The “ell” Funnymen Will Ferrell and Steve Carell square off at the box office with their partners Mark Wahlberg and Paul Rudd, respectively, this weekend in Dinner For Schmucks and newcomer The Other Guys. But it could be Christopher Nolan’s Inception that has the laugh and walks away with its fourth consecutive weekend top grossing crown.
These three films are joined by Salt with Angelina Jolie and another newcomer, high stepping and now in your face Step Up 3D, to comprise the five eligible films in our ongoing interactive weekly Weekend Box Office Prophet Game. The goal of the game is simple: predict what each of these films will make from Friday, August 6 through Sunday, August 8 at the domestic box office. Your predictions are then averaged in with all the players to go up against the Prophet predictons.
Should the average player differences between the actual box office gross and predicted grosses beat the Prophet for 3 or more of the 5 films, the top player will win White Collar: Season One and The Running Man on Blu-ray. If the Prophet comes out on top then these prizes will roll into the next round and be joined by a third. We will still award a small DVD prize to the top place finisher should this happen (overall game leaderboard).
Once you are successfully logged in, the average player scores will update in real time below as new predictions are entered. The entry period will close at 9pm PST Thursday, August 5, with this round’s results being published Monday evening in our box office actuals report.
