For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 Spring 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.
- 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
- $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
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
- Evil Dead, $25,775,847
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation, $20,875,389
- The Croods, $20,651,694
- Jurassic Park 3D, $18,620,145
- Olympus Has Fallen, $10,163,132
- Tyler Perry’s Temptation, $10,085,805
- Oz the Great and Powerful, $8,010,234
- The Host, $5,198,615
- The Call, $3,500,248
- 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
- 25 Points – Wesley
- 20 Points – Zach
Division 2
- 200 Points – Wesley
- 178 Points – Zach
Division 3
- $1,171.0 M Box Office Bucks – Wesley
- $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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