Nerd Pride Radio

Rules: Guess the Friday through Sunday domestic gross (as reported in the actuals from Box Office Mojo) for the number one movie for the weekend of November 3-5. You get points based on the difference between your guess and the actual opening (whether its higher or lower). You don't have to guess a particular movie, just a dollar amount. You can not guess an amount that has already been guessed by someone for this week. Once you've made a guess, you can't change it. Guesses have to be submitted by midnight the Wednesday before the opening. Guesses must be rounded to the nearest million dollars.

Results will be cumulative week to week for the current season for everyone that continues to play. If you miss a week, you can still play, but your score is 125% of the worst actual score awarded on the week you missed. If you miss two weeks in a row, you're out of the metagame, but still welcome to play the weekly game. There are three seasons per calendar year: (1) January 1 - the weekend before Memorial Day; (2) Memorial Day weekend - Labor Day weekend; and (3) the weekend after Labor Day weekend - December 31.

Lifetime scores will be tracked as long as there are two people that have not been eliminated (by missing two weeks in a row). In the even that only one person remains in the lifetime scores, that person will be deemed King of Movie Mountain, and the lifetime scores will reset beginning with the next week. The King of Movie Mountain's reign lasts until a new King of Movie Mountain is named through the application of these rules.

Please feel free to discuss prospects and speculation- this is highly encouraged. But once you post up a guess, it cannot be changed.

I'll normally post this up on the Monday before the opening weekend, and will update the cumulative scores when the actuals are released (usually Tuesday afternoon).

Wide release movies opening this week include:
Thor: Ragnorak
A Bad Mom's Christmas (opens Wednesday)

Season 17:3 Scores (Updated) :
Mike- 93
Zombie- 95
Kyle- 96
poorpete- 102
buckett- 102
Zen- 134

Lifetime Scores (Updated) :
poorpete: 150
Kyle: 158
buckett: 167
Zombie: 181
Zen: 206

Guesses (in millions):
poorpete- 115
Zen- 110
Kyle- 105
Mike- 101
buckett- 116
Zombie- 120

Thor- $105 million

I'll risk my lead and go +10 over Kyle:

$115

$110 mil

101

Ongoing scores updated.

116

120

Man, I am so going down in flames this week. But I make my call as soon as I see the thread on Monday and it's final. I think I called wrong.

Yeah. Me personally, I lock early as a personal challenge. I'd prefer to get in before everyone else, but I rarely do. I've thought about waiting til Wednesday to gather more info and play strategically, but for me, that's a recipe for forgetting to post.

I'm pretty sure I've accidentally missed more weeks than anyone else, so very valid there.

Looks like Zombie won this week and takes a big lead in this season's game!

Ahhh! And just like that I lose all the progress I've made in the lifetime game!

Weekend Actuals for Thor: $122,744,989

Results:
Zombie- 3
buckett- 7
poorpete- 8
Zen- 13
Kyle- 18
Mike- 22