For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Oscar Season Box Office Predictions Game Rules.

Submit Your Predictions for This Week

1. Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
2. Individual monetary predictions for each film.
3. Top limited release film and its per screen average.
4. Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.

This Week’s New Wide Releases

The Adventures of Tintin (Wed.) (3,000 screens)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Wed.) (2,800 screens)
We Bought a Zoo (Wed.) (3,000 screens)
The Darkest Hour (Sun.) (2,200 screens)
War Horse (Sun.) (2,300 screens)

This Week’s New Limited Releases

Albert Nobbs (Wed.) (TBD screens)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (Fri.) (3 screens)
Miss Minoes (Fri.) (3 screens)
Pina (Fri.) (3 screens)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Sun.) (6 screens)

Last Week’s Results

Not a bad debut for Holmes and company, but not the box office knockout they wanted. Still, they have to be more pleased than the makers of the latest Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel which bombed on several accounts.

Top 10 Films

1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $39,637,079
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $23,244,744
3. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, $12,785,204
4. New Year’s Eve, $7,310,413
5. The Sitter, $4,608,681
6. Breaking Dawn, Part 1, $4,197,893
7. Hugo, $3,707,848
8. Arthur Christmas, $3,554,286
9. The Muppets, $3,520,926
10. Young Adult, $3,403,159

Top 10 Films

1. Carnage, $15,959 per screen

Key:
W=Wesley | M=Mike | Z=Zach
@ Total : Correct Prediction
o : Correct Prediction Individual (o = Bonus Point for being within $500,000/$2,000,000)
= : Correct Placement

Division 1

Sherlock Holmes (W | Mo | Z) @ $55 M

Division 2

Sherlock Holmes (W= | M=o | Z=) @ $55 M
Alvin and the Chipmunks (W= | M= | Z=o) @ $35 M
Mission: Impossible (W= | M= | Z=o) @ $12 M
New Year’s Eve (W=o | M | Zo) @ $6.5 M
The Sitter (W | M | Zo) @ $5 M
Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (Wo) @ $5 M
Hugo (M=o | Z=) @ $5 M
Arthur Christmas (W | Mo | Z) @ $4 M
The Muppets (W | M | Zo) @ $4 M
Young Adult (Wo | M | Z) @ $6.5 M

Division 3

Carnage (W | Mo | Z) @ $20 K

Current Standings

1. 321 (31,281,9) Points – Mike
2. 310 (23,276,11) Points – Zach
3. 301 (22,264,15) Points – Wesley