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TVWW Movie Contest Results: MacGruber Bombed Bigger Than ANYONE Expected
June 1, 2010  | By David Bianculli  | 1 comment
 

macgruber-top.jpgThe results are in for the latest TV WORTH WATCHING guess-the-opening-weekend grosses of movies based on TV. I'll reveal the winner(s) in a moment, but man, the clear loser is MacGruber. The latest Saturday Night Live spinoff managed to scrape up only $4.1 million of ticket sales its opening weekend...

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The sequel to Sex and the City 2, with benefit of an extended Memorial Day weekend opening, wound up with an estimated 51.3 million -- respectable, sort of, but less than the original earned on its opening weekend two years ago.

Therefore, to win this contest, a contestant had to guess Sex and the City 2 and MacGruber in that order (which everyone did), and come closest to their totals without going over on either, which only one person did.

That person was Rich Greenhalgh, one of our student contributors, who entered with a sarcastically pessimistic lowball prediction of $2 for Sex and $1 for MacGruber. And I'm pretty sure he meant dollars, not millions.

He was playing the Price Is Right rules cannily, however -- and even though (or especially because) he's an unpaid employee here, I feel it would be wrong to deny him the Ghost Hunters night light he claimed so prematurely and enthusiastically.

But, to reward at least one loyal TVWW reader, I've decided to award a second prize, to the person who guessed the lowest total on MacGruber, and the closest (without going over) on Sex and the City 2.

Using that admittedly arbitrary set of guidelines, the winner is Ken Rehfield, who guessed $43 million for Sex and $16 million for MacGruber. (I'll contact you, Ken, and find out which of the remaining prizes most catches your fancy.)

Next up, in a few weeks, The A-Team! And I pity the fool who overestimates...

 

2 Comments


Ken Rehfield said:

Wow, thanks Dave, I'm really excited and have never won one of your contests. Can't wait to see what quirky prizes you might have left. And you are right... I am a loyal TVWW reader... I don't watch TV without first reading your thoughts for guidance. I've followed you ever since Daily News. Your fellow U of F alumni, Ken.

Comment posted on June 1, 2010 10:01 AM


Rich said:

What can I say? I had no idea about "SITC" but I was 99% certain "MacGruber" was going to make "Freddy Got Fingered" & "Hot Rod" look like Shakespear (in my opinion). It even surpassed my lowest expectations. Will Forte's best movie role is still in Broken Lizards "Beer Fest".

I will release my claim on the 'Night-Light' as Television Worth Watching is its own reward.

[Nah -- that's nice, but you earned the night light. -- David B.... Prof. B to you.]

Comment posted on June 1, 2010 10:59 AM
 
 
 
 
 
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