What will be the #1 film over Christmas weekend (Dec 25th - Dec 28th)
In a surprise surge, Marley & Me beats out Bedtime Stories by nearl 10 million this Christmas weekend. A lot of people lost a LOT of H$ on this one (including me!!)
Background:
CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT from Lesley
We recently ran a competition amongst our Hubdub Category Editors and the winner (Destry) received a Hubdub t-shirt. It seems however that Destry wants to double down on his prize and asked us if he could run a Hubdub contest, open to all Hubdubbers, with his t-shirt as the prize. Somehow, he managed to sweet-talk me into letting him run with it, so here are the details from Destry:
"I want to challenge your skills at predicting the Christmas weekend Box Office takings. All you need to do is email me with your prediction of which movie will lead the box office christmas weekend and how much that movie will earn. The winning prediction will be the person who chose the correct movie and was closest to the actual box office takings without going over. Each Hubdubber will be allowed one entry, you simply send an email to destry@hubdub.com include: your Hubdub user name, the name of movie you think will win, and the amount you think that movie will earn right down to the dollar. The deadline for entries will be 8pm ET on Thursday December 25th."
So if any of you guys fancy winning the t-shirt off Destry's back (ok, not literally!) then email him with your predictions on destry@hubdub.com
This refers to Dec 25th - Dec 28th
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
| Bedtime Stories |
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| Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
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| Marley and Me |
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| The Spirit |
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| Valkyrie |
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| Seven Pounds |
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| Yes Man |
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| Tale of Desperaux |
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| Other |
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- Activity: H$40,885 |
- Predictions: 134 |
Comments: 6
Suspend date: Thu 25th Dec 2008 5:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 29th Dec 2008 9:39am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 25th Dec 2008 5:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Bedtime Stories: 15%, Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 20%, Marley and Me: 20%, The Spirit: 15%, Valkyrie: 10%, Seven Pounds: 5%, Yes Man: 5%, Tale of Desperaux: 5%, Other: 5%
Action history:
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bdw3355
: Marley & Me = win http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/12/marley-me-top-d.html 
jenniandboys
: In a surprise surge, Marley & Me beats out Bedtime Stories by nearl 10 million this Christmas weekend. A lot of people lost a LOT of H$ on this one (including me!!) 
Suspend date: Thu 25th Dec 2008 5:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 29th Dec 2008 9:39am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 25th Dec 2008 5:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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bigfletch
predicted The Spirit (H$20 at 1%)
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predicted Curious Case of Benjamin Button (H$50 at 1%)Comments (6)
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We recently ran a competition amongst our Hubdub Category Editors and the winner (Destry) received a Hubdub t-shirt. It seems however that Destry wants to double down on his prize and asked us if he could run a Hubdub contest, open to all Hubdubbers, with his t-shirt as the prize. Somehow, he managed to sweet-talk me into letting him run with it, so here are the details from Destry:
"I want to challenge your skills at predicting the Christmas weekend Box Office takings. All you need to do is email me with your prediction of which movie will lead the box office christmas weekend and how much that movie will earn. The winning prediction will be the person who chose the correct movie and was closest to the actual box office takings without going over. Each Hubdubber will be allowed one entry, you simply send an email to destry@hubdub.com include: your Hubdub user name, the name of movie you think will win, and the amount you think that movie will earn right down to the dollar. The deadline for entries will be 8pm ET on Thursday December 25th."
So if any of you guys fancy winning the t-shirt off Destry's back (ok, not literally!) then email him with your predictions on destry@hubdub.com
I am going to publish my guess here in the comments so there is transparency.
User Name: Destry
Winning Movie: Marley & Me
Box Office: $41,365,247.00
Box Office: $41,365,247.00
you'd be my guru for life!
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