Posted April 6Apr 6 LETS GET A COMPETITION UNDERWAY, SHALL WE?It's as simple as...Predicting the WORLDWIDE gross of movies for the year 2025. The cut off point will include the LAST WEEKEND OF 2025 W/C 26th December 2025, chart.Here's how I will be scoring:3 points if you're in range (e.g. if you say 750m for a movie and it grosses anything from 751m-759m)2 points if you're 50m off (either side - e.g. if you say 750m and it grosses anywhere from 700m-749m OR 760m-799m)1 point if you're 100m off (either side - e.g. if you say 750m and it grosses anywhere from 650m-749m OR 760m-849m)HOWEVER if you get it BANG ON to the nearest million you get 5 POINTS (e.g. if you say 750m & it grosses 750,000,000-750,999,999)Does this make sense? Any questions feel free to either question it in here or drop me a PM!POST ALL ANSWERS IN THIS THREAD [EXCEPT THE TIE-BREAKER - PM ME THE TIE-BREAKER!]THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE A £20 GIFT CARD TO A CINEMA CHAIN OF THEIR CHOICE (I *believe* the big chains allow e-gift cards so I should be able to make it work (anyone NOT in the UK - I shall try for your chosen venues too, however, I can transfer the £20 to PayPal if needed!))THE MOVIES TO PREDICT THE WORLDWIDE GROSS ARE:Minecraft [4th April | Warner Bros]Drop [11th April | Universal]Sinners [18th April | Warner Bros]Thunderbolts [2nd May | Disney Marvel]Final Destination: Bloodlines [16th May | Warner Bros]Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning [21st May | Paramount]Lilo & Stitch [23rd May | Disney]Ballerina [6th June | Lionsgate]Elio [13th June | Disney Pixar]How To Train Your Dragon [13th June | Universal]28 Years Later [20th June | SONY]M3GAN 2.0 [27th June | Universal]F1 [27th June | Warner Bros]Jurassic World Rebirth [2nd July | Universal]Superman [11th July | Warner Bros]I Know What You Did Last Summer [18th July | SONY]The Fantastic Four: First Steps [25th July | Disney Marvel]The Conjuring: Last Rites [5th September | Universal]Michael [3rd October | Universal]The Black Phone 2 [17th October | Universal]Wicked: For Good [21st November | Universal]Zootopia 2 [28th November | Disney]Five Nights At Freddy's 2 [5th December | Warner Bros]Avatar: Fire and Ash [19th December | Disney]TIE-BREAK (PM ME)WHERE WILL THE 5th HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIE OF 2025 END UP IN MY PERSONAL EOY RANKING?This thread will be open until SUNDAY 2nd MAY 2025 @ 23:59 (BST)
April 6Apr 6 Author Minecraft [4th April | Warner Bros] $1.3bnDrop [11th April | Universal] $140mSinners [18th April | Warner Bros] $350mThunderbolts [2nd May | Disney Marvel] $700mFinal Destination: Bloodlines [16th May | Warner Bros] $160mMission Impossible: The Final Reckoning [21st May | Paramount] $820mLilo & Stitch [23rd May | Disney] $1.6bnBallerina [6th June | Lionsgate] $360mElio [13th June | Disney Pixar] $450mHow To Train Your Dragon [13th June | Universal] $800m28 Years Later [20th June | SONY] $260mM3GAN 2.0 [27th June | Universal] $300mF1 [27th June | Warner Bros] $550mJurassic World Rebirth [2nd July | Universal] $920mSuperman [11th July | Warner Bros] $750mI Know What You Did Last Summer [18th July | SONY] $120mThe Fantastic Four: First Steps [25th July | Disney Marvel] $850mThe Conjuring: Last Rites [5th September | Universal] $350mMichael [3rd October | Universal] $700mThe Black Phone 2 [17th October | Universal] $200mWicked: For Good [21st November | Universal] $1bnZootopia 2 [28th November | Disney] $850mFive Nights At Freddy's 2 [5th December | Warner Bros] $210mAvatar: Fire and Ash [19th December | Disney] $1.1bnNote that these aren't TOTAL figures for the last few releases in the list & just what I think they would make by the time the deadline is done! Also I am pretty terrible at predictions
April 7Apr 7 Author For what it's worth 'Minecraft' beat 'Barbie' domestic opening weekend in the US! We'll just have to wait and see as to how well this holds up...
April 8Apr 8 Minecraft [4th April | Warner Bros] $950mDrop [11th April | Universal] $56mSinners [18th April | Warner Bros] $400m *Thunderbolts [2nd May | Disney Marvel] $550mFinal Destination: Bloodlines [16th May | Warner Bros] $160mMission Impossible: The Final Reckoning [21st May | Paramount] $620mLilo & Stitch [23rd May | Disney] $1.7bnBallerina [6th June | Lionsgate] $280mElio [13th June | Disney Pixar] $500m *How To Train Your Dragon [13th June | Universal] $750m28 Years Later [20th June | SONY] $290mM3GAN 2.0 [27th June | Universal] $200mF1 [27th June | Warner Bros] $250mJurassic World Rebirth [2nd July | Universal] $1bSuperman [11th July | Warner Bros] $500m *I Know What You Did Last Summer [18th July | SONY] $85mThe Fantastic Four: First Steps [25th July | Disney Marvel] $850mThe Conjuring: Last Rites [5th September | Universal] $289mMichael [3rd October | Universal] $450mThe Black Phone 2 [17th October | Universal] $200mWicked: For Good [21st November | Universal] $900mZootopia 2 [28th November | Disney] $1.2bFive Nights At Freddy's 2 [5th December | Warner Bros] $200mAvatar: Fire and Ash [19th December | Disney] $2b *These are the ones I think rely MOST on having legs due to great rotten tomatoes and cinema scores.
April 24Apr 24 Author Well… this is a flop Extending for another week but if I don’t get at least 5 entries, I’ll just not bother with it. Lol.
April 26Apr 26 Minecraft [4th April | Warner Bros] - $1.2 billionDrop [11th April | Universal] - $50 millionSinners [18th April | Warner Bros] - $300 millionThunderbolts [2nd May | Disney Marvel] - $550 millionFinal Destination: Bloodlines [16th May | Warner Bros] - £200 millionMission Impossible: The Final Reckoning [21st May | Paramount] - $800 millionLilo & Stitch [23rd May | Disney] - $1.2 billionBallerina [6th June | Lionsgate] - $150 millionElio [13th June | Disney Pixar] - $400 millionHow To Train Your Dragon [13th June | Universal] - $500 million28 Years Later [20th June | SONY] - $200 millionM3GAN 2.0 [27th June | Universal] - $120 millionF1 [27th June | Warner Bros] - $400 millionJurassic World Rebirth [2nd July | Universal] - $1.1 billionSuperman [11th July | Warner Bros] - $700 millionI Know What You Did Last Summer [18th July | SONY] - $70 millionThe Fantastic Four: First Steps [25th July | Disney Marvel] - $680 millionThe Conjuring: Last Rites [5th September | Universal] - $180 millionMichael [3rd October | Universal] - $550 million - (I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't end up coming out again)The Black Phone 2 [17th October | Universal] - $85 millionWicked: For Good [21st November | Universal] - $580 millionZootopia 2 [28th November | Disney] - $960 millionFive Nights At Freddy's 2 [5th December | Warner Bros] - $200 millionAvatar: Fire and Ash [19th December | Disney] - $800 millionI might update these before the deadline but this is my initial thoughts
