# Box Office Preditionc Contest Winner: Spurious George!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-office-preditionc-contest-winner-spurious-george/187269>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 9, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-office-preditionc-contest-winner-spurious-george/187269 "2003-07-09T16:57:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-office-preditionc-contest-winner-spurious-george/187269/1 "2003-07-09T16:57:24Z")

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Congratulations to Spurious George, the winner of the Gangster Octopus [Summer Boxx Office PRediction contest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=180609&highlight=Office) His reward for such his astounding prescience is a DVD copy of _The Animatrix_. Here are the [results](http://leftfieldsports.com/boxoffice.htm) COngratulations Spurious George, I check your email so we can work out the details.

**Movies**  
[ul]  
[li]X-Men 2: X-Men United = $85.6 Million[/li][li]Daddy Day Care = 27.6[/li][li]Matrix Reloaded = 91.8[/li][li]Bruce Almighty = 85.7[/li][li]Finding Nemeo = 70.3[/li][li]2Fast 2Furious = 50.5[/li][li]Hollywood Homicide = 11.7[/li][li]Hulk = 62.2[/li][li]Charlie Angels 2: Full Throttle = 37.6[/li][li]Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines = 44.0[/li][/ul]

**Standings**  
[list=1]  
[li]Spurious George = 164.3[/li][li]Zebra = 199.3[/li][li]Payton’s Servant = 200.3[/li][li]_Average = 207.9_[/li][li]Wolverine = 222.7[/li][li]Gangster Octopus = 223.7[/li][li]Munch = 228.1[/li][li]rexnervous = 234.5[/li][li]Lisa-Go-Blind = 242.5[/li][li]Scupper = 250.5[/li][li]DMark = 273.3[/li][/list=1]

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-office-preditionc-contest-winner-spurious-george/187269/2 "2003-07-09T17:38:54Z")

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And I am probably the only one of the bunch who actually worked at a film studio.

Shows to go ya what that is worth.  
\>\>DMark shamefully walks away, knowing he really is the Weakest Link\<\<

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-office-preditionc-contest-winner-spurious-george/187269/3 "2003-07-09T20:32:30Z")

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No you’re not.

But I think he went with 3-day weekend totals for the holidays and I put in full holiday weekend numbers.

Yeah, that’s it.

Anyway congrats **Spurious George**