Update on the 2014 Summer Movie Wager

In about a weeks time the Summer Movie Wager will come to a close...
Here are the current standings including a projection that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will surpass the current number ten spot holder, which is held by Divergent with $150m in domestic box office. Guardians blows everything out of the water! Completely unexpected- especially for an August release!

Currently the Highest Grossing Summer Films Domestic (May-Aug):

(According to Box Office Mojo)

1. Guardians of the Galaxy - $255m = 3 points

2. Transformers: Age of Extinction - $243m = 10 points

3. Maleficent - $237m = 7 points

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $232m = 7 points

5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $204m = 3 points

6. Amazing Spider Man 2 - $202m = 3 points

7. Godzilla - $200m = 7 points

8. 22 Jump Street - $190m = 10 points

9. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $172m = 3 points 

10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $148m = 13 points

(Not currently in this position but will surpass current #10 spot holder within the week)

Total: 66 points!

Here is how I worked out those points...
And below that, my original predictions...

2014 Summer Movie Wager Scoring:

• Getting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each).

The rest of the scoring goes like this:

• 10 points for numbers 2-9 dead-on
• 7 points if your pick was only one spot away from where it ended up
• 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

The scoring is tabulated so that you get the SINGLE HIGHEST point value for each pick- that is, if you get number ten right, you don’t get 13+3, you only get 13.

So, here it is...

Jon’s 2014 Summer Movie Wager List

1. Amazing Spider Man 2

2. Transformers 4

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2

4. Maleficent

5. X-Men: Days of Future Past

6. Godzilla

7. Guardians of the Galaxy

8. 22 Jump Street

9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

10. TMNT