Panda 3 531M

6) Peanuts 461M
7) Joy 399M
8) Bridge of Spies 361M
9) Creed 333M
10) Hateful Eight 280M

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 3.351B

Top 7 W/E) 610M

Top 10 WW) 6.654B

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) Japan
2) China
3) UK
4) Germany
5) France

6) Australia

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M The Revenant 103M
B: 200M Hateful Eight 209M
C: 300M Good Dinosaur 321M
D: 400M Mockingjay 344M

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps
2) Krampus
3) Creed 214M
4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points
Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break
2) The Nut Job 2
3) Victor Frankenstein 27M
4) The Last Witch Hunter

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? No

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) No

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? Domestic

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? No

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? No

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? No

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea
2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus
3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,
4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game?

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2
3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi
4) Trumbo, Rings, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? Yes
2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? Yes
3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? Yes
4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? Yes
5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? No

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? Yes
7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? Opening weekend
8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under) No
9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? No
10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? Yes

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? Yes
12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? Yes
13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? No
14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? Yes
15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) Yes

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? No
17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? No
18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? No
19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? Yes
20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? Yes

Edited October 12, 2015 by avi

MovieMan89 · September 17, 2015

A: Domestic top 15:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $1B

2) Mockingjay part 2 - $410m

3) The Good Dinosaur - $340m

4) Spectre - $270m

5) The Peanuts Movie - $150m

6) Kung Fu Panda 3 - $148m

7) The Hateful Eight - $128m

8) Ride Along 2 - $120m

9) Joy - $118m

10) Daddy's Home - $94m

11) 13 Hours- $90m

12) Goosebumps - $83m

13) The Revenant - $80m

14) Bridge of Spies - $78m

15) Creed - $75m

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) The Force Awakens - $240m

2) Mockingjay 2 - $155m

3) Spectre - $98m

4) The Good Dinosaur - $70m

5) Kung Fu Panda 3 - $48m

6) The Peanuts Movie - $43m

7) Ride Along 2 - $41m

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 2.55b

2) Spectre - $1.125b

3) Mockingjay part 2 - $950m

4) The Good Dinosaur - $800m

5) Kung Fu Panda 3 - $425m

6) The Hateful Eight - $365m

7) The Peanuts Movie - $355m

8) The Revenant - $220m

9) Alvin 4 - $215m

10) Creed- $205m

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) $3.18b

Top 7 W/E) $700m

Top 10 WW) $7.225b

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China

2) Japan

3) UK

4) France

5) Germany

6) Australia

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Daddy's Home

B: 200M The Peanuts Movie

C: 300M Spectre

D: 400M MJ2

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps - $80M

2) Krampus

3) Creed

4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break - $15M

2) The Nut Job 2

3) Victor Frankenstein

4) The Last Witch Hunter

Answer correctly: 10,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? Chinese

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea

2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus

3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,

4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game?

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2

3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi

4) Trumbo, Rings, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? By its second weekend, maybe before (YES)

2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? The Knight never stood a chance (YES)

3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? Avengers disassemble, dinos goin extinct (YES)

4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? If it makes $0 OS, still YES

5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? Ships be sinking, no iceberg needed (YES)

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? YES

7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? YES

8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under) YES

9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? YES

10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? YES

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? YES

12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? YES

13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? YES

14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? YES

15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) YES

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? YES

17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? YES

18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? NO

19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? YES

20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? YES

Edited October 16, 2015 by MovieMan89

baumer · September 17, 2015

TOP 15 ETC PREDICTION TEMPLATE

Below is a helpful template to use for making predictions. All Players who use this template for their predictions will receive 10,000 bonus points for making my life easier when I have to score everything at the end of the game.

A: Domestic top 15:

1) Star Wars: 600M
2) Mocking Jay 2: 405M
3) Spectre: 260M
4) The Good Dinosaur: 259.9M
5) In The Heart of the Sea: 175M

6) Kung Fu Panda 3: 165M
7) The Hateful Eight: 150M
8) The Peanuts Movie: 145M
9) Creed: 130M
10) 33 Hours: 120M

11) Ride Along 2: 119.9M
12) 13 Hours: 100M
13) The Revenant: 99.5M
14) Point Break: 99.4M
15) Daddy's Home: 98.5M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) SW: 175M
2) Mockingjay: 150M
3) Spectre: 90M
4) The Good Dinosaur: 75M
5) Kung Fu Panda 3: 50M
6) Ride Along 2: 40M

7) Creed: 39.5M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) SW: 2.0B
2) Mockingjay: 1.0B
3) The Good Dinosaur: 700M
4) KFP 3: 500M
5) Peanuts: 400M

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D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom)

Top 7 W/E)

Top 10 WW)

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China
2) UK
3) Russia
4) Germany
5) Japan

6) France

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M: Daddy's Home
B: 200M: Heart of the Sea
C: 300M: Spectre
D: 400M: Mockingjay 2

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps
2) Krampus
3) Creed
4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points
Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break
2) The Nut Job 2
3) Victor Frankenstein
4) The Last Witch Hunter: 35M

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game?

NO

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here)

YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic?

YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total?

YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only)

NO

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game?

YES (SW and Creed)

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film?

Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars?

Easily, YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total?

Chinese

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA?

YES

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea?

HAHAHAHAH NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically?

NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea
2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus
3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,
4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game?

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2
3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi
4) Trumbo, Rings, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? Y
2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? Y
3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? Y
4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? Y
5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? Y

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? Y
7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? Y
8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under)
9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? N
10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? N

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? N
12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? Y
13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? N
14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? Y
15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) N

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? Y
17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? Y
18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? Y
19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? N
20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? Y

Edited September 18, 2015 by baumer

chasmmi · September 17, 2015

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TOP 15 ETC PREDICTION TEMPLATE

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A: Domestic top 15:

1) Star Wars - 542M

2) Mockingjay - 404M
3) Spectre - 335M
4) The Good Dinosaur 272M
5) Peanuts 161M

6) Kung Fu Panda 3 155M
7) Deadpool 148M
8) The Revenent 127M
9) Creed 117M
10) Goosebumps 104M

11) The Hateful 8 103M
12) The Night Before 95M
13) Bridge of Spies 85M
14) In the Heart of the Sea 78M
15) 13 hours 75M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Hunger Games 147M
2) Star Wars 142M
3) Spectre 96M
4) The Good Dinosaur 64M
5) Kung Fu Panda 45M
6) Deadpool 44M
7) Peanuts 41M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Star Wars 1.65B
2) Spectre 1.05B
3) Hunger Games 920M
4) Kung Fu Panda 3 845M
5) The Good Dinosaur 695M

6) Peanuts 420M
7) Deadpool 405M
8) Goosebumps 325M
9) The Hateful 8 320M
10) The Revenant 315M

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) $2.75B

Top 7 W/E) $570M

Top 10 WW) $6.88B

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China
2) UK
3) Germany
4) South Korea
5) France

6) Mexico

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Night Before
B: 200M Peanuts
C: 300M Spectre
D: 400M Hunger Games

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps
2) Krampus
3) Creed 117M
4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points
Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break
2) The Nut Job 2 22.5M
3) Victor Frankenstein
4) The Last Witch Hunter

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? NO

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? CHINA

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea
2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus
3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,
4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game? ABSTAIN

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2
3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi
4) Trumbo, Scouts, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? YES
2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? YES
3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? NO
4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? YES
5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? YES

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? NO
7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? TOTAL
8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under) YES
9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? YES
10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? YES

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? YES
12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? YES
13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? NO
14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? YES
15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) NO

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? YES
17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? NO
18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? NO
19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? NO
20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? NO

Edited October 11, 2015 by chasmmi

Avatree · September 17, 2015

TOP 15 ETC PREDICTION TEMPLATE

Below is a helpful template to use for making predictions. All Players who use this template for their predictions will receive 10,000 bonus points for making my life easier when I have to score everything at the end of the game.

A: Domestic top 15:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 809M
2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 – 384M
3) The Good Dinosaur – 301M
4) Spectre – 248M
5) Kung Fu Panda 3 – 197M

6) Deadpool – 172M
7) The Hateful Eight – 151M
8) The Revenant – 143M
9) The Peanuts Movie – 142M
10) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip – 127M

11) Ride Along 2 – 111M
12) Goosebumps – 102M
13) Creed – 83M
14) Bridge of Spies – 80M
15) In the Heart of the Sea – 73M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 211M
2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 – 142M
3) Spectre – 92M
4) The Good Dinosaur – 79M
5) Deadpool – 63M
6) Kung Fu Panda 3 – 59M
7) Ride Along 2 – 49M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 2072M
2) Spectre – 1006M
3) Kung Fu Panda 3 – 1020M
4) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 – 906M
5) The Good Dinosaur – 751M

6) Deadpool – 457M
7) The Hateful Eight – 381M
8) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip – 358M
9) The Revenant – 260M
10) The Peanuts Movie – 231M

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 3123M

Top 7 W/E) 695M

Top 10 WW) 7476M

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China
2) Japan
3) United Kingdom
4) South Korea
5) France

6) Mexico

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Bridge of Spies
B: 200M Kung Fu Panda 3
C: 300M The Good Dinosaur
D: 400M The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps – 102M
2) Krampus
3) Creed
4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points
Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break
2) The Nut Job 2
3) Victor Frankenstein – 21M
4) The Last Witch Hunter

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) No

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? No

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? Domestic

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? Yes

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? You made me snort my drink in laughter… and NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? No

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea
2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus
3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,
4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game?

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2
3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi
4) Trumbo, Rings, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? Obviously
2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? Of course!
3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? Naturally.
4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? Easily
5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? Yes… UNLIMITED POWER!

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? Yes
7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? Yes
8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under) Yes
9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? Yes
10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? No

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? Yes
12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? Yes
13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? Yes
14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? Yes
15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) Yes

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? No
17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? Yes
18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? No
19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? Yes
20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? Yes

Edited October 16, 2015 by 99 Trees

Exxdee · September 18, 2015

A: Domestic top 15:

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 650m

2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - 380m

3. Spectre - 280m

4. The Good Dinosaur - 220m

5) The Peanuts Movie - 180m

6) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 130m

7) The Hateful Eight - 125m

8) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip - 120m

9) The Revenant - 115m

10) Ride Along 2 - 110m

11) Joy - 100m

12) Daddy's Home - 95m

13) Creed - 90m

14) Deadpool - 85m

15) 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi - 80m

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 170m

2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - 150m

3) Spectre - 95m

4) The Good Dinosaur - 60m

6) The Peanuts Movie - 50m

6) Deadpool - 45m

7) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 40m

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 1.8b

2) Spectre - 1b

3) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - 900m

4) The Good Dinosaur - 600m

5) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 450m

6) The Peanuts Movie - 375m

7) Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip - 300m

8) The Hateful Eight - 275m

9) The Revenant - 215m

10) In the Heart of the Sea - 205m

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 3 Billion

Top 7 W/E) 620 Million

Top 10 WW) 6.4 Billion

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China

2) United Kingdom

3) Japan

4) South Korea

5) Mexico

6) Germany

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Joy

B: 200M The Good Dinosaur

C: 300M Spectre

D: 400M The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps

2) Krampus

3) Creed - 90m

4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break

2) The Nut Job 2

3) Victor Frankenstein - 35m

4) The Last Witch Hunter

Answer correctly: 10,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? NO

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) NO

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? CHINESE TOTAL

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? YES

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea

2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus

3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,

4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game? ABSTAIN

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2

3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi

4) Trumbo, Rings, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? YES

2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? YES

3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? YES

4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? YES

5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? YES

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? YES

7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? YES

8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under)? YES

9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? NO

10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? YES

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? YES

12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? YES

13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? YES

14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? YES

15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) NO

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? NO

17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? YES

18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? NO

19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? NO

20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? NO

Edited October 14, 2015 by Exxdee

grey ghost · September 19, 2015

TOP 15 ETC PREDICTION TEMPLATE

Below is a helpful template to use for making predictions. All Players who use this template for their predictions will receive 10,000 bonus points for making my life easier when I have to score everything at the end of the game.

A: Domestic top 15:

1) Star Wars The Force Awakens - 675 m
2) Hunger Games Mockingjay pt 2 - 335 m
3) Spectre -275 m
4) Good Dinosaur - 220 m
5) Hateful Eight - 155 m

6) The Peanuts Movie - 135 m
7) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 130 m
8) Joy - 125 m
9) Daddy's Home - 120 m
10) Revenant - 115 m

11) Alvin and the Chipmunks 4 - 110 m
12) Creed - 95 m
13) Ride Along 2 -90 m
14) Bridge of Spies - 90 m
15) Deadpool - 80 m

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Hunger Games Mockingjay pt 2 - 130 m
2) Star Wars The Force Awakens - 120 m
3) Spectre - 95 m
4) Good Dinosaur - 70 m
5) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 45 m
6) Hateful Eight - 40 m
7) The Peanuts Movie - 40 m

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Star Wars The Frce Awakens - 1.55 billion
2) Spectre - 1 billion
3) Hunger Games Mockingjay pt 2 - 800 m
4) Good Dinosaur - 525 m
5) Hateful Eight - 350 m

6) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 300 m

7) Alvin and the Chipmunks 4- 275 m

8) Revenant - 250 m
9) Peanuts the Movie - 225 m
10) Joy - 215 m

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 2.735 billion

Top 7 W/E) 535 m

Top 10 WW) 5.49 billion

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China
2) UK
3) Japan
4) France
5) Germany

6) Australia

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M (Creed)
B: 200M (Good Dinosaur)
C: 300M (Spectre)
D: 400M (Mockingjay pt 2)

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps
2) Krampus
3) Creed - Abstain
4) Concussion

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points
Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break
2) The Nut Job 2
3) Victor Frankenstein
4) The Last Witch Hunter - Abstain

Answer correctly: 10,000 points
Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game?

TWO

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here)

YES

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic?

NO

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total?

ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 15,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points
State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only)

NO

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game?

ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film?

YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars?

YES

Answer correctly: 20,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points
State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total?

ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA?

ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea?

NOPE

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically?

NO

Answer correctly: 25,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea
2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus
3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,
4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game?

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2
3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi
4) Trumbo, Rings, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points
Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points
State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? YES
2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? YES
3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? YES
4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? YES
5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? YES

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? YES
7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? OPENING WEEKEND TOTAL
8) If both are released before February 5th, will Star Wars’ China total be within 150M of Kung Fu Pandas’ (over or under) YES
9) Will Star Wars end up being one of the three highest rated Star Wars films on RottenTomatoes at the end of the game? YES
10) Will Star Wars have a domestic weekend increase at any point during the game? NO

11) Will Star Wars get nominated for at least 3 Oscars? YES
12) Will Star Wars manage at least 3 domestic weekends that are higher than Avatar’s comparative weekend totals in 2009/2010? NO
13) Will Star Wars manage at least 7 domestic weekends that are higher than Titanic’s comparative weekend totals in 1997/1998? NO
14) Will Star Wars gross more domestically in December than it does in January? YES
15) Will Star Wars be number 1 at the domestic Box Office for at least 5 weeks (consecutive or non-consecutive) YES

16) Will Star Wars’ combined total dollar gross from the UK and Australia exceed its domestic Opening Weekend total? YES
17) Will Star Wars achieve more than 10 Million admissions in South Korea? YES
18) Will China account for at least 20% of Star Wars’ worldwide total if released before February 1st? NO
19) Will Star Wars’ opening day (including previews) be enough for it to make the top 15 domestic regardless of its subsequent box office? YES
20) Will Star Wars still be in the domestic top 10 at the end of the game? YES

Edited October 12, 2015 by grey ghost

The Panda · September 22, 2015

A: Domestic top 15:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 760m

2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - 380m

3) The Good Dinosaur - 340m

4) Spectre - 300m

5) The Revenant - 190m

6) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 175m

7) The Hateful Eight - 165m

8) Joy - 150m

9) Deadpool - 145m

10) The Night Before - 140m

11) Steve Jobs - 135m

12) The Peanuts Movie - 120m

13) In the Heart of the Sea - 115m

14) Creed - 105m

15) Goosebumps - 95m

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 210m

2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - 145m

3) Spectre - 110m

4) The Good Dinosaur - 85m

5) Deadpool - 70m

6) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 55m

7) The Revenant - 50m

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 1.65b

2) The Good Dinosaur - 1.4b

3) Spectre - 1.1b

4) Kung Fu Panda 3 - 950m

5) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - 850m

6) The Hateful Eight - 470m

7) The Revenant - 450m

8) Deadpool - 400m

9) Joy - 280m

10) The Peanuts Movie - 250m

D: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 3.6b

Top 7 W/E) 707.5m

Top 10 WW) 7.75b

E: Top 5 Overseas Star Wars Territories:

1) China

2) Japan

3) United Kingdom

4) France

5) Germany

6) Australia

F: Pre-season Questions:

A generous risk-free question to start you off: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Alvin and the Chipmunks 4

B: 200M Kung Fu Panda 3

C: 300M Spectre

D: 400M The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Each correctly predicted film scores you 10,000 points, get all four correct and receive 10,000 bonus points for 50k total. (This is the only preseason question where there is no penalty for being wrong so enjoy it).

1) Tell me which of these will be the highest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Goosebumps - 107m

2) Krampus - 90.5m

3) Creed - 115m

4) Concussion - 65m

Answer correctly: 10,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:

1) Point Break

2) The Nut Job 2

3) Victor Frankenstein

4) The Last Witch Hunter

ABSTAIN

Answer correctly: 10,000 points

Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 10,000 point bonus.

3) Will at least 3 films make more than 300M domestically by the end of the game? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

4) Will animated films combine to make more than 500M domestically by the end of the game? (Chipmunks is not considered animated here) Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

5) Will at least 2 films make more than 140M OW domestic? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

6) Will any film in the top 15 domestic have its domestic total outgrossed by its Chinese total? Yes

Answer correctly: 15,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points

State that you abstain: 3,000 points

7) Will at least two months’ OW records be broken by the end of the game? (This is 3 day only) Abstain (Unless the Martian's OW counts, then Yes)

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

8) Will at least 2 of the 5 top grossing sequels/prequels/reboots become the top grossing film of their franchise by the end of the game? Abstain (Unless Peanuts counts then YES)

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

9) Will at least 5 different films in the top 15 be nominated for Oscars in either Acting, Best Song, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Animation or Best Film? Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

10) Will the combined gross of the top 2 films domestic exceed 1 Billion Dollars? Yes

Answer correctly: 20,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points

State that you abstain: 4,000 points

11) Will 300M dollars be closer to Kung Fu Panda 3’s Domestic total or its Chinese total? Chinese

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

12) Will any foreign film gross more money (in dollars) in its local market than the 15th highest grosser domestically does in the USA? Abstain

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

13) Will any film be pulled from the schedules at any point during the game due to fear of war with North Korea? No

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

14) Will any film opening in less than 500 theatres in its opening week, go on to gross more than 200M dollars domestically? No

Answer correctly: 25,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

15) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game?

1) Mockingjay Pt 2, Bridge of Spies, The Night Before, In Heart of the Sea

2) Spectre, The Good Dinosaur, The Hateful Eight, Krampus

3) Crimson Peak, Peanuts, Kung Fu Panda 3, Goosebumps,

4) Star Wars, The Revenant, The Danish Girl, Zoolander 2

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

16) Which combination of films will gross the smallest amount of money during the game? Abstain

1) Burnt, Macbeth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2) Rock the Kasbah, Victor Frankenstein, Point Break, Ride Along 2

3) Jem and the Holograms, Sisters, The Nut Job 2, 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benzhagi

4) Trumbo, Rings, Deadpool, Daddy’s Home

Answer correctly: 30,000 points

Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points

State that you abstain: 5,000 points

And Finally… The Return of the Jedi-centric questions:

1) Will Star Wars Gross over 400M domestically? Yes

2) Will Star Wars Gross over 500M domestically? Yes

3) Will Star Wars Gross over 600M domestically? Yes

4) Will Star Wars Gross over 1B Worldwide? Yes

5) Will Star Wars Gross over 1.5B Worldwide? Yes

6) Will Star Wars finish top of all 3 main prediction charts? Yes

7) Will 350M dollars end up being closer to Star Wars’ Opening Weekend total than its final domestic total? Yes