4/29: LARGEST B.O. Showdown EVER!

[SFjohnny]

PRIZING HAS CHANGED!!!
http://www.shakefire.com/logos/boxofficeshowdown.jpg

NOTE: In order to win, you must beat all Shakefire.com members guessing.

Again, two big things have changed:

1. In order to get results to you faster, we will now be basing the percentages on the estimates released on Sundays.

2. Guesses will now be due no later than 5:00PM on Thursdays.

To submit your guesses, you must reply to this thread with your estimates of this coming weekend's Top 10 U.S. box office draw from April 29-May 1, 2005. Guesses will not be accepted via email.

THIS WEEK'S CONTEST:

GRAND PRIZE:
An XM Radio System signed by SWITCHFOOT and a 1-Year Subscription to XM Radio!!

RUNNER-UP:
LAYER CAKE book by J.J. Connolly (Now a major motion picture from Matthew Vaughn)

OVER $450.00 VALUE!!! This is the LARGEST Box Office Showdown we have EVER HAD so start guessing!!

To help you out, the upcoming movies, theatre counts and last week's theatrical totals are now on our front page on the right side near the bottom:

http://www.shakefire.com

To see last week's top guessers, see this post (http://www.shakefire.com/boards/showthread.php?p=12366#post12366).

All guesses must be submitted by replying to this post by Thursday April 28, 2005 at 5:00PM ET. In order ro win prizing, there must be a minimum of 5 guesses submitted other than Shakefire.com staff members. Copying other posts or websites in full will not be permitted. Referencing is ok. For full list of rules, please go to http://www.shakefire.com/contestrules.html

GOOD LUCK!!

[Littleghost]

Wow here goes:

1. XXX 27.9 mil
2. Hitchhiker Guide 23.5 mil
3. Interpreter 14.1 mil
4. Amityville Horror 6.6 mil
5. Sahara 5.3 mil
6. Alot like love 4.5 mil
7. Kung fu Hustle 3.8 mil
8. Fever Pitch 3.4 mil
9. Guess Who 2.2 mil
10. Sin City 1.8 mil

Hey do I get a bonus for guessing first or have that change?
Also, in the future, there will be a bonus for those that guess early!

[dicethrower]

1. XXX: State of the Union $29.1 mil
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide $20.9 mil
3. The Interpreter $13.3 mil
4. Amityville Horror $7.5 mil
5. Sahara $6.0 mil
6. A Lot Like Love $5.3 mil
7. Kung Fu Hustle $4.4 mil
8. Fever Pitch $3.4 mil
9. Robots $2.4 mil
10. Sin City $2.2 mil

[Peter Oberth]

ok, i will continue to slide down the rankings...

1. Hitchhiker's Guide (http://shakefire.com/trailers/thehitchhikersguidetothegalaxy.html) - $23,155,230
2. xXx (http://shakefire.com/trailers/xxx2.html) - $22,677,600
3. The Interpreter (http://www.shakefire.com/articles/otterorotternot5.html#1) - $12,855,889
4. Amityville (http://www.shakefire.com/boards/showthread.php?t=1988) - $8,422,605
5. Kung Fu Hustle (http://www.shakefire.com/articles/otterorotternot4.html) - $5,210,670
6. A Lot Like Love (http://www.shakefire.com/articles/otterorotternot5.html#2) - $4,568,370
7. Sahara (http://www.shakefire.com/interviews/breckeisner.html) - $4,206,994
8. Fever Pitch (http://www.shakefire.com/trailers/feverpitch.html) - $3,519,392
9. Robots (http://www.shakefire.com/articles/otterorotternot1.html) - $2,638,204
10. Guess Who (http://www.shakefire.com/articles/otterorotternot2.html) - $2,442,117

wow, I never see my top ten until I type them out and this is probably one of the riskiest ones I've ever submitted. I figure them all out mathematically on paper and then type them out. Wow, I'm sure I will be lucky to get over 65% this week. oh well...

[SFjosh]

i'm a virgin at this.

XXX: State of the Union $27.8
The Hitchhiker's Guide $21.3
The Interpreter $14.2
Amityville Horror $7.0
Sahara $6.2
Kung Fu Hustle $4.8
A Lot Like Love $4.7
Fever Pitch $3.2
Robots $2.8
Sin City $2.3

[peterisafreak]

1. XXX: State of the Union $27.4 mil
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide $25.3 mil
3. The Interpreter $13.1 mil
4. Amityville Horror $7.1 mil
5. Sahara $6.2 mil
6. A Lot Like Love $5.1 mil
7. Kung Fu Hustle $4.1 mil
8. Fever Pitch $3.1 mil
9. Robots $2.3 mil
10. Sin City $2.1 mil

[Nicholasp27]

so if a SFemployee wins this week, then the prize carries over to next week along with next week's prize, making next week the "largest BO Showdown ever?"

[SFjohnny]

so if a SFemployee wins this week, then the prize carries over to next week along with next week's prize, making next week the "largest BO Showdown ever?"

yes, let's get a lottery deal going here now. so, everybody suck so we can have a HUGE prize in a few weeks.

[bobofoosh]

1 XXX $23,512,716
2 Hitchhiker's Guide $19,888,192
3 The Interpreter $16,322,455
4 The Amityville Horror $9,707,999
5 A lot like Love $7,027,885
6 Kung Fu Hustle $5,749,572
7 Sahara $5,612,188
8 Fever Pitch $3,509,381
9 Sin City $3,326,675
10 Robots $2,917,363

[Nicsmall]

Yucky week, I am very unsure bout these

1-XXX-21.3
2-Hitchhiker-18.1
3-Interpreter-12.9
4-Amityville-6.9
5-Sahara-5.7
6-A lot-4.6
7-Fever Pitch-4.0
8-Kung Fu-3.9
9-Sin City-2.5
10-Robots-2.4

[dberg1]

1. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: 23.55 mil
2. XXX: 19.653.
3. Interpreter 15.35 mil
4. Amityville Horror 6.99 mil
5. Sahara 6.15 mil
6. Alot like love 4.39 mil
7. Kung fu Hustle 4.35 mil
8. Fever Pitch 3.83 mil
9. Guess Who 2.55 mil
10. Sin City 2.0 mil

Ok....taking a leap of faith and hoping that Hitchkikers will do well this weekend. It might appeal only to a certain niche though......

[Hakeem]

hopefully not posting first will bring me luck :( :p

1 XXX 2 (It's Not Porn!) $27
2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy $22
3 The Interpreter $14.5
4 The Amityville Horror $6.5
5 Sahara $5.5
6 A Lot Like Love $4.5
7 Kung Fu Hustle $3.9
8 Fever Pitch $3.1
9 Guess Who $2.1
10 Sin City $1.9

[spacebarshift]

1. XXX: State of the Union $33.3
2. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy $28.7
3. The Interpreter $12.4
4. The Amityville Horror $11.9
5. A Lot Like Love $7.9
6. Kung Fu Hustle $7.5
7. Sahara $7.1
8. Fever Pitch $6.9
9. Sin City $6.6
10. King's Ransom $5.9

[moviemaven]

1. XXX: State of the Union $23.6 mil
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy $21.78 mil
3. The Interpreter $12.9 mil
4. Amityville Horror $6.8 mil
5. Sahara $5.48 mil
6. A Lot Like Love $4.42 mil
7. Kung Fu Hustle $4.20 mil
8. Fever Pitch $3.63 mil
9. Guess Who $2.47 mil
10. Sin City $1.95 mil

This is going to be an interesting week. Not really sure what'll happen with the top 2 - ditto to almost everyone else's similar comments :confused:

[manicmyk]

1. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy $34m
2. XXX: State of the Union 26m
3. The Amityville Horror 21m
4. The Interpreter 12m
5. Kung Fu Hustle 7m
6. A Lot Like Love 6.9m
7. Sin City 6.8m
8. Fever Pitch 5m
9. Sahara 4m
10. King's Ransom 3m

[Toukan42]

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 24mil
2. XXX: State of the Union 22mil
3. The Interpreter 15mil
4. The Amityville Horror 6mil
5. Sahara 5mil
6. Kung Fu Hustle 4.1mil
7. A Lot Like Love 4mil
8. Fever Pitch 3mil
9. Guess Who 2.5mil
10. Sin City 1.7mil

[shakemeup]

1. XXX 30 mil
2. Hitchhiker Guide 22 mil
3. Interpreter 15 mil
4. Amityville Horror 7.6 mil
5. Sahara 5.6 mil
6. Alot like love 4.9 mil
7. Kung fu Hustle 4.8 mil
8. Fever Pitch 3.5 mil
9. Sin City 3 mil
10. Robots 2.8 mil

[usedcars]

1. XXX 27 mil
2. Hitchhiker Guide 20 mil
3. Interpreter 16 mil
4. Amityville Horror 7 mil
5. Sahara 6 mil
6. Alot like love 5 mil
7. Kung fu Hustle 4 mil
8. Fever Pitch 3.3 mil
9. Sin City 3.1 mil
10. Robots 2.9 mil

[MovieQueen]

1. Hitchhiker Guide 26 mil
2. XXX 22 mil
3. Interpreter 14 mil
4. Amityville Horror 7.2 mil
5. Sahara 5.7 mil
6. Alot like love 5.1 mil
7. Kung fu Hustle 4.6 mil
8. Fever Pitch 3.7 mil
9. Sin City 3.2 mil
10. Robots 3.1 mil

[Nicholasp27]

XXX 26.9
Hitchhiker 23
Interpreter 13.9
Amityville 7.4
Sahara 5.3
A Lot Like Love 4.5
Kung Fu Hustle 4.4
Fever Pitch 3.4
Robots 2.5
Sin City 2


tough week, cause one of robots/guess who/sin city won't make top 10...which one will it be? if guess who makes it in, most of us are already pretty much out of it...

good week for a big prize

[Kaserine]

1. XXX 27.9
2. Hitchhiker's Guide 23
3. Interpreter 14.1
4. Amityville Horror 7.1
5. Sahara 5.5
6. A Lot Like Love 4.5
7. Kung Fu Hustle 4.3
8. Fever Pitch 3.3
9. Robots 2.3
10. Guess Who 2.2

[Hakeem]

wow, lots of people signing up just for this contest. guess the fake prize worked with new members to sign up. hope they dont get too dissapointed when they find out the prize is just a picture of Peter :(

:p

[Peter Oberth]

wow, lots of people signing up just for this contest. guess the fake prize worked with new members to sign up. hope they dont get too dissapointed when they find out the prize is just a picture of Peter :(

:p

hey, it could be worse. at least it's a clean picture of me :)

[vaporware]

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- 27 mil
2. XXX: State of the Union- 14 mil
3. The Interpreter- 13 mil
4. The Amityville Horror- 8 mil
5. A Lot Like Love- 5 mil
6. Sahara- 5 mil
7. Fever Pitch- 4 mil
8. Kung Fu Hustle- 4 mil
9. Guess Who- 3 mil
10. Sin City- 3 mil

I know it's late, but it's a warm up for next week

[Terri218]

I'm just so happy that everyone has predicted both of my friend Lowell Ganz' movies in the top 10 - Fever Pitch and Robots. I hope you're all right.

[Littleghost]

Wow! This is my first time seeing a turnout like this since I been guessing..

[moviemaven]

I'm just so happy that everyone has predicted both of my friend Lowell Ganz' movies in the top 10 - Fever Pitch and Robots. I hope you're all right.

I'm not sure where you were looking but several of us did not predict both of those movies in our top 10. :rolleyes: Littleghost, dberg1, hakeem, spacebarshift, manicmyk, toukan42, & I did not predict both of them this week. I think Robots will finally drop out of the top 10.

[Hakeem]

EARLY ESTIMATES:
1 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BV $21,707,000
2 The Interpreter Uni. $14,248,000
3 XXX: State of the Union SonR $13,700,000
4 The Amityville Horror (2005) MGM $8,100,000
5 Sahara Par. $6,000,000
6 A Lot Like Love BV $5,221,000
7 Kung Fu Hustle SPC $3,837,000
8 Fever Pitch Fox $3,750,000
9 Robots Fox $2,650,000
10 Guess Who Sony $2,200,000

[Hakeem]

Littleghost, dberg1, hakeem, spacebarshift, manicmyk, toukan42, & I did not predict both of them this week. I think Robots will finally drop out of the top 10.

think again. Robots made it and we sucked :(

[dberg1]

Man..I wish I could figure the math out on this stuff. It makes my brain hurt trying to figure out percentages.

[SFjohnny]

Wow, what a week. Not only was it the most amount of guesses we have ever had but also one of the oddest top 10s and most difficult with 3 movies vying for the bottom of the top 10. Only TWO people (Kaserine & SFpeter) actually had all ten movies in their guesses. A TON of new people this week so it's not that big of a surprise that one of them won...

Here are the numbers:

1. Kaserine - 87.2%*
2. SFpeter - 85.5%
3. dicethrower - 79.6%
4. dberg1 - 79.5%
5. MovieQueen - 79.3%
6. usedcars - 79.1%
7. Nicsmall - 79.0%
8. Littleghost - 78.62
9. moviemaven - 78.56%
10. Hakeem - 78.2%
11. Nicholasp27 - 78.1%
12. shakemeup - 77.7%
13. peterisafreak - 77.3%*
14. SFjosh - 76.7%*
15. Toukan42 - 74.3%
16. bobofoosh - 74.2%*
17. spacebarshift - 52.8%*
18. manicmyk - 51.2%

*B.O.S. Rookies

Congrats again Kaserine on your win!! Email winners@shakefire.com with your message board handle, name and address and we will get your prize out to you! The B.O. Showdown for 5/6 will start later today (5/2). If the winner doe snot submit their name via this email address before the start of the next B.O.S. (5/9) then the prize will re-run.

[dberg1]

Congrats Kaserine! Welcome to the boards!

[moviemaven]

Congratulations Kaserine - a rookie winning their first time on BOS!

It was a tough week for all of us. Lots of surprises. :eek:

And I even beat hakeem by a very small %. :cool: But overall, he is still ahead! :p

[Hakeem]

hope we get to see Kaserine again :confused: :(

[Kaserine]

I'm still here!
Gotta ride out the beginner's luck! :p