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Rod
Extra on the Ordinary
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:50 pm Posts: 12821
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Amos wrote: Amos wrote: matatonio wrote: ooh! and it Rod's first game in the derby =D> =D> =D> Wow. I've played like 982,716 times and I've never done better than 4th. Now I feel bad. But congrats Rod! \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ *Goes back to being depressed about failure to break free from the chains of consistent mediocrity" A week after I post this I get FOURTH again. This game is mocking me. ](*,) [-(
It HATES you.
#31. Not bad. I might actually continue playing :razz:
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Tue May 10, 2005 2:02 pm |
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Jeff 42
The Dark Knight
Joined: Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:44 pm Posts: 763
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I just realized something kind of interesting. With only one new movie in wide release next week, and with both XXX2 and Mindhunters set to make about $2m this weekend, it looks like for next weekend we will have to predict a movie that will be making about $1m or maybe even less. (The tenth movie might be Sahara, which also looks like it would be headed for around $1m on that weekend.)
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Sun May 15, 2005 1:19 am |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/games/derb ... m?game=168
Another KJ-filled leaderboard for the week. Congrats everyone!
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Mon May 16, 2005 5:36 pm |
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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Craptacular week for me. #80 is pathetic.
But, hey, maybe this week is my week to shine...
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Mon May 16, 2005 5:41 pm |
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm Posts: 26066 Location: In good ol' Mexico
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(above 80%) ...so sorry if i missed someone
Congrats everyone!!
5 Ahmed Salem 89.19%
6 MG Casey 88.94%
7 Scott Vasquez 88.46%
8 DP7 88.42%
10 Ragnarok 88.28%
11 matatonio 88.1% \:D/
14 [RUS] MAD MAX 87.73%
20 Jeff 42 87.58%
24 LiteraTor 87.39%
28 Animosity Reigns 86.73%
30 Vovanik 86.68%
32 MikeQ. 86.4%
40 JMorphin 85.83%
46 laneyboy 85.62%
57 xiayun 84.89%
60 Mrs Smoker feat. Jay Z 84.84%
77 Sako 83.9%
80 Zingaling89 83.75%
100 ~~~Archangel~~~ 82.36%
109 SamweisGamdschie 82%
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Mon May 16, 2005 5:46 pm |
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Also, Jeff on 20th place.
60th for me, not that bad...atleast helped me crack top 30 all time, 28th now.
And for those that might care, new sheet is available here.
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Mon May 16, 2005 5:59 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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We have to predict Mindhunters, and the deadline is Wednesday night, meaning we won't have exact theater counts for all the movies.
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Mon May 16, 2005 6:16 pm |
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Jeff 42
The Dark Knight
Joined: Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:44 pm Posts: 763
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This week is all about holdovers, and Mindhunters will be a huge factor. It's kind of funny that Mindhunters will almost undoubtedly be far more important than RotS in determining the top scores.
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:39 pm |
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MikeQ.
The French Dutch Boy
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:28 pm Posts: 10266 Location: Mordor, Middle Earth
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This is gonna suck. Let's say Mindhunter's makes $0.8 million this weekend. If you predict $0.8 million, you get 100% (obviously), but if you are one off and predict $0.7 million, your score drops all the down to 87.5%! And then down to 75% if you are another 0.1 million off. Bleh. No room for error. You have to be SPOT on just to get an over 90% score on it, heh.
PEACE, Mike 
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:46 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Jeff 42 wrote: This week is all about holdovers, and Mindhunters will be a huge factor. It's kind of funny that Mindhunters will almost undoubtedly be far more important than RotS in determining the top scores.
A lot of luck will be involved. An actual of 0.749 and 0.750 could mean more than 2% difference in average score.
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:47 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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With Mindhunters, it's almost impossible to tell. Anything can happen when its opening PTA is that low. Even though theaters are required to hold onto it, they could move it to the smallest screen and reduce the number of showings to 1. It could have a Thursday-to-Friday decline without losing any theaters, as Sleepover did.
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Mon May 16, 2005 7:51 pm |
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Amos
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:54 pm Posts: 1585 Location: New Zealand
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Rod wrote: Amos wrote: Amos wrote: matatonio wrote: ooh! and it Rod's first game in the derby =D> =D> =D> Wow. I've played like 982,716 times and I've never done better than 4th. Now I feel bad. But congrats Rod! \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ *Goes back to being depressed about failure to break free from the chains of consistent mediocrity" A week after I post this I get FOURTH again. This game is mocking me. ](*,) [-( It HATES you. #31. Not bad. I might actually continue playing :razz:
For anyone who wants to read the quoted posts above, please note the significance of the following statement:
I came fourth AGAIN this week.
Yep, just like last week.
Now I know for a fact that this game will never let me win the DVD or month pass or anything because I will never beat fourth. I have now come fourth four times ](*,) Rod was right. It really DOES hate me.
I'm now coming FOURTH for May also. Grrrrrrrrr 
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Mon May 16, 2005 9:35 pm |
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Rod
Extra on the Ordinary
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:50 pm Posts: 12821
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#145
I'll be back at #1.!!!!!
Someday.
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Mon May 16, 2005 11:31 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Derby average for Mindhunters just jumped from 0.7 to 1.1 in the last update. Someone must've dropped a gigantic number on it.
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Tue May 17, 2005 1:49 am |
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Jeff 42
The Dark Knight
Joined: Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:44 pm Posts: 763
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xiayun wrote: Derby average for Mindhunters just jumped from 0.7 to 1.1 in the last update. Someone must've dropped a gigantic number on it.
Not necessarily. That's not a surprising average prediction for it, and the first update was the average of just six people (I checked by looking at the results page).
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Tue May 17, 2005 2:06 am |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Jeff 42 wrote: xiayun wrote: Derby average for Mindhunters just jumped from 0.7 to 1.1 in the last update. Someone must've dropped a gigantic number on it. Not necessarily. That's not a surprising average prediction for it, and the first update was the average of just six people (I checked by looking at the results page).
I believe they did an update in the middle with about 80 people since I saw Sith's average jumped twice, and when the first time it happened, the average for Mindhunters was still 0.7.
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Tue May 17, 2005 2:11 am |
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Jeff 42
The Dark Knight
Joined: Sat Jan 15, 2005 2:44 pm Posts: 763
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The average for RotS is only a $121m 4-day so far. Maybe it will play a bigger role than I thought in determining the top scores, especially if it can really break out with well over $140m.
Edit: Ooh, this is my 100th post. 
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Tue May 17, 2005 1:05 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Jeff 42 wrote: The average for RotS is only a $121m 4-day so far. Maybe it will play a bigger role than I thought in determining the top scores, especially if it can really break out with well over $140m.
It still doesn't play that big of a role. Let's say you believe it will gross between 110 and 160M (big range for argument's sake), then you just multiply the two and take square root and get 132.7M, and you are gauranteed to be at least 82% correct. It will be harder to determine that minimum-maximum range for other movies such as Mindhunters, and even when we did, the middle ground may only gauranteed a 75% correctness instead of 80%.
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Tue May 17, 2005 1:59 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Hehe, Mindhunters' average is now 2.5.
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Tue May 17, 2005 8:33 pm |
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Amos
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:54 pm Posts: 1585 Location: New Zealand
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xiayun wrote: Hehe, Mindhunters' average is now 2.5.
Are they expecting an expansion? 
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Wed May 18, 2005 12:26 am |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Amos wrote: xiayun wrote: Hehe, Mindhunters' average is now 2.5. Are they expecting an expansion? 
Apparently, as it continues to climb with each update. :razz:
Also already 323 entries by Tuesday night. I guess nobody is forgetting this week's early deadline.
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Wed May 18, 2005 1:20 am |
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Animosity Reigns
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:41 pm Posts: 1777 Location: The Dirty South
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xiayun wrote: Hehe, Mindhunters' average is now 2.5.
rofl 2.5 ?? thats a bit crazy... I guess everyone is thinking when SW sells out they will go see Mindhunters :razz:
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Wed May 18, 2005 3:46 pm |
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Rev
Romosexual!
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:06 am Posts: 32604 Location: the last free city
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my best at this game was in 9/14/03 when i came in 3rd with a score of 87.234%  it was all luck.
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Wed May 18, 2005 3:54 pm |
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Anonymous
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I'll have worst derby in months.
Prolly will put Mindhunters at $0.5m and Episode 3 at $165m.
And give all other movies as well harsh, really harsh drops. -57% minimal harsh.
Might be better to put that in some other games, not derby, hmmm... 
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Wed May 18, 2005 4:44 pm |
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xiayun
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Already the biggest turnout of the year. Should challenge 600 by the deadline.
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