Time again for my summer blockbuster contest. The twentieth, this time. Will it never end?
In honor of the 20th anniversary, an innovation: an actual prize! Yes, the winner of this year's contest will win something, arguably something worth having. The prize is a hardcover copy of "Conversations With Scorsese," by Richard Schickel. To be perfectly honest, I had a copy myself and the AFI sent me another one as a premium for making a donation. But, hey, it's still a brand new copy of a book well worth reading and sort-of/kind-of relevant to the contest.
Here's how the contest works. Below I provide the titles of six upcoming movies that will open in North America during the summer. You send me a message guessing how much money you think they'll make in North America during the summer. In addition, as a bonus question, choose the summer film not on the list I provide that will make the most money in North America during the period.
Enter through this web page. If you have trouble with the web page, I will accept entries through email, provided it isn't too hard to decipher them. Only entries received before May 25 will be included. Note that because of the starting date, The Avengers is not included in the contest and is not eligible for the sleeper film.
Enter your name (or whatever alias you prefer to go by) and an email address in the first two slots. Then, for each film enter the dollar amount (in millions, rounded) you think that film will make between its opening date and the end of the summer, which is Labor Day, for the purpose of this contest. For example, if you think Brave will make $225,186,294, enter the value 225. I won't disqualify entries for not including email addresses, but if I have a problem with your entry and for whatever reason can't get back to you by email, I'll discard the entry.
Read the complete contest rules for further details, such as scoring, exact dates covered, etc.
This being the twentieth annual contest implies there have been nineteen earlier ones. The results of those may not offer much guidance, but they're available to check out.