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For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 Spring 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. Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
  4. Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.

This Week’s New Wide Releases

42 (2,900 screens)
Scary Movie V (3,000 screens)

This Week’s New Limited Release

The Angels’ Share
Disconnect
Into the White
Not Today
To the Wonder

Box Office Prediction Increments

  1. $50 million or higher – $5 million increments
  2. $25 million to $49 million – $1 million increments
  3. $5 million to $24.5 million – $500,000 increments
  4. $4.9 million or lower – $100,000 increments

Last Week’s Results

The remake of Sam Raimi’s horror classic topped the week’s box office with a slightly lower than expected $25 million, but that was enough to give it the win. Performing better than expected, Jurassic Park 3D pulled in over $18 million ensuring older classics will be returning to the box office in the near future in 3D retrofits.

Top 10 Films

  1. Evil Dead, $25,775,847
  2. G.I. Joe: Retaliation, $20,875,389
  3. The Croods, $20,651,694
  4. Jurassic Park 3D, $18,620,145
  5. Olympus Has Fallen, $10,163,132
  6. Tyler Perry’s Temptation, $10,085,805
  7. Oz the Great and Powerful, $8,010,234
  8. The Host, $5,198,615
  9. The Call, $3,500,248
  10. Admission, $1,946,048

Key:
W=Wesley | M=Mike | Z=Zach | V=Vince
@ Total : Correct Prediction
o : Correct Prediction Individual
= : Correct Placement

Division 1

Evil Dead (Wo | Zo) @ $30.0 M

Division 2

Evil Dead (W= | Z=) @ $26.0 M
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (W= | Z=) @ $21.0 M
The Croods (W= | Z) @ $20.5 M
Jurassic Park 3D (W= | Z) @ $18.5 M
Olympus Has Fallen (W | Z) @ $10.0 M
Tyler Perry’s Temptation (W | Z) @ $10.0 M
Oz the Great and Powerful (W= | Z=) @ $8.0 M
The Host (W= | Z=) @ $5.0 M
The Call (W= | Z=) @ $3.5 M
Admission (W= | Z=) @ $1.9 M

Division 3

Evil Dead (W-$22 | Z-$22) @ $26.0 M
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (W-$20 | Z-$18) @ $21.0 M
The Croods (W-$20 | Z-$15) @ $20.5 M
Jurassic Park 3D (W-$15 | Z-$17.5) @ $18.5 M
Olympus Has Fallen (W-$9 | Z-$7) @ $10.0 M
Tyler Perry’s Temptation (W-$8 | Z-$10) @ $10.0 M
Oz the Great and Powerful (W-$7.5 | Z-$6) @ $8.0 M
The Host (W-$4.5 | Z-$4.5) @ $5.0 M
The Call (W-$3.2 | Z-$3.5) @ $3.5 M
Admission (W-$1.2 | Z-$1.9) @ $1.9 M

Current Standings

Division 1

  1. 25 Points – Wesley
  2. 20 Points – Zach

Division 2

  1. 200 Points – Wesley
  2. 178 Points – Zach

Division 3

  1. $1,171.0 M Box Office Bucks – Wesley
  2. $994.4 M Box Office Bucks – Zach

Next Season’s Game Rules Sneak Peek

RULES FOR DIVISION ONE: #1 FILMS

This division has a couple of changes.
1.Guess the #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office – 1 Point
2.Guess how much the #1 Film will make, if it is not also the highest grossing new wide release – 1 Point (closest to the final result)
3.Get your total prediction within one monetary increment of the final total – 1 Point
4.Guess the highest grossing new wide release – 1 Point
5.Guess how much the highest grossing new wide release will earn – 1 Point (closest to the final result)
6.Get your total prediction within one monetary increment of the final total – 1 Point
7.See below for specific increments for predictions.

RULES FOR DIVISION TWO: TOP TEN

This category also has a few changes.
1.Guess which films will place in the Top 10 of the weekend – 1 Point (per correct prediction)
2.Guess in what order the Top 10 of the Weekend will be – 1 Point (per correct position)
3.Guess how much each film will earn – 1 Point (closest to the final result)
4.Get your total prediction within one monetary increment of the final total – 1 Point
5.See below for specific increments for predictions.

RULES FOR DIVISION THREE: FINAL TOTALS
1.Guess the total of each new wide release film will make in its full run at the box office – 1 Point (closest to final result)
2.Get your total prediction within three monetary increments of the final total – 1 Point
3.See below for specific increments for predictions.

RULES FOR DIVISION FOUR: LONGEVITY
1.Guess the total number of weeks each film will spend at #1 – 1 Point per week (only given for films that spend at least 1 week at #1)
2.Guess the total number of weeks each film will spend in the Top Ten – 1 Point per week (only given for films that spend at least 1 week in the Top Ten)
3.You will lose 1 point if you predict a film will spend 1 or more week at #1 or in the Top Ten and the film does not place either at #1 or in the Top Ten as appropraite
4.You will lose 1 point for every two weeks over the final number of weeks your prediction spends in the predicted position.

BOX OFF PREDICTION INCREMENTS
1.$50 million or higher – $5 million increments
2.$25 million to $49 million – $1 million increments
3.$5 million to $24.5 million – $500,000 increments
4.$4.9 million or lower – $100,000 increments

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