Summer 2012 Top 10 Box Office Game

As you know from my Box Office Results posts, I am involved in a movie game of sorts with a bunch of friends. We created this game just for fun to keep track of how well movies perform in theatres. It's a great way to keep track of new movies coming out and what the current film trends are.

Last year, Jason, Phil, and I participated in the Summer 2011 Top 10 Box Office Game and I thought it would be fun to play it again, but with our larger group of players and a couple extra friends. Here are the rules for this year's game:

The object is to pick the films that you think will be the top ten grossing films of the summer, in order of box office performance. That means only films released from May 4, 2011 to the end of Labor Day weekend week, September 7, 2011. Counting only the money those films make domestically in that period. You cannot pick films that have a release date before May 4th even though they would still be making money by the time this game starts. Likewise, any money earned after September 7th by a film will also not count. So what you will be doing is figuring out what 10 films will make the most money, and putting them in order of what you think they will gross at the box office. BUT, in addition to your top 10, you get to pick 3 "Dark Horses"- films you think *might* make it, but that you are not confident enough about to put into the top 10 proper.

The Scoring:
• Getting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each)

The rest of the scoring goes like this:
• 10 points for numbers 2-9 dead-on
• 7 points if your pick was only one spot away from where it ended up
• 5 points if it was two spots away
• 3 points if your pick is anywhere in the Top 10
• 1 point for each dark horse that makes it into the Top 10

The scoring is tabulated so that you get the SINGLE HIGHEST point value for each pick- that is, if you get number ten right, you don’t get 13+3, you only get 13.

Cam's Picks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Avengers
3. The Amazing Spider-Man
4. Brave
5. Men in Black III
6. Prometheus
7. The Bourne Legacy
8. Snow White and the Huntsman
9. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
10. Ice Age: Continental Drift

· G.I. Joe Retaliation
· Battleship
· Rock of Ages


Laura's Picks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Amazing Spider-Man
3. The Avengers
4. Brave
5. Prometheus
6. Men in Black III
7. Snow White and the Huntsman
8. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
9. The Bourne Legacy
10. Rock of Ages

· Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
· The Dictator
· Total Recall


Joel M.'s Picks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Avengers
3. The Amazing Spider-Man
4. Prometheus
5. Brave
6. Battleship
7. The Bourne Legacy
8. Men in Black III
9. Snow White and the Huntsman
10. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

· The Expendables 2
· Ice Age: Continental Drift
· ParaNorman


Ricky's Picks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Amazing Spider-Man
3. The Avengers
4. Brave
5. Prometheus
6. The Bourne Legacy
7. Men in Black III
8. Ice Age: Continental Drift
9. Battleship
10. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

· Rock of Ages
· Total Recall
· G.I. Joe: Retaliation


Jason's Picks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Avengers
3. The Amazing Spider-Man
4. Brave
5. The Bourne Legacy
6. Men in Black III
7. Prometheus
8. Ted
9. Ice Age: Continental Drift
10. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

· Total Recall
· G.I. Joe: Retaliation
· Snow White and the Huntsman


Phil's Picks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Avengers
3. Brave
4. The Amazing Spider-Man
5. Battleship
6. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
7. Prometheus
8. Men in Black III
9. Snow White and the Huntsman
10. The Bourne Legacy

· Ted
· Total Recall
· Ice Age: Continental Drift


Jarrod's Picks

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. The Avengers
3. The Amazing Spider-Man
4. Men in Black III
5. Prometheus
6. The Bourne Legacy
7. Brave
8. Battleship
9. Snow White and the Huntsman
10. Dark Shadows

· Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
· The Dictator
· Total Recall


Carlos's Picks

1. The Avengers
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Brave
4. Men in Black III
5. The Amazing Spider-Man
6. Ice Age: Continental Drift
7. Battleshi
8. Prometheus
9. G.I. Joe Retaliation
10. Snow White and the Huntsman

· Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
· The Bourne Legacy
· Dark Shadows


Tom's Picks

1. The Avengers
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Snow White and the Huntsman
4. Prometheus
5. Brave
6. Ice Age: Continental Drift
7. Men in Black III
8. Battleship
9. G.I. Joe Retaliation
10. The Bourne Legacy

· Dark Shadows
· Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
· Total Recall


Joel K.'s Picks

1. The Avengers
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Amazing Spider-Man
4. Brave
5. Men in Black III
6. Prometheus
7. Dark Shadows
8. The Bourne Legacy
9. G.I. Joe Retaliation
10. Total Recall

· Piranha 3DD
· Rock of Ages
· The Odd Life of Timothy Green

  
You are welcome to play along in the comments section. And if you are a close friend who would like to join our Over/Under box office game, shoot me an e-mail or Facebook message and we'll add you. I will report back in September with our results.