The 2017 Movie Parliament Summer Movie Wager
Inspired by Slash Film's annual competition, this summer Movie Parliament will be contesting its own, 'Summer Movie Wager'
The aim of the game? To predict the top 10 highest grossing films of the summer at the U.S. box office. The timescale spans from the first weekend of May to the last weekend of August, with all box office figures coming from BoxOfficeMojo.
Watch this space over the summer months, as we'll update the page with each weekend's box office figures.
Click HERE to see how Movie Parliament's ministers fared last summer.
The aim of the game? To predict the top 10 highest grossing films of the summer at the U.S. box office. The timescale spans from the first weekend of May to the last weekend of August, with all box office figures coming from BoxOfficeMojo.
Watch this space over the summer months, as we'll update the page with each weekend's box office figures.
Click HERE to see how Movie Parliament's ministers fared last summer.
The RulesGetting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each)
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 Results1. Wonder Woman
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 3. Spider-Man Homecoming 4. Despicable Me 3 5. Dunkirk 6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 7. Cars 3 8. War for the Planet of the Apes 9. Transformers: The Last Knight 10. Girls Trip |
Prime Minister, Michael Dalton - 51 points |
WINNER: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Arnaud Trouve - 54 points |
1. Despicable Me 3 - 3 points
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 10 points 3. Spider-Man: Homecoming - 10 points 4. Transformers: The Last Knight - 3 points 5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 7 points 6. Cars 3 - 7 points 7. War for the Planet of the Apes - 7 points 8. Wonder Woman - 3 points 9. Baywatch - 0 points 10. Alien: Covenant - 0 points Dark Horses: The Mummy (0), Dunkirk (1), Captain Underpants (0) Minister for History, Leonhard Balk - 51 points1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 7 points
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming - 7 points 3. Despicable Me 3 - 7 points 4. Transformers: The Last Knight - 3 points 5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 7 points 6. Wonder Woman - 3 points 7. War for the Planet of the Apes - 7 points 8. Cars 3 - 7 points 9. Baywatch - 0 points 10. Dunkirk - 3 points Dark Horses: Alien: Covenant (0) , The Mummy (0) , Captain Underpants (0) |
1. Spider-Man: Homecoming - 5 points
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 10 points 3. Despicable Me 3 - 7 points 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 5 points 5. Wonder Woman - 3 points 6. Cars 3 - 7 points 7. War for the Planet of the Apes - 7 points 8. Dunkirk - 3 points 9. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - 0 points 10. Transformers: The Last Knight - 7 points Dark Horses: Baywatch (0), The Mummy (0), Alien: Covenant (0) Victor Escobar - 45 points1. Despicable Me 3 - 3 points
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 10 points 3. Transformers: The Last Knight - 3 points 4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 5 points 5. Cars 3 - 5 points 6. Spider-Man: Homecoming - 3 points 7. Wonder Woman - 3 points 8. War for the Planet of the Apes - 10 points 9. Baywatch - 0 points 10. Dunkirk - 3 points Dark Horses: The Dark Tower (0), The Mummy (0) , Captain Underpants (0) |