Box Office Blitz Week 23 Results

Man of Steel was the man this weekend.  As if you weren't figuring that already.  The final tally is:

1. Man of Steel $113 ($6 of that was me!)
2. This is the End $20M
3. Now You See It $10M

More powerful than "The Purge" but not Iron Man

"The Purge" disappeared from the top 3 as quick as it appeared.  "Now You See It" really seems to have legs as they say.  Other than "The Purge"'s success last week NYSI has to be the biggest surprise so far this summer.

So much of a surprise that no one except Andrew Leon picked it, which is why he wins this week with a trifecta and the bonus 500 points to solidify his lead.

My picks were:

1. Man of Steel $100M
2. This is the End $28M 
3. The Purge $20M 

That's 200 points for the first two.

Stephen Hayes guessed:
Superman.....$40 mil (less than Batman)
Star Trek...$19 mil
This Is the End...$17 mil

That's 100 for Superman and 50 for TITE.

Briane Pagel guessed:
1. Man of Steel: $110 mil.
2. This is The End  $40 mil.
3. The Purge $10 mil.

200 for him as well, plus 100 bonus for Tweeting my video.

Maurice Mitchell guessed:
1. Man of Steel - $130m
2.This is the End - $30m
3. The Purge - $15m

Also 200 points.

Rusty Webb guessed:
Man of Steel - $125 mil
The Purge - $20 mil
This is the end $17 mil

That's 100 for Superman and 50 for TITE.

And Michael Offutt guessed:
1) Man of Steel -- $115 million
2) This is the End -- $25 million
3) The Purge --$12 million

200 for him as well, plus 100 bonus for Tweeting my video.

(If you Tweeted the link and I didn't see it, let me know.)

The bonus question was whether Man of Steel would make more than twice Batman Begins's $49M opening take, which would be $98M.  Obviously the answer is yes.  And the 375 points goes to Michael Offutt.

Not really any change on the leaderboard.  It is a dogfight between Maurice Mitchell and Briane Pagel for 6th right now.

	Box Office Blitz
	Scoreboard
		23	Total
1	Andrew Leon	800	8750
2	Tony Laplume	0	7700
3	PT Dilloway	200	7050
4	Michael Offutt	675	5825
5	Rusty Carl	150	5000
6	Maurice Mitchell	200	4200
7	Briane Pagel	300	4100
8	Stephen Hayes	150	2200
9	Cindy Borgne	0	1500
10	David P King	0	200
11	Donna Hole	0	200
		2475	46725

Tomorrow is my "Man of Steel" review!