We have a HUGE plate of movies coming out this summer, all with a ton of potential. Continuing after my Spring contest, I am excited to start the Summer 2010 Box Office Contest!!

All you gotta do is just answer the following questions by midnight on Thursday, May 6th! The WINNER will receive a $15 iTunes or Amazon gift card!

Qualifying summer movies start with Iron Man 2 and ends with the Pirahna 3D on the August 27th weekend.

Good luck, and let the summer begin!!!



The following questions are worth 1 point each.

#1: Which film will win the summer? Toy Story 3

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, Magnus, Gunslinger, BK, be.redy, SolC9, O, i.hope, Jon, FunnyCide, asalem182, Vanilla, John Blaze, 2001, Flava'd vs the World, Lotan, Corpse, MG Casey, Jedi Master Carr, Gopher

#2: How many films will gross over $200 million? (Iron Man, Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, Eclipse, Inception, Despicable Me) Six

Answered correctly: Magnus, Gunslinger, SolC9, O, i.hope, Jon, MadGez, Harryl3456, John Blaze, Flava'd vs the World, Jedi Master Carr, Gopher

#3: How many films will gross over $300 million (Iron Man, Toy Story 3, Eclipse)? Three

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, Magnus, trixster, i.hope, Jon, FunnyCide, asalem182, John Blaze, 2001, Marshall Viper, Corpse, Gopher

#4: Which will be bigger - Eclipse's first day ($68.533 million) or Shrek Forever After's opening weekend ($70.838 million)? Shrek Forever After's opening weekend

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, Magnus, zingy, BK, be.redy, trixster, SolC9, i.hope, Jon, FunnyCide, asalem182, MadGez, Vanilla, Harryl3456, John Blaze, 2001, Flava'd vs the World, Rev, Lotan, Marshall Viper, Corpse, Gopher

#5:Will Toy Story 3 have an opening weekend bigger than Despicable Me's total gross? No

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, zingy, Gunslinger, asalem182, MadGez, Vanilla, 2001, Rev, Lotan, Marshall Viper

#6:Will Grown Ups pass $130 million? Yes

Answered correctly: Gunslinger, trixster, SolC9, O, i.hope, asalem182, Flava'd vs the World, Rev, Lotan, MG Casey, Gopher

#7: Which will gross more - Iron Man 2 ($313 million) or the sum of The Karate Kid, The A-Team, and Knight and Day ($350+ million)? The sum of The Karate Kid, The A-Team, and Knight and Day

Answered correctly: Gunslinger, be.redy, SolC9, Jon, Vanilla, Corpse, MG Casey

#8: Which movie will have the highest theater count in its opening weekend? Eclipse

Answered correctly: John Blaze

#9: Which will gross more - The Last Airbender, The Sorcerer's Apprentince, or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time? The Last Airbender

Answered correctly: Magnus, zingy, Harryl3456, 2001, Flava'd vs the World, Rev, Marshall Viper, Corpse, MG Casey, Jedi Master Carr

#10: Which will gross more - Inception or The Twilight Saga: Eclipse? The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, zingy, Gunslinger, BK, be.redy, SolC9, O, Jon, FunnyCide, asalem182, MadGez, Vanilla, Harryl3456, John Blaze, 2001, Flava'd vs the World, Rev, Lotan, Marshall Viper, Corpse, MG Casey, Gopher

#11: Which family film will gross more - Marmaduke, Cats and Dogs 2, or Nanny McPhee Returns? Cats and Dogs 2

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, Magnus, i.hope, FunnyCide, MadGez, Vanilla, Lotan

#12:Which film will be #1 on the July 9th - 11th weekend? Despicable Me

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, zingy, Gunslinger, trixster, Jon, Vanilla, 2001, Rev, Marshall Viper, Corpse, MG Casey

#13: Which will be bigger - Letters to Juliet's total, Eat Pray Love's total, or Sex and the City 2's opening weekend? Eat Pray Love's total

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, Gunslinger, BK, O, asalem182, Vanilla, John Blaze, Flava'd vs the World, MG Casey, Gopher

#14: Will Toy Story 3's 2nd weekend beat Knight and Day's opening weekend? Yes

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, Magnus, zingy, Gunslinger, BK, be.redy, trixster, SolC9, i.hope, Jon, FunnyCide, asalem182, MadGez, Vanilla, Harryl3456, John Blaze, 2001, Flava'd vs the World, Rev, Lotan, Marshall Viper, Corpse, MG Casey, Jedi Master Carr, Gopher

#15: Which will gross more - Jonah Hex, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, or Pirahna 3D? Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Answered correctly: Magnus, BK, be.redy, SolC9, Vanilla, Harryl346, 2001, Flava'd vs the World, Rev, MG Casey, Jedi Master Carr

#16: Which will gross more: The A-Team, The Expendables, or Salt? Salt

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, zingy, Gunslinger, BK, be.redy, Vanilla, John Blaze, Marshall Viper

#17: Which will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop - Iron Man 2 (-59.4%), Robin Hood (-48.0%), Prince of Persia (-53.4%), The A-Team (-43.9%), The Expendables (-51.3%), or The Last Airbender (-58.7%)? Iron Man 2

Answered correctly: MadGez, Lotan, Corpse, MG Casey

#18: Which will have the smallest 2nd weekend drop - Shrek Forever After (-38.9%), Toy Story 3 (-46.2%), The Karate Kid (-46.3%), Inception (-32.0%), Knight and Day (-48.1%), Despicable Me (-41.8%), or The Sorcerer's Apprentice (-45.2%)? Inception (-32.0%)

Answered correctly: MadGez, Harryl3456, Lotan

#19: Will The Other Guys beat Dinner for Schmucks by at least $65 million (in total gross)? No

Answered correctly: newfoundglorysp, zingy, Gunslinger, BK, be.redy, trixster, O, i.hope, FunnyCide, asalem182, MadGez, Vanilla, Harryl3456, John Blaze, 2001, Flava'd vs the World, Rev, Lotan, Marshall Viper, Corpse, MG Casey, Gopher

#20:How many films will gross over $100 million this summer (Iron Man, Shrek Forever After, Robin Hood, Toy Story 3, The Karate Kid, Eclipse, Grown Ups, The Last Airbender, Despicable Me, Inception, Salt, The Other Guys, The Expendables)? Thirteen

Answered correctly: No one!!


Predict the top 5 grossing movies of the summer season: (Each rank is worth 1 pt each)
1. Toy Story 3
2. Iron Man 2
3. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
4. Inception
5. Despicable Me


Finally, predict the following films' total gross. If you get within $10 million of the actual total, you get 3 points!

The A-Team
Despicable Me
Grown Ups
The Expendables
The Karate Kid
Knight and Day
Inception
Iron Man 2
The Last Airbender
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Robin Hood
Salt
Sex and the City 2
Shrek 4
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Toy Story 3
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse


You may post your predictions here or PM them to me. Remember, the deadline is Thursday, February 18th at midnight!!

- Which will gross more: A-Team or Salt?

- Will The Twilight Saga: Eclipse top $75 million opening weekend?

- How many $200+ million grossers will we get this summer?

- Will Grown Ups make more than $130 million?

- Will Robin Hood top $100 million?

- how many films will cross 300m

-how many films will cross 400m

-which will gross more Inception or Shrek4

- Which movie will have the highest theater count in its opening weekend?

- Will the top 5 movies have made more than $1.5 billion combined (as of 8/31)?

- Which weekend (Fri+Sat+Sun) will have the highest top 12 total?

Will Shrek 3D top 400m and beat TS3?




don't you mean day?

All great ones so far!

Eclipse will break $75 million opening day easily.

- Will The Last Airbender make as much total as Eclipse's opening weekend?

- Will Dinner for Schmucks make more than I Love You, Man?

Will Prince of Persia's 4-day multiplier be greater than 2.25?

Will the Killers top $80m?

Will Predators' second week drop be bigger than 72.5%?

I think he means weekend since Eclipse opens on Wednesday or Thursday right? So it's not guaranteed a $75m weekend.

4 against 1 - Which group will have the highest domestic gross?
Sex and the City 2 + Letters To Juliet + Beastly + Going The Distance
VS. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Will The Expendables outgross Predators by at least 20M?

How much will the biggest opening day gross be this summer?

Mhm, 3-day weekend. Though I might raise the benchmark to $80 million.

And here... we.... go! Thanks again to everyone who submitted questions! Helped me out a lot.

The following questions are worth 1 point each.

#1: Which film will win the summer? TS3

#2: How many films will gross over $200 million? 6

#3: How many films will gross over $300 million? 3

#4: Which will be bigger - Eclipse's first day or Shrek Forever After's opening weekend? SFA's OW

#5: Will Toy Story 3 have an opening weekend bigger than Dispicable Me's total gross? Yes

#6: Will Grown Ups pass $130 million? Yes

#7: Which will gross more - Iron Man 2 or the sum of The Karate Kid, The A-Team, and Knight and Day? IM2

#8: Which movie will have the highest theater count in its opening weekend? IM2

#9: Which will gross more - The Last Airbender, The Sorcerer's Apprentince, or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time? POP

#10: Which will gross more - Inception or The Twilight Saga: Eclipse? Eclipse

#11: Which family film will gross more - Marmaduke, Cats and Dogs 2, or Nanny McPhee Returns? Marmaduke

#12: Which film will be #1 on the July 9th - 11th weekend? Predators

#13: Which will be bigger - Letters to Juliet's total, Eat Pray Love's total, or Sex and the City 2's first 3 days? EPL's total

#14: Will Toy Story 3's 2nd weekend beat Knight and Day's opening weekend? Yes

#15: Which will gross more - Jonah Hex, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, or Pirahna 3D? Pirahna 3D

#16: Which will gross more: The A-Team, The Expendables, or Salt? A-Team

#17: Which will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop - Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Prince of Persia, The A-Team, The Expendables, or The Last Airbender? POP

#18: Which will have the smallest 2nd weekend drop - Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, The Karate Kid, Inception, Knight and Day, Dispicable Me, or The Sorcerer's Apprentice? DM

#19: Will The Other Guys beat Dinner for Schmucks by at least $65 million (in total gross)? NO

#20: How many films will gross over $100 million this summer? 14


Predict the top 5 grossing movies of the summer season: (Each rank is worth 1 pt each)
1. Toy Story 3
2. Iron Man 2
3. Shrek 4
4. Eclipse
5. Inception


Finally, predict the following films' total gross. If you get within $10 million of the actual total, you get 3 points!

The A-Team: 120m
DM: 120m
Grown Ups: 125m
The Expendables: 73m
The Karate Kid: 92m
Knight and Day: 181m
Inception: 247m
Iron Man 2: 435m
The Last Airbender: 128m
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: 150m
Robin Hood: 90m
Salt: 84m
Sex and the City 2: 148m
Shrek 4: 318m
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: 75m
Toy Story 3: 475m
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: 288m

Thanks!! Trying to complete it for the whole summer, but it's taking awhile.

#1: Which film will win the summer? Toy Story 3

#2: How many films will gross over $200 million? 6

#3: How many films will gross over $300 million? 2

#4: Which will be bigger - Eclipse's first day or Shrek Forever After's opening weekend?
Eclipse

#5: Will Toy Story 3 have an opening weekend bigger than Dispicable Me's total gross?
Toy Story 3
#6: Will Grown Ups pass $130 million?
no
#7: Which will gross more - Iron Man 2 or the sum of The Karate Kid, The A-Team, and Knight and Day?
Iron Man 2
#8: Which movie will have the highest theater count in its opening weekend?
Iron Man 2
#9: Which will gross more - The Last Airbender, The Sorcerer's Apprentince, or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time?
The Last Airbender
#10: Which will gross more - Inception or The Twilight Saga: Eclipse?
Inception
#11: Which family film will gross more - Marmaduke, Cats and Dogs 2, or Nanny McPhee Returns?
Marmaduke
#12: Which film will be #1 on the July 9th - 11th weekend?
Predators
#13: Which will be bigger - Letters to Juliet's total, Eat Pray Love's total, or Sex and the City 2's first 3 days?
Sex in the City 2
#14: Will Toy Story 3's 2nd weekend beat Knight and Day's opening weekend?
Yes
#15: Which will gross more - Jonah Hex, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, or Pirahna 3D?
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
#16: Which will gross more: The A-Team, The Expendables, or Salt?
A-Team
#17: Which will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop - Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Prince of Persia, The A-Team, The Expendables, or The Last Airbender?
Prince of Persia
#18: Which will have the smallest 2nd weekend drop - Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, The Karate Kid, Inception, Knight and Day, Dispicable Me, or The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Toy Story 3
#19: Will The Other Guys beat Dinner for Schmucks by at least $65 million (in total gross)?
Yes
#20: How many films will gross over $100 million this summer?
17

Predict the top 5 grossing movies of the summer season: (Each rank is worth 1 pt each)
1. Toy Story 3
2. Iron Man 2
3. Inception
4. Eclipse
5. Shrek 4


Finally, predict the following films' total gross. If you get within $10 million of the actual total, you get 3 points!

The A-Team 175
Dispicable Me 110
Grown Ups 120
The Expendables 105
The Karate Kid 75
Knight and Day 210
Inception 285
Iron Man 2 440
The Last Airbender 200
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 170
Robin Hood 130
Salt 150
Sex and the City 2 145
Shrek 4 265
The Sorcerer's Apprentice 102
Toy Story 3 503
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 270

My predictions just for fun:


#1: Which film will win the summer? Toy Story 3

#2: How many films will gross over $200 million? 5

#3: How many films will gross over $300 million? 2

#4: Which will be bigger - Eclipse's first day or Shrek Forever After's opening weekend? Eclipse's first day

#5: Will Toy Story 3 have an opening weekend bigger than Dispicable Me's total gross? Yes

#6: Will Grown Ups pass $130 million? Yes

#7: Which will gross more - Iron Man 2 or the sum of The Karate Kid, The A-Team, and Knight and Day? Sum of the latter 3

#8: Which movie will have the highest theater count in its opening weekend? Iron Man 2

#9: Which will gross more - The Last Airbender, The Sorcerer's Apprentince, or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time? The Last Airbender

#10: Which will gross more - Inception or The Twilight Saga: Eclipse? Eclipse

#11: Which family film will gross more - Marmaduke, Cats and Dogs 2, or Nanny McPhee Returns? Marmaduke

#12: Which film will be #1 on the July 9th - 11th weekend? Despicable Me

#13: Which will be bigger - Letters to Juliet's total, Eat Pray Love's total, or Sex and the City 2's first 3 days? Eat Pray Love's total

#14: Will Toy Story 3's 2nd weekend beat Knight and Day's opening weekend? Yes

#15: Which will gross more - Jonah Hex, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, or Pirahna 3D? Scott Pilgrim

#16: Which will gross more: The A-Team, The Expendables, or Salt? The A-Team

#17: Which will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop - Iron Man 2 (-58%), Robin Hood (-55%), Prince of Persia (-58%), The A-Team (-54%), The Expendables, or The Last Airbender (-54%)? Iron Man 2

#18: Which will have the smallest 2nd weekend drop - Shrek Forever After (-51%), Toy Story 3 (-49%), The Karate Kid (-44%) , Inception (-44%), Knight and Day, Despicable Me (-40%), or The Sorcerer's Apprentice (-42%)? Despicable Me

#19: Will The Other Guys beat Dinner for Schmucks by at least $65 million (in total gross)? No

#20: How many films will gross over $100 million this summer? 17


Predict the top 5 grossing movies of the summer season: [size=85](Each rank is worth 1 pt each)
1. Toy Story 3
2. Iron Man 2
3. Shrek 4
4. Eclipse
5. Inception


Finally, predict the following films' total gross. If you get within $10 million of the actual total, you get 3 points!

The A-Team - $140 million
Dispicable Me - $120 million
Grown Ups - $155 million
The Expendables - $105 million
The Karate Kid - $135 million
Knight and Day - $155 million
Inception - $160 million
Iron Man 2 - $430 million
The Last Airbender - $120 million
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $88 million
Robin Hood - $85 million
Salt - $115 million
Sex and the City 2 - $120 million
Shrek 4 - $275 million
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - $100 million
Toy Story 3 - $490 million
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $265 million
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Ooh, fun. A few of my predictions were just shots in the dark, but I enjoyed putting them together.

I've decided to swing for the fences on The Sorcerer's Apprentice, which I believe will be a significant breakout/blockbuster.

Oh, and #16 seems so obvious to me...Salt will destroy the other two.

Cool, I'll play.

Some questions/predictions look easy but checking the Spring contest, and heh, I was pretty awful.

Green Zone, Bounty Hunter, Date Night etc.

I'm feeling Toy Story 3 more and more as its release date gets closer. Toy Story 2 already adjusts to $430 million with an average ticket price of $8.8 (3D add-on). Then of course, you have 9 years of new kids growing up with the first two and loving them who will help Toy Story 3 even more.

Nah. The A-Team is going sub-100m.

I do.

The A-Team fails to distinguish itself. A flatly shot run-of-the-mill actioner relying solely on supposed nostalgia for the show.

Salt has a tight, easy-to-sell premise, eye-catching trailers, and a huge star in the type of role people love to see her play.

Ya, A-Team has a much better trailer too. It does what many ensemble action pics haven't done well - which is establishing each character and making them appealing.

Salt is been there done that. I don't think Angelina by herself means much anymore.

Oh, come on, no. None of the characters seem appealing in the A-Team trailer.

And Angelina was the reason Wanted was as big as it was.

The following questions are worth 1 point each.

#1: Which film will win the summer? Toy Story 3

#2: How many films will gross over $200 million? 5

#3: How many films will gross over $300 million? 3

#4: Which will be bigger - Eclipse's first day or Shrek Forever After's opening weekend? Shrek Forever After's Opening Weekend

#5: Will Toy Story 3 have an opening weekend bigger than Despicable Me's total gross? Yes

#6: Will Grown Ups pass $130 million? No

#7: Which will gross more - Iron Man 2 or the sum of The Karate Kid, The A-Team, and Knight and Day? Sum of The Karate Kid, The A-Team, and Knight and Day.

#8: Which movie will have the highest theater count in its opening weekend? Toy Story 3

#9: Which will gross more - The Last Airbender, The Sorcerer's Apprentince, or Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time? The Last Airbender

#10: Which will gross more - Inception or The Twilight Saga: Eclipse? Eclipse.

#11: Which family film will gross more - Marmaduke, Cats and Dogs 2, or Nanny McPhee Returns? Marmaduke

#12: Which film will be #1 on the July 9th - 11th weekend? Despicable Me

#13: Which will be bigger - Letters to Juliet's total, Eat Pray Love's total, or Sex and the City 2's first 3 days? Sex and the City first 3 days.

#14: Will Toy Story 3's 2nd weekend beat Knight and Day's opening weekend? Yes

#15: Which will gross more - Jonah Hex, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, or Pirahna 3D? Jonah Hex

#16: Which will gross more: The A-Team, The Expendables, or Salt? The A-Team

#17: Which will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop - Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Prince of Persia, The A-Team, The Expendables, or The Last Airbender? Iron Man 2

#18: Which will have the smallest 2nd weekend drop - Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, The Karate Kid, Inception, Knight and Day, Despicable Me, or The Sorcerer's Apprentice? The Karate Kid

#19: Will The Other Guys beat Dinner for Schmucks by at least $65 million (in total gross)? No

#20: How many films will gross over $100 million this summer? 19


Predict the top 5 grossing movies of the summer season: (Each rank is worth 1 pt each)
1. Toy Story 3
2. Iron Man 2
3. Shrek Forever After
4. Eclipse
5. Inception


Finally, predict the following films' total gross. If you get within $10 million of the actual total, you get 3 points!

The A-Team $150m
Despicable Me $105m
Grown Ups $110m
The Expendables $75m
The Karate Kid $90m
Knight and Day $140m
Inception $220m
Iron Man 2 $400m
The Last Airbender $150m
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time $150m
Robin Hood $110m
Salt $125m
Sex and the City 2 $130m
Shrek 4 $340m
The Sorcerer's Apprentice $85m
Toy Story 3 $480m
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $270m