5/6: B.O. Showdown STAR WARS EDITION!

[SFjohnny]

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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 May 6-8, 2005. Guesses will not be accepted via email.

THIS WEEK'S CONTEST:

GRAND PRIZE:
STAR WARS REVENGE OF THE SITH Original Motion Picture Soundtrack including a bonus DVD of Star Wars: A Musical Journey. A 70 minute documentary featuring footage and music from all 6 movies!!

and

STAR WARS REVENGE OF THE SITH TV Games all-in-one gaming console from Jakks Pacific!!

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:

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GOOD LUCK!!

[spacebarshift]

1. HOUSE OF WAX $21.3
2. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN $19.5
3. A HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY $16.7
4. XXX: STATE OF THE UNION $10.1
5. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR $8.8
6. THE INTERPRETER $6.9
7. KUNG FU HUSTLE $5.7
8. SAHARA $4.5
9. A LOT LIKE LOVE $3.9
10. FEVER PITCH $3.8

[vaporware]

New movies opening 5/6-with theater openings(estimates)

Crash (http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/crash.php)
rated R-1,700 theaters

House of Wax (http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/houseofwax.php)
rated R-3,000 theaters

Kingdom of Heaven (http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/kingdomofheaven.php)
rated R-3,200 theaters

The following below are in limited release, and will be viewed by more people-as soon as they finish downloading to my hard drive

Brothers (http://www.ifcfilms.com/)
rated R-2 theaters

Citizen Verdict (http://www.citizenverdict.com/)
rated R-11 theaters

Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808640418&cf=info&intl=us)
rated R-25 theaters

Mysterious Skin (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=sundance&id=1808624597)
rated NC-17-1 theater(1 theater? that doesn't pay for scale)

[Peter Oberth]

don't let this mislead you, the only wide openings out of these are Crash, House of Wax and Kingdom of Heaven. The rest are very limited and will likely not make the top 10. just trying to help :)

[Hakeem]

1 Kingdom of Heaven $32
2 House of Wax $25
3 THGttG $11
4 The Interpreter $8.55
5 Crash $7.5
6 XXX2 $5.5
7 The Amityville Horror $4
8 Sahara $3.25
9 A Lot Like Love $3
10 Fever Pitch $2

[primo1]

I have been gone for a while but I figured I would try so here I go...

1 Kingdom of Heaven $36
2 House of Wax $22
3 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy $18
4 The Interpreter $9
5 Crash $7.2
6 XXX2 $6.7
7 The Amityville Horror $5
8 Sahara $4.25
9 A Lot Like Love $3.7
10 Fever Pitch $2.2

Good Luck everyone.....

[dberg1]

1 Kingdom of Heaven $28.95
2 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 15.50
3 House of Wax 10.25
4 The Interpreter $9.15
5 XXX2 $6.33
6 The Amityville Horror 5.5
7 Sahara $4.25
8 Crash $4
9 A Lot Like Love $2.95
10 Fever Pitch $2.5

[Littleghost]

1. Kingdom of Heaven 31.5 mil
2. House of Wax 24.3 mil
3. Hitchhiker 11.5 mil
4. The Interpreter 8.4 mil
5. Crash 7.3 mil
6. XXX 6.0 mil
7. Amityville Horror 4.0 mil
8. Sahara 3.3 mil
9. Alot Like Love 3.2 mil
10. Fever Pitch 2.1 mil

[Kaserine]

1. Kingdom of Heaven 31.8 mil
2. House of Wax 22.8 mil
3. Hitchhiker 12.2 mil
4. The Interpreter 8.6 mil
5. Crash 7.7 mil
6. XXX 5.8 mil
7. Amityville Horror 4.5 mil
8. Sahara 3.3 mil
9. Alot Like Love 3.1 mil
10. Fever Pitch 2.3 mil

[green_ninja_mackdaddy]

1) Kingdom of Heaven $33.3
2) House of Wax $27
3) Hitchhiker's Guide $13.9
4) Crash $8
5) The Interpreter $7
6) XXX2 $4.4
7) The Amityville Horror $3
8) Sahara $2.87
9) A Lot Like Love $2.2
10) Fever Pitch $1.2

[Nicsmall]

I am tempted to throw in Robots since they just won't die, but I don't want a big fatty zero in my score if I'm wrong...

1-Kingdom 26.5
2-Hitchhiker's 16.1
3-Interpreter 10.7
4-Wax 10.4
5-XXX 6.7
6-Crash 5.0
7-Amityville 4.6
8-Sahara 3.8
9-Fever Pitch 2.9
10-A Lot 2.7

[Nadels]

1. Kingdom of Heaven 32.15 mil
2. House of Wax 24.81 mil
3. Hitchhiker 14.22 mil
4. The Interpreter 9.45 mil
5. Crash 8.33 mil
6. XXX 7.10 mil
7. Amityville Horror 5.11mil
8. Sahara 3.89 mil
9. Alot Like Love 3.21 mil
10. Fever Pitch 2.31 mil

:confused:

[vaporware]

1. Kingdom of Heaven 27.4 mil

2. House of Wax 24.6

3. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 14.6 mil

4. Crash 12.9 mil

5. The Interpreter 9.4 mil

6. XXX: State of the Union 8.3 mil

7. The Amityville Horror (2005) 3.7 mil

8. Sahara 2.3 mil

9. A Lot Like Love 2.1 mil

10. Kung Fu Hustle 1.7 mil



Only 15 more days..........

[Nicholasp27]

Kingdom of Heaven 30.6
House of Wax 22
Hitchhiker's Guide 12.4
Interpreter 8.5
Crash 7.4
XXX 5.9
Amityville 4.5
Sahara 3.3
A Lot Like Love 3.1
Fever Pitch 2.3

[Peter Oberth]

1. Kingdom of Heaven - $20,415,168
2. House of Wax - $18,706,443
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - $13,241,270
4. Crash - $10,434,600
5. The Interpreter - $8,548,000
6. xXx: State of the Union - $6,028,180
7. The Amityville Horror - $5,022,000
8. Sahara - $3,600,000
9. A Lot Like Love - $3,028,180
10. Fever Pitch - $2,227,500

Fever Pitch/Kung Fu Hustle can be tricky. Either one can make the top 10. I'm hoping Crash will bring in a large per screen average. I actually think that Kingdom of Heaven will make less than $20 mil but I have to think about my average if it doesn't so I played it safe. As for House of Wax, it's all over MTV and it has a couple of teen heartthrobs in it. They are marketing it to the right (stupid) audience so I think it will perform decently.

[manicmyk]

1. Kingdom of Heaven 22mil
2. House of Wax 17.5
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 12.4
4. Crash 9mil
5. The Interpreter 6.5
6. 3x State of the Union 5.9
7. The Amityville Horror 4.5
8. Sahara 3mil
9. Fever Pitch 2.8mil
10. Robots 2.5

[Toukan42]

1. Kingdom of Heaven 30mil
2. House of Wax 21mil
3. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 11.5mil
4. Crash 8mil
5. Interpreter 7.5mil
6. XXX: State of the Union 6.5mil
7. The Amityville Horror 4mil
8. Sahara 3.1mil
9. A Lot Like Love 3mil
10. Fever Pitch 2mil

[shakemeup]

1-Kingdom 30
2-House Wax 20
3-Hitchhiker's 15
4-Interpreter 8
5-XXX 6
6-Crash 5.1
7-Amityville 5
8-Sahara 4
9-A Lot Like Love 3
10-Fever Pitch 2

[MovieQueen]

1-Kingdom 28
2-House Wax 21
3-Hitchhiker's 16
4-Interpreter 9
5-Crash 6
6-XXX 5
7-Amityville 4.5
8-Sahara 4
9-A Lot Like Love 3
10-Fever Pitch 2

[usedcars]

1-Kingdom 25.5
2-House Wax 18.3
3-Hitchhiker's 14.2
4-Interpreter 8.5
5-Crash 6.2
6-XXX 6.1
7-Amityville 5.4
8-Sahara 4.1
9-A Lot Like Love 3.2
10-Fever Pitch 2.3

[moviemaven]

1 Kingdom of Heaven $26m
2 House of Wax $19m
3 The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy $13.45m
4 The Interpreter $8.2 m
5 Crash $6.975 m
6 XXX $6.4 m
7 The Amityville Horror $5 m
8 Sahara $3.65m
9 A Lot Like Love $3.2m
10 Fever Pitch $2.3 m

This is going to be another tricky week. Good luck everyone & Happy Cinco de mayo!

[rocksca]

kingdom of heaven-30
house of wax-15
hitchhikersguide-11.7
interpreter-8.7
xxx 2-8.2
crash-5.4
lot like love-3.9
sahara-3.3
amittyville horror-2.4
fever pitch-1.9

[SFjohnny]

kingdom of heaven-30
house of wax-15
hitchhikersguide-11.7
interpreter-8.7
xxx 2-8.2
crash-5.4
lot like love-3.9
sahara-3.3
amittyville horror-2.4
fever pitch-1.9

too late

[dberg1]

1. Kingdom of Heaven $20.0 million
2. House of Wax $12.2 million
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide $ 9.1 million
3. Crash $ 9.1 million
5. The Interpreter $ 7.5 million
6. XXX: State of the Union $ 5.4 million
7. The Amityville Horror $ 3.2 million
8. Sahara $ 3.1 million
9. A Lot Like Love $ 3.0 million
10. Fever Pitch $ 2.0 million

[SFjohnny]

Another tough week with an unknown number 10 but we still had some solid numbers...

Here are the numbers:

1. Toukan42 - 84.2%
2. Hakeem - 83.6%
3. SFpeter - 83.5%
4. Kaserine - 80.5%
5. Nicholasp27 - 80.4%
6. moviemaven - 79.1%
7. MovieQueen - 77.5%
8. usedcars - 77.0%
9. shakemeup - 76.8%
10. green_ninja_macdaddy - 75.6%
11. manicmyk - 75.0%
12. Nadels - 74.5% *
13. littleghost - 73.7%
14. dberg1 - 73.5%
15. nicsmall - 72.1%
16. Primo1 - 71.4%
17. vaporware - 62.9% *
18. spacebarshift - 59.0%

rocksca - 70.3% DISQUALIFIED

*B.O.S. Rookies

Congrats Touka42 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 5/13 will start later today (5/9). If the winner does not submit their name via this email address before the start of the next B.O.S. (5/16) then the prize will re-run.

[Hakeem]

damn!!!! so close :(

[manicmyk]

well, i am slowly getting better.

[ifree2034]

Kingdom of Heaven
Weekend gross: $19.2 M
House of Wax
Weekend gross: $10.8 M
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Weekend gross: $8.6 M
Crash
Weekend gross: $9.3 M
The Interpreter
Weekend gross: $7.2 M
XXX State of the Union
Weekend gross: $4.7M
Sahara
Weekend gross: $2.7 M
The Amityville Horror
Weekend gross: $2.3 M
A Lot Like Love
Weekend gross: $2.1 M
Fever Pitch
Weekend gross: $2.1 M