Damn, didn't the summer just fly by? Both figuratively AND literally (due to all the superheroes). You might remember that little game I started back in May, trying to predict the summer movie box office - and like my last Oscar prediction blog, kind of dropped the ball. I thought for sure Johnny Depp's star power would make The Lone Ranger a big hit, and I TOTALLY underestimated those friggen minions. Despicable Me 2 beat a Pixar movie! My gamble with The Heat did pay off though, which turned out to be the biggest comedy of the summer (though the insipid Grown-Ups 2 almost cracked the top ten). If you played along, write in the comments how you did and what your score was, and how you felt about this summer in movies! Stay tuned for Oscar season! And here's the points system if you forgot:
- Pick 1-10 movies you think will top the summer box office (May through August)
- 13 points for getting 1 or 10 exactly correct
- 10 points for getting 2-9 exactly correct
- 7 points if movie was one spot away
- 5 points if movie was two spots away
- 3 points if movie was anywhere the top ten
- 1 point for each dark horse (pick three)
| Actual (Domestic): 1. Iron Man 3 - $408.6 million 2. Despicable Me 2 - $351.9 million 3. Man of Steel - $290.3 million 4. Monsters University - $262 million 5. Fast & Furious 6 - $238.5 million 6. Star Trek into Darkness - $227.4 million 7. World War Z - $198.9 million 8. The Heat - $156.6 million 9. The Great Gatsby - $144.8 million 10. The Conjuring - $132.4 million | My Predictions: 1. Iron Man 3 (+13) 2. Monsters University (+5) 3. Man of Steel (+10) 4. Star Trek Into Darkness (+5) 5. The Lone Ranger 6. The Hangover Part III 7. The Heat (+7) 8. Despicable Me 2 (+3) 9. Fast and Furious 6 (+3) 10. Pacific Rim Dark Horses: World War Z (+1) The Wolverine The Smurfs 2 TOTAL: 47 |
43 here, so you did much better than me, haha.
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