The Boxoffice Derby Thread!
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
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We have another first game winner, and it's 'BrandonGrayFan'.
Ugh.
It could be Brandon Gray himself rebooting, or feeding someone his predicts.... Probably not, but....
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:16 pm |
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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27th.
And I jumped into the #30 spot for the year.
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Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:45 pm |
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The_Game_1
Star Trek XI
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 8:00 pm Posts: 343
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29th for the week and 29th for the year
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Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:03 am |
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Chippy
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70th for the week. Moved up to 29th for the year.
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Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:33 pm |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say the derby averages for all openers have never been this close together before, and for good reason.
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Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:26 pm |
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
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Didn't expect such crappy internal multiplers, so you fell quite a bit Proud Ryu. Still, you made the Top 20. I think only Riggs did better than you.
64/65, with almost the exact same score as last week. 82.506% vs 82.508%. Still 1/2 for the year.
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Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:12 pm |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
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I guess I'm lucky to be in the top 20 considering I completely forgot to factor in the NCAA tourny. I overpredicted every single holdover. Taken really got hammered - what a variance in drops on that movie.
They haven't updated the yearly/monthly yet...
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Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:33 pm |
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Levy
Golfaholic
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25th is very acceptable for this week. 6th for the openers
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Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:24 am |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
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Month/year updated.
Check out RWood's March ranks: 14,14,14,15!
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Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:56 am |
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The Scottie
King Albert!
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Well, at least I moved up one spot on the yearly chart (to number 8). Also, this RWood is probably the most all over the place predictor. He will dominate at one time, but the rest of the times, he will completely flop. There is no middle ground.
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Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:42 pm |
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Levy
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I'm closing in Scottie. Last time this year that I'll be this close to you 
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Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:33 pm |
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almost famous
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:09 pm Posts: 1461 Location: Odessa, Ukraine
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Unfortunately somehow I missed deadline. It was always up to 2 P.M. by my local time but now it's still more than hour left and the game is closed.
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:41 am |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
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I'm curious - what is the deal with the deadline? I got in ok at about 8 pm Pacific. On the old server I believe Omni and Rumpel said they missed it, but if I'm not mistaken they tried to submit after midnight Pacific. I think only once have I tried to change mine after midnight Pacific, and it did work, and I was surprised.
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:33 pm |
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BJ
Killing With Kindness
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damn it, corpse and omni missed deadline, WTF, I was rather pissed last night when I couldn't tweak my predicts, but for the best to miss, unacceptable, Brandon is a bastard.
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:20 pm |
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BJ
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The top 10 for this year is going to look weird, a predictor could get in with a sub 81% average.
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:26 pm |
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SolC9
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I only started playing the derby two weeks ago. My average % for the two weeks was 84.21%. Once I get enough games in, I could be a threat. I was very optimistic this week on the big openers though, so we'll see.
1. Monsters Vs. Aliens 61.0 2. The Haunting in Connecticut 19.0 3. Knowing 13.7 4. I Love You, Man 13.3 5. Duplicity 8.7 6. Race to Witch Mountain 7.0 7. 12 Rounds 6.8 8. Taken 2.4 9. The Last House on the Left (2009) 2.3 10. Watchmen 2.1
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:09 pm |
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BJ
Killing With Kindness
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SolC9 wrote: I only started playing the derby two weeks ago. My average % for the two weeks was 84.21%. Once I get enough games in, I could be a threat. I was very optimistic this week on the big openers though, so we'll see.
1. Monsters Vs. Aliens 61.0 2. The Haunting in Connecticut 19.0 3. Knowing 13.7 4. I Love You, Man 13.3 5. Duplicity 8.7 6. Race to Witch Mountain 7.0 7. 12 Rounds 6.8 8. Taken 2.4 9. The Last House on the Left (2009) 2.3 10. Watchmen 2.1 whats with that ILYM predic 
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:53 pm |
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
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Yep, we missed the deadline. So nice for them to change it without warning. I don't recall it ever closing that early since we started playing.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.” “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.” "Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:06 pm |
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SolC9
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BJ wrote: SolC9 wrote: I only started playing the derby two weeks ago. My average % for the two weeks was 84.21%. Once I get enough games in, I could be a threat. I was very optimistic this week on the big openers though, so we'll see.
1. Monsters Vs. Aliens 61.0 2. The Haunting in Connecticut 19.0 3. Knowing 13.7 4. I Love You, Man 13.3 5. Duplicity 8.7 6. Race to Witch Mountain 7.0 7. 12 Rounds 6.8 8. Taken 2.4 9. The Last House on the Left (2009) 2.3 10. Watchmen 2.1 whats with that ILYM predic  I based it off of Role Models rather than Forgetting Sarah Marshall. If it performs like FSM, then I'll be off about 2M on that one.
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:08 pm |
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Chippy
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What happened with the deadline? I got in fine?
It's been the same forever.
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:08 pm |
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
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Did Scott miss it as well? I notice he didn't post his predicts did he? And I know he usually submits his among the last group too.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.” “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.” "Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:13 pm |
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Corpse
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Proud Ryu wrote: I'm curious - what is the deal with the deadline? I got in ok at about 8 pm Pacific. On the old server I believe Omni and Rumpel said they missed it, but if I'm not mistaken they tried to submit after midnight Pacific. I think only once have I tried to change mine after midnight Pacific, and it did work, and I was surprised. midnight pacific has never been the actual deadline. You could submit your entry well into the morning hours like we've always done due to the timezone difference for us. So it was probably closed before we would have even began working on the weeks predicts, or right when we started. Not until this week anyway.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.” “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.” "Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:15 pm |
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Proud Ryu
Deshi Basara
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I don't know how you would know what the 'actual' deadline was, until the site actually said game closed. Sounds rather risky to me... 
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:25 pm |
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
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There was an actual deadline (or when the game closed), but it was never midnight pacific like almost famous (Juni) said above. For him it was 2PM, and he says it closed over an hour early on him. For me, it was I think either 5AM or 6AM, meaning 2AM or 3AM Pacific Time. Forget which of the two hours when it has closed in the past.
We weren't the only regulars to miss it either.
Omni and I missed it (ranked 1/2 for the year) Juni78ukr missed it. (4th for the year) Rumpel missed it. (7th for the year) Paradigma (RUS) missed it. Remus (RUS) missed it. (10th for the year)
Half the players in the Top 10 for 2009 missed the damn thing.
Many RUS players missed it, and so did Juni78ukr (I think he's almost famous on here) I'm assuming since he's an international player, like Omni too, and Omni and I always entered our entries way past midnight pacific time like the others have since it works best for us.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.” “We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.” “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” “You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.” "Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:31 pm |
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Michael A
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SolC9 wrote: I based it off of Role Models rather than Forgetting Sarah Marshall. If it performs like FSM, then I'll be off about 2M on that one. Forgive me if I misunderstand here, but RM, dropped 41% in its' second weekend. By that model ILYM would be at around 10.5 not 13.3m
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