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CONTEST 2018 Blockbuster Box Office Challenge

Discussion in 'Gaming And Competitions' started by DarthSnow, Apr 23, 2018.

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  1. Meister Yoda

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    I'm in
    Avanger IW will start with $222.2m
     
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    Unless we have any Johnny-come-lately's, that should about do it for this first week!
    I am also going to submit a guess at... $230m

    No predictions will be accepted after 4pm EST today (7 hrs from the time of this post). At that time, I will post all predictions, and announce the bonus prize for this first big blockbuster. Thanks again for an awesome kick-off to the summer box office challenge, good luck everyone!!
     
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    You just wanted to use “pithy” in a conversation....
    --- Double Post Merged, Apr 27, 2018, Original Post Date: Apr 26, 2018 ---
    I guess $101M for Wakanda
     
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    Here we go, kicking off the summer blockbuster season!

    Avengers: Infinity War predictions:
    @Lock_S_Foils - $251m
    @Addi Ras - $248m
    @Lazarus Dei - $244m
    @Rebo - $240m
    @DarthSnow - $230m
    @FN-3263827 - $223m
    @Ridcully - $222.2m
    @Pawek_13 - $220m
    @Rogues1138 - $213m
    @Maximus - $205m

    And for the special Infinity War prize, in addition to the 15 pnt first place score, the winner will receive a credit prize equal to the million amount of the box office take. For instance, if it makes $200,123,456 the winner gets 200 credits.

    And... a very special, one of a kind, Infinity War-themed trophy:
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    Good luck everyone!
    :D
     
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    Yeah baby the numbers for Thursday are in —- $45M for IW, 2nd largest opening Thursday EVER!!!!!
     
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    I’m right there with you it’s going to be close so to biggest opening weekend ever that for sure.
     
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    Yes sir I am banking on the fact it is opening in more theaters than TFA or Avengers plus word of mouth plus ticket price inflation
     
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    Hey @DarthSnow this may be very close, might need to get down to the dollars and cents for IW opening!!! Any idea when the final numbers are posted?
     
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    Well it might have been close if I had added about 8 Million to my total as it is I think we have a winner.
     
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    On to next week's movies....here are my predictions @DarthSnow

    Bad Samaritan $1.3M
    Tully $4.5M
    Overboard $7.7M
     
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    Estimates start coming in Sunday / Monday morning, and by the end of Monday I still feel it's a pretty rough number (This morning's Box #'s are different from what appeared to be "official" numbers last night) so as a rule I won't be posting anything until Tuesday morning.

    April 27th Opening Weekend results:

    Avengers: Infinity War -
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    @Lock_S_Foils wins, predicting a new box office record and knocking off our beloved TFA along the way! Lock, your credit winnings will be transferred shortly, and your trophy will arrive within the next 2-12 business days. :D

    @Addi Ras takes second, and @Lazarus Dei gets the third place points for this week, at 10 and 5 points respectively. The standings will be updated on the main thread's post.

    Onto the next week! We will continue to pick domestic #s only, unless there is a drastic change in the poll results within the next two days.

    May 4th Opening Weekend:
    Bad Samaritan
    Overboard
    Tully
     
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    I say Tully will make $15 million, Bad Samaritan - $3 million, Overboard - $6 million.
     
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    Well I haven’t heard anything about any of those films :D so here is my complete shot in the dark

    Bad Samaritan $1.5M
    Tully $6
    Overboard $6.3M

    Thank @Lock_S_Foils for those first guesses as at least I know roughly the ball park figures I’m going for.
     
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    Feel free to take guesses on all 3 movies! Week 1 only had one big release, which is why we only guessed the one.

    Since a first place guess is worth 15 points, with a 3-movie release week there is an opportunity to earn a max of 45 points in one week!
     
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    I'm liking '8' as a number this week... so:

    Bad Samaritan $1.8M
    Tully $5.8M
    Overboard $6.8M
     
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    everyone who predicted over $248m for IW should take penalty points for estimating over TFA ~ hahahahaha. : D

    okay, no clue what i'm doing here, but i suspect the numbers will be low for anything competing against IW this weekend:

    Bad Samaritan: $1.3m
    Tully: $4.6m
    Overboard: $6.1m. (who thought remaking this movie was a good idea? c'mon, Hollywood! geez). ​
     
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    Wow IW lost 64% on Monday, that's worse than TLJ. This movie sucks :-D
    So without knowing anything of the next movies I just write some random numbers inspired by you poor souls that guessed right before me:
    Bad Samaritan: $2m
    Tully: $4m
    Overboard: $5m
    @Lazarus Dei I think $5.8 would be the worst opening ever. How much is the average ticket over there?
     
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    Average ticket price in the US or UK? From what I've read, in the US it's around $9-10, whereas in the UK it's £8-9 (equivalent to $10-12).
     
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    So you go for half a ticket for the whole weekend? That's bold! :rolleyes:
     
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    ...aaaaaaand just noticing (and fixing the typo) in my original post ;)
     
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