March to Box Office Madness 2010 Final Results

We have a winner! Some six months later, the spring/summer box office season can finally be declared finished, and with it, the March to Box Office Madness 2010 game.

It was a tight race all the way down to the wire, but our winner, with 65 points (out of a possible 76) is Justin G., who topped the "record" for total points (I say "record" because this is only the second year of the game) of 64 points by last year's winner, Wayne (of Reel Whore). (Wayne ended this year tied for 14th with 49 points.) Bringing up the rear, with an impossible 10 points, was Clarabela, who obviously will need a partner next year (sorry, I had to call you out - it takes talent to score that low in this game!).

As it happens, I got 2nd place with 62 points, but since I was one of the prize-givers for 2nd place (see below), I'm going to defer. The prize I was scheduled to give to the 2nd place winner will be added to the 1st place booty; likewise, I'll ask Wayne to transfer his 2nd place offering to the 3rd place player, Neil A, who tallied 60 points. I will be in touch with all prize winners and offerers in the next few days to co-ordinate efforts.

First place:
* From Rachel of Rachel's Reel Reviews, a $25 gift certificate to a large movie theater chain (one in the area of the winner),

* From Joshua of The Discordic Adventures of Fnord, a set of five DVDs, including A Nightmare on Elm Street (Limited Special), My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and Revolver.

Second Place:
* From me, the standard DVD of your choosing (up to $19.99) from Amazon, (going to the first place winner)

* From Wayne, a set of two DVDs, Transformers and Spider-Man 3. As Wayne stated, "Both of those should be appropriate since they are summer box office breakers." (going to the third place winner)

Third Place:
* From This Guy of This Guy Over Here, "If I finish my eBook by then, I'll be happy to throw that in the pool of prizes... value will be $4.99 haha... but that's a big IF,"

* From me, a brand new t-shirt of insignificant value.

To view the final bracket in PDF form, click here (or if you wish to save, do a "Save Target As"): http://blogcabins.webs.com/march2madnessmaster2010final.pdf

Here are the complete and final standings; if you think I've made an error, be sure to let me know within three (3) days of this post. Due to the possibility of an error, prizes will not be sent until such time has passed. Click here to read all about the game.

Finally - THANKS FOR PLAYING! I look forward to doing it again next year.

NAME	TOTAL
Justin G.	65
Dylan	62
Neil A.	60
T.L. bugg	57
Joshua R.	57
Lindsay S.	55
Fitz	53
Keith	52
This Guy Over Here	51
Luke T.	51
Ruben	51
JacksSmirkingRevenge	50
Dodge This!	50
Nick	49
Wayne	49
Jess	48
Andy H.	47
Matt N.	47
John B.	47
Alex S.	47
Scott K.	46
Sebastian G.	44
Mike M.	43
Daniel	43
BD79	41
Travis M.	40
Linda S.	40
Jason S.	38
R.D. P.	37
Rachel	37
Scot N.	37
Joaquin	35
Kid Vegas	34
Vancetastic	33
Aiden R.	32
Andrew K.	32
Michaël P.	30
Clarabela	10

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

March to Box Office Madness 2010 scoring update (through 7/18)

Though the March to Box Office Madness game technically won't end until late September, I'm going to be periodically posting updates to the standings.

We're at about the halfway point, as 16 matchups (of varying worth) have been decided. The next two weeks, with Salt and Dinner for Schmucks, will put an end to a few more matchups.

Currently, there are 26 available points (there will be a total of 76 possible by the time the game ends). If you think I've made an error, be sure to let me know. We have 38 total players. Click here to read all about the game and/or to see the full bracket.

NAME	TOTAL
Lindsay S.	26
Fitz	24
This Guy Over Here	24
Luke T.	23
Scott K.	23
Sebastian G.	23
Daniel	22
Dylan	22
Justin G.	22
Nick	22
Ruben	22
JacksSmirkingRevenge	22
Andy H.	21
Dodge This!	21
Wayward Jam	21
Jess	21
Mike M.	21
BD79	20
John B.	20
Matt N.	20
Rachel	20
Travis M.	20
Aiden R.	19
Alex S.	19
Jason S.	19
Keith	19
Neil A.	19
Joaquin	18
R.D. P.	18
T.L. bugg	18
Andrew K.	17
Joshua R.	17
Scot N.	17
Kid Vegas	15
Linda S.	13
Vancetastic	12
Michaël P.	11
Clarabela	4

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

March to Box Office Madness 2010 scoring update (through 6/27)

Though the March to Box Office Madness game technically won't end until late September, I'm going to be periodically posting updates to the standings. It's been a couple months since the game started, so I figured now was a good time.

Though others could be called as decided, only five "matchups" have been outright, no doubt, for sure decided. Those five are (points per win in parenthesees): Toy Story 3 vs. Why Did I Get Married Too? (1), Shrek Forever After vs. Date Night (1), The A-Team vs. MacGruber (1), The Karate Kid vs. Nightmare on Elm Street (1) and Shrek Forever After vs. The A-Team (2).

As such, there are 6 available points (there will be a total of 76 possible by the time the game ends). If you think I've made an error, be sure to let me know. We have 38 total players. Click here to read all about the game and/or to see the full bracket.

NAME	TOTAL
Andrew K.	6
Andy H.	6
Dylan	6
Jess	6
Joaquin	6
Linda S.	6
Lindsay S.	6
Luke T.	6
Matt N.	6
Nick	6
Scott K.	6
Sebastian G.	6
JacksSmirkingRevenge	6
Vancetastic	6
Alex S.	5
BD79	5
Daniel	5
Dodge This!	5
Fitz	5
J. Wayne H.	5
Jason S.	5
Justin G.	5
Keith	5
Kid Vegas	5
Mike M.	5
Rachel	5
Ruben	5
Scot N.	5
This Guy Over Here	5
Aiden R.	4
John B.	4
Michaël P.	4
Neil A.	4
Travis M.	4
Clarabela	3
T.L. bugg	3
Joshua R.	2
R.D. P.	2

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

Last chance to March to Box Office Madness!

You must get your entry in to me by Thursday night 11:59 PM (Pacific) to be eligible. Good luck! Click the banner above for the full rundown of rules and to get your entry form. More details, including the expanded prize pool, coming soon. In the meantime, so you know that I'm no cheater, here's my bracket.

March to Box Office Madness 2010!

It's back!

Due to circumstances beyond my control, there's a limited window of opportinuty to get in on the game - today is March 23 and all entries must be submitted to be no later than midnight, April 2. The good news is that it shouldn't take but a few minutes for you to complete the entire process.

If you're a fan of sports at all, or have ever worked in an office, there's a good to great chance that you're aware of the phenomenon that strikes America this time of year. That's right - it's March Madness, the 64 (er, 65) team college basketball tournament that drains efficiency from thousands of companies as workers kill their time filling out their brackets and subsequently trying to sneak in actually watching the games of the first few rounds of the tournament. It's one big semi-gambling semi-orgy - and everyone semi-loves it.

The idea:
With the NCAA tournament in full force, and with my joint film and sports appreciation, I got the idea to run a box office game the same way that the tournament is run. 32 films, one box office champion, many shining moments.

So, what you'll do is click on the link provided below, download your bracket, fill it by picking the movie for each matchup that you think will have the higher box office total, and send it to me by April 2.

The rules:
1. For each matchup, select which film will have the higher box office. Continue through the bracket until a champion has been crowned.
2. Scoring per round will be 1-2-4-8-12, for a possible total of 76 points (see table in workbook).
3. For the tie-breaker, enter your predicted top 5 films (box office) from the ones listed. One point for will be rewarded for each correct film, and an additional point for proper placement, for a potential 10 points. In the case of a tie, if one person's tie-breaker portion is not filled out, the other will win.
4. Brackets MUST be turned in (sent to blogcabins@yahoo.com) no later than April 2.
5. Box office data will be counted from April 2 - September 20, 2010.
6. One entry per person.

The prizes:
Still slightly up in the air, but most likely the same kind of deal as done in year's past (a t-shirt and a DVD of your choosing from Amazon.com valued at up to $19.99). However, this year, I was hoping to get the community involved in the prize-giving (to paraphrase Forrest Gump, I am not...a rich...man), so if there's something you can offer to the prize pool, please let me know. Hopefully, we can get a nice booty going. We had 34 players last year, so just a few items will make it that much more worth it.

The link to your bracket (if having troubles - right click, Save Target As):

http://blogcabins.webs.com/March%20to%20Box%20Office%20Madness2010.xls

* Please enter your picks using the same titles I have entered in the master bracket, even if they aren't technically accurate; slight changes are made for formatting issues, and having the names match makes the scoring go that much quicker. Please don't re-format the file in any way if possible. Enter your names and picks and go! *

The banner:
Finally, what fun would this be if it's just a few people? This game is open to EVERYONE. I want this to be BIG! I've made the banner that you see in the sidebar, and I'd love it if you'd put it on your site as well (if possible). Let's do this right! With any luck, everyone will be doing it next year.










The code:
<a href="http://largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-to-box-office-madness-2010.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Large Association of Movie Blogs" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/dyjafi/marchboxbanner200.jpg"/></a>

Good luck, and be sure to get me your brackets by April 2! Any questions, comments, suggestions, or prize offerings, email me at blogcabins@yahoo.com.

March to Box Office Madness final results

Though I had originally stated that March to Box Office Madness wouldn't technically end until late September, I look at the yearly box office totals and I'm declaring it safe to call the competition. There's enough separation between the contending films, and not enough time for any film to pass another, what with most of them in "minor earnings" positions with most of them having been released 8-12 weeks ago.

So, from a total of 32 films we are down to one summer box office champion (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, with a hair over $400,000,000 in box office receipts), and from 34 players in this little game, we are down to one champion. Congratulations to Wayward Jam (aka Wayne) of Reel Whore on his winning bracket (as it so happens, Wayne came in 2nd in last year's Summer of LAMB box office contest - he clearly has a future in box office prognostication!). From a possible 76 points, Wayne racked up 64, enough to win the competition by a single point over his closest competitor, Keith of Kano's Kogitation. For his win, Wayne has won a Blog Smog t-shirt provided by Dentyne as well as the DVD of his choosing from Amazon (up to $19.99).

To view the final bracket in PDF form, click here (or if you wish to save, do a "Save Target As"): http://www.freewebs.com/blogcabins/march2madnessmaster2.pdf

Here are the complete and final standings; if you think I've made an error, be sure to let me know within three (3) days of this post. Due to the possibility of an error, prizes will not be sent until such time has passed. Click here to read all about the game.

Finally - THANKS FOR PLAYING! I look forward to doing it again next year.

NAME	TOTAL
Wayne	64
Keith	63
Linda S.	58
BD79	57
Jess	56
Anders	55
Shane C.	54
Rachel	51
Rik F.	48
Dylan	47
Alex D.	46
Daniel G.	46
Scott M.	45
Nick	44
TC K.	43
Ross	42
Friend Mouse	42
T.L. Bugg	40
Wendymoon	40
Clara M.	38
Jim B.	36
dreamrot	36
Chaka	35
Ivan S.	33
Josh L.	32
Nayana A.	32
Joseph D.	31
James H.	31
Mikey F.	31
Derek	28
Piper	23
Jason S.	22
Stephanie	22
Rick B.	19

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

March to Box Office Madness scoring update (through 7/19)

Though the March to Box Office Madness game technically won't end until late September, I'm going to be periodically posting updates to the standings. It's been some time since the game started, so I figured now was a good time.

We're far enough along that a general shape is starting to show up in the brackets, with one region complete. However, we still have a long way to go, as evidenced by some of the other regions, where as few as one matchup has been decided. To view the current bracket in PDF form, click here (or if you wish to save, do a "Save Target As"): http://www.freewebs.com/blogcabins/march2madnessmaster.pdf

To date, there are 20 available points (there will be a total of 76 possible by the time the game ends). Out of 34 players, we have but one perfect bracket thus far. Here's the complete standings; if you think I've made an error, be sure to let me know. Click here to read all about the game.

NAME	TOTAL
Ross W.	20
Dylan	19
T.L. Bugg	18
Alex D.	17
Wayne	16
Ivan S.	16
Rik F.	14
dreamrot	13
clara m.	13
Wendymoon	13
Daniel G.	13
BD79	12
Nick	12
Jim B.	12
Linda S.	12
Rachel	12
Jess	12
Mikey Filmmaker	12
Anders	11
Josh L.	10
Keith	10
Scott M.	10
James H.	10
Nayana A.	10
Chaka	10
Jason S.	9
Derek	9
TC K.	9
Friend Mouse	9
Shane C.	9
Rick B.	8
Stephanie	8
Joseph D.	7
Piper	7

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

March to Box Office Madness scoring update (through 5/17/09)

Though the March to Box Office Madness game technically won't end until late September, I'm going to be periodically posting updates to the standings. It's been a couple months since the game started, so I figured now was a good time.

Though others could be called as decided, only four "matchups" have been outright, no doubt, for sure decided. Those four are (points per win in parenthesees): Angels & Demons vs. Observe and Report (1), Wolverine vs. 17 Again (1), State of Play vs. Dragonball: Evolution (1), and Wolverine vs. State of Play (2).

As such, there are 5 available points (there will be a total of 76 possible by the time the game ends). If you think I've made an error, be sure to let me know. We have 34 total players. Click here to read all about the game and/or to see the full bracket.

NAME	TOTAL
Anders	5
BD79	5
clara m.	5
Daniel G.	5
dreamrot	5
Dylan	5
Friend Mouse	5
Jess	5
Josh L.	5
Rachel	5
Rik F.	5
Ross W.	5
Wayne	5
Alex D.	4
Chaka	4
Jason S.	4
Jim B.	4
Linda S.	4
Mikey F.	4
Nick	4
Rick Bman	4
T.L Bugg	4
TC K.	4
Ivan S.	3
Wendymoon	3
James H.	2
Nayana A.	2
Scott M.	2
Shane C.	2
Stephanie	2
Derek	1
Joseph D.	1
Keith	1
Piper	1

All box office data from Box Office Mojo.

Blogger's Box Office Predictions on MovieBlips

Just a quick note to pimp something that I participated in recently. I was asked by Robyn of MovieBlips (a child of ShowHype, in a way) to answer a few questions about this summer's movies and their projected box office takes. It's a good read (similar to the questions I posed to the players of last year's Summer of LAMB) and - even better - I was far from the only LAMB to play along. Also taking part were the authors of The Center Seat, Are You Screening?, and The Screening Log. Here's the link:

http://movieblips.dailyradar.com/story/bloggers_summer_predictions/

Sidenote: an udpate to "March to Box Office Madness" will be coming to the LAMB very soon; there certainly aren't any matchups that have gone final, but I'll let everyone see how many folks are playing, what they picked, and I might even have some news about the prizes.

March to Box Office Madness!

If you're a fan of sports at all, or have ever worked in an office, there's a good to great chance that you're aware of the phenomenon that strikes America this time of year. That's right - it's March Madness, the 64 (er, 65) team college basketball tournament that drains efficiency from thousands of companies as workers kill their time filling out their brackets and subsequently trying to sneak in actually watching the games of the first few rounds of the tournament. It's one big semi-gambling semi-orgy - and everyone semi-loves it.

The idea:
Readers and longtime members of the LAMB will recall that, last year, we had a summer box office prediction game entitled the "Summer of LAMB." It was nothing fancy - just a number of people guessing what the top 10 movies would be, in order. However, with the NCAA tournament right around the corner, and with my joint film and sports appreciation, I got the idea to run a box office game the same way that the tournament is run. 32 films, one box office champion, many shining moments.

So, what you'll do is click on the link provided below, download your bracket, fill it by picking the movie for each matchup that you think will have the higher box office total, and send it to me by April 2.

The rules:

1. For each matchup, select which film will have the higher box office. Continue through the bracket until a champion has been crowned.
2. Scoring per round will be 1-2-4-8-12, for a possible total of 76 points (see table in workbook).
3. For the tie-breaker, enter your predicted top 5 films (box office) from the ones listed. One point for will be rewarded for each correct film, and an additional point for proper placement, for a potential 10 points.  In the case of a tie, if one person's tie-breaker portion is not filled out, the other will win.
4. Brackets MUST be turned in (sent to blogcabins@yahoo.com) no later than April 2.
5. Box office data will be counted from April 3 - September 27, 2009.
6. One entry per person.

The prizes:

TBD. I just thought of this and put it together in the last couple days, so the exact prizes are not know at this point. But there will be prizes!  Some ideas already in the mix are a custom-made t-shirt, DVDs, and possibly cash.  Since the brackets aren't officially due until April 2, and the won't officially end until almost six months later, I think we're okay with this.  Hopefully, though, everything will be figured out come April 2.

The link to your bracket (if having troubles - right click, Save Target As):

http://www.freewebs.com/blogcabins/March%20to%20Box%20Office%20Madness.xls

Finally, what fun would this be if it's just a few people?  I want this to be BIG!  I've made the banner that you see in the sidebar, and I'd love it if you'd put it on your site as well (if possible).  Let's do this right!  With any luck, everyone will be doing it next year.

The banner:










The code:

<a href="http://largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-to-box-office-madness.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Large Association of Movie Blogs" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/dyjafi/marchboxbanner200.jpg"/></a>


Good luck, and be sure to get me your brackets by April 2! Any questions, comments, suggestions, or prize offerings (sponsorships???), email me at blogcabins@yahoo.com.

Summer of LAMB entry: DC Girl @ the Movies

[Editor's Note: Our last entry (Matt from The Spoon) forgot to insert predictions for the box office dollars in his S.O.L. entry. He should have gotten together with DC Girl, who sent in a perfectly formatted and complete entry (thank you)...but sent it in past the deadline. Though she will be ineligible to win, her entry still deserved to be posted. Thanks to all that sent in their S.O.L. entries - a scoring update will be published shortly.]

Name: DC Girl
Site: http://dcmoviegirl.blogspot.com

1. The Dark Knight, $350M
2. WALL-E, $345M
3. Iron Man, $340M
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $250M
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $200M
6. Kung Fu Panda, $180M
7. Hellboy: Golden Army, $150M
8. The Pineapple Express, $140M
9. Get Smart, $135M
10. The Incredible Hulk, $110M

Guaranteed Flop: Step Brothers. Will Farrell's train has left the station

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Wanted looks like interesting visuals, and despite Angie, playing Angie, I do dig Mr. McAvoy and Freeman.

Three Movies I'm Most Looking Forward To:
1. The Dark Knight: Heath Ledger as the Joker, slam-dunk previous entry, need I say more?

2. Wall-E: They've only had ONE subpar entry in their repertoire, Cars.

3. ...and since Indy's already out Hellboy: The Golden Army. Del Toro guarantees unique not-totally CGI visuals and a unique comic book-to-film concept.

Summer of LAMB entry: The Spoon

[Editor's Note: Matt forgot to insert predictions for the box office dollars in his S.O.L. entry and as such will be ineligible to win, but I thought his entry still deserved posting.]

Name: Matt
Site: The Spoon

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2. The Dark Knight
3. Hancock
4. Iron Man
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
6. Wall-E
7. Hellboy 2
8. Speed Racer
9. The Mummy 3
10. Sex and the City

Guaranteed Flop: Postal - This project suffers from the double smooch of death because 1) it's based on a video game and 2) it's written, produced, and directed by Uwe Boll.

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - Stars Abigail Breslin, which, in a summer with relatively few kiddie films, is probably enough to drag tens of thousands of young girls - with their parents in tow - to the theaters.

3 Movies I'm Looking Forward To:
Completing this exercise made me realize how little I pay attention to new films coming out because quite a few names on the soon-to-be-released movie list made my clap my hands in anticipation.

Indiana Jones 4 - Seeing Indy return is kind of like watching Michael Jordan make a comeback but since Spielberg remains at the helm I'm inclined to think Indy 4 will be more like Michael Jordan's first comeback rather than his second.

The Dark Knight - Admittedly, some of my interest is for Heath Ledger's final role but mostly I just want to see what kind of magic director Christopher Nolan has produced in his second Batman film.

Hellboy 2 - I liked the first Hellboy film but now that Guillermo del Toro has gone a little more serious with his follow-up, I really like where this one could go.

Summer of LAMB entry: Invasion of the B Movies

Name: Jason Soto
Site: Invasion of the B Movies

1. WALL-E - $700M
2. Dark Knight - $500M
3. (tie) Iron Man - $400M
3. (tie) The X-Files 2 - $400M
5. (tie) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $350M
5. (tie) Step Brothers - $350M
7. (tie) Hellboy 2 - $300M
7. (tie) The Mummy 3 - $300M
7. (tie) Incredible Hulk- $300M
10. Hancock- $200M

Guaranteed Flop: The Love Guru. I dunno something about Justin
Timberlake playing a gay french guy in his
underwear...

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): I don't really know what a sleeper is
exactly.

3 Movies I'm Looking Forward To:
Only 3? Curses! Ok um...

* Dark Knight cause it looks so f*ckin' cool.

* Indiana Jones 4 cause I finally get to see an Indy
movie in theaters.

* Pineapple Express cause the trailer looks freakin'
awesome!

Summer of LAMB entry: Spaghetti Sauce and Sweet Peas

Name: Mikey Filmmaker
Site: Spaghetti Sauce and Sweet Peas

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $310M
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $270M
3. Wall*E - $260M
4. The Dark Knight - $245M
5. Speed Racer - $165M
6. Iron Man - $135M
7. Sex and the City - $125M
8. Pineapple Express - $120M
9. The Incredible Hulk - $85M
10. The X-Files 2 - $80M

Guaranteed Flop: You Don't Mess With the Zohan (It's a stupid title and Adam Sandler looks stupid. Enough said.)

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Son of Rambow (I've only heard good things about this film. It's been making a huge impact on the festival circuit. Don't expect it to make a lot of money, but it's a film few people have heard about.)

3 Movies I'm Looking Forward To:
1. The X-Files 2 (I watched the tv show growing up and have been
waiting for the sequel for the last ten years.)

2. The Pineapple Express (I'm almost done with the script and this
should be a really funny film.)

3. The Dark Knight (Batman is back and the sequel should only reassure
that statement. Looking forward to Ledger's performance sadly because
it will be his second to last.)

Summer of LAMB entry: Reel Whore

Name: Waywardjam (aka Wayne)
Site: Reel Whore

The clock is ticking but after much deliberation and heartache, here’s my predictions for the success of summer 2008, aka The Summer of the LAMBs!

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $400M
2. Iron Man - $325M
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $300M
4. The Dark Knight - $290M
5. Hancock - $278M
6. Wall*E - $235M
7. Speed Racer - $220M
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $215M
9. Kung Fu Panda - $195M
10. You Don’t Mess With the Zohan - $145M

Also rans: The Pineapple Express, The Incredible Hulk, Meet Dave
Guaranteed Flop: Oh my Mike Myers how far you have fallen. I can’t see how The Love Guru will do anything but fail. I think it will also fail to the tune of $25M which we all know won’t even cover Myers’ salary.

I would have loved to throw in Postal here too but if you know a film is a flop before it is even released can you really predict it as such?

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Would you believe… Get Smart will be the sleeper hit for a major release? I believe it.

If we’re considering limited and exclusive releases a la Waitress and Little Miss Sunshine fame, I’d have to go with Son of Rambow or Hamlet 2…yeah, that’s right Hamlet 2.

3 Movies I'm Moist With Antici…Pation For:
* The Dark Knight. They kicked my baby mama to the curb in favor of Maggie Gyllenhaal but hey, Mrs. Cruise royally stunk up Batman Begins. We’ve got Bale back in the suit, returning cast members Caine, Freeman and Oldman reprising their roles, and Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart chewing up the scenery. How is this not on everyone’s must see list!

* The House Bunny. Not what you expected? Well, I love me some Anna Faris!!! This will be goofy and predictable no doubt, but at least it’s not another installment of Scary Movie. Plus I still have the McPhever and this is looking to be the year of the Beverly D’Angelo comeback, so why not give this a try?

* Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. I remember getting online to see the Indiana Jones teaser and feeling tingly all over. Then I noticed the Hellboy 2 trailer was available and after watching the most breathtaking effects and wicked fight scenes, I was like Indy Who? You da man, Ron Perlman!

…If I could name one more flick that makes me all sweaty, it’d have to be Midnight Meat Train. That has to be one of the most ludicrous titles in recent film history but it’s going to be one helluva ride!

Summer of LAMB entry: Getafilm

Name: Daniel
Site: Getafilm

1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $324M
2. The Dark Knight, $313M
3. Iron Man, $291M
4. WALL-E, $274M
5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $253M
6. Hancock, $245M
7. Get Smart, $212M
8. Sex and the City: The Movie, $196M
9. Speed Racer, $164M
10. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, $149M

Guaranteed Flop: Kung Fu Panda - $68m.

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Sex and the City: The Movie.

Three Movies I'm Most Looking Forward To:
- The Dark Knight (Ledger buzz and great franchise).
- Indy 4 (Oh, no reason...).
- Hancock (Back on the Smith train after I Am Legend).

Summer of LAMB entry: The Flick Chick

Name: Stephanie
Site: The Flick Chick

1. WALL-E, $350M
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $330M
3. The Dark Knight, $250M
4. Iron Man, $225M
5. Hancock, $200M
6. Kung Fu Panda, $180M
7. Speed Racer, $150M
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, $140M
9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $135M
10. Get Smart, $110M

Guaranteed Flop: Meet Dave. I don't really think words are necessary, but here are a few: Eddie Murphy. Science Fiction comedy.

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Pineapple Express.

Three Movies I'm Most Looking Forward To:
1. Indiana Jones...: I feel like I've been waiting half my life for this movie to come out. I can't remember the last time I wanted to see a movie this badly.
2. The Dark Knight: The ad campaign so far has had me very intrigued. Plus, I'm curious to see Ledger's take on The Joker.
3. Mama Mia!: I like Meryl Streep, I like musicals, and though I'd never admit it in public I like Abba.

Summer of LAMB entry: Because I Saw The Film

Name: Marcy
Site: Because I Saw The Film

1. The Dark Knight, $325M
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $310M
3. Iron Man, $250M
4. Hancock, $238M
5. WALL-E, $209M
6. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $205M
7. Tropic Thunder, $198M
8. The Happening, $180M
9. Kung Fu Panda, $160M
10. Pineapple Express, $165M

Guaranteed Flop: The X-Files: I Want to Believe. Let's face it, the 90s are over. And "I Want to Believe" is a stupid title.

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Hamlet 2. Great trailer and it's getting good online hype. It's fits the whole quirky comedy genre.

Three Movies I'm Most Looking Forward To:
1. The Dark Knight. Everything that I've seen, heard, or read so far has been awesome. My expectations are insanely high for the movie, but I have faith in Christopher Nolan & Co.
2. The Happening. Interesting concept and I love Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel. I'm hoping for a decent Shyamalan comeback.
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I love the series. Spielberg is a great entertainer.

Summer of LAMB entry: Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob

Name: Nick
Site: Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob

1. The Dark Knight - $380M
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $375M
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $370M
4. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - $360M
5. Pineapple Express - $330M
6. Speed Racer - $325M
7. Iron Man - $280M
8. The Incredible Hulk - $265M
9. Kung Fu Panda - $250M
10. Hellboy II: The Golden Army - $245M

Guaranteed Flop: Postal. Why? It's Uwe Boll. His name is synonymous with 'flop'.

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Three Movies I'm Most Looking Forward To:
The Dark Knight (It's Batman!), The Happening (It's supposed to be M. Night's best since Sixth Sense), and Sisterhood of the... I mean... um... Wanted (because it looks awesome).

Summer of LAMB entry: Cinexcellence

I still have yet to determine a proper scoring method to this madness (seriously, if you have any ideas, let me hear them), but I think I've figured out the prize, which of course I'll share later. In the meantime, here's the second entry (out of 10 total) in the Summer of LAMB contest.

Name: Joseph
Site: Cinexcellence

1. The Dark Knight - $400M
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $350M
3. Iron Man - $250M
4. Hancock - $215M
5. Wall-E - $210M
6. Star Wars: The Clone Wars - $175M
7. Get Smart - $115M
8. Pineapple Express - $110M
9. Tropic Thunder - $100M
10. Kung Fu Panda - $90M

Guaranteed Flop: Postal. It's Uwe Boll

Rip Van Winkle Hit (sleeper): The Incredible Hulk. People hated Hulk. It could work to their advantage.