I'm gonna take a risk and go with The Campaign being the huge comedy hit of the summer despite it not having a trailer to go off of yet.

This is the perfect time for a movie like this, and the premise sounds pretty fun.

Plus Will Ferrell + Zach Galificankiss should be a big draw.

I find Rock of Ages hard to pin down. I know on paper it should be another Hairspray or even a Mamma Mia!, but there's this...unappealing element to it. I can't see it grossing 100 mil. And I don't feel the ads have capitalized on the ridiculous novelty of Tom Cruise playing a Joe Elliott/Vince Neil type figure nearly well enough.

I wonder if it'll be PG-13 or R.

True, I hadn't even thought about it being the race for summer's biggest R-rated movie against The Expendables 2 and Prometheus. I see others also have Neighborhood Watch and Ted as answers too.

Neighborhood Watch will definitely be PG-13, IMO. I still believe Prometheus will be, too. A 250-million sci-fi horror movie going out with a restrictive R rating? Can't see Fox allowing it, and Ridley will always be able to release the harder cut on Blu-ray and DVD.

I'm predicting That's My Boy to be the top R-rated movie.

Ah, yes, definitely forgot about That's My Boy. Should be an interesting race assuming Prometheus doesn't get the R-rating.

Predict the Following Films' Total Gross

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - $75m
The Amazing Spider-Man - $215m
The Avengers - $445m
Battleship - $115m
The Bourne Legacy – $200m
Brave - $240m
The Campaign - $110m
The Dark Knight Rises - $425m
Dark Shadows - $70m
The Dictator - $70m
The Expendables 2 - $130m
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - $135m
Ice Age: Continental Drift - $180m
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - $170m
Magic Mike - $100m
Men in Black 3 - $165m
Neighborhood Watch - $160m
ParaNorman - $130m
Prometheus - $195m
Rock of Ages - $125m
Snow White and the Huntsman - $193m
Ted - $85m
That's My Boy - $115m
Total Recall - $95m
What to Expect When You're Expecting - $68m


Predict the Top 5 Grossing Movies of Summer 2012

1. Avengers - $445m
2. The Dark Knight Rises - $425m
3. Brave - $240m
4. Spiderman - $215m
5. Bourne Legacy - $200m

The 10 Box Office Questions

#1 - Will The Dark Knight Rises gross over $500 million in total? No
#2 - Which will gross more in total - Snow White and the Huntsman, MIB3, Prometheus, or The Amazing Spider-Man? Amazing Spider-Man
#3 - What will be the highest grossing film in total to not be #1 for at least one weekend? Madagascar
#4 - What film that was #1 on at least one weekend will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop? G.I. Joe.
#5 - Which sequel will have the best total gross retention to its previous movie - Madagascar 3, G.I. Joe Retaliation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Bourne Legacy, Step Up 4, or The Expendables 2? Expendables 2
#6 - How many films will gross over $100 million? 19
#7 - How many films will gross over $200 million? 6
#8 - What Pixar film will Brave gross the closest to in total? Cars
#9 - What will be the highest grossing R-rated film? That's My Boy
#10 - What will be the highest grossing film not predicted in the total gross section? Tyler Perry Madea Witness Protection

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – 60M
The Amazing Spider-Man – 250M
The Avengers – 375M
Battleship – 125M
The Bourne Legacy – 100M
Brave – 200M
The Campaign – 125M
The Dark Knight Rises – 550M
Dark Shadows – 160M
The Dictator – 90M
The Expendables 2 – 110M
G.I. Joe: Retaliation – 150m
Ice Age: Continental Drift – 190M
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted – 170M
Magic Mike – 60M
Men in Black 3 – 190M
Neighborhood Watch – 75M
ParaNorman – 50M
Prometheus – 202M
Rock of Ages – 60M
Snow White and the Huntsman – 150M
Ted – 50M
That's My Boy – 100M
Total Recall – 80M
What to Expect When You're Expecting – 75M


Predict the Top 5 Grossing Movies of Summer 2012

#1: The Dark Knight Rises
#2: The Avengers
#3: The Amazing Spider-Man
#4: Prometheus
#5: Brave


The 10 Box Office Questions

#1 - Will The Dark Knight Rises gross over $500 million in total? - Yes
#2 - Which will gross more in total - Snow White and the Huntsman, MIB3, Prometheus, or The Amazing Spider-Man? – The Amazing Spider-Man
#3 - What will be the highest grossing film in total to not be #1 for at least one weekend? – Dark Shadows
#4 - What film that was #1 on at least one weekend will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop? – Battleship
#5 - Which sequel will have the best total gross retention to its previous movie - Madagascar 3, G.I. Joe Retaliation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Bourne Legacy, Step Up 4, or The Expendables 2? – G.I. Joe Retaliation
#6 - How many films will gross over $100 million? - 16
#7 - How many films will gross over $200 million? - 5
#8 - What Pixar film will Brave gross the closest to in total? – Toy Story
#9 - What will be the highest grossing R-rated film? – Prometheus
#10 - What will be the highest grossing film not predicted in the total gross section? – Hope Springs

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Will we know if Prometheus is rated R by the start of the game you think?

We get one more MPAA update I think.

Possible, but doubtful. At this point, with how close we're getting to June, I'd be surprised if it got an R rating. It seems like they would have committed to it by now if it was going to be R.

Predict the Following Films' Total Gross:

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter-$57m
The Amazing Spider-Man-$336m
The Avengers-$377m
Battleship-$140m
The Bourne Legacy-$174m
Brave-$253m
The Campaign-$100m
The Dark Knight Rises-$471m
Dark Shadows-$105m
The Dictator-$94m
The Expendables 2-$133m
G.I. Joe: Retaliation-$150m
Ice Age: Continental Drift-$190m
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted-$167m
Magic Mike-$65m
Men in Black 3-$130m
Neighborhood Watch-$104m
ParaNorman-$60m
Prometheus-$213m
Rock of Ages-$91m
Snow White and the Huntsman-$192m
Ted-$60m
That's My Boy-$103
Total Recall-$75m
What to Expect When You're Expecting-$70m

Predict the Top 5 Grossing Films of the Summer

#1: The Dark Knight Rises
#2: The Avengers
#3: The Amazing Spider-Man
#4: Brave
#5: Prometheus

The 10 Box Office Questions

#1 - Will The Dark Knight Rises gross over $500 million in total? NO
#2 - Which will gross more in total - Snow White and the Huntsman, MIB3, Prometheus, or The Amazing Spider-Man? The Amazing Spider-Man
#3 - What will be the highest grossing film in total to not be #1 for at least one weekend? Madagascar 3
#4 - What film that was #1 on at least one weekend will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop? The Dark Knight Rises
#5 - What sequel will have the best total gross retention over its previous movie - Madagascar 3, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Bourne Legacy, Step Up 4, or The Expendables 2? The Expendables 2
#6 - How many films will gross over $100 million? 18
#7 - How many films will gross over $200 million? 8
#8 - What Pixar film will Brave gross the closest to in total? Monsters, Inc.
#9 - What will be the highest grossing R-rated film? That's My Boy
#10 - What will be the highest grossing film not predicted in the total gross section? People Like Us

Predict the Following Films' Total Gross

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - 40
The Amazing Spider-Man - 250
The Avengers - 450
Battleship - 125
The Bourne Legacy - 180
Brave - 215
The Campaign - 110
The Dark Knight Rises - 500
Dark Shadows - 120
The Dictator - 70
The Expendables 2 - 120
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - 170
Ice Age: Continental Drift - 160
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - 120
Magic Mike - 45
Men in Black 3 - 225
Neighborhood Watch - 105
ParaNorman - 55
Prometheus - 200
Rock of Ages - 135
Snow White and the Huntsman - 185
Ted - 115
That's My Boy - 75
Total Recall - 110
What to Expect When You're Expecting - 65


Predict the Top 5 Grossing Movies of Summer 2012

#1: The Dark Knight Rises
#2: The Avengers
#3: Men in Black 3
#4: The Amazing Spider-Man
#5: Snow White and the Huntsman


The 10 Box Office Questions

#1 - Will The Dark Knight Rises gross over $500 million in total? Yes
#2 - Which will gross more in total - Snow White and the Huntsman, MIB3, Prometheus, or The Amazing Spider-Man? Spider-Man
#3 - What will be the highest grossing film in total to not be #1 for at least one weekend? Dark Shadows
#4 - What film that was #1 on at least one weekend will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop? Men in Black
#5 - Which sequel will have the best total gross retention to its previous movie - Madagascar 3, G.I. Joe Retaliation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Bourne Legacy, Step Up 4, or The Expendables 2? G.I. Joe
#6 - How many films will gross over $100 million? 19
#7 - How many films will gross over $200 million? 6
#8 - What Pixar film will Brave gross the closest to in total? Ratatouille
#9 - What will be the highest grossing R-rated film? Prometheus
#10 - What will be the highest grossing film not predicted in the total gross section? Madea Witless Protection

Just wanted to give kudos to your 10 questions. Some excellent questions. I wish i would have thought of a few of them for the other game.

Thank you sir! Looks like Question #2 is the only one so far that's getting pretty much the same answer, so that's lucky. Usually I'll end up having two or three of them that everyone answers the same, and that's no fun!

When do the grosses count until? When does summer end? Or are you counting the grosses right up until the last day?

I feel like I'm way overestimating Battleship, lol.

Predictions are for the entire total gross of each movie. There's no cutoff date on when when we stop counting its gross.

Final standings won't be clear most likely until late September.

Can we edit our prediction post until the deadline?

Thanks

Absolutely! I am not recording the predictions down until the deadline.

Remember though, if a prediction is edited past the deadline, the entire prediction would be voided.

Of course, thanks!

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (80 million)

The Amazing Spider-Man (250 million)

The Avengers (450 million)

Battleship (90 million)

The Bourne Legacy (140 million)

Brave (275 million)

The Campaign (100 million)

The Dark Knight Rises (425 million)

Dark Shadows (85 million)

The Dictator (75 million)

The Expendables 2 (70 million)

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (170 million)

Ice Age: Continental Drift (160 million)

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (200 million)

Magic Mike (25 million)

Men in Black 3 (200 million)

Neighborhood Watch (95 million)

ParaNorman (40 million)

Prometheus (120 million)

Rock of Ages (130 million)

Snow White and the Huntsman (150 million)

Ted (65 million)

That's My Boy (55 million)

Total Recall (105 million)

What to Expect When You're Expecting (60 million)


Top 5 Grossing Movies of Summer 2012
1. The Avengers
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Brave
4. The Amazing Spider-Man
5. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

The 10 Box Office Questions

#1 - Will The Dark Knight Rises gross over $500 million in total?

No

#2 - Which will gross more in total - Snow White and the Huntsman, MIB3, Prometheus, or The Amazing Spider-Man?

The Amazing Spider-Man

#3 - What will be the highest grossing film in total to not be #1 for at least one weekend?

Rock of Ages

#4 - What film that was #1 on at least one weekend will have the biggest 2nd weekend drop?

Battleship

#5 - Which sequel will have the best total gross retention to its previous movie - Madagascar 3, G.I. Joe Retaliation, Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Bourne Legacy, Step Up 4, or The
Expendables 2?

GI Joe Retaliation

#6 - How many films will gross over $100 million?

14

#7 - How many films will gross over $200 million?

5

#8 - What Pixar film will Brave gross the closest to in total?

The Incredibles

#9 - What will be the highest grossing R-rated film?

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

#10 - What will be the highest grossing film not predicted in the total gross section?

Hope Springs

So, if you're picking Prometheus to be the highest-grossing "R" film can you include an alternate in case it doesn't end up being "R"?

Ha, sorry but nope. That's part of the challenge and risk of that question!