Summer Movie Wager 2016

May 10, 2016



SUMMER MOVIE WAGER SCORING
  • # 1 or # 10 dead-on gets you 13 points each.
  • 10 points for # 2-9 dead-on
  • 7 points if your pick was only one spot away 
  • 5 points if it was two spots away
  • 3 points if your pick is anywhere in the Top 10
  • 1 point for each dark horse that makes it into the Top 10

It's time for our FOURTH ANNUAL Summer Movie Wager! Sarah C. won our first go around with 49 points in 2013, Patrick D. was our second Wager with 56 points! Last year, special guest Alex B. at cinefilesreviews.com, who can also be found on twitter at @TheAlexBrannan, joined us and won it all with 51 points! Take a look back at how happy Patrick was with that trophy, in 2014!
So happy! So proud! As he SHOULD be!
The Summer Movie Wager is a game popularized by the Totally Rad Show, which uses the rules of TimeTravelReview’s Summer Movie Pool:

The object is to pick the films that you think will be the top-ten grossing films of the summer, in order of box-office performance. That means only films released from the first weekend of May to the Labor Day weekend, counting only the money those films make domestically (US and Canada) in that period. In other words films from March or April might still be making money after May 1st, but they don’t count; films released from May on could start racking up foreign Box Office, but that doesn’t count; films released from May on could still be making money into September, but that doesn’t count either. Box Office numbers are generally available late Monday or Tuesday after the weekend closes. So what you will be doing is figuring out what 10 films will make the most money, and putting them in order of what you think they will gross at the box office. BUT, in addition to your top 10, you get to pick 3 “Dark Horses”- films you think *might* make it, but that you are not confident enough about to put into the top 10 proper.

Movie Insider has an impeccably updated list films coming out between May 6th and September 5th, of 2016 (the films within the Summer Movie Wager eligibility), and we also recommend NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour for more information about all of these films. If we have a tie this is how the Summer Movie Wager tie-breaker works: 1) getting 1 and/or 10 correct, 2) the number of dead-on picks from 2 thru 10, 3)  the number of picks only one spot away, 4) the number of picks only two spots away, 5) most correct picks including Dark Horses, and 6) box office of highest pick not in the summer’s top 10! If after this, everything is still tied, then the winner’s trophy will be shared! Now that the deadline has passed, here are your participants and their lists, for the Trivia Club's Summer Movie Wager 2016! Make up your own, and follow along at home! For an update to date TOP TEN, our source will be Box Office Mojo, and the numbers will be taken as of the Tuesday morning after Labour Day weekend!


RUSSEL H.
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Finding Dory
3. Suicide Squad
4. X-Men: Apocalypse
5. Independence Day Resurgence
6. Angry Birds
7. Ghostbusters
8. Jason Bourne
9. Alice Through the Looking Glass
10. Star Trek Beyond
DH. The BFG
DH. The Legend of Tarzan
DH. Ice Age: Collision Course

PETER M.
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Finding Dory
3. Independence Day Resurgence
4. X-Men: Apocalypse
5. Jason Bourne
6. Ice Age: Collision Course
7. Suicide Squad
8. Star Trek Beyond
9. Alice Through the Looking Glass
10. Ghostbusters
DH. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
DH. Warcraft
DH. Angry Birds

MARK P.
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Finding Dory
3. X-Men: Apocalypse
4. Ghostbusters
5. The BFG
6. Independence Day Resurgence
7. Suicide Squad
8. WarCraft
9. Angry Birds
10. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
DH. Alice Through the Looking Glass
DH. The Legend of Tarzan
DH. The Conjuring 2

JAMES C.
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Finding Dory
3. Secret Life of Pets
4. X-Men: Apocalypse
5. Suicide Squad
6. Star Trek Beyond
7. Jason Bourne
8. Independance Day Resurgence
9. Alice Through The Looking Glass
10. Ghostbusters
DH. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
DH. The BFG
DH. Ice Age: Collision Course

KATIE D.
1. Finding Dory
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. X-Men: Apocalypse
4. Ghostbusters
5. Independence Day Resurgence
6. Star Trek Beyond
7. Suicide Squad
8. The Legend of Tarzan
9. Alice Through the Looking Glass
10. Jason Bourne
DH. The BFG
DH. Pete's Dragon
DH. TMNT: Out of the Shadows

MONICA N.
1. Finding Dory
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Alice Through the Looking Glass
4. X-Men: Apocalypse
5. Independence Day Resurgence
6. Star Trek Beyond
7. Suicide Squad
8. Jason Bourne
9. The Secret Life of Pets
10. Ghostbusters
DH. The Legend of Tarzan
DH. The Conjuring 2
DH. The Purge 3

BRITTANY E.
1. Finding Dory
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Independence Day: Resurgence
4. Star Trek Beyond
5. Alice Through The Looking Glass
6. The Secret Life of Pets
7. X-Men: Apocalypse
8. Suicide Squad
9. The Legend of Tarzan
10. Ghostbusters
DH. Pete's Dragon
DH. Jason Bourne
DH. The BFG

STEPHANE de S.
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Finding Dory
3. Suicide Squad
4. The Secret Life of Pets
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
6. The Angry Birds Movie
7. Independence Day Resurgence
8. Alice Through the Looking Glass
9. Ghostbusters
10. The Legend of Tarzan
DH. Jason Bourne
DH. Star Trek Beyond
DH. The BFG

JOEL L.
1. Finding Dory
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Suicide Squad
4. X-Men: Apocalypse
5. Secret Lives of Pets
6. Alice Through the Looking Glass
7. Star Trek Beyond
8. Independence Day Resurgence
9. Angry Birds
10. Jason Bourne
DH. The BFG
DH. The Legend of Tarzan
DH. Warcraft

DYLAN M.
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Finding Dory
3. Independence Day Resurgence
4. Jason Bourne
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
6. Star Trek Beyond
7. Suicide Squad
8. Alice Through The Looking Glass
9. Ice Age: Collision Course
10. Angry Birds
DH. Warcraft
DH. Ghostbusters
DH. The Legend of Tarzan

THE LAST PLACE TEAM
1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Angry Birds
3. X-Men: Apocalypse
4. Finding Dory
5. Star Trek Beyond
6. Alice Through the Looking Glass
7. Suicide Squad
8. Jason Bourne
9. Independence Day Resurgence
10. Ghostbusters
DH. The Legend of Tarzan
DH. Warcraft
DH. TMNT: Out of the Shadows

Best of luck, this Summer! Happy Wagering!

Russel Harder hosts Trivia Club at Hitch (1216 Queen St East) every other MONDAY of the month, at Lou Dawg's near Ryerson (76 Gerrard St E) every TUESDAY, and Cardinal Rule (5 Roncesvalles Ave) every WEDNESDAY!

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