Box Office Winner's League: Thor: Ragnarok

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Edited By rorie

It's that time again!

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If any of you were around for the old days at Screened, you'll recall that we used to run a contest called Box Office Winners League when we got the feeling to do so. It's a simple premise: guess how much money a movie is going to make in a given weekend, and if you're the closest guess, you win! There's a bit of skill in it, since box office is roughly predictable, and there are tracking companies that are paid quite a bit to do so, but there's also a lot of luck, since almost no one is able to consistently guess a box office weekend with any degree of accuracy or precision.

The rules are pretty simple.

1. Guess how much money the movie Thor: Ragnarokwill make in its opening weekend in the U.S. We'll count all the money it makes through next Monday, which includes the Thursday night previews. Just throw it in as a reply to this post, e.g.: $56.79 million (be as specific as you like).

Thor is getting pretty amazing reviews, and it's been at least a few weeks since the last superhero movie came out, so I'm expecting pretty big things from this one! Thor: The Dark World opened to around 85 million USD, but this has had a bunch of preview showings that have led to well over 100 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, so people are pretty aware that it's going to be good. I think it'll do well, but who knows how well!

2. Make your guesses as a reply to this thread, and make sure that they're in by Thursday 11/2 at 9 PM PST/Midnight EST/whatever crazy clock time you have in your crazy timezone. I won't count anything after that. I'm going to take screenshots of the replies at that point, so don't bother editing your post or deleting a post and trying again later.

3. The winners will be determined next Monday or Tuesday, when actual box office figures are released at boxofficemojo.com. Weekend estimates are often released on Sunday afternoon, but we'll wait for the real numbers to determine a winner. I'll compare that number to see who's closest; over or under doesn't matter. In case of any ties, I'll decide between the entries with either a coin flip or some other randomized method.

4. There'll be two winners. The closest Premium member will win six extra months of Premium access! The closest non-Premium member will get two months of Premium access.

That's pretty much it! Go forth and prosper, or something. I'll reserve the right to change any of these rules as I see fit before the deadline, but I doubt that'll be necessary. (Don't be a dick and make it necessary, in other words.)

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101.9 million doll hairs

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$92.30 million!

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$98.74 million

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$117.5 million

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$249mil

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118.3 mill

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121.68 million bones

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$150million

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$96.7m

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The most recent Amityville Horror made $742 dollars.
So I will say that that in a twist of fate, this will make $742 million dollars.

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$135.3 million

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133 milly

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$98 million

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$114,006,250.97

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107.2 opening

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$160 million... and one!

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119 million.
(Saw it this weekend, it's a great movie!)

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$157.5 million.

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$180.4 million

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$90 million

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$120 million

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$188 million Bob!

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$197.5 Million

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168 million

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$133.3 million

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#31  Edited By msouza1991

$156.3 Million

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102.2 million

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$115 million.

Saw it last weekend. Easily the best of the Thor movies. It was weird seeing parallels between it and What We Do in the Shadows since I had no idea it was the same director. I don't pay that much attention to the Marvel zeitgeist.

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$101.15 million

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100 million

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$88.8 million

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$105.7 million

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$110.0 million

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$121,900,000 (a nice easy number)

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I see this making the same money as Cap Civil War did, so

$180.50 Million

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#42  Edited By Valgresas

$151.86 Million

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$132.33 million

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$112 million

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#45  Edited By dstopia

$129.3 million

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#46  Edited By Franstone
I'm sorry... I had to.
I'm sorry... I had to.

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$95.56 million

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122.36 million

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I'm going to go with 103.4$ million (USD). .4 added for silliness.

I figure it'll have a slightly worse opening weekend than Spider-Man Homecoming, slightly better than GOTG 1.

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