Results and Standings (Fake increases lead, Cedar jumps, 24lost solidifies)

[baumer]

Triple bonus 5:Question 5: Will any film make more than 85 million dollars this summer in the UK box office? Answer it correctly: 15000 pointsAnswer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 pointsChoose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 8000 points) 5000 pointsThe answer is No. Nothing will make it there by Labour Day. TDKR stalled out in UK, Avengers won't get there either.baumer: -10,000xeno: -10,000goffe: -10,000gittes: -10,000iceroll: 15,000spaghetti: 15,000acsc: -10,000darkalfred: -10,000cjohn: -10,000ariadne: -10,000phillip: -10,000cedar: 5000hallowedprince: 5000tower: -10,000movieman: 5000durden: -10,000chewy: -10,000mgs: 5000dex: -10,000fake: -10,000bed: -10,000gizmo: 15,000adim: -10,000sixteen: -10,00024lost: -10,000junkshop: -10,000narnia: -10,000johnny: 5000laguy: 5000sims: -10,000infamous: -10,000

Edited August 21, 2012 by Expendable baumer

[narniadis]

The preseasons are killing me

[Cedarpoint1111]

Pre-season questions are great. I love to see what we all guessed at the beginning of the summer. I hope next year we have double the amount of questions.

[baumer]

Question 7: Will at least 2 films make one billion WW this summer? YESAnswer it correctly: 15000 pointsAnswer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 pointsChoose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.xeno: -10,000baumer: -10,000gittes: -10,000iceroll: -10,000spaghetti: 15,000acsc: -10,000darkalfred: -10,000cjohn: -10,000ariadne: -10,000phillip: -10,000cedar: -10,000hallowed: 3000tower: -10,000movieman: -10,000durden: -10,000chewy: -10,000MGS: -10,000Dexter: -10,000fake: -10,000bed: 15,000gizmo: 5000goffe: -10,000adim: -10,000sixteen: -10,00024lost: 5000junksjop: -10,000narnia: -10,000johnny: -10,000laguy: -10,000sims: -10,000infamous: -10,000

[baumer]

Pre-season questions are great. I love to see what we all guessed at the beginning of the summer. I hope next year we have double the amount of questions.

I'll try.

[baumer]

Question 9: Will at least 2 animated film have a WW gross of more than 700 million dollars? YESAnswer it correctly: 15000 pointsAnswer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 pointsChoose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.NOIA4 is the only one. Mad3 only has Italy and Greece to open in before LD and Brave isn't anywhere close.xeno: -10,000baumer: 15,000gittes: 15,000iceroll: -10,000spaghetti: -10,000acsc: -10,000 darkalfred: 3000cjohn: 3000ariadne: -10,000phillip: -10,000 cedar: 15,000hallowed: 3000tower: 15,000movieman: -10,000 durden: -10,000 chewy: 15,000MGS: -10,000 dexter: -10,000 fake: 15,000bed: 15,000gizmo: 15,000goffe: -10,000 sixteen: -10,000 24lost: 3000junkshop: -10,000 narnia: -10,000 johnny: 3000laguy: 15,000sims: 3000infamous: -10,000

[baumer]

Preason 12 I am cancelling. There was confusion with this and it is my fault that there is. I did clear up the question by answering it in one thread, but there were enough people that were unclear on the question, so I will not award points for this one. SorryQuestion 12:Will TDKR and The Avengers combined make more this summer than the other top 5 films combined (domestic only)? As in the next 3? Yes. IF the next 5, then, no.Answer it correctly: 15000 pointsAnswer it incorrectly: lose 10,000 pointsChoose not to answer ( and you must state that you are not answering..failing to do so will automatically result in a loss of 10,000 points) 3000 points.

[baumer]

This concludes all preseason triple bonus points.

[baumer]

Tell me what films will finish with the 6 best opening weekends domestically. Opening weekends will include any films gross that starts at midnight on Thursday (so this can include a Thursday opening if applicable) and culminates with the Sunday gross. One caveat to this is that if a film changes it's release date, only the gross from Thursday to Sunday will count. So for example, if Battleship suddenly decides that it wants to open on a Wednesday, only the gross from Thursday to Sunday will count. There will be no exceptions to this.Scoring for best opening weekends:For every film you call correctly in the top six, regardless of order, you will receive 10,000 points. For every film you call in the exact spot it opens, you will get 15,000 points. If you are able to call 4 of the 6 correctly, you will receive a 75,000 point bonus. Call all six correctly, you get a 150,000 point bonus. For every film you call incorrectly in the top 6, you lose 7,000 points.Top 6 OW's of the summer: (gross not needed, just showing it for clarity sake)The Avenergs: (200.7)TDKR: (160.8)Brave: (66.3)ASM: (62.0)Mad3: (60.3)Snow White: (56.0)xeno: 106,000baumer: 118,000goffe: 106,000gittes: 128,000iceroll: 103,000 spaghetti: 118,000acsc: 118,000darkalfred: 111,000cjohn: 118,000ariadne: 118,000phillip: 118,000cedar: 118,000hallowed: 103,000tower: 103,000movieman: 111,000durden: 118,000chewy: 101,000MGS: 101,000dex: 128,000fake: 101,000bed: 118,000adim: 101,000sixteen: 101,00024lost: 101,000junkshop: 101,000narnia: 101,000johnny: 118,000laguy: 101,000shawn: 101,000sims: 101,000infamous: 101,000

[baumer]

International Flair #2:What five films will have the best weekends World Wide? I realize some films open day and date, and others do not. This is why it is now just best weekend. For every film you call in the top 5 correctly, you get 10,000 points.For every film in the top 5 you call correctly in the exact spot, you get 15,000 points.For every film you call incorrectly, you lose 8,000 points.If you call 3 of the top 5 correctly, regardless of order, you get a 20,000 point bonus.If you call all 5 correctly, regardless of order, you get a 75,000 point bonus1) Avengers: 364 mill best weekend2) The Dark Knight Rises: 248.9 mill best weekend3) Amazing Spiderman: 191.14) Men In Black 3: 187.85) Ice Age 4: 141.0xeno: 130,000baumer: 62,000goffe: 57,000gittes: 130,000iceroll: 62,000spaghetti: 125,000acsc: 62,000dark alfred: 52,000cjohn: 72,000ariadne: 67,000phillip: 62,000cedar: 140,000hallowed: 52,000tower: 140,000movieman: 140,000tyler: 130,000chewy: 125,000MGS: 57,000dexter: 57,000fake: 135,000bed: 52,000gizmo: 130,000adim: 140,000sixteen: 52,00024lost: 150,000junkshop: 135,000narnia: 52,000johnny: 62,000laguy: 52,000shawn: 62,000sims: 130,000infamous: 32,000

Edited August 21, 2012 by Expendable baumer

[iceroll]

Uh isn't it a bit early to say that TDKR won't make 1b WW? All it needs is another 100m, and all it needs is 20m domestically, 30m from China and 50m from the other OS markets. Considering it had a 21.4m OS gross this weekend I don't see how that's not doable.

[baumer]

No

[baumer]

The math doesnt support tdkr reaching a billion

[Jake Gittes]

Wow, 130k for International Flair #2 and one of the two best scores for Top 6 DOM OWs. That's, uh, that's pretty fucking awesome.

[Goffe]

International Flair #2 ooh fuck

[baumer]

International Flair #2 ooh fuck

Yep, it's a big one.

[Cedarpoint1111]

Damn! I did pretty good on those!

[baumer]

Internatoinal Flair part 1:I will score this one just based on the WW positions, the grosses will be done when the game is threw.International Flair #1:Tell me what the WW top 5 of the summer will be. The point structure will be as follows:Every film you call in the top 5 correct, you get 10,000 points. If you call the top 3 spots in order, you get a bonus of 25,000. If you can call all 5 in order you will get a 100,000 point bonus.If you call a film in the top 5 that doesn't appear in the top WW top 5, you will lose 10,000 points1. Marvel's The Avengers – $1,481,495,3912. The Dark Knight Rises - $898,387,2603. Ice Age: Continental Drift - $796,491,9234. The Amazing Spider-Man - $692,535,3255. MIB 3 - $621,568,042xeno: 30,000baumer: 150,000goffe: 35,000gittes: 55,000iceroll: 55,000spaghetti: 30,000acsc: 30,000darkalfred: 55,000cjohn: 30,000ariadne: 55,000phillip: 30,000cedar: 55,000hallowed: 30,000tower: 50,000movieman: 30,000durden: 30,000chewy: 30,000MGS: 30,000Dexter: 30,000fake: 150,000bed: 30,000gizmo: 30,000adim: 30,000sixteen: 30,00024lost: 30,000junkshop: 55,000narnia: 30,000johnny: 55,000laguy: 55,000shawn: 55,000sims: 30,000infamous: 30,000

[iceroll]

Damn, these are worth a lot! There's a bunch of 100k+ point swings going on.

[bed005]

I suck at the international questions.