For a full list of rules, click here: 2012 Oscar 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

Flight (1,800 screens)
The Man with the Iron Fists (1,800 screens)
Wreck-It Ralph (3,600 screens)

This Week’s New Limited Release

The Bay
The Details
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
High Ground
Jack and Diane
A Late Quartet
This Must Be the Place

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

What a dud of a weekend. Although Argo is in its third frame, it claimed the top spot of the box office this week dropping less than 30% as word of mouth continues to keep the film floating above a raft of new and heavily disappointing new releases. Tops among them was Cloud Atlas, a sprawling epic about love and social justice streaming through the fabric of time. Although a sub-$10 million opening isn’t great, it’s 3-hour running time didn’t help it build a big chest of money. Its performance next week will be better indicative of whether it has any legs. Meanwhile, the week’s other new releases, Silent Hill: Revelation, Fun Size, and Chasing Mavericks performed even more poorly, with the Gerard Butler film failing to even place in the top 10.

Top 10 Films

1. Argo, $12,085,059
2. Cloud Atlas, $9,612,247
3. Hotel Transylvania, $9,444,014
4. Paranormal Activity 4, $8,510,186
5. Silent Hill: Revelation, $8,023,036
6. Taken 2, $7,716,732
7. Here Comes the Boom, $5,210,024
8. Alex Cross, $5,133,486
9. Sinister, $4,996,099
10. Fun Size, $4,101,017

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

Division 1

Argo (Wo | M) @ $13.5 M
Cloud Atlas (Wo | M | C) @ $12.0 M

Division 2

Argo (W= | M= | C) @ $12.0 M
Cloud Atlas (W | M= | C=) @ $9.5 M
Hotel Transylvania (W | M | C) @ $9.5 M
Paranormal Activity 4 (W | M= | C) @ $8.5 M
Silent Hill: Revelation (W | M | C) @ $8.0 M
Taken 2 (W= | M | C) @ $7.5 M
Here Comes the Boom (M | C) @ $5.0 M
Alex Cross (W | M= | C=) @ $5.0 M
Sinister (W) @ $5.0 M
Fun Size (W | M | C) @ $4.1 M

Division 3

Argo (W-$10.5 | M-$10 | C-$11) @ $12.0 M
Cloud Atlas (W-$7 | M-$5 | C-$6) @ $9.5 M
Hotel Transylvania (W-$8 | M-$9 | C-$9) @ $9.5 M
Paranormal Activity 4 (W-$4 | M-$6.5 | C-$2) @ $8.5 M
Silent Hill: Revelation (W-$5 | M-$4.5 | C-$5) @ $8.0 M
Taken 2 (W-$6.5 | M-$7.5 | C-$7) @ $7.5 M
Here Comes the Boom (M-$5 | C-$4.4) @ $5.0 M
Alex Cross (W-$3.5 | M-$4.7 | C-$4.5) @ $5.0 M
Sinister (W-$3.3) @ $5.0 M
Fun Size (M-$0.699999999999999 | C-$0.199999999999999) @ $4.1 M

Current Standings

Division 1

1. 15 Points – Wesley
2. 10 Points – Mike
3. 9 Points – CineSnatch
4. 7 Points – Zach

Division 2

1. 112 Points – Wesley
2. 112 Points – Mike
3. 99 Points – CineSnatch
4. 81 Points – Zach

Division 3

1. $544.3 M Box Office Bucks – Mike
2. $522.0 M Box Office Bucks – Wesley
3. $516.3 M Box Office Bucks – CineSnatch
4. $427.0 M Box Office Bucks – Zach