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Dave the Necrobumper

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Re: US Autumn Box Office Game
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2016, 04:53:26 AM »
Here are the films to pick from:

Autumn releases

September 9 (Friday)
Before I Wake
Sully
When the Bough Breaks
Author: The JT LeRoy Story (Limited)
Kicks (Limited)
Other People (Limited)
Transpecos (Limited)

September 16 (Friday)
Blair Witch
Bridget Jones's Baby
Snowden
Eight Days a Week (Limited)
Finding Altamira (Limited)
Operation Avalanche (Limited)

September 23 (Friday)
The Magnificent Seven
Queen of Katwe
Storks
Total Frat Movie (Limited)

September 30 (Friday)
Deepwater Horizon
The Edge of Seventeen
Masterminds
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiars
American Honey (Limited)
Denial (Limited)

OCTOBER 2016
October 7 (Friday)
The Birth of a Nation
The Girl on the Train
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Voyage of Time (IMAX Only)
The Greasy Strangler (Limited)

October 14 (Friday)
The Accountant
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Desierto (Limited)
Priceless (Limited)

October 21 (Friday)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Keeping Up with the Joneses
A Monster Calls
Ouija: Origin of Evil
31 (Limited)
American Pastoral (Limited)
The Handmaiden (Limited)
In a Valley of Violence (Limited)
Moonlight (Limited)

October 28 (Friday)
Inferno
Rings
The Eagle Huntress (Limited)
The Love Witch (Limited)

Picks need to be in by the 5 Sept. Good luck all who enter.

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Re: US Autumn Box Office Game
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2016, 03:37:48 PM »
1. The Magnificent Seven
2. The Accountant
3. Inferno
4. The Girl on the Train
5. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiars
6. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
7. Deepwater Horizon
8. Storks
9. Blair Witch
10. Sully
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Re: Northern Summer Box Office Game
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2016, 12:13:17 PM »
I think this next round is going to be much harder.
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Re: Re: Northern Summer Box Office Game
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2016, 12:17:27 PM »
I think this next round is going to be much harder.

I wonder if the scoring should maybe be different next round, so that if the film you guess at #10 finishes at #11, you still get points.

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Re: Re: Northern Summer Box Office Game
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2016, 04:14:51 PM »
I am open to changing the scoring, but could we discuss it in in the Autumn topic so it is all together.

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Re: US Autumn Box Office Game
« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2016, 04:24:26 PM »
I am open to changing the scoring, but could we discuss it in in the Autumn topic so it is all together.

Done.

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Re: US Autumn Box Office Game
« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2016, 07:09:24 PM »
01. Storks
02. The Magnificent Seven
03. Sully
04. The Girl on the Train
05. Inferno
06. The Accountant
07. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
08. The Birth of a Nation
09. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiars
10. Deepwater Horizon


What an odd bunch of films.



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Re: US Autumn Box Office Game
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2016, 12:59:08 PM »
How about:

Actual / Guess
 
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Max score would be 150. You'd have to be within nine spots of the film's actual rank to earn points, so if your #1 pick falls outside the top ten to 11th, you'd get zero points; but if your #10 pick ends up 11th, you'd get 13 points. This also maintains a point bonus for guessing the actual rank exactly.

=MAX(14-ABS(actual-guess),0)*IF(ABS(actual-guess)>9,0,1)+IF(actual=guess,1,0)

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Re: US Autumn Box Office Game
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2016, 01:09:43 PM »
That's pretty.
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Re: US Autumn Box Office Game
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2016, 02:09:08 PM »