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. Which will gross more this weekend? Madea or Ted?
2. Will Ted open above or below 30 million this weekend?
Deadline is Thursday, June 28 23:59 pm (blog time)
To find out the rules of the game, go to the main thread for AGEBOC 09.
Current rankings
filmman – 17
Joe Webb – 14.5
Juan – 14
Jackrabbit Slim – 13
Jeanine – 12
Rob – 10.5
James – 6.5
Nick – 5
Brian – 3.5
Ted – 40M
1. Ted
2. Over
I moseyed into the site, just browsing, and then I saw my score and:
Food for thought: next week has a crazy release schedule with Spiderman opening on a TUESDAY of all days, the Katy Perry film on Thursday and Savages on Friday. Do we set a Monday midnight deadline?
Magic Mike – 40m
1. Ted
2. Over
Magic Mike – 42 million
1. Ted
2. Hmmmm…..JUST under.
No. My bad.
Ted: 29 million
1. Magic Mike
2. Just Under
Brave, 33 million
1. Ted
2. Less
Ted – $38 million
1. Ted
2. Over
Brave – $35 million
1. Madea
2. Below
Hey filmman, not that you need the help … but you might re-read bonus question #1 again.
Oh, yeah. That was dumb. Man…sorry, guys. Thanks, Brian.
Let me give a final total, too. I’m all nervous cause I’m in first.
Filmman:
TED: 33 million
1. Ted
2. Over
MAGIC MIKE! $39.1 million
1) Madea
2) Below
In unrelated news, I’m moving to Arizona in two days.
Make sure you carry your citizenship papers with you.
I went to Arizona once, and thought it was mostly beautiful. But I had the good sense to do it in April, not right at the beginning of July. Good going, numbnuts.
My blue eyes are all the citizenship papers I need, right? Right?!?
And yeah, I’ve been watching the daily temps for Mesa on my phone. I’m good with heat, miss it in fact from when I lived in Pensacola, but I expect this may be a different beast all together. We’ll see…
Sorry, don’t mind me. I’m just bitter because it’s supposed to hit 100 here in Chicago today.
Today’s high in Mesa is 110.
Probably about the same, then, when you factor in humidity.
What’s taking you out to Mesa, Rob?
Is it for a super-secret underground research facility specializing in quantum physics?
What’s taking him to Mesa? Love of course!
And I’m driving through Arizona next week…Route 66 (well, it’s 40 now). I drove it the first time 4 years ago and could only think “This looks exactly like CARS!” which means the animators’ attention to detail was spot on again…
Joe’s right… I’m going to AZ because of love! My girlfriend’s starting med school there next month. I’ll be working remote through July or so then taking the next 10-11 months off because we move again next summer for her clinical studies.
Although I may apply for a gig at that super-secret underground research facility specializing in quantum physics.
Don’t forget to bring a crowbar to the science facility.
Crabs. Why’d it have to be crabs.
Very cool, Rob. Make sure she goes into a specialty and not fucking Primary Care.
AZ is cool. Keep hydrated. Get one of them window sun blockers for your car. Don’t touch the metal part of the seatbelt after it’s sat in the sun for a while.
Whoops, my switch back to Brave never happened. dangit
Well crap – I kept thinking that I needed to do this all week, but I had no clue. I still don’t. I’m not even going to make a fake guess since I missed the deadline anyway.
Hahaha, all that socializing with Rob made me forget to put in my guess.
It’s OK, filmman put in enough guesses to cover all of you.
…and I even skipped one because I knew I’d eventually get called out for it. I think Ted will get to 39.
Early box-office estimates are putting TED at $50million. So that sucks. Unless you’re James.
Wow, that incessant ad campaign must have worked.
James will win easily, Juan will get second. But I could get a bonus, as Brave as estimated at 33 million for the weekend.
Brave comes in at $34 million according to estimates. So either I or Jackrabbit Slim could get a 2 point bonus if the final numbers shift a little.
I’m desperate here.
On Joe’s excellent suggestion, I’ll put up a new AGEBOC later on today.
Finally!
Super happy about Ted. Saw it – very funny.
Everything did well except that forgettable-looking Chris Pine movie, which should permanently sink any hope he had about toplining studio pictures not called Star Trek.
Meanwhile, Channing Tatum is officially an A-lister.
So actuals are in, and neither Jackrabbit Slim nor I got a bonus for Brave, which split right down the middle of our two guesses at $34.1 million.
But Rob got a bonus for Magic Mike.
Somehow oddly appropriate.
1. Ted $54,415,205
2. Magic Mike $39,127,170
3. Brave $34,094,643
4. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection $25,390,575
James
Ted – 40M +4
1. Ted +0.5
2. Over +0.5
Rob
MAGIC MIKE! $39.1 million +2
1) Madea
2) Below
Filmman:
TED: 33 million
1. Ted +0.5
2. Over +0.5
Jackrabbit Slim
Brave, 33 million
1. Ted +0.5
2. Less
Juan
Ted – $38 million +2
1. Ted +0.5
2. Over +0.5
Brian
Brave – $35 million
1. Madea
2. Below
Joe Webb
Magic Mike – 40m
1. Ted +0.5
2. Over +0.5