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

Beautiful Creatures (2,900 screens)
Escape from Planet Earth (3,000 screens)
A Good Day to Die Hard (3,500 screens)
Safe Haven (3,000 screens)

This Week’s New Limited Release

Like Someone in Love
Murder 3

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

Identity Thief claimed the weekend’s top spot with an impress $34 million. Side Effects opened third with $9 million, not a bad debut for a film that was poorly advertised. The big note here is Argo sudden return to the Top 10 which none of us expected.

Top 10 Films

1. Identity Thief, $34,551,025
2. Warm Bodies, $11,356,090
3. Side Effects, $9,303,145
4. Silver Linings Playbook, $6,425,271
5. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, $5,753,165
6. Mama, $4,229,665
7. Zero Dark Thirty, $4,006,860
8. Argo, $2,375,344
9. Django Unchained, $2,303,495
10. Bullet to the Head, $2,078,192

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

Division 1

Identity Thief (W | M | Zo) @ $30.0 M

Division 2

Identity Thief (W= | M= | Z=) @ $35.0 M
Warm Bodies (W= | M | Z=) @ $11.5 M
Side Effects (W= | M | Z) @ $9.5 M
Silver Linings Playbook (W= | M | Z) @ $6.5 M
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (W= | M= | Z=) @ $6.0 M
Mama (W | M | Z=) @ $4.2 M
Zero Dark Thirty (W | M | Z=) @ $4.0 M
Argo (No one) @ $2.4 M
Django Unchained (W= | M | Z=) @ $2.3 M
Bullet to the Head (W | M | Z) @ $2.1 M

Division 3

Identity Thief (W-$27 | M-$19 | Z-$30) @ $35.0 M
Warm Bodies (W-$11 | M-$10.5 | Z-$11) @ $11.5 M
Side Effects (W-$9.5 | M-$7.5 | Z-$8) @ $9.5 M
Silver Linings Playbook (W-$6 | M-$6 | Z-$6.5) @ $6.5 M
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (W-$4.5 | M-$4.8 | Z-$5) @ $6.0 M
Mama (W-$2.9 | M-$3.5 | Z-$3) @ $4.2 M
Zero Dark Thirty (W-$3 | M-$3.5 | Z-$2.5) @ $4.0 M
Argo (No one) @ $2.4 M
Django Unchained (W-$1.7 | M-$2 | Z-$1.8) @ $2.3 M
Bullet to the Head (W-$1.9 | M-$2 | Z-$2) @ $2.1 M

Current Standings

Division 1

1. 11 Points – Wesley
2. 6 Points – Mike
3. 6 Points – Zach

Division 2

1. 83 Points – Wesley
2. 76 Points – Mike
3. 52 Points – Zach

Division 3

1. $450.9 M Box Office Bucks – Wesley
2. $421.3 M Box Office Bucks – Mike
3. $258.1 M Box Office Bucks – Zach