So, for the first time in Obsessive Viewer history, my podcast cohosts and I are putting ourselves through a Summer Box Office Challenge. The inaugural Summer B.O. Challenge was covered extensively in yesterday’s podcast episode (OV166 – Summer Box Office Challenge 2016). But, in case you’re not the podcast type, I decided to throw our selections into a blog post for the website.

Here you’ll find a breakdown of the rules, the stakes, and the scoring method that will be used when the results are tallied in September. You’ll also find our selections. Don’t be afraid to let us know how utterly wrong you think we are.

Rules

The objective is to correctly guess the top ten box office results for the summer movie season (May 1st – Labor Day) 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%