Dementeleus Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 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: Rogue One - 482m 2) Sing - 259m 3) Moana - 239m 4) Fantastic Beasts - 230m 5) Dr. Strange - 203m 6) Lego Batman - 173m 7) Passengers - 143m 8) Trolls - 115m 9) Hacksaw Ridge - 91m 10) La La Land - 88m 11) Fifty Shades Darker - 85m 12) Allied - 83m 13) Christmas Office Party - 80m 14) Arrival - 78m 15) Patriots Day - 76m B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Star Wars: Rogue One - 139m 2) Fantastic Beasts - 83m 3) LEGO Batman - 77m 4) Dr. Strange - 70m 5) Sing - 65m 6) Moana - 57m 7) Fifty Shades Darker - 49m C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Star Wars: Rogue One - 1,090m 2) Fantastic Beasts - 804m 3) Sing - 711m 4) Moana - 634m 5) Dr. Strange - 581m 6) LEGO Batman - 482m 7) Passengers - 423m 8) The Great Wall - 393m 9) Trolls - 381m 10) Inferno - 331m D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2,443m Top 7 W/E) 551m Top 10 WW) 5,889m E: And the Winner Is…: 1) Moana 2) La La Land (x2) 3) Passengers 4) Hacksaw Ridge 5) Allied 6) Fences 7) Jackie 8) n/a 9) n/a 10) n/a F: Assassin's Greed: 1) China 2) United Kingdom 3) Russia 4) Germany 5) France 6) South Korea Pre-season Questions: A: 100M Hacksaw Ridge B: 200M Dr. Strange C: 300M Sing D: 400M Rogue One E: 500M Rogue One Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k 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) Dr. Strange 2) Fantastic Beasts 3) Moana (220m) 4) Assassin’s Creed Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically: ABSTAIN 1) Rings 2) Ouija 2 3) Split 4) Resident Evil Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 250M 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 700M 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 5) Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic? NO Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 6) Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 7) Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise? ABSTAIN Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day. Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game? ABSTAIN Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13)Animated films have had a stellar year. But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens? ABSTAIN Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m. Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition. Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)? ABSTAIN Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)? NO Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%? ABSTAIN Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here. Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok). Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart? Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points ABSTAIN 27) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen 2) Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 3) Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog 4) Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2 2) Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man 3) Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake 4) Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 2) December 16th 3) December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 4) February 10th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * ABSTAIN 1) October 28th 2) December 2nd 3) January 13th 4) February 24th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions: 1. Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)? 2. Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? 3. Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? 4. Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)? 5. Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)? 6. Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)? 7. Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please) 8. Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please) Simple Yes/No Answers: 9. Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016? YES 10. Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)? NO 11. Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it? YES 12. Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)? NO 13. Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters. Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts? NO 14. Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe? NO 15. Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)? NO 16. Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game? NO A few final questions to really test the thinking….. 17. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest? FANTASTIC BEASTS 18. In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)? FOURTH 19. How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)? FOUR 20. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))? ROGUE ONE a. As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.) 34 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) This Template is the preferred way to answer the preseasons: (Another copy will be posted in the first post of the official predictions thread when it is up) 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) Rogue One 535M2) Moana 325M3) Fantastic Beasts 265M4) Doctor Strange 250M5) Lego Batman 215M 6) Sing 195M7) Passengers 175M8) La La Land 150M9) Office Christmas Party 145M10) Trolls 110M 11) Silence 105M12) Patriots Day 95M13) Arrival 89M14) Inferno 85M15) Assassins Creed 75M B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Rogue One 205M2) Fantastic Beasts 100M3) Doctor Strange 80M4) Moana 70M5) Lego Batman 65M 6) Office Christman Party 60M7) Sing 55M C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Rogue One 1.315B2) Moana 1.001B3) Fantastic Beasts 815M4) Doctor Strange 650M5) Lego Batman 615M 6) Sing 600M7) Great Wall 550M8) Passengers 500M9) Trolls 400M10) Inferno 350M D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2.814B Top 7 W/E) 635M Top 10 WW) 6.796B E: And the Winner Is…: 1) Moana2) La La Land3) Passengers4) Silence5) Arrival 6) Live By Night7) Jackie8) Fences F: Assassin's Greed: 1) China2) Russia3) UK4) Australia5) South Korea 6) Germany Pre-season Questions: A: 100M Patriot's Day B: 200M Sing C: 300M Moana D: 400M Moana E: 500M Rogue One Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k 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) Dr. Strange2) Fantastic Beasts 3) Moana 325M4) Assassin’s Creed Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:1) Rings 10.6M2) Ouija 23) Split4) Resident Evil Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 250M 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 700M 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 5) Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic? YEs Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 6) Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 7) Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise? NO Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day. Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)? YES ALSO DEADPOOL IS A ROMCOM Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13)Animated films have had a stellar year. But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m. Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition. Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)? NO Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%? NO Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here. Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok). Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart? International Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 27) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen 2) Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 3) Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog 4) Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2 2) Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man 3) Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake 4) Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 2) December 16th 3) December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 4) February 10th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) October 28th 2) December 2nd 3) January 13th 4) February 24th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions: 1. Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)? RO 2. Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? FB 3. Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? RO 4. Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)? RO 5. Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)? RO 6. Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)? RO 7. Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please) RO 8. Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please) RO Simple Yes/No Answers: 9. Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016? YES 10. Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)? NO 11. Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it? YES 12. Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)? YES 13. Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters. Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts? YES 14. Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe? YES 15. Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)? NO 16. Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game? YES A few final questions to really test the thinking….. 17. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest? Rogue One 18. In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)? 6 19. How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)? 4 20. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))? Rogue One a. As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.) 35 REMEMBER!!! USE THIS TEMPLATE AND RECEIVE 20,000 BONUS POINTS ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! Edited October 25, 2016 by Chewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 OK, Any posts made or edited after the time on this post, will be deemed as a late entry and thus exclude the player from scoring points in the Week 1 weekly questions. Everything else is fair game to everyone Thanks to all the entrants so far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) This Template is the preferred way to answer the preseasons: (Another copy will be posted in the first post of the official predictions thread when it is up) 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) Rogue One - 505 m 2) Sing - 300 m 3) Moana - 270 m 4) Dr Strange - 205 m 5) Fantastic Beasts - 180 m 6) Lego Batman - 145 m 7) Fifty Shades Darker - 125 m 8) The Arrival - 115 m 9) La La Land - 105 m 10) Passengers - 100 m 11) Assassin's Creed - 90 m 12) Trolls - 85 m 13) Dark Tower - 80 m 14) Inferno - 75 m 15) Office Christmas Party - 70 m B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Rogue One - 170 m 2) Fantastic Beasts - 85 m 3) Dr. Strange - 80 m 4) Lego Batman - 75 m 5) Fifty Shades Darker - 70 m 6) Sing - 65 m 7) Moana - 60 m C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Rogue One - 1,225 m 2) Sing - 875 m 3) Fantastic Beasts - 800 m 4) Moana - 675 m 5) Dr Strange - 610 m 6) Lego Batman - 450 m 7) Fifty Shades Darker - 425 m 8) Great Wall - 375 m 9) Inferno - 325 m 10) Assassin's Creed - 300 m D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2,535 m Top 7 W/E) 665 m Top 10 WW) 6,060 m E: And the Winner Is…: 1) Moana - 270 m 2) Arrival - 120 m 3) La La Land - 100 m 4) Fences - 60 m 5) Manchester by the Sea - 55 m 6) Jackie - 50 m 7) Silence - 40 m F: Assassin's Greed: 1) China 2) UK 3) Germany 4) France 5) Russia 6) Australia Pre-season Questions: A: 100M (Passengers) B: 200M (Dr. Strange) C: 300M (Sing) D: 400M (Sing) E: 500M (Rogue One) Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k 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) Dr. Strange 2) Fantastic Beasts 3) Moana 270 m 4) Assassin’s Creed Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:1) Rings 2) Ouija 2 3) Split 17.5 m 4) Resident Evil Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 250M 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 700M 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 5) Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic? YES Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 6) Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic? NO Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 7) Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise? NO Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day. Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13)Animated films have had a stellar year. But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m. Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition. Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)? NO Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%? YES Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here. Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok). Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart? INTERNATIONAL Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 27) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen 2) Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 3) Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog 4) Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2 2) Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man 3) Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake 4) Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 2) December 16th 3) December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 4) February 10th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) October 28th 2) December 2nd 3) January 13th 4) February 24th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions: 1. Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)? 2. Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? 3. Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? 4. Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)? 5. Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)? 6. Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)? 7. Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please) 8. Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please) Simple Yes/No Answers: 9. Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016? YES 10. Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)? NO 11. Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it? YES 12. Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)? NO 13. Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters. Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts? NO 14. Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe? NO 15. Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)? NO 16. Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game? NO A few final questions to really test the thinking….. 17. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest? ROGUE ONE 18. In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)? 4th 19. How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)? 2 20. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))? Rogue One a. As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.) 16 REMEMBER!!! USE THIS TEMPLATE AND RECEIVE 20,000 BONUS POINTS ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! Edited October 28, 2016 by grey ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 4 hours ago, hayhay28 said: This undersells Fantastic Beasts to a delusional, blinded point. I don't see Fantastic Beasts failing or coming up short in all those categories given brand recognition, franchise BO history, and current marketing. Its performing much stronger than RO, and Potter films have out grossed Star Wars films before ok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 4 hours ago, hayhay28 said: This undersells Fantastic Beasts to a delusional, blinded point. I don't see Fantastic Beasts failing or coming up short in all those categories given brand recognition, franchise BO history, and current marketing. Its performing much stronger than RO, and Potter films have out grossed Star Wars films before Hi Dcasey! @CJohn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I'm formally editing my Preseason. @chasmmi, I'm not eligible for Week 1 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ-8 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Better late than never I say Finally got this done! This Template is the preferred way to answer the preseasons: (Another copy will be posted in the first post of the official predictions thread when it is up) 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) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 609.2m2) Moana - 315.1m3) Doctor Strange - 286.7m4) Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them - 274.1m5) Passengers - 150.6m 6) The LEGO Batman Movie 129.9m7) Fifty Shades Darker - 128.7m8) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - 126.2m9) Inferno - 124.5m10) Monster Trucks - 122.1m 11) The Founder - 118.7m12) Assassin's Creed - 100m13) Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - 98.5m14) Sing - 98m15) Arrival - 94.4m B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 171.3m2) Doctor Strange - 92.5m3) Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them - 88.4m4) Moana - 64.1m5) Fifty Shades Darker - 55.5m 6) The LEGO Batman Movie - 49.8m7) Monster Trucks - 42.5m C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 1,409.2m2) Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them - 1,124.1m3) Moana - 965.1m4) Doctor Strange - 886.7m5) Passengers - 600.6m 6) The Great Wall - 405.4m7) Monster Trucks - 386.1m8) Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - 368.5m9) The LEGO Batman Movie - 349.9m10) Assassin's Creed - 300m D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2,277m Top 7 W/E) 564m Top 10 WW) 6,800m E: And the Winner Is…: 1) Moana2) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk3) The Founder4) Sing5) Arrival 6) Hacksaw Ridge7) Fences F: Assassin's Greed: 1) China2) Russia3) France4) United Kingdom5) Australia 6) Germany Pre-season Questions: A: 100M Assassin's Creed B: 200M Passengers C: 300M Doctor Strange D: 400M Moana E: 500M Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k 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) Dr. Strange2) Fantastic Beasts 3) Moana (highest total) = 315m4) Assassin’s Creed Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically:1) Rings2) Ouija 23) Split (Lowest Total) = 33m4) Resident Evil Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 250M 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 700M 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 5) Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic? YES Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 6) Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic? NO Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 7) Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day. Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)? YES Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13)Animated films have had a stellar year. But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m. Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition. Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)? YES Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%? YES Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here. Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok). Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart? INTERNATIONAL Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 27) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen (HIGHEST) 2) Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 3) Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog 4) Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2 2) Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man 3) Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake (LOWEST) 4) Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 2) December 16th (HIGHEST) 3) December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 4) February 10th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) October 28th 2) December 2nd (LOWEST) 3) January 13th 4) February 24th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions: 1. Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)? HIGHER 2. Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? HIGHER 3. Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? LOWER 4. Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)? LOWER 5. Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)? HIGHER 6. Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)? HIGHER 7. Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please) HIGHER 8. Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please) LOWER Simple Yes/No Answers: 9. Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016? NO 10. Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)? NO 11. Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it? YES 12. Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)? NO 13. Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters. Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts? NO 14. Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe? NO 15. Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)? NO 16. Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game? NO A few final questions to really test the thinking….. 17. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest? ROGUE ONE 18. In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)? 5 19. How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)? 5 CHARACTERS 20. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))? ROGUE ONE a. As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.) 30 REMEMBER!!! USE THIS TEMPLATE AND RECEIVE 20,000 BONUS POINTS ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exxdee Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) A: Domestic top 15: 1) Rogue One - 574m 2) Moana - 300m 3) Sing - 252m 4) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 245m 5) The LEGO Batman Movie - 222m 6) Doctor Strange - 190m 7) Passengers - 133m 8) Trolls - 111m 9) La La Land - 108m 10) Arrival - 86m 11) Live By Night - 83m 12) A Dog’s Purpose - 78m 13) Fifty Shades Darker - 74m 14) Why Him? - 72m 15) Boo! A Madea Halloween - 70m Just out: Split, Office Christmas Party, Dark Tower, Billy Lynn, Patriots Day, Inferno, Assassin's Creed B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Rogue One - 160m 2) The LEGO Batman Movie - 101m 3) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 94m 4) Moana - 80m 5) Doctor Strange - 70m 6) Sing - 54m 7) Fifty Shades Darker - 43m C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Rogue One - 1.2B 2) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 853m 3) Moana - 713m 4) Sing - 613m 5) Doctor Strange - 533M 6) Passengers - 400m 7) The LEGO Batman Movie - 313M 8) Trolls - 303m 9) Inferno - 287m 10) Fifty Shades Darker - 263m D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2.3B Top 7 W/E) 590M Top 10 WW) 5.4B E: And the Winner Is…: 1) Moana 2) La La Land (x2) 3) Silence 4) Fences (x2) 5) Manchester by the Sea (x2) 6) Moonlight (x2) 7) Jackie F: Assassin's Greed: 1) China 2) Russia 3) United Kingdom 4) France 5) Germany 6) Australia Pre-season Questions: A: 100M La La Land B: 200M Doctor Strange C: 300M Moana D: 400M Moana E: 500M Rogue One Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k 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) Dr. Strange 2) Fantastic Beasts 3) Moana - 295m 4) Assassin’s Creed Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically: 1) Rings 28m 2) Ouija 2 3) Split 4) Resident Evil Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 250M 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 700M 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 5) Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic? Yes Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 6) Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic? NO Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 7) Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)? YES, with LEGOs Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise? NO Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day. Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)? NO (Batman to the rescue) Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game? NO (La La Land limited counts? Then YES) Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13)Animated films have had a stellar year. But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game? NO Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4? YES (50 Shades) Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens? YES Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m. Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition. Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars? YES (La La Land and some tech winner) Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game? YES Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)? NO Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)? NO Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%? YES Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here. Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok). Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart? Domestic Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 27) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen 2) Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 3) Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog 4) Dr. Strange, Assassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game? ABSTAIN 1) Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2 2) Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man 3) Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake 4) Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 2) December 16th 3) December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 4) February 10th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) October 28th 2) December 2nd 3) January 13th 4) March 24th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions: Higher or Lower Questions (well this wasn’t just a Potter vs Star Wars Universe set of questions for nothing!) Simply put down “Higher” OR “Lower” – if you fail to use put Higher or Lower and put say Yes or No for these you will be marked INCORRECT. e.g. for question 1. if you pick “Higher”, then your answer is Rogue One’s theatre Count is higher than Fantastic Beast theatre count on opening weekend. IF SOMEHOW (VERY UNLIKELY) WE A QUESTION WHICH IS EQUAL THEN EVERYONE WILL GET THE QUESTION CORRECT. 1. Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)? Higher 2. Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? Lower 3. Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? Lower 4. Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)? Higher (Rogue One has the softer drop) 5. Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)? Higher 6. Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)? Lower (Rogue One grosses more) 7. Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please) Lower (Rogue One grosses more) 8. Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please) Lower Simple Yes/No Answers: 9. Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016? NO (CA3 higher) 10. Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)? NO 11. Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it? YES 12. Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)? NO 13. Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters. Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts? NO (The Edge of Seventeen) 14. Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe? NO 15. Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)? NO (needs 100m+) 16. Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game? NO A few final questions to really test the thinking….. 17. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest? Rogue One 18. In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)? 6 19. How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)? 4 20. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))? Rogue One a. As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.) 76 Edited October 28, 2016 by Exxdee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) 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) Rogue One - $592m 2) Moana - $265m 3) Fantastic Beasts - $264m 4) The LEGO Batman Movie - $250m 5) Sing - $238m 6) Passengers - $216m 7) Doctor Strange - $195m 8) Arrival - $155m 9) La La Land - $139m 10) Hacksaw Ridge - $116m 11) Trolls - $107m 12) Fifty Shades Darker - $103m 13) Fences - $93m 14) Allied - $92m 15) Office Christmas Party - $91m B: Top 7 Domestic OW: 1) Rogue One - $154.5m 2) The LEGO Batman Movie - $111m 3) Fantastic Beasts - $92.5m 4) Doctor Strange - $67.2m 5) Moana - $67.1m 6) Fifty Shades Darker - $52.2m 7) Arrival - $45.3m C: Worldwide top 10: 1) Rogue One - $1.3b 2) Fantastic Beasts - $795m 3) Moana - $676m 4) Doctor Strange - $562m 5) Passengers - $490m 6) Sing - $475m 7) The LEGO Batman Movie - $376m 8) Arrival - $352m 9) Fifty Shades Darker - $339m 10) The Great Wall - $300m D: Total Grosses: Top 15 Dom) 2.929 billion Top 7 W/E) 590m Top 10 WW) 5.660 billion E: And the Winner Is…: 1) La La Land (x2) 2) Moana 3) Fences (x2) 4) Arrival 5) Hacksaw Ridge 6) Manchester By The Sea (x2) 7) Moonlight (x2) F: Assassin's Greed: 1) China 2) UK 3) Germany 4) France 5) Russia 6) South Korea Pre-season Questions: A: 100M Fifty Shades Darker B: 200M Doctor Strange C: 300M Moana D: 400M Moana E: 500M Rogue One Each correctly predicted film scores you 15,000 points, get all five correct and receive 25,000 bonus points for 100k 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) Dr. Strange 2) Fantastic Beasts 3) Moana 265m 4) Assassin’s Creed Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 20M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 10M and receive 23,000 points bonus. 2) Tell me which of these will be the lowest grossing film of the winter domestically: 1) Rings 34m 2) Ouija 2 3) Split 4) Resident Evil Answer correctly: 12,000 points Answer incorrectly: -5,000 points State that you abstain: 2,000 points Correctly predict the films gross to within 10M and receive a 13,000 point bonus, Predict to within 5M and receive 23,000 points bonus 3) Will at least 3 films make more than 250M 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 700M 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 5) Will at least 3 films make more than 80M OW domestic? Yes Answer correctly: 15,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 10,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 6) Will any film with a title containing any of the words Christmas, Santa or Halloween make more than $75M domestic? Yes Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 7) Will at least 3 of the top 5 domestic films of the winter be non-sequels set in existing film universes (e.g Marvel, Potter and Star Wars)? Yes Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 12,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 8) Will any film from the Ouija, Friday 13th, Ring, Underworld or Resident Evil franchise become the highest grossing film in its respective franchise? No Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 9) Typically on Valentine’s Day (excluding 2016 thanks to Deadpool….) a Romance, Romantic Comedy or Drama has lead chart on Valentine’s Day. Will a Romance, Romantic Comedy or a Drama (as per BOM) be the #1 film on 14th February 2017 (Valentine’s Day)? Yes Answer correctly: 20,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 4,000 points 10) Will any film have an Opening weekend below $10M for have a final gross above $125M by the end of the game? Yes Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 11) Will the Great Wall make over $100M in China? Yes Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 15,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 12) Will any film not owned by the greater Disney conglomerate make more than $800M Worldwide? No Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 13)Animated films have had a stellar year. But can it continue… Will an animated film land (domestic gross) in the top 3 films for the game? Yes Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 14)Will Paramount have 3 or more films in the Domestic top 15 list by the end of the game? Yes Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 15)Will any film in the top 15 Domestic have a multiplier below 2.4? Yes Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 16) Will Fifty Shades Darker’s drop from its predecessor be higher than Rogue One’s drop from Force Awakens? Yes Answer correctly: 25,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 20,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 17)Thor 2 opened on the same Weekend back in 2011 to 85m. Will Dr. Strange’s opening weekend be larger than Thor (85.1m)? No Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 18)Similar to Tangled, Moana faces a Potter Universe film in its second weekend amongst other competition. Can Moana do what neither Tangled or for that matter, Frozen managed on opening weekend and open to the top spot over thanksgiving (3 day results)? Yes Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 19) Will the same film finish top of both the domestic and Worldwide gross charts? Yes Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 20) Will any film on the Worldwide top 10 list fail to make the domestic top 15? Yes Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 21)Will at least 2 films in the top 15 win Oscars? Yes Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 22)Will Universal have the second highest grossing animated movie domestically of the Winter Game? No Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 23) Will XXX gross more domestically than Riddick ($42M)? No Answer correctly: 30,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 24) Will films starring the cast from Xmen Apocalypse combine to gross more than $275M domestic (Cameos not included)? Yes Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 25) Will any of the top 5 grossing horror films have a second weekend drop below 52.5%? Yes Answer correctly: 35,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 26)We don’t have a worldwide weekend chart this game, however, I thought it would be fun to have a question here. Take the top 5 Domestic Weekends and top 5 international weekends (remember a film can only appear once on each list) and merge the charts into a single chart (this may mean we have a domestic weekend and international weekend for a movie which is ok). Which Chart (Domestic or International Weekends) has more in the top 5 films of the combined chart? Domestic Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 27) Which combination of films will gross the most amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Rogue One, Hacksaw Ridge, Dark Tower, Edge of Seventeen 2) Fantastic Beasts, Arrival, Why Him?, John Wick 2 3) Moana, Sing, Trolls. Rock Dog 4) Dr. Strange, Asassin’s Creed, Inferno, Allied Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 28)Which combination of films will gross the least amount of money domestically during the game? 1) Boo! Madea Halloween, Almost Christmas, Office Christmas, Bad Santa 2 2) Ouija 2, Rings, Underworld, Bye Bye Man 3) Jack Reacher 2, Shut In, Space Between Us, The Lake4) Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk, Lion, The Founder, Sleepless Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 25,000 points State that you abstain: 6,000 points 29)Which of the following release dates will have the highest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) November 25th (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still) 2) December 16th 3) December 23rd (Wednesday releases only count the 3day totals still)4) February 10th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points 30) Which of the following release dates will have the lowest combined 3 day weekend gross for new releases on that date? * 1) October 28th2) December 2nd 3) January 13th 4) February 24th Answer correctly: 40,000 points Answer incorrectly: lose 30,000 points State that you abstain: 5,000 points And Finally… The Jajang Jajang something something questions: 1. Rogue One’s Theatre Count (Opening Weekend) vs Fantastic Beasts Theatre Count (Opening Weekend)? Lower 2. Rogue One’s Opening Day vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? Lower 3. Rogue One’s Second Weekend vs Fantastic Beasts Opening Weekend? Lower 4. Rogue One’s Second Weekend Drop (%) vs Fantastic Beasts Second Weekend Drop (%)? Higher 5. Rogue One’s first 10 days Gross vs Fantastic Beasts Gross (Total for Game)? Lower 6. Fantastic Beasts highest International Weekend (excludes domestic) vs Rogue One highest International Weekend (excludes domestic)? Lower 7. Fantastic Beasts UK Total vs Rogue One’s UK Total? (in USD please) Lower 8. Fantastic Beasts Australian Total vs Rogue One’s Australian Total? (in USD please) Lower Simple Yes/No Answers: 9. Will Rogue One’s opening weekend be the biggest of 2016? No 10. Will Rogue One make enough (Gross Total) to pass the 3rd biggest film Domestically of ALL TIME (unadjusted)? No 11. Will Rogue One be the biggest film of the Star Wars Universe that still has Anakin Skywalker alive in it? Yes 12. Will both Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts both make the top 10 films of 2016 (ALL 2016 films as per BOM)? No 13. Both the Rogue One Weekend and Fantastic Beasts Weekend have other films opening on the same weekend as these blockbusters. Will the Rogue One Weekend have the highest opening weekend that isn’t Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts? No 14. Will Fantastic Beasts become the lowest opening weekend for a film in the Harry Potter Universe? No 15. Will Fantastic Beasts open amongst the top 8 films of 2016 (including all films to date and any remaining films in 2016)? No 16. Will Rogue One still be in the top 10 on the final weekend of the Game? No A few final questions to really test the thinking….. 17. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will hold onto the # 1 Daily Rank for the longest? RO 18. In What position will Fantastic Beasts be in (in the Weekend Chart), the weekend Rogue One opens (you have a cushion of 1 position)? 6 19. How many characters will appear in Rogue One that are considered to be main characters or were introduced in the main Franchise films (I will give you a cushion of 1 character)? 3 20. Which film (Rogue One or Fantastic Beasts) will have more # 1 films in various countries around the world (including Domestic) (this is as reported by BOM (Domestic and International))? RO a. As a bonus tell me how many countries have your selected film as number 1 (there is no cushion and if you get it wrong you don’t lose anything as it is a bonus). (also you must get Q20 correct to be able receive a score for part a.) Edited October 28, 2016 by Jake Gittes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Just noting that I've edited my answers and thus no longer get Week 1 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...