Summer Movie Wager 2015
June 16, 2015
SUMMER MOVIE WAGER SCORING
- # 1 or # 10 dead-on gets you 13 points each.
- 10 points for # 2-9 dead-on
- 7 points if your pick was only one spot away
- 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
It's time for our THIRD ANNUAL Summer Movie Wager! Sarah C. won our first go around with 49 points in 2013, while Patrick D. is our reigning SMW winner with 56 points! Lookit how happy he is with that trophy!
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| So happy! So proud! As he SHOULD be! |
The Summer Movie Wager is a game popularized by the Totally Rad Show, which uses the rules of TimeTravelReview’s Summer Movie Pool:
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 the first weekend of May to the Labor Day weekend, counting only the money those films make domestically (US and Canada) in that period. In other words films from March or April might still be making money after May 1st, but they don’t count; films released from May on could start racking up foreign Box Office, but that doesn’t count; films released from May on could still be making money into September, but that doesn’t count either. Box Office numbers are generally available late Monday or Tuesday after the weekend closes. 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.
So we gave everyone who wanted to join in, a chance to rank their Summer Movie Top Ten, plus Three unranked Dark Horse picks!
Firstshowing.net has an impeccably updated list films coming out between May 1st and August 28th, of 2015 (the films within the Summer Movie Wager eligibility), and we also recommend THR for more information about all of these films. Ultimately, however, it is your responsibility as a participant to make sure all the films you choose will be coming out in 2015!
NOW, for our competitors in the Summer Movie Wager 2015...
PATRICK D.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Jurassic World
3. Minions
4. Inside Out
5. Ant-Man
6. Ted 2
7. Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
9. Fantastic Four
10. Terminator Genisys
DARK HORSES
Pixels
Tomorrowland
San Andreas
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Minions
3. Inside Out
4. Jurassic World
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
6. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
7. Terminator: Genisys
8. Ted 2
9. Magic Mike XXL
10. Pitch Perfect 2
DARK HORSES
Fantastic Four
Tomorrowland
Pixels
SAMANTHA B.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Minions
3. Inside Out
4. Tomorrowland
5. Jurassic World
6. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
7. Terminator: Genisys
8. Ant-Man
9. Pitch Perfect 2
10. Spy
DARK HORSES
Magic Mike XXL
Mad Max: Fury Road
Fantastic Four
CHRIS O.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Jurassic World
3. Minions
4. Ant-Man
5. Inside Out
6. Tomorrowland
7. Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation
8. Ted 2
9. Mad Max: Fury Road
10. Terminator Genisys
DARK HORSES
Magic Mike XXL
Pixels
Pitch Perfect 2
PETER M.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Minions
3. Jurassic World
4. Inside Out (hey it's Pixar)
5. Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation
6. Terminator Genysis
7. TED 2
8. Ant-Man
9. Mad Max: Fury Road
10. Magic Mike XXL
DARK HORSES
Fantastic 4
Pixels
Spy
ROB M.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Minions
3. Inside Out
4. Jurassic World
5. Pitch Perfect 2
6. Magic Mike XXL
7. Tomorrowland
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
9. Ant-Man
10. Ted 2
DARK HORSES
Terminator: Genysis
Fantastic Four
Straight Outta Compton
SARAH R.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Minions
3. Inside Out
4. Jurassic World
5. Tomorrowland
6. Terminator: Genisys
7. Ted 2
8. Pitch Perfect 2
9. Mad Max: Fury Road
10. Paper Towns
DARK HORSES
Insidious: Chapter 3
Magic Mike: XXL
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
ALEX B.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Minions
3. Jurassic World
4. Inside Out
5. Tomorrowland
6. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
7. Ant-Man
8. Ted 2
9. Terminator: Genisys
10. Mad Max: Fury Road
DARK HORSES
Magic Mike XXL
Fantastic Four
Pixels
MARK P.
1. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2. Jurassic World
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Inside Out
5. Ant-Man
6. Ted 2
7. Spy
8. Minions
9. Terminator: Genisys
10. Pitch Perfect 2
DARK HORSES
Poltergeist
Tomorrowland
Entourage
Check in after Labor Day for the results on this years wager!
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