This Thread is a continuation of the Summer Box Office Prediction League that I started here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=535605
In this thread, we will predict the opening weekends and Box Office takes for the Junes biggest releases. How will Man of Steel stack up against Iron Man 3? Will Monsters University be another Toy Story 3 or another Cars 2? Put your predictions in writing. Winners will get to brag about their Nostradamus like skills while losers will have to learn to like the taste of roasted crow (I have been doing a lot of the later these past couple of weeks!).
I debated continuing the June predictions in the original thread, but felt that a fresh start might encourage new participants.
Feel free to make predictions for movies that you think will fall outside of the ranks listed on the form, just make sure you keep those predictions separate. Also feel free to discuss summer box office predictions in general!
How to Participate:
PREDICTION MONTH 2: June 2013
Copy the form below into your post. Other than entering your box office predictions, Do Not Modify it in any way! Predictions are due on May 29th, 2013.
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BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS FOR JUNE 2013
After Earth (Opening May 31st, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
This is the End (Opening June 12th, 5-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
Man of Steel (Opening June 14th, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
Monsters University (Opening June 21st, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
World War Z (Opening June 21st, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
The Heat (Opening June 28th, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
White House Down (Opening June 28th, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
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Notes:
1) Do not modify the form in any way. Just copy it as is into your reply and replace the missing number values
2) Domestic Totals will be based on final gross as of Aug 31st for all June titles.
3) Opening weekend is defined the domestic box office gross a movie makes from its opening night to its first Sunday. If a movie opens on a Friday, you will predict a 3 day opening weekend. If it opens on a Wednesday, you will predict a 5 day opening weekend.
4) You do not have to predict worldwide grosses if you do not want to. They will be counted separately in a special bracket.
How the scoring will Work:
1) Every total box office prediction can earn you up to 100 points. Points earned drop off in a linear fashion based on how far off your prediction was. You need to be within 50% over or under to receive points for a film. For example, if you predict $200M for Man of Steel and it makes $200M, you would receive 100 points. If it makes $250M, you would receive 50 points. If it makes $300M+, you receive nothing.
2) Every opening weekend box office prediction can earn you up to 50 points. Points earned drop off in the manner described above.
4) Worldwide gross predictions are optional and will not count against you.
Need more information on Junes Films? Check the release slate below.
June 2013 Releases
After Earth
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman
Plot: A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcNyzu4IdM
This is the End
Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Cast: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson
Plot: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i24fo2W5EaE
Man of Steel
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon
Plot: A young journalist, molded by the morals of his earth parents, discovers that he is gifted with powers beyond his imagination, and he uses those powers to defend his adopted home from an insidious evil.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4
Monsters University
Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi
Plot: A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University - when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODePHkWSg-U
World War Z
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, David Morse, Matthew Fox
Plot: United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk
The Heat
Director: Paul Feig
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Marlon Wayans
Plot: Uptight FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn is paired with testy Boston cop Shannon Mullins in order to take down a ruthless drug lord. The hitch: neither woman has ever had a partner -- or a friend for that matter.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-KKx0lcn2A
White House Down
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Plot: While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AXbiCdmXgw
Points Standings: Updated May 23rd, 2013
May 2013 - based on predictions here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=535605
NOTE: The standings above are based on the Opening Weekends of Iron Man 3, The Great Gatsby, and Star Trek: Into Darkness, as well as the domestic gross to date for Iron Man 3 and the Great Gatsby. Standings are not final as the domestic gross point totals will continue to be adjusted in the coming weeks.
In this thread, we will predict the opening weekends and Box Office takes for the Junes biggest releases. How will Man of Steel stack up against Iron Man 3? Will Monsters University be another Toy Story 3 or another Cars 2? Put your predictions in writing. Winners will get to brag about their Nostradamus like skills while losers will have to learn to like the taste of roasted crow (I have been doing a lot of the later these past couple of weeks!).
I debated continuing the June predictions in the original thread, but felt that a fresh start might encourage new participants.
Feel free to make predictions for movies that you think will fall outside of the ranks listed on the form, just make sure you keep those predictions separate. Also feel free to discuss summer box office predictions in general!
How to Participate:
PREDICTION MONTH 2: June 2013
Copy the form below into your post. Other than entering your box office predictions, Do Not Modify it in any way! Predictions are due on May 29th, 2013.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS FOR JUNE 2013
After Earth (Opening May 31st, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
This is the End (Opening June 12th, 5-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
Man of Steel (Opening June 14th, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
Monsters University (Opening June 21st, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
World War Z (Opening June 21st, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
The Heat (Opening June 28th, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
White House Down (Opening June 28th, 3-day weekend)
- Opening Weekend: $XXM
- Domestic Total Gross: $XXXM
- (Bonus) Worldwide Total: $XXXM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notes:
1) Do not modify the form in any way. Just copy it as is into your reply and replace the missing number values
2) Domestic Totals will be based on final gross as of Aug 31st for all June titles.
3) Opening weekend is defined the domestic box office gross a movie makes from its opening night to its first Sunday. If a movie opens on a Friday, you will predict a 3 day opening weekend. If it opens on a Wednesday, you will predict a 5 day opening weekend.
4) You do not have to predict worldwide grosses if you do not want to. They will be counted separately in a special bracket.
How the scoring will Work:
1) Every total box office prediction can earn you up to 100 points. Points earned drop off in a linear fashion based on how far off your prediction was. You need to be within 50% over or under to receive points for a film. For example, if you predict $200M for Man of Steel and it makes $200M, you would receive 100 points. If it makes $250M, you would receive 50 points. If it makes $300M+, you receive nothing.
2) Every opening weekend box office prediction can earn you up to 50 points. Points earned drop off in the manner described above.
4) Worldwide gross predictions are optional and will not count against you.
Need more information on Junes Films? Check the release slate below.
June 2013 Releases
After Earth
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman
Plot: A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcNyzu4IdM
This is the End
Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Cast: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson
Plot: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i24fo2W5EaE
Man of Steel
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon
Plot: A young journalist, molded by the morals of his earth parents, discovers that he is gifted with powers beyond his imagination, and he uses those powers to defend his adopted home from an insidious evil.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4
Monsters University
Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi
Plot: A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University - when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODePHkWSg-U
World War Z
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, David Morse, Matthew Fox
Plot: United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk
The Heat
Director: Paul Feig
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Marlon Wayans
Plot: Uptight FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn is paired with testy Boston cop Shannon Mullins in order to take down a ruthless drug lord. The hitch: neither woman has ever had a partner -- or a friend for that matter.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-KKx0lcn2A
White House Down
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Plot: While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AXbiCdmXgw
Points Standings: Updated May 23rd, 2013
May 2013 - based on predictions here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=535605
Code:
1) Busty 263.2017687
2) Pachinko 225.0718953
3) jakncoke 201.1221883
4) Phoenician_Viking 181.5073447
5) davepoobond 176.572128
6) artist 167.6904528
7) Mushroomer25 162.3297035
8) kswiston 145.4819591
9) FatboyRoberts 143.482081
10) twinturbo2 65.77740743NOTE: The standings above are based on the Opening Weekends of Iron Man 3, The Great Gatsby, and Star Trek: Into Darkness, as well as the domestic gross to date for Iron Man 3 and the Great Gatsby. Standings are not final as the domestic gross point totals will continue to be adjusted in the coming weeks.