Sunday, April 21, 2013

Box Office Blitz: Week 15

Well I guess like Tom Cruise this week, I'm back on top, or almost.  I think it's going to get a little complicated again this week to determine the winner.

This week's top 3 at the box office were:

  1. Oblivion $38.2
  2. 42 $18M
  3. Croods $9.5M

My picks were:

  1. Oblivion $40M
  2. 42 $18M
  3. Croods $15M
Which is a trifecta!  Is that good enough to win the round?  Maybe not.

In the meantime, Michael Offutt picked:
Oblivion $33 million
42 $20 million
The Croods $9 million

That's also a trifecta for him.

Stephen Hayes picked:
#1 Oblivion $29 mil.
#2 The Place Under the Pines $18 mil.
#3Scary Movie 5 $11 million.

That's 100 for Oblivion and 0 for the other two.

Andrew Leon picked:
1. Oblivion -- $42m
2. 42 -- $21m
3. Croods -- $9m

Also a trifecta.  (Dang everyone copying me this week!)

Rusty Webb picked:
Oblivion - $50mil
42 - $20 mil
Croods $10 mil

Yup, another trifecta.  We're all winners!  (almost)

Maurice Mitchell guessed:
1.Oblivion - $36 mil
2. 42 - $20.1 mil
3. The Croods - $8.5 mil

Another trifecta

And Tony Laplume picked:
1. Oblivion ($40 mil)
2. 42 ($20 mil)
3. The Croods ($10 mil)

Also a trifecta.

Now then, who wins the round?  The fact Oblivion was listed as $38.2 is important.  That means Maurice Mitchell is $2.2M off the mark.  Whereas Tony and I are $1.8M off the mark.  Which narrows it down to us.  And since we both picked $40M we go to the #2 movie to settle it.  Tony picked 42 at $20M which is $2M off the mark, whereas I bullseyed it at $18M.

Which means I WIN!  For the first time since week 4.  So I shouldn't get too cocky I guess.

As for the bonus question, I asked whether there would be more, less or the same number of players than last week, which was 8.  The obvious answer is less.  4 people picked that.  Random.org picked #4 which is Maurice Mitchell, so he gets the bonus 200 points.  Huzzah!

Now the updated standings:
Box Office Blitz
Scoreboard
15 Total
Tony Laplume 300 6500
Andrew Leon 300 4950
PT Dilloway 800 4250
Rusty Carl 300 3550
Briane Pagel 0 2450
Maurice Mitchell 500 2300
Michael Offutt 300 2300
Stephen Hayes 100 800
Cindy Borgne 0 200
David P King 0 200
Donna Hole 0 200
2600 27700

4 comments:

Rusty Carl said...

Dammit... even when I win... I fall further behind.

stephen Hayes said...

One out of three this week? I'm improving!

Tony Laplume said...

So close. Yet still so far ahead...

Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader said...

Ah well. I'm trying!

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