Box Office Contest Week 18 The Final Weekend

[Jedi Master Carr]

Okay last weekend, and this will decide the winners. Also it is Labor Day weekend, so count 4 day totals as the points will be doubled. Only one new movie this weekend Fear Dot Com, not sure if it can duplicate what Jeepers Creepers did last year on Labor Day. Okay you have until 9Am Saturday to get your votes in good luck.

[Admiral Lebron]

Man...it feels like just yesterday I was beating you all...:\ :( :cry

[Jedi Master Carr]

The weird thing is how many times 1st place has changed hands, Sir Dizzy was first in the beginning, Yoghurt passed him for a week or two, you, Lebron was first place for over a month, then I overtook you for two weeks than Yoghurt regained the top spot now, Quandinaros is in first going into the final, it will be interesting to see who wins.

[Marcus Telcontar]

Box Office Mojo for me.

[Admiral Lebron]

Why do you bother posting Marcus? You shoulda just said in the beginning you want Mojo's answers all the time. Ugh.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Well if that is what he wants to do its no problem for me, though his Mojo pick, beat mind, I was thinking I had #4 down but forgot that Mojo picked it 4th.

[Quadinaros]

Just my opinion, Marcus, but you could at least go to Mojo, copy the numbers, and post them here. That way at least your picks would be easy for everybody to see, and it would appear as if you were somewhat involved in the contest. I'm not trying to be rude, but as the contest winds down, this may be something to consider for next summer. :rolleyes

[Darth23]

heh heh


um, no comment. ;)

[Darth23]

1) Signs - $13.91 million (4 day)
2) Greek Wedding $10.01 million (4 day)
3) xXx - $9.29 million (4 day)
4) Spy Kids - $7.91 million (4 day)
5) fear.com - $5.19 million (4 day)

[Jedieb]

1) Signs - $15.9876543 million (4 day)
2) Greek Wedding $10.9876543 million (4 day)
3) xXx - $9.1234567 million (4 day)
4) Spy Kids - $7.54321 million (4 day)
5) fear.com - $4.987654322 million (4 day)

[JMK]

1) Signs - $14.56 million (4 day)
2) xXx $11.34 million (4 day)
3) Greek Wedding - $9.97 million (4 day)
4) Spy Kids - $8.82 million (4 day)
5) fear.com - $5.32 million (4 day)

[Marcus Telcontar]

Go away Lebron. I'm lazy, okay?

:: Change numers! ::

I'm going to go for an upset!

1. Big Fat Greek Wedding - 14.1 million
2. Signs - 13.5 million
3. xXx - 11.0 million.

4 will be Box Office Mojo
5 will be Box Office Mojo

[Admiral Lebron]

Ya know I shoulda expected behavior like this from you. Stealing Mojo's numbers. Typical Aussie behavior. :)

[CMJ]

1. Signs - 14.09M
2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 12.31M
3. XXX - 11.52M
4. Fear dot com - 10.24M
5. Spy Kids 2 - 8.13M

[Jedi Master Carr]

1 Signs 13.25
2 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 11.15
3 XXX 10.11
4 Fear Dot Com 8.11
5 Spy Kids 2 7.22

[ReaperFett]

1) Signs - 13.99 million
2) Greek Wedding 11.11 million
3) xXx - 9.99 million
4) Spy Kids - 7.77 million
5) fear.com - 6.66 million

[Quadinaros]

1. Signs $17.00
2. XXX $12.53
3. Greek Wedding $10.53
4. Spy Kids 2 $8.73
5. Fear.com $8.62

May the best predictions win ;)

[sirdizzy]

1) Signs - $17.41 million (4 day)
2) Greek Wedding $11.75 million (4 day)
3) xXx - $10.66 million (4 day)
4) Spy Kids - $7.51 million (4 day)
5) fear.com - $5.01 million (4 day)

[Master Yoghurt]

1. Signs - 12.95
2. Greek Wedding - 12.42
3. XXX - 10.52
4. Spy Kids - 8.22
5. fear.com - 7.12

[Admiral Lebron]

1. Signs - 8.52
2. xXx - 7.82
3. Spy Kids 2 - 6.50
4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 6.34
5. Fear Dot Com - 5.30


Ugh...just woke up.

[Master Yoghurt]

Friday numbers:

SIGNS 3.393
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2.821
XXX 2.717
FEARDOTCOM 1.802
SPY KIDS 2 1.490
AUSTIN POWERS 1.419
BLUE CRUSH 1.270
SERVING SARA 1.033
THE GOOD GIRL .780
ONE HOUR PHOTO .715

[sirdizzy]

wow fear did better than i thought it would

[Jedi Master Carr]

I figured FearDotCom would finish fourth or around there considering its a horror film, last year Jeepers Creepers surprised everybody on Labor Day.

Well if those numbers stand I am thinking its going to be very close, only me and CMJ have the five in order (of corse Fear Dot com could go up or down Sat and Sun) so it looks like it will be very close come Tuesday.

[Master Yoghurt]

I think feardotcom will have a terrible weekend multiplier..

[Jedi Master Carr]

It could it is hard to say, it won't finish higher than 4th I am certain than that, and if it does it still won't make 10 million for the 4 days.

[Master Yoghurt]

Saturday numbers..

1 SIGNS BUENA VISTA 3,437 4,969,500 1,446 187,004,000
2 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING IFC FILMS 1,619 4,248,500 2,624 74,892,000
3 XXX SONY 3,536 3,915,500 1,107 117,396,000
4 SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS DIMENSION 3,250 2,274,500 700 65,715,500
5 AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER NEW LINE 2,506 2,001,500 799 199,853,000
6 FEARDOTCOM WARNERBORS 2,550 1,939,000 760 3,740,000
7 BLUE CRUSH UNIVERSAL 2,825 1,588,500 562 31,963,500
8 SERVING SARA PARAMOUNT 2,174 1,314,500 605 9,883,000
9 GOOD GIRL, THE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 667 1,022,000 1,532 5,546,000

[Quadinaros]

Well, I enjoyed my 1 week reign in 1st place. Now if only I hadn't missed the first week of the contest, who knows........ >_<

[Jedi Master Carr]

You might still win, we won't know till Tuesday, I think its a three way race unless CMJ or Lebron wins all five movies, those are the only other possiblities.

[CMJ]

C'mon baby. ;)

[Admiral Lebron]

Like that'll happen... :(

[Jedi Master Carr]

Here are the estimates for the Labor Day weekend (4-6 are very close so I don't think we will know who wins until tomorrow)

1 1 Signs Dis. $16,515,000
2 4 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC $14,598,000
3 2 XXX Sony $13,100,000 -
4 3 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Mira. $7,300,000
5 N fear dot com WB $7,120,000
6 7 Austin Powers in Goldmember NL $7,075,000


Man Signs keeps making money, I think it will easily pass AP3 soon and become the 3rd highest grossing film so far. And look at MBFGW I think its guarenteed to make 100 now.

[Master Yoghurt]

Sunday numbers:

1 SIGNS BUENA VISTA 3,437 4,984,000 1,450 191,988,000
2 MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING IFC FILMS 1,619 4,494,500 2,776 79,386,500
3 XXX SONY 3,536 3,887,000 1,099 121,283,000
4 SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS DIMENSION 3,250 2,382,500 733 68,098,000
5 AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER NEW LINE 2,506 2,044,000 816 201,897,000
6 FEARDOTCOM WARNERBORS 2,550 1,908,500 748 5,648,500
7 BLUE CRUSH UNIVERSAL 2,825 1,604,500 568 33,568,000
8 SERVING SARA PARAMOUNT 2,174 1,335,000 614 11,218,000
9 ROAD TO PERDITION, THE DREAMWORKS 1,763 1,083,000 614 98,445,000
10 GOOD GIRL, THE FOX SEARCHLIGHT 667 1,029,500 1,543 6,575,500

[Quadinaros]

I pretty much committed suicide by putting XXX ahead of Greek Wedding. For some reason, I've had a hard time accepting that movie's great run. Well, I'll anxiously await the totals. O_o

[Master Yoghurt]

Top 10 actuals for 4-day weekend:

1. Signs $17,043,114 (+19.3%)
2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding $14,809,546 (+103.9%)
3. XXX $13,109,119 (-1.1%)
4. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams $8,275,600 (+9%)
5. fear dot com $7,087,457
6. Austin Powers in Goldmember $7,069,386 (+27.5%)
7. Blue Crush $5,569,455 (--14.9%)
8. Serving Sara $4,385,699 (--23.8%)
9. The Good Girl $3,804,818 (+160.1%)
10. Road to Perdition $3,529,984 (+29.6%)

[Master Yoghurt]

Looks like I nailed #2, #4 and #5 and got the top 5 right! :crack

[Admiral Lebron]

Well you can't win if your dead. :shootin
:)

:evil

:verymad

:grumble

:cry

[Master Yoghurt]

:duel

:spank

:wings

:smokin

[Admiral Lebron]

You're my dad? :o :(

Or am I yours? O_o

[Jedi Master Carr]

I will let CMJ make the annoucement, I am sure Yog won though, not sure who finished 2nd though it appears it will be Quad, oh well at least I finished 3rd.

[CMJ]

Okay here are the totals....if any numbers are wrong please point them out.

The winner of the #1 film was Quadinaros!

The winner of the #2 film was Master Yoghurt!

The winner of the #3 film was CMJ!

The winner of the #4 film was Master Yoghurt!

The winner of the #5 film was Master Yoghurt!

WEEKLY TOTALS

Master Yoghurt - 120
Quadinaros 80
sirdizzy - 50
CMJ - 60
Darth23 - 50
ReaperFett 50
Jedieb - 50
JMK - 30
Jedi Master Carr - 30

Marcus Q. Dunn - 30
Admiral Lebron - 20

CONTEST TOTALS

**Master Yoghurt - 615
*Quadinaros - 585
Jedi Master Carr - 500
Admiral Lebron - 435
CMJ - 405
sir dizzy - 370
Darth23 - 365
JMK - 360
Jedieb - 345
ReaperFett - 320
Marcus Q. Dunn - 260
Mu Satach - 140
dbn - 105
Darth McBain - 70

[ReaperFett]

Wow, I had an average weekend. Good finish for me :)

[JMK]

Pretty weak finish for me. Ah well. Better luck next year.

And that's all it is. Luck. :p

[Admiral Lebron]

Piss poor way I went down. Oh well. :\ :( :cry Next year is 9 months away which is plenty of time to fly to Oslo and other such places to um...visit. Yes... Visit. :D

[Jedi Master Carr]

Well Congrats Yog, you did the best job guessing, IMO. Finally it might not be that long to the next contest, if you guys are interested I am thinking about doing a Holiday one, it would only be two months deal that is if you are interested, I haven't completely decided if I will do it or not but if the same ones who did this one want to I will post it up probably starting Nov 1 until New Years, I will let you all know if I can do it or not.

[Quadinaros]

CMJ, I should have won the #1 movie. I predicted Signs with $17.00 million. Not that it really matters now. :rolleyes

[Quadinaros]

Congratulations, Master Yoghurt!! You clearly are the master of this type of contest. :smokin

I'd like to thank everybody who participated in the contest. I had a fun time with it. :D

[Marcus Telcontar]

Yes!!! Do a holiday contest!

[Master Yoghurt]

Thanks everyone. It has been a very fun and exciting contest for me. Furthermore, I have learned more about box office for the last few months than I thought was possible. :cool

Jedi Master Carr, I would love to see a holiday contest. I would obviously join. I look forward to prove I can beat the competition a second time.. ;):D

[Master Yoghurt]

Originally posted by Admiral Lebron
Piss poor way I went down. Oh well. :\ :( :cry Next year is 9 months away which is plenty of time to fly to Oslo and other such places to um...visit. Yes... Visit. :D

Look at it at the bright side, you will probably have another chance in the holiday contest :angel


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[Master Yoghurt]

And there is my new sig! :D

Btw, JMC, if you decide to go through with a Holiday Box Office contest, I would be willing to help doing the numbers, or control check them. :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Nice Sig, that sounds good, I am not sure if CMJ will have time or not, the only thing I would have to figure out is prizes.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I think you are right Quad, plus the points should have been doubled, I don't think it will affect the first two might affect a couple of people below the top 5, not really sure though.

[CMJ]

Damn..I forgot to double the points. :p

[Quadinaros]

Originally posted by Master Yoghurt
And there is my new sig! :D


Dang, Yogs. You beat me to the punch. I plan to make one at CCNet, but it will include a touch of my arrogance. ;)

[CMJ]

Ya know Yoghurt...that's a cool frickin' signature. :)

[Quadinaros]

CMJ, will you please humor me and give me my points for #1 movie. It makes the finish look closer. ;)

[Jedi Master Carr]

I updated it for you Quad, it ends up not mattering everybody ended up the same, except the points.

[JMK]

Just wondering, but if Marcus went with mojo's predictions, and nearly all of us beat mojo, what does that say about their predicting abilities? ;)

[Master Yoghurt]

I'd say, some of the posters here are at least as accurate or better than the 'experts' at predicting. Box Office Mojo was ok at calculating drop offs, but really bad at predicting weekend openings for example. The experts may give a vague indication on what a movie is going to make, but it just wont work copying the numbers.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Mojo is more accurate than Lee and Guru, but still he is off like you said Yog.

[Mu Satach]

Woo! I came in 3rd to dead last!!! MURHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!

:p

>=}

[CMJ]

LOL...it's good to have goals Mu. ;)

[Quadinaros]

Originally posted by JMK
Just wondering, but if Marcus went with mojo's predictions, and nearly all of us beat mojo, what does that say about their predicting abilities? ;)

You also have to remember that this contest isn't won by having accurate predictions, but by posting predictions that will give you the best chance of winning points. Mojo doesn't think about our predictions when making his own. ;) I think he is overall a very good forecaster of box office.

[Mu Satach]

Originally posted by CMJ
LOL...it's good to have goals Mu. ;)

Acutally my theapist told me I should be proud of my accomplishments no matter how small they seem.


*turns to mirror*
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it... people like me.

;)

[CMJ]

LMAO...now that's a blast from the past!

I've missed ya around here Ms. Satach...you're one funny lady.

[JMK]

Did you see the Stuary Smalley sketch with Michael Jordan? It was soooo funny watching MJ trying not to crack up.

[CMJ]

Yeah that was a great one. :) This was back when I still watched Saturday Night Live...geeze I haven't in years now(other than maybe the opening during the political campings).

[JMK]

I'm much less inclined to watch now that Will Ferrell has left the show. :(

[Mu Satach]

I tend to watch MadTV now. Haven't even bothered to check out SNL in years. In fact the last time I watched a full show was when they did a Presidential Debate one as well.