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2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 1:13 pm
by TeddyBlass
The Goal:
Accurately pick the the Top 10 films in this summer's domestic Box-Office - as determined once all competing films are out of theaters.

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Current Summer Box-Office Numbers:
1. $366m -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
2. $348m -- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. $254m -- The Hangover Part II
4. $240m -- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
5. $209m -- Fast Five
6. $181m -- Thor
7. $176m -- Cars 2
8. $167m -- Bridesmaids
9. $164m -- Captain America: The First Avenger
10. $164m - Kung Fu Panda 2



(updated: August 21, 2011)
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The Scoring:
13 points for guessing numbers 1 or 10 dead-on
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.

(as seen on Time Travel Reviews)

and now, our picks...

Teddy's 10 List:
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4. Cars 2
5. Kung Fu Panda 2
6. The Hangover Part II
7. Thor
8. X-Men: First Class
9. Green Lantern
10. Cowboys and Aliens

Teddy's Dark Horses:
Super 8
Captain America: First Avenger
Fast Five

Alex's 10 List:
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4. Cars 2
5. The Hangover Part II
6. Kung Fu Panda 2
7. X-Men: First Class
8. Green Lantern
9. Thor
10. Fast Five

Alex's Dark Horses:
Captain America: First Avenger
Super 8
Cowboys & Aliens

Mike's 10 List:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4. Kung Fu Panda 2
5. Fast Five
6. The Hangover Part II
7. Captain America: First Avenger
8. Green Latern
9. Cars 2
10. Cowboys and Aliens

Mike's Dark Horses:
Super 8
Brides Maids
Thor

JC's 10 List:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4. The Green Lantern
5. Cars 2
6. Captain America: First Avenger
7. Fast Five
8. Kung Fu Panda 2
9. X-Men: First Class
10. The Hangover Part II

JC's Dark Horses:
Cowboys and Aliens
Smurfs
Winnie The Pooh


Listen to us discuss our picks on Episode 41 of the NF Podcast:
[MP3]
[iTunes]

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 1:46 pm
by Crazy Eight
1.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part II
2.) Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3.) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4.) Cars 2
5.) The Hangover Part II
6.) Fast Five
7.) Kung Fu Panda 2
8.) Cowboys and Aliens
9.) Captain America: The First Avenger
10.) Thor

Dark Horses
Super 8
Green Lantern
X-Men: First Class

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 1:56 pm
by Alberto
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
3. X-Men: First Class
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
5. Captain America: First Avenger
6. Kung Fu Panda 2
7. Green Lantern
8. Cars 2
9. Super 8
10. The Hangover Part II

Dark Horses:
Fast Five
Thor
Cowboys and Aliens

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 2:33 pm
by jcvargas09
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
3. Cars 2
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
5. The Hangover 2
6. Kung Fu Panda 2
7. Captain America: First Avenger
8. Rise of The Planet of the Apes
9. Cowboys and Aliens
10. Green Latern

Dark Horse Picks
Super 8
The Tree of Life
Apollo 18 (If it ends up getting released in August after all)

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 2:36 pm
by natalie
Apollo 8 move to January 2012.

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 3:53 pm
by jcvargas09
Really? January 2012? Ah, screw it, just put me down for the other two on my dark horse picks..

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 4:10 pm
by Cilogy
Top 10
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part II
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. Cars 2
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
5. The Hangover 2
6. X-Men: First Class
7. Green Latern
8. Kung Fu Panda 2
9. Captain America: First Avenger
10. Cowboys and Aliens

Dark Horses
Super 8
Thor
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 4:16 pm
by chee
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Tides
4. Cars 2
5. Kung Fu Panda 2
6. Thor
7. Captain America
8. X-Men: First Class
9. Green Lantern
10. Super 8

Dark Horses:
Cowboys and Aliens
Hangover 2
Rise of the Rising Apes on the Rising Planet Rising Rises

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 4:33 pm
by Cilogy
chee wrote:Rise of the Rising Apes on the Rising Planet Rising Rises
What what? I could swear there was a 12th word in that title, might have been another "of".

2011 Summer Movie Showdown

Posted: April 30th, 2011, 10:06 pm
by #1fan
#1fans's 10 List:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4. Kung Fu Panda 2
5. Fast Five
6. Green Lantern
7. Captain America: First Avenger
8. Cars 2
9. Thor
10. The Hangover 2

#1fan's Dark Horses:
Super 8
Brides Maids
Cowboys and Aliens