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For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 Oscar Season 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

Labor Day (2,500 screens)
That Awkward Moment (2,800 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

The latest riff on Underworld territory flopped with less than $9 million, proving the genre isn’t as resolute as I, Frankenstein‘s producers probably thought. This won’t nail the coffin closed on such films, but maybe it will make people think twice before trying?

Top 10 Films

  1. Ride Along, $21,299,495
  2. Lone Survivor, $12,900,960
  3. The Nut Job, $12,101,118
  4. Frozen, $9,118,806
  5. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, $9,084,687
  6. I, Frankenstein, $8,610,441
  7. American Hustle, $7,061,676
  8. The Wolf of Wall Street, $5,478,368
  9. August: Osage County, $5,029,030
  10. Devil’s Due, $2,786,241

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

Division 1

Ride Along (Wo | Z) @ $21.3 M
I, Frankenstein (Wo | Z) @ $8.6 M

Division 2

Ride Along (Wo= | Z) @ $21.3 M
Lone Survivor (Wo=+ | Z) @ $12.9 M
The Nut Job (Wo | Z) @ $12.1 M
Frozen (Wo+ | Z) @ $9.1 M
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Wo+ | Z) @ $9.1 M
I, Frankenstein (Wo | Z) @ $8.6 M
American Hustle (Wo=+ | Z) @ $7.1 M
The Wolf of Wall Street (Zo) @ $5.5 M
August: Osage County (Wo+ | Z) @ $5.0 M
Devil’s Due (Wo | Z) @ $2.8 M

Current Standings

Division 1 Points (This Week):
Wesley – 4 Total Points (2 position / 2 money / 0 money increments)
Mike – 0 Total Points (0 position / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Zach – 2 Total Points (2 position / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Division 1 Points (Overall):
Wesley – 8 Total Points (5 position / 3 money / 0 money increments)
Mike – 0 Total Points (0 position / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Zach – 10 Total Points (6 position / 3 money / 1 money increments)

Division 2 Points (This Week):
Wesley – 26 Total Points (9 position / 3 correct slot / 9 money / 5 money increments)
Mike – 0 Total Points (0 position / 0 correct slot / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Zach – 13 Total Points (10 position / 2 correct slot / 1 money / 0 money increments)
Division 2 Points (Overall):
Wesley – 82 Total Points (36 position / 14 correct slot / 23 money / 9 money increments)
Mike – 0 Total Points (0 position / 0 correct slot / 0 money / 0 money increments)
Zach – 69 Total Points (37 position / 12 correct slot / 15 money / 5 money increments)

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