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For a full list of rules, click here: 2014 Summer Box Office Predictions Game Rules.

Submit Your Predictions for This Week

  1. Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
  2. Individual monetary predictions for each film.
  3. Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
  4. # of Weeks each new wide release will spend at #1.
  5. # of Weeks each new wide release will spend in the top 10.

This Week’s New Wide Releases

If I Stay (2,750 screens)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2,500 screens)
When the Game Stands Tall (2,600 screens)

Box Office Prediction Increments

  1. $50 million or higher – $5 million increments
  2. $25 million to $49 million – $1 million increments
  3. $5 million to $24.5 million – $500,000 increments
  4. $4.9 million or lower – $100,000 increments

Last Week’s Results

Two holdovers carried the top two spots at the box office leaving the three new entries of the week a disappointing three-four-five combination. What’s most disappointing, at least to those films, is that Let’s Be Cops edged out a completely bombing The Expendables 3.

Top 10 Films

  1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, $28,523,147
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy, $25,115,564
  3. Let’s Be Cops, $17,813,722
  4. The Expendables 3, $15,879,645
  5. The Giver, $12,305,016
  6. Into the Storm, $7,892,239
  7. The Hundred-Foot Journey, $7,176,092
  8. Lucy, $5,493,685
  9. Step Up: All In, $2,659,026
  10. Hercules, $2,127,874

Key:
W=Wesley | M=Mike | Z=Zach
@ Total : Correct Prediction
o : Correct Prediction Individual
= : Correct Placement
+ : Correct Placement within Increment

Division 1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (W | Mo) @ $28.5 M
Let’s Be Cops (No one) @ $17.8 M

Division 2

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (W= | Mo=) @ $28.5 M
Guardians of the Galaxy (W | Mo) @ $25.1 M
Let’s Be Cops (Wo+ | M) @ $17.8 M
The Expendables 3 (W | Mo) @ $15.9 M
The Giver (W= | Mo=) @ $12.3 M
Into the Storm (Wo=+ | M) @ $7.9 M
The Hundred-Foot Journey (Wo=+ | Mo+) @ $7.2 M
Lucy (Wo=+ | M=) @ $5.5 M
Step Up: All In (Wo= | M=) @ $2.7 M
Hercules (W= | Mo=) @ $2.1 M

Current Standings

Division 1 Points (This Week):
Wesley – 1 Total Points (1 position / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Mike – 2 Total Points (1 position / 1 money / 0 money increments)
Zach – 0 Total Points (0 position / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Division 1 Points (Overall):
Wesley – 26 Total Points (16 position / 7 money / 3 money increments)
Mike – 28 Total Points (16 position / 8 money / 4 money increments)
Zach – 8 Total Points (5 position / 2 money / 1 money increments)

Division 2 Points (This Week):
Wesley – 26 Total Points (10 position / 7 correct slot / 5 money / 4 money increments)
Mike – 22 Total Points (10 position / 5 correct slot / 6 money / 1 money increments)
Zach – 0 Total Points (0 position / 0 correct slot / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Division 2 Points (Overall):
Wesley – 328 Total Points (149 position / 91 correct slot / 60 money / 28 money increments)
Mike – 369 Total Points (150 position / 102 correct slot / 88 money / 29 money increments)
Zach – 101 Total Points (46 position / 35 correct slot / 13 money / 7 money increments)

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