For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 Oscar Season Box Office Predictions Game Rules.
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
Baggage Claim (1,800 screens)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (3,800 screens)
Don Jon (2,200 screens)
Rush (2,200 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
Kidnapping drama Prisoners met expectations with a $20 million-plus opening handily beating the second week of Insidious: Chapter 2. The Family finished third while Instructions Not Included continued to impress with a strong holdover and a fourth-place finish. 84 years after it was first on the big screen, The Wizard of Oz cracked the Top Ten at number nine with its 85th-anniversary IMAX re-release in 3D.
Top 10 Films
- Prisoners, $20,817,053
- Insidious: Chapter 2, $13,801,818
- The Family, $7,000,722
- Instructions Not Included, $5,396,688
- Battle of the Year, $4,603,177
- We’re the Millers, $4,558,271
- Lee Daniels’ The Butler, $4,193,123
- Riddick, $3,656,620
- The Wizard of Oz 3D, $3,093,998
- Planes, $2,709,736
Key:
W=Wesley | M=Mike | Z=Zach
@ Total : Correct Prediction
o : Correct Prediction Individual
= : Correct Placement
= : Correct Placement within Increment
Division 1
Prisoners (W | M | Zo+) @ $20.8 M
Division 2
Prisoners (W= | M= | Zo+) @ $20.8 M
Insidious: Chapter 2 (W= | M= | Zo+) @ $13.8 M
The Family (Wo+ | M=+ | Z) @ $7.0 M
Instructions Not Included (W | Mo | Z) @ $5.4 M
Battle of the Year (W | Mo | Z) @ $4.6 M
We’re the Millers (W | M= | Zo) @ $4.6 M
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (W | Mo | Z) @ $4.2 M
Riddick (W | Mo | Z) @ $3.7 M
The Wizard of Oz 3D (W | Zo) @ $3.1 M
Planes (Wo | M | Z) @ $2.7 M
Current Standings
Division 1
- 5 Points – Zach
- 4 Points – Wesley
- 4 Points – Mike
Division 2
- 57 Points – Zach
- 56 Points – Mike
- 53 Points – Wesley
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