Box Office Challenge for January 18-20, 2008

Put your film buff brain to work -- can you correctly pick the weekend box office? [View Results]

1. Which of the following movies opening on Friday, January 18, will have the largest weekend box office? (10)

		27 Dresses 0 picks [watch video]
		Cloverfield 20 picks [watch video]
		Mad Money 0 picks [watch video]

2. How will Katherine Heigl's 27 Dresses perform compared to her previous film Knocked Up? (10)

		Better than Knocked Up ($30,690,990) 4 picks
		Worse than Knocked Up ($30,690,990) 16 picks

3. Will Cloverfield outperform the other New York City apocalypse film, I Am Legend in the opening weekend ($77,211,321)? (10)

		Yes -- The marketing has been phenomenal in whetting film appetites 5 picks
		No -- Will Smith trumps viral marketing 14 picks

4. Mad Money is directed by Callie Khouri, who wrote Thelma & Louise. How will Mad Money perform in the opening weekend compared to Thelma & Louise ($6,101,297)? (10)

		Better than Thelma & Louise 11 picks
		Worse than Thelma and Louise 7 picks

5. Which of top 5 movies from last week will have the greatest percentage decline in gross box office this weekend? (20)

		The Bucket List 8 picks
		First Sunday 3 picks
		Juno 0 picks
		National Treasure: Book of Secrets 3 picks
		Alvin and the Chipmunks 4 picks

6. Survey: What do YOU think Cloverfield's monster will be? (no points!) (0)

		An alien 6 picks
		Godzilla (aka mutated species of our own) 2 picks
		Akira 2 picks

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