Game: 2013 Oscar Season Box Office Week 7

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October 16, 2013

Box Office Predictions

Wesley Lovell

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Submit Your Predictions for This Week

Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
Individual monetary predictions for each film.
Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
# of Weeks each new wide release will spend at #1.
# of Weeks each new wide release will spend in the top 10.

This Week’s New Wide Releases

Carrie (3,000 screens)
Escape Plan (2,750 screens)
The Fifth Estate (1,700 screens)

Box Office Prediction Increments

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

Last Week’s Results

It was another good week for Gravity which had a superb holdover at just over $43 million. Not to be one-upped, Captain Phillips also had a sizable debut with north of $25 million, which is a strong debut for the weekend comparatively even if it was overshadowed by the Alfonso Cuaron’s space drama.

Top 10 Films

Gravity, $43,188,256
Captain Phillips, $25,718,314
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, $13,774,742
Machete Kills, $3,837,183
Runner Runner, $3,770,288
Prisoners, $3,635,392
Insidious: Chapter 2, $2,720,492
Rush, $2,385,655
Don Jon, $2,369,453
Baggage Claim, $2,033,062

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

Division 1

Gravity (Wo | M) @ $43.2 M
Captain Phillips (Wo | M) @ $25.7 M

Division 2

Gravity (Wo= | M=) @ $43.2 M
Captain Phillips (Wo= | M=) @ $25.7 M
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (W= | Mo=+) @ $13.8 M
Machete Kills (Wo= | M=) @ $3.8 M
Runner Runner (Wo= | M=) @ $3.8 M
Prisoners (Wo=+ | M=) @ $3.6 M
Insidious: Chapter 2 (No one) @ $2.7 M
Rush (W | Mo) @ $2.4 M
Don Jon (Wo=) @ $2.4 M
Baggage Claim (Wo) @ $2.0 M

Current Standings

Division 1

10 Points – Wesley
10 Points – Mike
7 Points – Zach

Division 2

117 Points – Mike
108 Points – Wesley
94 Points – Zach

Comments

7 responses to “Game: 2013 Oscar Season Box Office Week 7”

Mike Furlong

October 18, 2013

1. Gravity 32M
2. Carrie 24M
3. Captain Phillips 15M
4. Cloudy with… 8.5M
5. Escape Plan 8.5M
6. The Fifth Estate 5.5M
7. Prisoners 2M
8. Runner, Runner 1.8M
9. Machete Kills 1.6M
10. Rush 1.3M

Carrie 65M, 3 in top 10
Escape Plan 35M, 2 in top 10
The Fifth Estate 15M1in top 10

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Zach J

October 17, 2013

Sorry, off in the wilds of Tibet last week (not kidding in the least). Back in the hunt this week, though, I hope (did anybody see how little Gravity would fall? Crazy…)

1. Gravity – $30 M
2. Carrie – $25 M
3. Captain Phillips – $16 M
4. Escape Plan – $9.5 M
5. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – $9 M
6. The Fifth Estate – $5 M
7. Prisoners – $2.5 M
9. Machete Kills – $2.3 M
8. Runner Runner – $2.1 M
10. Insidious: Chapter 2 – $1.6 M

Carrie – $50 M
Escape Plan – $25 M
The Fifth Estate – $12 M

Carrie – 0 @ #1 … 4 in 10
Escape Plan – 0 @ #1 … 2 in 10
The Fifth Estate – 0 @ #1 … 1 in 10

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1. Wesley Lovell
  
  October 18, 2013
  
  The Gravity trajectory is largely unprecedented. Reminds me of two things: Titanic and The way films used to play before Jaws. I’d say this ends up right around the box office total of another classic sci-fi: 2001: A Space Odyssey, which made $353 million adjusted for inflation.
  
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2. Mike Furlong
  
  October 18, 2013
  
  A very unpredictable movie indeed. Notice how I was the only one who said it would finish at the top of the box office more than once, and I also predicted it stays in the top 10 the longest too. However, I also predicted it would make the least of the 3 of us. It will pass my total box office prediction by this time Sunday morning…..
  
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  1. Zach J
    
    October 24, 2013
    
    Yeah, I’m certainly wishing I’d had a bit more confidence in its hold now, too… could be one more this weekend if it keeps this up.
    
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    1. Wesley Lovell
      
      October 24, 2013
      
      I’ll be shocked if it happens.
      
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Wesley Lovell

October 17, 2013

1. Gravity – $28 M
2. Carrie – $27 M
3. Captain Phillips – $19 M
4. Escape Plan – $12 M
5. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – $10 M
6. The Fifth Estate – $4.7 M
7. Prisoners – $2.1 M
8. Runner Runner – $2 M
9. Machete Kills – $1.8 M
10. Insidious: Chapter 2 – $1.8 M

Carrie – $60 M
Escape Plan – $30 M
The Fifth Estate – $9 M

Carrie – 0 @ #1 … 5 in 10
Escape Plan – 0 @ #1 … 3 in 10
The Fifth Estate – 0 @ #1 … 2 in 10

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