Mike returns to the podcast for our first ever Summer Box Office Challenge. We’ve each chosen our predictions for the top ten Summer 2016 domestic box office results. We’ve also guessed (likely wildly inaccurately) what the domestic gross will be for each movie in the top ten by Labor Day weekend, and we’ve also guessed highest and lowest opening weekend numbers as well as the highest and lowest Rotten Tomatoes score in the top ten.

All of this will be graded on a point system at the end of summer. The winner will get to choose a movie (with no limitations or restrictions) for the other hosts to watch and review on a future episode of the podcast.

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Timestamps

• Show Start - 00:19
• Introducing the Episode - 01:48 

Summer Box Office Challenge - 03:38

• Rules, Stakes, and Scoring - 04:25
• Our Thoughts on Summer 2016 - 07:05
• Matt: Top Five Prediction - 10:11
• Tiny: Top Five Prediction - 16:08
• Mike: Top Five Prediction - 21:55
• Matt: Bottom Five Prediction - 29:35
• Tiny: Bottom Five Prediction - 38:50
• Mike: Bottom Five Prediction - 46:50
• Recapping our Top Ten Picks - 52:57
• Bonus Questions - 54:13 

• Anthology’s Relaunch and Plugs - 1:00:42
• Next Week: Captain America: Civil War - 1:05:20
• Stinger: Matt Wants Money - 1:06:19
• Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:06:54 

Show Notes

Rules

The objective is to correctly guess the top ten box office results for the summer movie season and to correctly guess the domestic box office gross for each movie in the top ten. 

Scoring

• Movie Makes the Top Ten - 1 point
• Correctly Guessed Number Placement - 2 points
• Correctly Guessed Number One Movie - 3 points
• Correctly Guessed Number Ten Movie - 2 points
• Correctly Guessed Gross Within $10m Without Going Over - 3 points 

• Bonus: Guessed the Movie - 1 point
• Bonus: Guessed the Amount/Percentage - 1 point

Stakes - The winner (determined after Labor Day) will choose a movie (no limitations or restrictions) for all of us to watch and we have to review it on the podcast. 

Matt’s Summer B.O.

1. Finding Dory - $380,000,000
2. Captain America: Civil War - $359,000,000
3. Independence Day: Resurgence - $298,900,000
4. X-Men: Apocalypse - $225,000,001
5. Suicide Squad - $215,000,000
6. Jason Bourne - $200,000,000
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - $197,000,000
8. The Secret Life of Pets - $195,000,001
9. Star Trek Beyond - $145,000,000
10. The Conjuring 2 - $100,000,000 

• Which movie in the top ten will have the highest opening weekend performance? Captain America: Civil War - $250,000,000
• Which movie in the top ten will have the lowest opening weekend performance? The Secret Life of Pets - $60,000,000
• Which movie in the top ten will have the highest Rotten Tomatoes score? Captain America: Civil War - 93%
• Which movie in the top ten will have the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - 25% 

Tiny’s Summer B.O. 

1. Independence Day: Resurgence - $450,000,000
2. Captain America: Civil War - $395,000,000
3. Finding Dory - $360,000,000
4. X Men: Apocalypse - $345,000,000
5. The Secret Life of Pets - $320,000,000
6. Suicide Squad - $255,000,000
7. Ghostbusters - $200,000,000
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - $185,000,000
9. Ice Age: Collision Course - $135,000,000
10. Star Trek Beyond - $125,000,000

• Which movie in the top ten will have the highest opening weekend performance? Independence Day: Resurgence - $180,000,000
• Which movie in the top ten will have the lowest opening weekend performance? Star Trek Beyond - $47,000,000
• Which movie in the top ten will have the highest Rotten Tomatoes score? Finding Dory - 88%
• Which movie in the top ten will have the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - 36%

Mike’s Summer B.O.

1. Finding Dory - $410,000,000
2. Captain America: Civil War - $400,000,000
3. The Angry Birds Movie - $340,000,000
4. X-Men: Apocalypse - $300,000,000
5. Independence Day: Resurgence - $260,000,000
6. Suicide Squad - $210,000,000
7. Ghostbusters - $180,000,000
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - $160,000,000
9. Star Trek Beyond - $130,000,000
10. The Secret Life of Pets - $110,000,000 

• Which movie in the top ten will have the highest opening weekend performance? Captain America: Civil War - $180,000,000
• Which movie in the top ten will have the lowest opening weekend performance? Star Trek Beyond - $61,000,000
• Which movie in the top ten will have the highest Rotten Tomatoes score? Finding Dory - 94%
• Which movie in the top ten will have the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - 18% 

Related Episodes and Links:

• OV143 - Starbase Indy Panel - 2016 Summer Movie Preview
• ObsessiveViewer.com Presents: Anthology - A podcast exploring science fiction anthology storytelling in television’s first golden age beginning with The Twilight Zone
• There Are Four Lights: The Galileo Seven - (Tiny’s Guest Appearance)
• There Are Four Lights: Tomorrow is Yesterday - (Matt’s Guest Appearance)
• Film Schlubs - Movie Talk 

• Obsessive Viewer Summer BO Challenge Blog Page
• ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Reshoots Planned for Next Week with a New Cast Member Coming Aboard - /Film
• ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Is the Most Disliked Trailer in YouTube History and That’s Just Stupid - /Film
• Paramount Getting Ready for ‘Star Trek 4’ - /Film

• Matt’s Letterboxd Profile
• Tiny’s Letterboxd Profile
• Matt’s DVD Collection List on Letterboxd
• Matt’s Blu-ray Collection List on Letterboxd 

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