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Box Office Winners' League: Batman V. Superman

It's that time again!

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.

We'll have prizes for one premium member and a non-premium winner (a month of premium).

Next up: Batman V. Superman V. Wonder Woman V. Aquaman V. Green Lantern V. The Flash V. Lex Luthor

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This movie's probably gonna blow! The review embargo is up today, so it'll be fun to see where they wind up landing. I wouldn't be surprised if the Rotten Tomato ranking is anywhere between -10% or 85%! If it's any better than that I will be very, very surprised indeed, but then, Skyfall wound up at 93%, so people are pretty dumb sometimes.

The rules are pretty simple.

1. Guess how much money Batman V. Superman will make in its opening weekend in the U.S. We'll count all the money it makes through the Sunday after it comes out, which includes the Wednesday/Thursday night previews. Just throw it in as a reply to this post, e.g.: $56.79 million (be as specific as you like).

2. Make your guesses as a reply to this thread, and make sure that they're in by Thursday at 9 PM PST/Midnight EST/whatever crazy clock time you have in your crazy timezone. I won't count anything after that. IMPORTANT NOTE: Any post that is labelled as "edited" will be disqualified. If you want to change your vote, delete your original post and make a new one, up until the time limit. Just don't make a million posts trying to read the tea leaves; keep it to two or three at most.

3. The winners will be determined the Monday or Tuesday after the weekend ends, when actual box office figures are released at boxofficemojo.com, or whenever I get around to it. 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 a sample printing of the latest Retro Giant Bomb Fitted Cap. No guarantees it'll fit! The closest non-Premium member will get a month 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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@rorie I was looking at the rules and regulations and I didn't see any mention about geographic restrictions. I am asking because I am a Canadian and I can't think of many American based giveaways that allow Canadians to take part. I think I remember it being something abuot our laws regarding contests / lotteries / giveaways being different than the states. Either way, just curious about that because I don't want to see you get in trouble for breaking international law.

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In this post-Transformers world, I wouldn't be surprised to see BvS haul in a good 114.3 million opening weekend.

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$103.5 million

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trickyricky21

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$183.46 Million

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OurSin_360

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Judging from reviews so far, it's a pretty big split between audience and critics "so far". I think the movie will do well as critics don't hold as much weight as many think they do, especially for popcorn flicks.

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$340 million, you guys are seriously underestimating how popular Batman and Superman are regardless of reviews, this movie is going to sell a lot.

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120 million

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Kain55

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$145.3 Million

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liquiddragon

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$ 171 Million

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93.6 million

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OverDeezPecans

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$118,000,018.18 Zack Snyder has burned the comic fans too many times, sad part is that would be his biggest opening box.

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312 Million US$

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pr1mus

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173.9 million of those United States dollars.

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$86 million

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$162 million

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$102.43 million.

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$132.52 million

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I'll wager a guess at $125.75 million.

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$48 Million dollars.

30% freshness

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Noobi

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$73.7 million

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$102.4 Million

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$199,999,999.99

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$ 201.01 million

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$350 million

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DbagDoug

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$125 Million

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155.5 million dollars.

Skyfall was fine. I get why you might not dig it, though.

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alwaysbebombing

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Man, those reviews are rough

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Trace17

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$117.2 million

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Colonel_Pockets

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$181.3 million

Skyfall was great.

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$144.29 Million

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$159.92 Million.

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im going big, lots of hype leading up to the summer blockbuster. this movie could literally get -100 on rotten tomato (not that i ever use that to begin with) but i will see anything batman related ever.

im going with 203.8 million!

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$ 158.4 million

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117.3 Million

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$159,643,225

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143.5 Million