Friday Face-Off #6
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It's a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we'll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.
Here is this week's ten face-offs. So, let's get started.
Game: 2012 Spring Box Office Week 5 & Week 4 Results
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules.
Submit Your Predictions for This Week
- Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
- Individual monetary predictions for each film.
- Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
- Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.
This Week's New Wide Releases
Big Miracle (1,900 screens)
Chronicle (2,800 screens)
The Woman in Black (2,700 screens)
Last Week's Results
5 Favorites #63: 5 Favorite Non-Nominated Performances
Every week, we'll pose a new "five favorites" question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you're welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.
With the heavy number of performances that weren't nominated for Oscars this year, I'd like to pose the following question. What are your 5 favorite non-nominated performances. And while I'm only looking for five names, let's do five lists. The first list will be your five favorite performances from 2011 that weren't nominated this year. Then, do your 5 favorite non-nominated performances in each category: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. And these should be from 2010 and prior so as not to muddle the two.
What are your 5 Favorite non-nominated performances?
Friday Face-Off #5
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It's a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we'll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.
Here is this week's ten face-offs. So, let's get started.
Game: 2012 Spring Box Office Week 4 & Week 3 Results
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules.
Submit Your Predictions for This Week
- Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
- Individual monetary predictions for each film.
- Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
- Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.
This Week's New Wide Releases
The Grey (2,700-3,000 screens)
Man on a Ledge (TBD screens)
One for the Money (2,700 screens)
The Descendants (expanding) (900 screens)
Last Week's Results
5 Favorites #62: 5 Favorite Academy Presidents
Every week, we'll pose a new "five favorites" question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you're welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.
They don't get nearly enough attention these days, but it's been some time since the likes of Douglas Fairbanks and Gregory Peck ran the organization. Who are your 5 favorite Academy Presidents? For a full list of past presidents, check the following link, Note that the two most recent years are not listed, but Tom Sherak is still president. Academy Presidents
What are your 5 Favorite Academy Presidents?
Friday Face-Off #4
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It's a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we'll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.
Here is this week's ten face-offs. So, let's get started.
Game: 2012 Spring Box Office Week 3 & Week 2 Results
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules.
Submit Your Predictions for This Week
- Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
- Individual monetary predictions for each film.
- Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
- Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.
This Week's New Wide Releases
Haywire (2,439 screens)
Red Tails (2,512 screens)
Underworld Awakening (3,078 screens)
The Artist (expanding) (662 screens)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (expanding) (2,630 screens)
Last Week's Results
5 Favorites #61: 5 Favorite Oscar Nomination Snubs
Every week, we'll pose a new "five favorites" question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you're welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.
Next week, the Oscar nominations will be announced and before we start discussing all the films that got in and didn't, let's look back at our favorite snubs. Now, I'm not saying potential nominees you felt were rightly snubbed. I'm talking about potential nominees that didn't make the list that you're disappointed missed the list.
What are your 5 Favorite Oscar nomination snubs?
Friday Face-Off #3
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It's a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we'll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.
Here is this week's ten face-offs. So, let's get started.
Game: 2012 Spring Box Office Week 2 & Week 1 Results
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules.
Submit Your Predictions for This Week
- Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
- Individual monetary predictions for each film.
- Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
- Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.
This Week's New Wide Releases
Beauty and the Beast 3D (~2,500 screens)
Contraband (~2,750 screens)
Joyful Noise (~2,700 screens)
Last Week's Results
5 Favorites #60: 5 Favorite Best Director Winners
Every week, we'll pose a new "five favorites" question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you're welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.
I'm not looking for which director is best, but which Best Director win is best. So you may love James Cameron as a director, but hate that he won for Titanic. You would not list James Cameron.
What are your 5 Favorite Best Director winners?
Friday Face-Off #2
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It's a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we'll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.
Here is this week's ten face-offs. So, let's get started.
Game: Week 1 – 2012 Spring Box Office Predictions
We begin our second spring box office contest this weekend. We're scaling back the rules a little bit and adding a couple of twists.The fall box office season begins this weekend and we've got more box office predictions contests for you. We'll be featuring multiple contests. You can participate in whichever ones you want, but we encourage you to play them all. Here are the rules. If you've played in the past, be sure to re-read the rules as there are a few changes.
This contest begins the weekend of January 6-8, 2012 and continues through the weekend of April 27-29, 2012.
This is an 17-week contest where each week your predictions can earn you points with the highest point total declared winner.
There will be four divisions this season. Divisions 1 and 2 will have weekly results posted. Division 3 will not be completed until all of the films in the contest have hit DVD. Division 4 will not be completed until after the Academy Awards in February 2013.
AFTER you finish reading the rules, be sure to post your predictions for this week.
Game: 2011 Oscar Season Box Office Week 18 & Semi-Final Results
That's it for this game (though, we've still got to wait for the Oscars to finalize totals). The new week's rules and request for votes will follow at the normally scheduled time.
Last Week's Results
Another week at the top for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and smooth sailing for at least another week, I'm sure.
Top 10 Films
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, $29,421,879
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $20,881,420
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $16,369,799
- War Horse, $14,824,577
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, $14,422,729
- We Bought a Zoo, $13,238,241
- The Adventures of Tintin, $11,436,160
- New Year's Eve, $6,334,300
- The Darkest Hour, $4,163,241
- The Descendants, $3,396,129
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