For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 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

Monsters University (3,800 screens)
World War Z (3,500 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

Opening to a strong $116 million at the box office, Man of Steel‘s performance assures that there will be numerous sequels in the future and a planned Justice League movie should be able to build on this foundation. This Is the End couldn’t build good word of mouth and a positive reception from critics into more than $21 million over the weekend. This latest comedy dud may put the nail in the coffin of the Judd Apatow-class of actors that studios seem to give carte blanche despite lack of returns. Iron Man 3 finished the weekend just shy of the $400 million box office number which only 16 films have achieved. And since it’s still going fairly strong, expect it to finish off somewhere outside the all-time top ten, but probably topping The Hunger Games and possibly Toy Story 3 to finish 12th.

Top 10 Films

1. Man of Steel, $116,619,362
2. This Is the End, $20,719,162
3. Now You See Me, $11,016,473
4. Fast & Furious 6, $9,583,330
5. The Purge, $8,317,995
6. The Internship, $7,148,551
7. Epic, $6,284,905
8. Star Trek: Into Darkness, $6,256,254
9. After Earth, $4,052,042
10. Iron Man 3, $2,956,855

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

Division 1

Man of Steel (W | Mo | Z) @ $116.6 M

Division 2

Man of Steel (W= | Mo= | W=) @ $116.6 M
This Is the End (W= | M= | Wo=) @ $20.7 M
Now You See Me (Wo+ | M | W+) @ $11.0 M
Fast & Furious 6 (Wo+ | W) @ $9.6 M
The Purge (W | M | Wo) @ $8.3 M
The Internship (W= | M= | Wo=) @ $7.1 M
Epic (W= | M= | Wo=+) @ $6.3 M
Star Trek: Into Darkness (W= | Mo= | W=) @ $6.3 M
After Earth (Wo=) @ $4.1 M
Iron Man 3 (No one) @ $3.0 M

Current Standings

Division 1

1. 15 Points – Mike
2. 13 Points – Wesley
3. 11 Points – Zach

Division 2

1. 149 Points – Zach
2. 138 Points – Mike
3. 133 Points – Wesley