July Pickem (HY #1/6)

This is basically the same as all the other times except:

1. Everything above the line counts for both the July league total and the overall total.
2. Everything below the line is further out than when the July league ends and will only count towards the overall total.
3. I know I'm forgetting something. I'll let you know later. :)
4. Anything you want me to add, I'll think about it.

A. Overall T5 winner, Overall PTA winner, Highest IMDB for an opening each weekend
(15 Pts)
7/3
7/10
7/17
7/24
7/31

B. Monthly High/Low (4 pts)
1. Highest Opening for a film not named Harry Potter or Ice Age?
2. Lowest opening for a wide release (over 1000 theaters)
3. Highest PTA for the month?
4. Smallest drop for a wide release (% wise) in its second weekend (Last week of June counts)?

C. vs. (6 pts)
1. Higher OW: Ice Age: The Melt Down or Dawn of the Dinosaurs?
2. Higher IMDB: American Gangster or Public Enemies?
3. Higher OW: Borat or Bruno?
4. Higher 5-Day OW: Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince?
5. Higher OW: The Proposal or The Ugly Truth?
6. HIgher OW: Knocked Up or Funny People?

BONUS Point:
Best Bang for Your Buck film (OW/BO Price)

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July Opener Totals (2 Pts each)
Harry Potter will/won't break $300 M?
Ice Age will/won't break $225 M?
Public Enemies will/won't break $120 M?
Funny People will/won't break $120 M?
Bruno will/won't break $120 M?

6 Month Highs (3 Pts each)
Highest 3-Day OW July-Dec?
Most T5 points July-Dec? (ends Feb 1)
Most PTA July-Dec? (ends Feb 1)
Biggest horror film (New Moon doesn't count, The Road does)?
Biggest animated film?

+1 correct answer, -1 wrong answer. If you don't list one that's a right answer, it is considered wrong.
What films released in July-Dec will be IMDB top 250?

A. Overall T5 winner, Overall PTA winner, Highest IMDB for an opening each weekend
(15 Pts)
7/3 Ice Age,Ice Age,Public Enemies
7/10 Bruno,Humpday, Bruno
7/17 Harry Potter,Harry Potter, 500 Days Of Summer
7/24 Harry Potter,Harry Potter , 500 Days Of Summer
7/31 Funny People,Funny People,Funny People

B. Monthly High/Low (4 pts)
1. Highest Opening for a film not named Harry Potter or Ice Age? Funny People
2. Lowest opening for a wide release (over 1000 theaters) Aliens In The Attic
3. Highest PTA for the month? Harry Potter
4. Smallest drop for a wide release (% wise) in its second weekend (Last week of June counts)? Harry Potter

C. vs. (6 pts)
1. Higher OW: Ice Age: The Melt Down or Dawn of the Dinosaurs? Meltdown
2. Higher IMDB: American Gangster or Public Enemies? Public Enemies
3. Higher OW: Borat or Bruno? Bruno
4. Higher 5-Day OW: Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince? Half Blood Prince
5. Higher OW: The Proposal or The Ugly Truth? The Proposal
6. HIgher OW: Knocked Up or Funny People? Funny People

BONUS Point:
Best Bang for Your Buck film (OW/BO Price)
G-Force

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July Opener Totals (2 Pts each)
Harry Potter will/won't break $300 M? Will
Ice Age will/won't break $225 M? Wont
Public Enemies will/won't break $120 M? Wont
Funny People will/won't break $120 M? Will
Bruno will/won't break $120 M? Will

6 Month Highs (3 Pts each)
Highest 3-Day OW July-Dec? Harry Potter
Most T5 points July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) New Moon
Most PTA July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) New Moon
Biggest horror film (New Moon doesn't count, The Road does)? H2
Biggest animated film? Ice Age:Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

+1 correct answer, -1 wrong answer. If you don't list one that's a right answer, it is considered wrong.
What films released in July-Dec will be IMDB top 250?
Shutter Island,Funny People,

...

Quick question that could change one of my answers...are we considering Shutter Island a horror flick?

A. Overall T5 winner, Overall PTA winner, Highest IMDB for an opening each weekend
(15 Pts)
7/3 Ice Age, Ice Age, Public Enemies
7/10 Ice Age, Bruno, Bruno
7/17 Harry Potter, Harry Potter, 500 Days Of Summer
7/24 Harry Potter, Harry Potter, In The Loop
7/31 Harry Potter, Adam, Thirst

B. Monthly High/Low (4 pts)
1. Highest Opening for a film not named Harry Potter or Ice Age?
Public Enemies
2. Lowest opening for a wide release (over 1000 theaters)
Aliens In The Attic
3. Highest PTA for the month?
Adam
4. Smallest drop for a wide release (% wise) in its second weekend (Last week of June counts)?
Ice Age

C. vs. (6 pts)
1. Higher OW: Ice Age: The Melt Down or Dawn of the Dinosaurs?
Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
2. Higher IMDB: American Gangster or Public Enemies?
Public Enemies
3. Higher OW: Borat or Bruno?
Bruno
4. Higher 5-Day OW: Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince?
Half-Blood Prince
5. Higher OW: The Proposal or The Ugly Truth?
The Proposal
6. HIgher OW: Knocked Up or Funny People?
Funny People

BONUS Point:
Best Bang for Your Buck film (OW/BO Price)
G-Force

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July Opener Totals (2 Pts each)
Harry Potter will/won't break $300 M? Will
Ice Age will/won't break $225 M? Won't
Public Enemies will/won't break $120 M? Will
Funny People will/won't break $120 M? Won't
Bruno will/won't break $120 M? Won't

6 Month Highs (3 Pts each)
Highest 3-Day OW July-Dec? Harry Potter
Most T5 points July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) Harry Potter
Most PTA July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) Adam
Biggest horror film (New Moon doesn't count, The Road does)? The Final Destination
Biggest animated film? Ice Age

+1 correct answer, -1 wrong answer. If you don't list one that's a right answer, it is considered wrong.
What films released in July-Dec will be IMDB top 250?
Shutter Island, Green Zone, The Lovely Bones

I have yet to see a trailer for it because of my slow connection (hopefully the Verizon people come out soon as I'm calling them in the morning). IMDB lists it as a Drama/Thriller, so my inclination is that Shutter Island doesn't count as a horror film. I'm really only looking for H2, Saw, Final Destination, The Road, etc films. Avatar doesn't count as "animated" either...

And as with every month, you can send in/edit your picks until the day the first film of the month comes out (in this case it is the 1st).

FYI: Don't forget those Oscar bait films for the IMDB top 250! There were five last year from July-December (Gran Torino, The Wrestler, Slumdog, Benjamin Button, Changeling). There were also 4 others from Jan-June (Wall-E, TDK, In Bruges, LTROI) but those wouldn't have counted, just trivia I guess. More trivia, there were only 3 the first half of this year (so far, I guess) which were Up, Star Trek, and The Hangover.

And I'm giving all of the predictions below the line until Feb 1 so they can get some wide-release time.

A. Overall T5 winner, Overall PTA winner, Highest IMDB for an opening each weekend
(15 Pts)
7/3 - Ice Age, Ice Age, Public Enemies
7/10 - Ice Age, Bruno, Bruno
7/17 - Harry Potter, Harry Potter, 500 Days of Summer
7/24 - Harry Potter, The Answer Man, Shrink
7/31 - Funny People, Funny People, Funny People

B. Monthly High/Low (4 pts)
1. Highest Opening for a film not named Harry Potter or Ice Age? Funny People
2. Lowest opening for a wide release (over 1000 theaters) Aliens In The Attic
3. Highest PTA for the month? Harry Potter
4. Smallest drop for a wide release (% wise) in its second weekend (Last week of June counts)? Public Enemies

C. vs. (6 pts)
1. Higher OW: Ice Age: The Melt Down or Dawn of the Dinosaurs? Dawn of The Dinosaurs
2. Higher IMDB: American Gangster or Public Enemies? American Gangster
3. Higher OW: Borat or Bruno? Bruno
4. Higher 5-Day OW: Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince? Half Blood Prince
5. Higher OW: The Proposal or The Ugly Truth? Proposal
6. HIgher OW: Knocked Up or Funny People? Funny People

BONUS Point:
Best Bang for Your Buck film (OW/BO Price)
G-Force

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July Opener Totals (2 Pts each)
Harry Potter will/won't break $300 M? Will
Ice Age will/won't break $225 M? Won't
Public Enemies will/won't break $120 M? Won't
Funny People will/won't break $120 M? Will
Bruno will/won't break $120 M? Won't

6 Month Highs (3 Pts each)
Highest 3-Day OW July-Dec? Harry Potter
Most T5 points July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) New Moon
Most PTA July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) Invictus
Biggest horror film (New Moon doesn't count, The Road does)? The Wolfman
Biggest animated film? Alvin & The Chipmunks 2

+1 correct answer, -1 wrong answer. If you don't list one that's a right answer, it is considered wrong.
What films released in July-Dec will be IMDB top 250?
Funny People, Shutter Island, Invictus, Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, The Road, The Lovely Bones

A. Overall T5 winner, Overall PTA winner, Highest IMDB for an opening each weekend
(15 Pts)
7/3 Ice Age, Ice Age, Public Enemies
7/10 Ice Age, Bruno, Bruno
7/17 Harry Potter, Harry Potter, 500 Days of Summer
7/24 Harry Potter, All Good Things, All Good Things
7/31 Funny People, Funny People, Funny People

B. Monthly High/Low (4 pts)
1. Highest Opening for a film not named Harry Potter or Ice Age? Funny People
2. Lowest opening for a wide release (over 1000 theaters) Orphan
3. Highest PTA for the month? Harry Potter
4. Smallest drop for a wide release (% wise) in its second weekend (Last week of June counts)? Public Enemies

C. vs. (6 pts)
1. Higher OW: Ice Age: The Melt Down or Dawn of the Dinosaurs? The Melt Down
2. Higher IMDB: American Gangster or Public Enemies? Public Enemies
3. Higher OW: Borat or Bruno? Borat
4. Higher 5-Day OW: Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince? Half-Blood Prince
5. Higher OW: The Proposal or The Ugly Truth? Proposal
6. HIgher OW: Knocked Up or Funny People? Knocked Up

BONUS Point:
Best Bang for Your Buck film (OW/BO Price)G-Force
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July Opener Totals (2 Pts each)
Harry Potter will/won't break $300 M? Wont
Ice Age will/won't break $225 M? Wont
Public Enemies will/won't break $120 M? Wont
Funny People will/won't break $120 M? Wont
Bruno will/won't break $120 M? Will

6 Month Highs (3 Pts each)
Highest 3-Day OW July-Dec? Harry Potter
Most T5 points July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) Harry Potter
Most PTA July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) New Moon
Biggest horror film (New Moon doesn't count, The Road does)? Wolfman
Biggest animated film? Alvin and Chipmunks 2

+1 correct answer, -1 wrong answer. If you don't list one that's a right answer, it is considered wrong.
What films released in July-Dec will be IMDB top 250? Shutter Island, Avatar, Inglorius Basterds

I'm in W but it'll be tomorrow before I can get my picks together.

Not that extra time will help if you look at how my June picks are going...

Its fine, you just can't edit/send in picks after the after the first film opens (the first). You have plenty of time. I don't usually get mine in until the last minute either.

I would have to say that if we are considering The Road as horror than Shutter Island would be considered horror as well...JMO though.

Well, then, maybe "The Road" shouldn't count. I just looked the genre up on IMDB and it lists it as Drama/Sci-Fi/Thriller. Sci-fi? What's sci about it? No aliens, no monsters, no futuristic technology... With all the darkness and things that go on, you'd think it'd be listed as Drama/Horror/Thriller...

Anyways, that'll be the rule for this one, if it says horror under "Genre" on its IMDB main page, then its in. So, The Road doesnt count either.

Also, Alvin and The Chipmunks shouldn't count as animation. Other than the Chipmunks, it's all live-action.

A. Overall T5 winner, Overall PTA winner, Highest IMDB for an opening each weekend
(15 Pts)
7/3 Ice Age, Ice Age, Public Enemies
7/10 Ice Age, Bruno, Bruno
7/17 Potter, Potter, (500) Days of Summer
7/24 Potter, G-Force, In the Loop
7/31 Funny People, The Cove, The Cove

B. Monthly High/Low (4 pts)
1. Highest Opening for a film not named Harry Potter or Ice Age? Bruno (about 35-40M)
2. Lowest opening for a wide release (over 1000 theaters) Aliens in the Attic
3. Highest PTA for the month? Harry Potter
4. Smallest drop for a wide release (% wise) in its second weekend (Last week of June counts)? Ice Age

C. vs. (6 pts)
1. Higher OW: Ice Age: The Melt Down or Dawn of the Dinosaurs? DofD
2. Higher IMDB: American Gangster or Public Enemies? American Gangster
3. Higher OW: Borat or Bruno? Bruno
4. Higher 5-Day OW: Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince? H-BP
5. Higher OW: The Proposal or The Ugly Truth? Proposal
6. HIgher OW: Knocked Up or Funny People? Funny People

BONUS Point:
Best Bang for Your Buck film (OW/BO Price) G-Force

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July Opener Totals (2 Pts each)
Harry Potter will/won't break $300 M? Won't (284M)
Ice Age will/won't break $225 M? Will (231M)
Public Enemies will/won't break $120 M? Won't (108M)
Funny People will/won't break $120 M? Will (135M)
Bruno will/won't break $120 M? Will (130M)

6 Month Highs (3 Pts each)
Highest 3-Day OW July-Dec? Harry Potter
Most T5 points July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) Harry Potter
Most PTA July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) Precious
Biggest horror film (New Moon doesn't count, The Road does)? The Wolfman
Biggest animated film? Ice Age DofD

+1 correct answer, -1 wrong answer. If you don't list one that's a right answer, it is considered wrong.
What films released in July-Dec will be IMDB top 250?

The Road, Shutter Island, and The Lovely Bones. (Precious should but will be killed in the voting and finish with a > 6.4)

Buscemi wrote:Also, Alvin and The Chipmunks shouldn't count as animation. Other than the Chipmunks, it's all live-action.

I feel the same way, but it has to count since we're using its IMDB main page as the source...

This is getting too fucking complicated, LOL.

I just shouldn't have put those two questions in it. I knew I shouldn't have, but I did anyways...

And I'm guessing The Collector won't count since it's not in the July-September game. In fact, I don't even think it's a real movie.

Buscemi wrote:And I'm guessing The Collector won't count since it's not in the July-September game. In fact, I don't even think it's a real movie.

Yep, this pickem is (very) loosely based on the ULT/BO games... So "The Collector" won't count.

Buscemi wrote:And I'm guessing The Collector won't count since it's not in the July-September game. In fact, I don't even think it's a real movie.

Maybe on July 1st, they'll come out with an article that says "July Fools?"

W can i edit one of my picks?

I think we're allowed to edit until July 1st.

yep. You can post/edit picks until the 1st film of the month is out. In July that day is the first.

I dropped The Collector and changed my answer for that question.

[quote="W"]This is basically the same as all the other times except:

1. Everything above the line counts for both the July league total and the overall total.
2. Everything below the line is further out than when the July league ends and will only count towards the overall total.
3. I know I'm forgetting something. I'll let you know later.
4. Anything you want me to add, I'll think about it.

A. Overall T5 winner, Overall PTA winner, Highest IMDB for an opening each weekend
(15 Pts)
7/3 Revenge of the Fallen, Revenge of the Fallen, Public Enemies
7/10 Bruno, Bruno, Bruno
7/17 Harry Potter, (500) Days of Summer, (500) Days of Summer
7/24 G-Force, G-Force, The Ugly Truth
7/31 Funny People, Funny People, Thirst

B. Monthly High/Low (4 pts)
1. Highest Opening for a film not named Harry Potter or Ice Age? G-Force
2. Lowest opening for a wide release (over 1000 theaters) Aliens in the Attic
3. Highest PTA for the month? (500) Days of Summer
4. Smallest drop for a wide release (% wise) in its second weekend (Last week of June counts)? Bruno

C. vs. (6 pts)
1. Higher OW: Ice Age: The Melt Down or Dawn of the Dinosaurs? Ice Age: The Meltdown
2. Higher IMDB: American Gangster or Public Enemies? American Gangster
3. Higher OW: Borat or Bruno? Bruno
4. Higher 5-Day OW: Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince? Half Blood Prince
5. Higher OW: The Proposal or The Ugly Truth? Proposal
6. HIgher OW: Knocked Up or Funny People? Knocked Up

BONUS Point:
Best Bang for Your Buck film (OW/BO Price) G-Force

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July Opener Totals (2 Pts each)
Harry Potter will/won't break $300 M? Nope
Ice Age will/won't break $225 M? Yup
Public Enemies will/won't break $120 M? Nope
Funny People will/won't break $120 M? Yup
Bruno will/won't break $120 M? Yup

6 Month Highs (3 Pts each)
Highest 3-Day OW July-Dec? New Moon
Most T5 points July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) Avatar
Most PTA July-Dec? (ends Feb 1) (500) Days of Summer
Biggest horror film (New Moon doesn't count, The Road does)? The Road
Biggest animated film? A Christmas Carol

+1 correct answer, -1 wrong answer. If you don't list one that's a right answer, it is considered wrong.
What films released in July-Dec will be IMDB top 250? Avatar, Precious, An Education, (500) Days of Summer, Funny People, Bruno, Inglorious Basterds, Jennifer's Body, CoCo before Chanel, Cold Souls, Ponyo, Michael Moore Doc, A Serious Man, The Road, Where the Wild Things Are, Amelia, Invictus, Princess and the Frog, Broken Embraces, Nine, Lovely Bones, Shutter Island.