Predict the #1 film of the weekend.
The one who predicts closest to the total Friday to Sunday gross for the #1 film wins 4 points. Runner-up gains 2 points. Predicting within half a million earns 2 extra points.
Bonus questions:
1. What will be the second highest grossing film of the weekend?
2. What will be the third highest grossing film of the weekend?
Deadline is Wednesday, May 16 17:59 pm (blog time)
To find out the rules of the game, go to the main thread for AGEBOC 09.
Current rankings
filmman – 6
Rob – 5.5
Jackrabbit Slim – 4
Joe Webb – 3.5
Juan – 2
Nick – 2
James – 1.5
Jeanine – 1.5
Brian – 0.5
I put the deadline at tomorrow 17:59. Hopefully we don’t have too clear a picture then of how The Dictator is doing.
Avengers – 47 million
1. Battleship
2. Dictator
Avengers 52M
1. Battleship
2. Dictator
Last place? I am unaccustomed.
Battleship – $55.1 million
1) The Avengers
2) The Dictator
Rob sunk my Battleship..guess. Though I fully expect the Avengers ‘hysteria’ to continue, I’m playing it risky.
Battleship – $60m
1. Avengers
2. Dictation
Yeah…I’ve never seen people I know go back to a movie this many times since Avatar. And before that Titanic. And before that Jurassic Park. I can’t believe how big Avengers is.
Avengers: 59 million
1. The Dictator
2. Battleship
The Avengers – $55 million
1. Battleship
2. The Dictator
Battleship – $50 million
1. Avengers
2. Dictator
Avengers: 56.5 mil
1. Battleship
2. The Dictator
Nick
Avengers – 47 million
1. Battleship
2. Dictator
James
Avengers 52M
1. Battleship
2. Dictator
Rob
Battleship – $55.1 million
1) The Avengers
2) The Dictator
Joe Webb
Battleship – $60m
1. Avengers
2. Dictation
filmman
Avengers: 59 million
1. The Dictator
2. Battleship
Juan
The Avengers – $55 million
1. Battleship
2. The Dictator
Brian
Battleship – $50 million
1. Avengers
2. Dictator
Jackrabbit Slim
Avengers: 56.5 mil
1. Battleship
2. The Dictator
Why does Boxofficemojo always have to rain on my AGEBOC parade?
Wrong.
That’s setting the “outright bomb” bar pretty low, isn’t it? If word of mouth is bad, it won’t take much below a $50 million opening to make $100 million overall a tough task. It’s not like the audience for sci-fi blockbusters will be underserve over the next few weeks.
Battleship looks like the early front-runner for our biggest bomb category. It only made 9 million on Friday.
Hopefully I can salvage a half point with The Dictator. Poor Taylor Kitsch… 2 big budget bombs in a row. Triple B’s
Battleship will top out at 70-75M (best case) on a budget of $207M with another 100+M in marketing.
Foreign grosses are ok, though – so John Carter will still probably retain the the crown for a bit longer (being at least 400M in the hole with it’s theatrical run over).
And yes, Taylor Kitsch, poor bastard, is going to be the butt of jokes for a long, long time. I would imagine his days of top-lining studio pictures are officially over (the whopping three months they lasted).
Looks like it’s between Juan and me this week, with a good chance at a bonus for one of us, with Avengers estimate at 55.1. Battleship’s number keeps headline writes busy with variations on “sinking,” as it does only 25.3, but is good for second place. Avengers now the #4 movie all-time.
Maybe Taylor Kitsch can hang out with Brooklyn Decker to drown their sorrows as she had TWO poorly performing openers (Battleship and What to Expect) this weekend. Can’t remember the last time that happened to an actress.
Dang. I want actuals!
Battleship’s opening bust was historic–it is the worst domestic opening for a film that cost over $200 million to make: http://gawker.com/5911813/the-avengers-sunk-your-battleship
I only want to see it more now. I love the blockbusters no one else wants…I feel bad for them, like they’re a stray puppy.
I blame the female Drake, I mean Rihanna.
$55.057m, so Juan pulls off the coveted 7-pointer very early in the game!
AGEBOC will be somewhat delayed today.
Nick
Avengers – 47 million
1. Battleship +0.5
2. Dictator +0.5
James
Avengers 52M
1. Battleship +0.5
2. Dictator +0.5
Rob
Battleship – $55.1 million
1) The Avengers
2) The Dictator +0.5
Joe Webb
Battleship – $60m
1. Avengers
2. Dictation +0.5
filmman
Avengers: 59 million
1. The Dictator
2. Battleship
Juan
The Avengers – $55 million +4
1. Battleship +0.5
2. The Dictator +0.5
Brian
Battleship – $50 million
1. Avengers
2. Dictator +0.5
Jackrabbit Slim
Avengers: 56.5 mil +2
1. Battleship +0.5
2. The Dictator +0.5
1. Marvel’s The Avengers $55,644,102
2. Battleship $25,534,825
3. The Dictator $17,435,092
Oh, man, Juan just missed the bonus by $144,102!
Rob missed it by $44,102 and the wrong movie.
Sorry Juan. I jumped the gun with http://the-numbers.com
They posted “final numbers” that were not exactly final…