Summer Box Office Contest Week 5

[Jedi Master Carr]

We are back to predictions due on Friday.
Here are last weekend 4 day numbers with 3 days in parenthesizes
1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $126,917,373 ($100,137,835)
2 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian $29,810,163 ($22,794,989)
3 Iron Man $26,111,130 ($20,447,253)
4 What Happens in Vegas $11,363,713 ($9,116,935)
I figure no way Speed Racer makes the top 5.

Two new movies Sex in the City and The Strangers.
The Strangers looks like some odd horror film. I think most people here have heard of the tv series Sex in the City. I am not real sure what the movie will do.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Okay I am going first for a change mainly because I am going out a limb based on what I hear and read.
1 Sex in the City 68.22
2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 43.67
3 Iron Man 11.76
4 Prince Caspian 11.44
5 The Strangers 10.01

[CMJ]

1. Sex in the City - 53.53M
2. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 47.93M
3. Prince Caspian - 14.11M
4. Iron Man - 13.78M
5. The Strangers - 13.01M

[Atreyu]

1. Sex in the City - $51.24m
2. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $46.55m
3. Iron Man - $13.43m
4. Prince Caspian - $11.72m
5. The Strangers - $9.22m

I really have no idea regarding this week - I see a close finish between Indy and Sex in the City for top spot, as well as Prince Capsian and Iron Man for 3rd place.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

1. Sex in the City $60.11
2. Indy - $46.89
3. Iron Man - $14.32
4. Prince Caspian - $12.73
5. The Strangers - $11.55

[Liam Jinn]

1. Sex in the City - $50.09
2. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $43.6
3. Prince Caspian - $12.4
4. Iron Man - $11.8
5. The Strangers - $10.33

I agree with Atreyu, this is gonna be a tough one. Number one spot could go either way, and I could see either Caspian, Iron Man, or Strangers take third.

[Vigilante]

(is LD) I think Sex and the City will make tons of money this first weekend - not sure about the following weekends. But I know it had a huge following and LOTS of crazy women are going to go see it in droves. I am not one of them, however. Never watched the show.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Well I think it will be front loaded. I think it could be more front loaded than a Harry Potter or X-Men film which says a lot.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Oh yeah, I think the people who are going to see it will see it this weekend and week and then it'll just die off.

[Yog]

1. Sex in the City: 78.93M
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 49.35M
3. Iron Man: 12.98M
4. Prince Caspian: 10.36M
5. The Strangers: 9.55M

[Crusader]

1. Sex in the City - 49.53M
2. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 46.33M
3. Iron Man: 12.78M
4. Prince Caspian: 12.36M
5. The Strangers - 11.01M

[Ryan Pode]

1. Sex in the City - 41.80M
2. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 23.94M
3. Iron Man: 18.42M
4. Prince Caspian: 10.23M
5. The Strangers - 9.71M

[Jedi Master Carr]

Here are friday's numbers
1. Sex and the City - 26.5
2. Indiana Jones: Kingdom of Crystal Skull - 12.3 (-60%) 183.2
3. The Strangers - 7.6
4. Iron Man - 3.7 (-31%) 266.4
5. Narnia: Prince Caspian - 3.4 (-47%) 106.1

Sex in the City should make 65-70 million. Indy looks like somewhere between 40-43 for it second weekend. Strangers is the huge shock that should almost get 20 which I didn't think was possible.

[Atreyu]

Sex in the City should make 65-70 million. Indy looks like somewhere between 40-43 for it second weekend. Strangers is the huge shock that should almost get 20 which I didn't think was possible.
I'm am so glad that I changed my predictions earlier - I'll probably be way off for S&TC but at least I put it first (I originally hand Indy coming first before I re-edited).

Strangers is a surprise - I just didn't think it had anything go for it.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Weekend Actuals
1 N Sex and the City NL $56,848,056
2 1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $44,754,615
3 N The Strangers Rog. $20,997,985
4 3 Iron Man Par. $13,541,264
5 2 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV $12,704,545



Accuracy Points
# 1 - 25 pts: CMJ (Sex and the City)
# 2 - 20 pts: Jedi Master Carr (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull )
# 3 - 15 pts: CMJ (Strangers)
# 4 - 10 pts: Atreyu (Iron Man)
# 5 - 5 pts: Lilaena De'Ville (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian )

Weekend Points
CMJ 55
Jedi Master Carr 30
Atreyu 20
Liam Jinn 15
Lilaena De'Ville 15
Yog 10
Ryan Pode 10
Crusader 10






Contest Totals (Remember only top 12 scores are counted)
Liam Jinn: 265
CMJ: 215
Jedi Master Carr: 190
Yog: 170
Atreyu: 155
Ryan Pode: 130
Crusader: 130
Lilaena De'Ville: 130

I think this will be most people’s worse weekend. The Strangers really shocked all of us and that mess up the order for about everyone. CMJ though makes up some ground on Liam.

I have to say I am kicking myself for changing my sex in the city preidction. I predicted 55 and I would have won. I got carried away reading about the early sell outs.

[Atreyu]

Weekend actuals from BOMojo.com:

1. Sex and the City - $56.848m
2. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $44.755m
3. The Strangers - $20.998m
4. Iron Man - $13.541m
5. Prince Caspian - $12.704m

EDIT: LOL should have refreshed the thread again before posting - Carr beat me too it. :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

heh no big deal. We can talk about surprises and such. I have to Sex is very frontloaded. It made 26 million first day and I thought it do over 60. The Strangers is a big shock too.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Well, at least I'm TIED for last with two other people now. ;)

[Yog]

I will be out of town for some days, so here are my week 6 predictions. If someone could post them for me in next contest thread, I would greatly appreciate it. :)

1. Kung Fu Panda - 55.78M
2. You Don't Mess with the Zohan - 40.22M
3. Sex and the City - 26.93M
4. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 23.55M
5. The Strangers - 10.51M

[Jedi Master Carr]

No problem I am going to post it in a few minutes and then I will add it to it.