Summer Game Preseason Prediction Thread - Please post your predictions here

chasmmi · March 15, 2017

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B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

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C: Worldwide top 10:

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E: No More Heroes:

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F: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom)

Top 7 W/E)

Top 10 WW)

RFQ1: 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

E: 500M

RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game:

A: $1.5B

B: $1B

C: 800M

D: 600M

E: 400M

RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month:

A: April (28th releases only)

B: May

C: June

D: July

E: August

CHASMMI’s 15

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

1) King Arthur
2) Alien Covenant
3) The Mummy
4) Dunkirk

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

1) Snatched
2) The House
3) Annabelle 2
4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Something Something Blah Blah Blah

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

4) Will at least 3 films make more than $1.1B worldwide?

5) Will at least 3 films make more than 120M OW domestic?

6) Would at least 4 of the March 2017 releases have made it into the Domestic top 15 for the summer game if their runs had been eligible (So if I made a combined top 10 list of the summer Game releases and the March releases, would 4 or more be from March?)

7) Will at least 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to be the highest grossing in their franchise domestic (A film must make at least $20M to qualify)?

8) Will at 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to drop more than 60% domestically from its previous franchise installment? (For this question purpose: Spiderman Homecoming is following ASM2, Despicable Me follows Minions, Wonder Woman follows Suicide Squad, Annabelle 2 follows Conjuring 2, I can’t think of any more that aren’t obvious right now)

9) Will any film in the top 15 have a multiplier below 2.3?

10)Will Sci-Fi films (anything that BOM lists as Sci-fi or XXX/Sci-fi [so that means GOTG2 for example is not Sci-fi for this question) combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game?

11) Will the domestic top 8 make more than $1B combined in China?

12) Will at least three out of Luc Besson, Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott and Edgar Wright have their highest grossing film not involving Batman or Transformers this summer (obviously with Michael Bay I mean will his 5^thTransformers film outgross every non-transformers film he has done?)

13) Will Warner Bros have exactly 3 films in the top 15 domestic this summer?

14) Will a film finish in the top 10 WW, but fail to make the top 15 domestic?

15) Will any film spend 3 weeks at number one domestic this summer?

JJ8's 14

Q1) Comic Book Adaptions Domestic vs International Grosses (4 films, 8 grosses - positions only) (5k Correct, -3k incorrect)

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Q2) Will Wonder Woman be the #1 opening weekend of the comic book adaptions this summer (Domestically)?

Q3) The current top 6 "All Time May Open Weekends" (Domestically) occurred on the 1st weekend of the month (in the respective year). In what position will Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2 open in (in the top 6)? (If you don't think it will open in the top 6 then put 7th - remember 6th is Iron Man 2 @ 128m)?

Q4) Will Wonder Woman collapse in it's second weekend with a greater than 60% drop like the 2 previous DC Extended Universe Films (Domestic)?

Q5) Will the total of all the Marvel films make more than double the DC films this summer (Domestic only)?

Q6) Will Valerian's final total (domestic gross) be less than all of the opening weekends of the other 3 films (Domestic)?

Q7) Will the total gross of ALL Comic Book adaptions this summer make less than 850m (Domestic)?

Q8) Will any of the Comic Book Adaptions make 200m or more internationally than the domestic gross?

Q9) Will a Comic Book Adaption make more than 1 billion worldwide this summer?

Q10) Will a Comic Book Adaption be the #1 film overall (and it must be released during the game) in ANY of the following markets

- United Kingdom, Australia, or China (only 1 is needed) ?

Q11) Will at least 3 weekends during the summer be led by an animated film (Domestic only)?

Q12) Will less than 4 animated films make the top 15 films this summer domestically?

Q13) Both Pirates & Transformers are up to the 5th Film. the 4th film in both Franchises made more than 1 billion worldwide. Can the 5th film in both franchises repeat this performance?

Q14) Will a film released domestically make more in an International Market (must be a single market such as China, United Kindom, etc) this summer (Both markets must release during the game and be elegible for the top 15 domestic - ie. as per the list of films Chasmmi has posted) ?

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chasmmi · March 15, 2017

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A: Domestic top 15:

1) Guardians of the galaxy $425M
2) Wonder Woman $315M
3) Despicable Me 3 $307M
4) Spiderman Homecoming $288M
5) Transformers: The Last Knight $245M

6) War for the Planet of the Apes $237M
7) Cars 3 $215M
8) Pirates 5 $178M
9) Baywatch $165M
10) The Mummy $153M

11) Alien Covenant $146M
12) Captain Underpants $132M
13) Dunkirk $128M
14) Emoji Movie $117M
15) Snatched $104M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Guardians 2 $172M
2) Wonder Woman $125M
3) Spiderman $107M
4) Transformers $88M
5) Despicable Me $74.5M

6) War for the Planet of the Apes $68.5M
7) Pirates $64M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Guardians $1.07B
2) Transformers $912M
3) Wonder Woman $885M
4) Despicable Me $845M
5) Spiderman $837M

6) Cars 3 $775M
7) War for Planet of apes $725M
8) Pirates 5 $705M
9) Mummy $560M
10) Dunkirk $432M

D: China:

1) Transformers $155M
2) Spiderman $125M
3) Guardians $120M
4) Wonder Woman $105m
5) Mummy $95M

6) Pirates $90
7) Apes $87

E: No More Heroes:

South Korea Dunkirk

Russia Transformers

Brazil Transformers

Mexico Transformers

Australia Despicable Me 3

Italy Despicable Me 3

F: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) $3.19B

Top 7 W/E) $675M

Top 10 WW) $7.35M

RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Snatched

B: 200M Cars

C: 300M Spiderman

D: 400M Guardians

E: 500M Guardians

RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game:

A: $1.5B Guardians

B: $1B Transformers

C: 800M Spiderman

D: 600M Mummy

E: 400M Dunkirk

RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month:

A: April (28th releases only) Circle

B: May Guardians

C: June Wonder Woman

D: July Spiderman

E: August Hitman's Bodyguard

CHASMMI’s 15

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

1) King Arthur
2) Alien Covenant
3) The Mummy
4) Dunkirk

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

1) Snatched
2) The House
3) Annabelle 2
4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Something Something Blah Blah Blah

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

YES

4) Will at least 3 films make more than $1.1B worldwide?

NO

5) Will at least 3 films make more than 120M OW domestic?

NO

6) Would at least 4 of the March 2017 releases have made it into the Domestic top 15 for the summer game if their runs had been eligible (So if I made a combined top 10 list of the summer Game releases and the March releases, would 4 or more be from March?)

YES

7) Will at least 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to be the highest grossing in their franchise domestic (A film must make at least $20M to qualify)?

ABSTAIN

8) Will at 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to drop more than 60% domestically from its previous franchise installment? (For this question purpose: Spiderman Homecoming is following ASM2, Despicable Me follows Minions, Wonder Woman follows Suicide Squad, Annabelle 2 follows Conjuring 2, I can’t think of any more that aren’t obvious right now)

ABSTAIN

9) Will any film in the top 15 have a multiplier below 2.3?

YES

10)Will Sci-Fi films (anything that BOM lists as Sci-fi or XXX/Sci-fi [so that means GOTG2 for example is not Sci-fi for this question) combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game?

NO

11) Will the domestic top 8 make more than $1B combined in China?

YES

12) Will at least three out of Luc Besson, Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott and Edgar Wright have their highest grossing film not involving Batman or Transformers this summer (obviously with Michael Bay I mean will his 5^thTransformers film outgross every non-transformers film he has done?)

NO

13) Will Warner Bros have exactly 3 films in the top 15 domestic this summer?

YES

14) Will a film finish in the top 10 WW, but fail to make the top 15 domestic?

NO

15) Will any film spend 3 weeks at number one domestic this summer?

YES

JJ8's 14

Q1) Comic Book Adaptions Domestic vs International Grosses (4 films, 8 grosses - positions only) (5k Correct, -3k incorrect)

1) GUARDIANS INT

2) SPIDERMAN INT

3) WONDER INT

4) GUARDIANS DOM

5) WONDER DOM

6) SPIDERMAN DOM

7) VALERIAN INT

8) VALERIAN DOM

Q2) Will Wonder Woman be the #1 opening weekend of the comic book adaptions this summer (Domestically)? NO

Q3) The current top 6 "All Time May Open Weekends" (Domestically) occurred on the 1st weekend of the month (in the respective year). In what position will Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2 open in (in the top 6)? (If you don't think it will open in the top 6 then put 7th - remember 6th is Iron Man 2 @ 128m)? 5TH

Q4) Will Wonder Woman collapse in it's second weekend with a greater than 60% drop like the 2 previous DC Extended Universe Films (Domestic)? YES

Q5) Will the total of all the Marvel films make more than double the DC films this summer (Domestic only)? YES

Q6) Will Valerian's final total (domestic gross) be less than all of the opening weekends of the other 3 films (Domestic)? YES

Q7) Will the total gross of ALL Comic Book adaptions this summer make less than 850m (Domestic)? NO

Q8) Will any of the Comic Book Adaptions make 200m or more internationally than the domestic gross? YES

Q9) Will a Comic Book Adaption make more than 1 billion worldwide this summer? YES

Q10) Will a Comic Book Adaption be the #1 film overall (and it must be released during the game) in ANY of the following markets

- United Kingdom, Australia, or China (only 1 is needed) ? YES

Q11) Will at least 3 weekends during the summer be led by an animated film (Domestic only)? YES

Q12) Will less than 4 animated films make the top 15 films this summer domestically? YES

Q13) Both Pirates & Transformers are up to the 5th Film. the 4th film in both Franchises made more than 1 billion worldwide. Can the 5th film in both franchises repeat this performance?NO

Q14) Will a film released domestically make more in an International Market (must be a single market such as China, United Kindom, etc) this summer (Both markets must release during the game and be elegible for the top 15 domestic - ie. as per the list of films Chasmmi has posted) ? YES

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WrathOfHan · March 15, 2017

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A: Domestic top 15:

1) Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2: 350M
2) Spider-Man: Homecoming: 340M
3) Despicable Me 3: 320M
4) Wonder Woman: 280M

5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: 260M

6) Dunkirk: 230M
7) The Mummy: 220M

8) Cars 3: 210M
9) War For the Planet of the Apes: 170M
10) Alien Covenant: 160M

11) Transformers: The Last Knight: 150M
12) Baywatch: 135M
13) Captain Underpants: 125M
14) The House: 80M
15) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: 75M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2: 140M
2) Spider-Man: Homecoming: 130M
3) Despicable Me 3: 105M
4) Wonder Woman: 100M
5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: 90M

6) The Mummy: 70M
7) War For the Planet of the Apes: 65M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Despicable Me 3: 1.05B
2) Spider-Man: Homecoming: 1B

3) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: 950M
4) Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2: 900M
5) Transformers: The Last Knight: 900M

6) Wonder Woman: 850M

7) War For the Planet of the Apes: 750M
8) The Mummy: 650M
9) Cars 3: 600M
10) Dunkirk: 580M

D: China:

1) Transformers: The Last Knight: 350M
2) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: 300M
3) Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2: 220M
4) Spider-Man: Homecoming: 200M
5) The Mummy: 150M

6) Dunkirk: 100M
7) Wonder Woman: 90M

E: No More Heroes:

South Korea Despicable Me 3

Russia Despicable Me 3

Brazil Despicable Me 3

Mexico Despicable Me 3

Australia Despicable Me 3

Italy Despicable Me 3

F: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 2.88B

Top 7 W/E) 800M

Top 10 WW) 8.23B

RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M The House

B: 200M Cars 3

C: 300M Wonder Woman

D: 400M Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2

E: 500M Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2

RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game:

A: $1.5B Despicable Me 3

B: $1B Spider-Man: Homecoming

C: 800M Wonder Woman

D: 600M Cars 3

E: 400M Alien: Covenant

RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month:

A: April (28th releases only) How to be a Latin Lover

B: May Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2

C: June Despicable Me 3

D: July Spider-Man: Homecoming

E: August Detroit

CHASMMI’s 15

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

1) King Arthur
2) Alien Covenant
3) The Mummy
4) Dunkirk

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

1) Snatched
2) The House
3) Annabelle 2
4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Something Something Blah Blah Blah

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

4) Will at least 3 films make more than $1.1B worldwide? No

5) Will at least 3 films make more than 120M OW domestic? Abstain

6) Would at least 4 of the March 2017 releases have made it into the Domestic top 15 for the summer game if their runs had been eligible (So if I made a combined top 10 list of the summer Game releases and the March releases, would 4 or more be from March?) Yes

7) Will at least 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to be the highest grossing in their franchise domestic (A film must make at least $20M to qualify)? Yes

8) Will at 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to drop more than 60% domestically from its previous franchise installment? (For this question purpose: Spiderman Homecoming is following ASM2, Despicable Me follows Minions, Wonder Woman follows Suicide Squad, Annabelle 2 follows Conjuring 2, I can’t think of any more that aren’t obvious right now) Abstain

9) Will any film in the top 15 have a multiplier below 2.3? No

10)Will Sci-Fi films (anything that BOM lists as Sci-fi or XXX/Sci-fi [so that means GOTG2 for example is not Sci-fi for this question) combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game? No

11) Will the domestic top 8 make more than $1B combined in China? Yes

12) Will at least three out of Luc Besson, Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott and Edgar Wright have their highest grossing film not involving Batman or Transformers this summer (obviously with Michael Bay I mean will his 5^thTransformers film outgross every non-transformers film he has done?) No

13) Will Warner Bros have exactly 3 films in the top 15 domestic this summer? Abstain

14) Will a film finish in the top 10 WW, but fail to make the top 15 domestic? No

15) Will any film spend 3 weeks at number one domestic this summer? Abstain

JAJANGS 15

Q1) Comic Book Adaptions Domestic vs International Grosses (4 films, 8 grosses - positions only) (5k Correct, -3k incorrect)

1) Spider-Man: Homecoming International

2) Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2 International

3) Wonder Woman International

4) Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2 Domestic

5) Spider-Man: Homecoming Domestic

6) Wonder Woman Domestic

7) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets International

8) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Domestic

Q2) Will Wonder Woman be the #1 opening weekend of the comic book adaptions this summer (Domestically)? No

Q3) The current top 6 "All Time May Open Weekends" (Domestically) occurred on the 1st weekend of the month (in the respective year). In what position will Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2 open in (in the top 6)? (If you don't think it will open in the top 6 then put 7th - remember 6th is Iron Man 2 @ 128m)? 6th

Q4) Will Wonder Woman collapse in it's second weekend with a greater than 60% drop like the 2 previous DC Extended Universe Films (Domestic)? Yes

Q5) Will the total of all the Marvel films make more than double the DC films this summer (Domestic only)? Yes

Q6) Will Valerian's final total (domestic gross) be less than all of the opening weekends of the other 3 films (Domestic)? Yes

Q7) Will the total gross of ALL Comic Book adaptions this summer make less than 850m (Domestic)? Yes

Q8) Will any of the Comic Book Adaptions make 200m or more internationally than the domestic gross? Yes

Q9) Will a Comic Book Adaption make more than 1 billion worldwide this summer? Yes

Q10) Will a Comic Book Adaption be the #1 film overall (and it must be released during the game) in ANY of the following markets

- United Kingdom, Australia, or China (only 1 is needed) ? Yes

Q11) Will at least 3 weekends during the summer be led by an animated film (Domestic only)? No

Q12) Will less than 4 animated films make the top 15 films this summer domestically? Yes

Q13) Both Pirates & Transformers are up to the 5th Film. the 4th film in both Franchises made more than 1 billion worldwide. Can the 5th film in both franchises repeat this performance? No

Q14) Will a film released domestically make more in an International Market (must be a single market such as China, United Kindom, etc) this summer (Both markets must release during the game and be elegible for the top 15 domestic - ie. as per the list of films Chasmmi has posted) ? Yes

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Edited May 4, 2017 by WrathOfHan

The Panda · March 15, 2017

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A: Domestic top 15:

1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 400m
2) Wonder Woman - 315m

3) Despicable Me 3 - 285m
4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 250m
5) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 231.2m

6) Dunkirk - 227.8m
7) Cars 3 - 202m
8) War of the Planet of the Apes - 170m
9) Transformers: The Last Knight - 165m
10) Baywatch - 144.2m

11) The Mummy - 128.3m
12) The House - 114.8m
13) Captain Underpants - 112m

14) Alien: Covenant - 110.4m
15) Snatched - 85.4m

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 150m
2) Wonder Woman - 135m
3) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 105m

4) Despicable Me 3 - 95m
5) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 90m

6) Transformers: The Last Knight - 70m
7) Dunkirk - 67m

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Despicable Me 3 - 1.038B
2) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 1.026B
3) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 1.008B
4) Transformers: The Last Knight - 968m
5) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 822.4m

6) Wonder Woman - 727.6m
7) Cars 3 - 629.7m
8) War of the Planet of the Apes - 619.7m
9) Dunkirk - 577.9m
10) The Mummy - 433m

D: China:

1) Transformers: The Last Knight - 280m
2) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 170m
3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 -145m
4) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 120m
5) War of the Planet of the Apes - 115m

6) Cars 3 - 90m
7) Wonder Woman - 80m

E: No More Heroes:

South Korea - Transformers: The Last Knight

Russia - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Brazil - Despicable Me 3

Mexico - Despicable Me 3

Australia - Despicable Me 3

Italy - Despicable Me 3

F: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 2751.2m

Top 7 W/E) 707m

Top 10 WW) 7850.3m

RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M The House

B: 200M Cars 3

C: 300M Despicable Me 3

D: 400M Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

E: 500M Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game:

A: $1.5B Despicable Me 3

B: $1B Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

C: 800M Spider-Man: Homecoming

D: 600M War of the Planet of the Apes

E: 400M The Mummy

RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month:

A: April (28th releases only) The Circle

B: May Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

C: June Wonder Woman

D: July Spider-Man Homecoming

E: August The Dark Tower

CHASMMI’s 15

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

1) King Arthur
2) Alien Covenant
3) The Mummy
4) Dunkirk

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

1) Snatched
2) The House
3) Annabelle 2
4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Something Something Blah Blah Blah

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

4) Will at least 3 films make more than $1.1B worldwide? No

5) Will at least 3 films make more than 120M OW domestic? No

6) Would at least 4 of the March 2017 releases have made it into the Domestic top 15 for the summer game if their runs had been eligible (So if I made a combined top 10 list of the summer Game releases and the March releases, would 4 or more be from March?) YES

7) Will at least 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to be the highest grossing in their franchise domestic (A film must make at least $20M to qualify)? NO

8) Will at 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to drop more than 60% domestically from its previous franchise installment? (For this question purpose: Spiderman Homecoming is following ASM2, Despicable Me follows Minions, Wonder Woman follows Suicide Squad, Annabelle 2 follows Conjuring 2, I can’t think of any more that aren’t obvious right now) No

9) Will any film in the top 15 have a multiplier below 2.3? No

10)Will Sci-Fi films (anything that BOM lists as Sci-fi or XXX/Sci-fi [so that means GOTG2 for example is not Sci-fi for this question) combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game? No

11) Will the domestic top 8 make more than $1B combined in China? Yes

12) Will at least three out of Luc Besson, Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott and Edgar Wright have their highest grossing film not involving Batman or Transformers this summer (obviously with Michael Bay I mean will his 5^thTransformers film outgross every non-transformers film he has done?) No

13) Will Warner Bros have exactly 3 films in the top 15 domestic this summer? Yes

14) Will a film finish in the top 10 WW, but fail to make the top 15 domestic? No

15) Will any film spend 3 weeks at number one domestic this summer? No

JAJANGS 15

Q1) Comic Book Adaptions Domestic vs International Grosses (4 films, 8 grosses - positions only) (5k Correct, -3k incorrect)

1) Spider-Man: Homecoming International

2) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 International

3) Wonder Woman International

4) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Domestic

5) Wonder Woman Domestic

6) Spider-Man Homecoming Domestic

7) Valerian City of a Thousand Planets International

8) Valerian City of a Thousand Planets Domestic

Q2) Will Wonder Woman be the #1 opening weekend of the comic book adaptions this summer (Domestically)? NO

Q3) The current top 6 "All Time May Open Weekends" (Domestically) occurred on the 1st weekend of the month (in the respective year). In what position will Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2 open in (in the top 6)? (If you don't think it will open in the top 6 then put 7th - remember 6th is Iron Man 2 @ 128m)? 4th

Q4) Will Wonder Woman collapse in it's second weekend with a greater than 60% drop like the 2 previous DC Extended Universe Films (Domestic)? YES

Q5) Will the total of all the Marvel films make more than double the DC films this summer (Domestic only)? NO

Q6) Will Valerian's final total (domestic gross) be less than all of the opening weekends of the other 3 films (Domestic)? YES

Q7) Will the total gross of ALL Comic Book adaptions this summer make less than 850m (Domestic)? NO

Q8) Will any of the Comic Book Adaptions make 200m or more internationally than the domestic gross? YES

Q9) Will a Comic Book Adaption make more than 1 billion worldwide this summer? YES

Q10) Will a Comic Book Adaption be the #1 film overall (and it must be released during the game) in ANY of the following markets

- United Kingdom, Australia, or China (only 1 is needed) ? YES

Q11) Will at least 3 weekends during the summer be led by an animated film (Domestic only)? YES

Q12) Will less than 4 animated films make the top 15 films this summer domestically? YES

Q13) Both Pirates & Transformers are up to the 5th Film. the 4th film in both Franchises made more than 1 billion worldwide. Can the 5th film in both franchises repeat this performance? NO

Q14) Will a film released domestically make more in an International Market (must be a single market such as China, United Kindom, etc) this summer (Both markets must release during the game and be elegible for the top 15 domestic - ie. as per the list of films Chasmmi has posted) ? YES

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Edited April 28, 2017 by The Panda

That One Girl · March 15, 2017

A: Domestic top 15:

1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 400M
2) Spider-Man Homecoming - 335M
3) Despicable Me 3 - 320M
4) Wonder Woman - 300M
5) The Mummy - 230M

6) Dunkirk - 215M
7) War for the Planet of the Apes - 210M
8) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 205M
9) Cars 3 - 195M
10) Transformers: The Last Knight - 190M

11) Baywatch - 150M

12) The House - 145M
13) Captain Underpants - 125M
14) Alien: Covnenat - 120M
15) Valerian - 115M

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 160M
2) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 130M
3) Wonder Woman - 120M
4) The Mummy - 95M
5) Despicable Me 3 - 94M

6) War for the Planet of the Apes - 85M
7) Transformers: The Last Knight - 82M

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 1.15B
2) Transformers: The Last Knight - 1.1B
3) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 990M
4) Despicable Me 3 - 970M
5) Spider-Man Homecoming - 830M

6) Wonder Woman - 770M
7) War for the Planet of the Apes - 710M
8) The Mummy - 690M
9) Cars 3 - 600M
10) Dunkirk - 550M

D: China:

1) Transformers: The Last Knight - 325M
2) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 120M
3) War for the Planet of the Apes - 115M
4) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 110M
5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 100M

6) Wonder Woman - 85M
7) The Mummy - 75M

E: No More Heroes:

South Korea - Transformers: The Last Knight

Russia - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Brazil - Despicable Me 3

Mexico - Despicable Me 3

Australia - Despicable Me 3

Italy - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

F: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 3.181B

Top 7 W/E) 761M

Top 10 WW) 8.36B

RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M - Baywatch

B: 200M - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

C: 300M - Wonder Woman

D: 400M - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

E: 500M - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game:

A: $1.5B - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

B: $1B - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

C: 800M - Spider-Man: Homecoming

D: 600M - Cars 3

E: 400M - Alien: Covenant

RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month:

A: April (28th releases only) - The Circle

B: May - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

C: June - Despicable Me 3

D: July - Spider-Man: Homecoming

E: August - Dark Tower

CHASMMI’s 15

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

1) King Arthur
2) Alien Covenant
3) The Mummy
4) Dunkirk

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

1) Snatched
2) The House
3) Annabelle 2
4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Something Something Blah Blah Blah

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

4) Will at least 3 films make more than $1.1B worldwide? No

5) Will at least 3 films make more than 120M OW domestic? Yes

6) Would at least 4 of the March 2017 releases have made it into the Domestic top 15 for the summer game if their runs had been eligible (So if I made a combined top 10 list of the summer Game releases and the March releases, would 4 or more be from March?). Yes

7) Will at least 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to be the highest grossing in their franchise domestic (A film must make at least $20M to qualify)? Yes

8) Will at 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to drop more than 60% domestically from its previous franchise installment? (For this question purpose: Spiderman Homecoming is following ASM2, Despicable Me follows Minions, Wonder Woman follows Suicide Squad, Annabelle 2 follows Conjuring 2, I can’t think of any more that aren’t obvious right now). No.

9) Will any film in the top 15 have a multiplier below 2.3? No.

10)Will Sci-Fi films (anything that BOM lists as Sci-fi or XXX/Sci-fi [so that means GOTG2 for example is not Sci-fi for this question) combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game? No.

11) Will the domestic top 8 make more than $1B combined in China? No.

12) Will at least three out of Luc Besson, Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott and Edgar Wright have their highest grossing film not involving Batman or Transformers this summer (obviously with Michael Bay I mean will his 5^thTransformers film outgross every non-transformers film he has done?). No.

13) Will Warner Bros have exactly 3 films in the top 15 domestic this summer? Yes.

14) Will a film finish in the top 10 WW, but fail to make the top 15 domestic? No.

15) Will any film spend 3 weeks at number one domestic this summer? No.

JAJANGS 15

1) Abstain

2) No

3) 5th

4) Yes

5) Yes

6) Yes

7) No

8) Yes

9) Yes

10) Yes

11) No

12) Yes

13) No

14) Yes

Edited April 18, 2017 by That One Guy

TylerDurden365 · March 15, 2017

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Exxdee · March 15, 2017

A: Domestic Top 15:

1 Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - 405M

2 Despicable Me 3 - 350M

3 Wonder Woman - 300M

4 Spiderman: Homecoming - 275M

5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 210M

7 War for the Planet of the Apes - 185M

7 Transformers: The Last Knight - 180M

8 Cars 3 - 165M

9 Dunkirk - 155M

10 The Mummy - 130M

11 Alien: Covenant - 110M

12 Captain Underpants - 105M

13 Baywatch - 100M

14 The House - 90M

15 Dark Tower - 85M

Baywatch, King Arthur

Cars 3, Alien: Covenant, Pirates 5, The Mummy, Captain Underpants, The House

Planet of the apes 3, Dunkirk, Dark Tower, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Emoji Movie, Annabelle 2

All Eyez on Me

B: Top 7 Weekend Openings

1 Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - 148M

2 Wonder Woman - 120M

3 Despicable Me 3 - 110M

4 Spider-Man: Homecoming - 105M

5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 80M

6 Transformers: The Last Knight - 75M

7 War for the Planet of the Apes - 68M

C: Top 10 Worldwide

1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 1.1B

2 Transformers: The Last Knight - 1.05B

3 Despicable Me 3 - 1B

4 Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - 880M

5 Spider-Man: Homecoming - 775M

6 Wonder Woman - 650M

7 War for the Planet of the Apes - 600M

8 Cars 3 - 500M

9 The Mummy - 475M

10 Dunkirk- 425M

D: China:

1) Transformers 5 - 400M

2) Pirates 5 - 190M

3) Guardians 2 - 160M

4) War For the Planet of the Apes - 150M

5) The Mummy - 130M

6) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 110M

7) Dunkirk - 105M

E: No More Heroes:

South Korea: Transformers 5

Russia: Pirates 5

Brazil: Despicable Me 3

Mexico: Despicable Me 3

Australia: Despicable Me 3

Italy: Despicable Me 3

F: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) 2.9B

Top 7 W/E) 713M

Top 10 WW) 7.43B

RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M Baywatch

B: 200M Pirates 5

C: 300M Wonder Woman

D: 400M Guardians of the Galaxy 2

E: 500M Guardians of the Galaxy 2

RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game:

A: $1.5B PoTC5

B: $1B Despicable Me 3

C: 800M Spider-Man: Homecoming

D: 600M War for the Planet of the Apes

E: 400M Dunkirk

RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month:

A: April (28th releases only) How to be a Latin Lover

B: May Guardians of the Galaxy 2

C: June Despicable Me 3

D: July Spider-Man: Homecoming

E: August Dark Tower

CHASMMI’s 15

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

1) King Arthur

2) Alien Covenant

3) The Mummy

4) Dunkirk

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

1) Snatched

2) The House

3) Annabelle 2

4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Something Something Blah Blah Blah

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

4) Will at least 3 films make more than $1.1B worldwide? ABSTAIN

5) Will at least 3 films make more than 120M OW domestic? ABSTAIN

6) Would at least 4 of the March 2017 releases have made it into the Domestic top 15 for the summer game if their runs had been eligible (So if I made a combined top 10 list of the summer Game releases and the March releases, would 4 or more be from March?) YES (Logan, Kong, Beast and Baby)

7) Will at least 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to be the highest grossing in their franchise domestic (A film must make at least $20M to qualify)? ABSTAIN

8) Will at 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to drop more than 60% domestically from its previous franchise installment? (For this question purpose: Spiderman Homecoming is following ASM2, Despicable Me follows Minions, Wonder Woman follows Suicide Squad, Annabelle 2 follows Conjuring 2, I can’t think of any more that aren’t obvious right now) ABSTAIN

9) Will any film in the top 15 have a multiplier below 2.3? NO

10)Will Sci-Fi films (anything that BOM lists as Sci-fi or XXX/Sci-fi [so that means GOTG2 for example is not Sci-fi for this question) combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game? NO

11) Will the domestic top 8 make more than $1B combined in China? YES

12) Will at least three out of Luc Besson, Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott and Edgar Wright have their highest grossing film not involving Batman or Transformers this summer (obviously with Michael Bay I mean will his 5thTransformers film outgross every non-transformers film he has done?) NO

13) Will Warner Bros have exactly 3 films in the top 15 domestic this summer? ABSTAIN

14) Will a film finish in the top 10 WW, but fail to make the top 15 domestic? NO

15) Will any film spend 3 weeks at number one domestic this summer? ABSTAIN

JJ8's 14

Q1) Comic Book Adaptions Domestic vs International Grosses (4 films, 8 grosses - positions only) (5k Correct, -3k incorrect)

1) Spider-Man: Homecoming INTERNATIONAL

2) Guardians 2 INTERNATIONAL

3) Wonder Woman INTERNATIONAL

4) Guardians 2 DOMESTIC

5) Wonder Woman DOMESTIC

6) Spider-Man DOMESTIC

7) Valerian INTERNATIONAL

8) Valerian DOMESTIC

Q2) Will Wonder Woman be the #1 opening weekend of the comic book adaptions this summer (Domestically)? NO (Guardians #1)

Q3) The current top 6 "All Time May Open Weekends" (Domestically) occurred on the 1st weekend of the month (in the respective year). In what position will Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2 open in (in the top 6)? (If you don't think it will open in the top 6 then put 7th - remember 6th is Iron Man 2 @ 128m)? 5

Q4) Will Wonder Woman collapse in it's second weekend with a greater than 60% drop like the 2 previous DC Extended Universe Films (Domestic)? YES

Q5) Will the total of all the Marvel films make more than double the DC films this summer (Domestic only)? YES

Q6) Will Valerian's final total (domestic gross) be less than all of the opening weekends of the other 3 films (Domestic)? YES

Q7) Will the total gross of ALL Comic Book adaptions this summer make less than 850m (Domestic)? NO

Q8) Will any of the Comic Book Adaptions make 200m or more internationally than the domestic gross? YES

Q9) Will a Comic Book Adaption make more than 1 billion worldwide this summer? NO

Q10) Will a Comic Book Adaption be the #1 film overall (and it must be released during the game) in ANY of the following markets

- United Kingdom, Australia, or China (only 1 is needed) ? NO

Q11) Will at least 3 weekends during the summer be led by an animated film (Domestic only)? NO

Q12) Will less than 4 animated films make the top 15 films this summer domestically? YES

Q13) Both Pirates & Transformers are up to the 5th Film. the 4th film in both Franchises made more than 1 billion worldwide. Can the 5th film in both franchises repeat this performance? YES

Q14) Will a film released domestically make more in an International Market (must be a single market such as China, United Kindom, etc) this summer (Both markets must release during the game and be elegible for the top 15 domestic - ie. as per the list of films Chasmmi has posted) ? YES T5

Edited May 5, 2017 by Exxdee

Ezen Baklattan · March 16, 2017

TOP 15 ETC PREDICTION TEMPLATE

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A: Domestic top 15:

1) GOTG: Volume 2 - $340m
2) Despicable Me 3 - $330m
3) Spider Man: Homecoming - $285m
4) Wonder Woman - $275m
5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - $220m

6) Cars 3 - $205m
7) War of the Planet of the Apes - $190m
8) Transformers: The Last Knight - $185m
9) Dunkirk - $150m
10) The Mummy - $135m

11) Baywatch - $120m
12) Alien: Covenant - $110m
13) Captain Underpants - $100m
14) The Dark Tower - $90m
15) All Eyez On Me - $80m

B: Top 7 Domestic OW:

1) GOTG: Volume 2 - $130m
2) Spider-Man: Homecoming - $110m
3) Wonder Woman - $105m
4) Despicable Me 3 - $95m
5) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - $75m

6) Transformers: The Last Knight - $70m
7) War of the Planet of the Apes - $65m

C: Worldwide top 10:

1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - $1.07b
2) Despicable Me 3 - $1.05b
3) Spider-Man: Homecoming - $950m
4) Transformers: The Last Knight - $940m
5) GOTG: Volume 2 - $840m

6) Wonder Woman - $775m
7) Cars 3 - $650m
8) War for the Planet of the Apes - $620m
9) The Mummy - $500m
10) Dunkirk - $480m

D: China:

1) Transformers: The Last Knight - $350m
2) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - $250m
3) Spider-Man: Homecoming - $170m
4) GOTG: Volume 2 - $135m
5) War for the Planet of the Apes - $115m

6) The Mummy - $90m
7) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - $85m

E: No More Heroes:

South Korea - Transformers: The Last Knight

Russia - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Brazil - Despicable Me 3

Mexico - Despicable Me 3

Australia - Despicable Me 3

Italy - Despicable Me 3

F: Total Grosses:

Top 15 Dom) $2.825B

Top 7 W/E) $650M

Top 10 WW) $7.85B

RFQ1: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones domestically by the end of the game:

A: 100M CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS

B: 200M CARS 2

C: 300M SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

D: 400M GOTG: VOLUME 2

E: 500M GOTG: VOLUME 2

RFQ2: Predict which film will finish closest to each of the following milestones Worldwide by the end of the game:

A: $1.5B PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

B: $1B DESPICABLE ME 3

C: 800M WONDER WOMAN

D: 600M WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

E: 400M VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

RFQ3: Predict the top grossing film of each month:

A: April (28th releases only) THE CIRCLE

B: May GOTG: VOLUME 2

C: June DESPICABLE ME 3

D: July SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

E: August THE DARK TOWER

CHASMMI’s 15

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

1) King Arthur
2) Alien Covenant
3) The Mummy
4) Dunkirk

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

1) Snatched
2) The House
3) Annabelle 2
4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Something Something Blah Blah Blah

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

4) Will at least 3 films make more than $1.1B worldwide? NO

5) Will at least 3 films make more than 120M OW domestic? NO

6) Would at least 4 of the March 2017 releases have made it into the Domestic top 15 for the summer game if their runs had been eligible (So if I made a combined top 10 list of the summer Game releases and the March releases, would 4 or more be from March?) YES

7) Will at least 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to be the highest grossing in their franchise domestic (A film must make at least $20M to qualify)? NO

8) Will at 3 sequels, prequels, reboots or anything similar go on to drop more than 60% domestically from its previous franchise installment? (For this question purpose: Spiderman Homecoming is following ASM2, Despicable Me follows Minions, Wonder Woman follows Suicide Squad, Annabelle 2 follows Conjuring 2, I can’t think of any more that aren’t obvious right now) NO

9) Will any film in the top 15 have a multiplier below 2.3? NO

10) Will Sci-Fi films (anything that BOM lists as Sci-fi or XXX/Sci-fi [so that means GOTG2 for example is not Sci-fi for this question) combine to make more than 700M domestically by the end of the game? NO

11) Will the domestic top 8 make more than $1B combined in China? NO

12) Will at least three out of Luc Besson, Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott and Edgar Wright have their highest grossing film not involving Batman or Transformers this summer (obviously with Michael Bay I mean will his 5^thTransformers film outgross every non-transformers film he has done?) NO

13) Will Warner Bros have exactly 3 films in the top 15 domestic this summer? NO

14) Will a film finish in the top 10 WW, but fail to make the top 15 domestic? NO

15) Will any film spend 3 weeks at number one domestic this summer? NO

JJ8's 14

Q1) Comic Book Adaptions Domestic vs International Grosses (4 films, 8 grosses - positions only) (5k Correct, -3k incorrect)

1) SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (OS)

2) GOTG: VOLUME 2 (OS)

3) WONDER WOMAN (OS)

4) GOTG: VOLUME 2 (DOM)

5) VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (OS)

6) SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (DOM)

7) WONDER WOMAN (DOM)

8) VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (DOM)

Q2) Will Wonder Woman be the #1 opening weekend of the comic book adaptions this summer (Domestically)? NO

Q3) The current top 6 "All Time May Open Weekends" (Domestically) occurred on the 1st weekend of the month (in the respective year). In what position will Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol. 2 open in (in the top 6)? (If you don't think it will open in the top 6 then put 7th - remember 6th is Iron Man 2 @ 128m)? 6TH