Contest - Box Office Prediction - King-Sized Contest

March 27, 2006

With the first event movie of the year opening this Friday, we're having a massive, triple-sized contest featuring three prizes! Winners will be selected for three predictions, each associated with a different movie opening this weekend.

The rules are the same: whoever comes closest to predicting each film's opening 3-day weekend (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win the prize pack associated with that movie. The prizes are a King Kong Prize Pack (T-shirt, Hat and DVD), ATL Prize Pack (Poster, Baseball Jersey, and Tank Top), and Drawing Restraint 9 Prize Pack (Signed Poster and the Soundtrack). To win the ATL prize pack you must predict ATL's opening box office. To win the Drawing Restraint 9 Prize Pack you must predict Drawing Restraint 9's opening box office. All of which makes sense.

However, to win the King Kong Prize Pack, you must predict the opening weekend for Ice Age: The Meltdown. Entries must be received by 10am, Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay!

Two things to remember when making your predictions. First of all, Ice Age: The Meltdown is opening in an estimated 3,800 theatres on Friday; ATL is opening in between 1,500 to 1,700 theatres, while Drawing Restraint 9 is opening in just one theatre in New York City. Make sure you take that into account when you make your prediction. Secondly, winning one part of the contest will not mean you are ineligible to win the others. In fact, if someone wins all three contests, I'll throw in a couple of bonus DVDs from our prize pool.

To enter, send your prediction for the opening weekend grosses, along with your name, address and phone number to contests@the-numbers.com. The winner will be determined on April 3rd, once we have the official opening weekend results.

And one last note, next week we'll have another multiple movie contest featuring prizes from Narnia, among others.


Official Rules:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. CONTEST IS OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. Your participation in The Numbers King Sized Contest (the "Contest") constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules. The Contest begins at 8:00:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time ("PST"), March 27, 2006 and ends at 9:59:59 a.m. PST, April 3, 2006. The Contest is sponsored by The Numbers.

Eligibility: The Contest is open only to natural persons who are legal residents of the 50 United States (including the District of Columbia) ("US") for the duration of the Contest Period. You must also be at least 18 years old in order to participate. Employees and agents of The Numbers, its affiliates, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, prize providers, and their immediate family members and persons living in their same household and employees, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. Void where prohibited. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

Privacy: The Numbers collects personal data from you when you enter this Contest. Please review The Numbers' privacy policy at www.the-numbers.com/legal/privacy.html. The Numbers will place the name of winner on the publicly available website at www.the-numbers.com. By submitting an entry, you grant The Numbers the right to place your name or designated pseudonym and your state of residence on this website in the event that you are a winner.

How to Enter:
Online: Send email to contests@the-numbers.com containing your name, mailing address and predictions for the opening weekends.

Entries must be received by 9:59:59 a.m. PST, March 31, 2006. All entries become the exclusive property of The Numbers and will not be acknowledged or returned. Any submission of robotic, automatic, or programmed entries, or any entries submitted by agencies, other third parties, or through other unapproved methods are void. One entry per person. If there are multiple entries for a user, then only the first entry will be accepted. In the event of a dispute over the identity of the entrant, the entry will be deemed submitted by the holder of the e-mail account.

The Numbers is not responsible for any computer, online, telephone, or technical malfunctions that affect entry submission.

Description of Prizes:
- King Kong T-shirt, Hat and DVD
- ATL Poster, Baseball Jersey, and Tank Top
- Drawing Restraint 9 Signed Poster and the Soundtrack.
Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of Grand Prize: U.S. $150-$200.

No alternative prize, cash, or other substitution is permitted except by The Numbers, which reserves the right to award a prize of equal or greater value if the advertised prize is unavailable. Prize will be shipped two (2) to four (4) weeks from stipulated validation of winner.

Odds: Odds of winning the Prize depends on the number of eligible entries received and the accuracy of your prediction.

Selection of Winner: Potential winner will be determined by comparing the prediction submitted with the actual opening weekend gross for Ice Age: The Meltdown, ATL, and Drawing Restraint 9, as announced by Exhibitor Relations on April 3, 2006. The participant who submits the prediction closest to the actual opening weekend, without going over the actual opening weekend will be the potential winner of the Prize. In the event of a tie, the participant whose ballot is received at the earliest date and time during the Contest Period shall be the potential winner of the relevant prize. The potential winner will be notified by e-mail or first class mail within fifteen (15) days of the announcement of the box office results. The potential winner will have ten (10) days from notification to accept the prize by e-mail or by U.S. mail by writing to the address specified in the notification.

Requirements of Winner: Potential winners of prizes may be required to sign and return a release of liability and declaration of eligibility within seven (7) days of acknowledged notification. By accepting and/or using a prize, the winner agrees to the use of his/her name or a designated pseudonym and state of residence on The Numbers website. If a selected potential winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim a prize, or fails to timely return the completed and executed declaration and releases as required, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate potential winner selected. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an online entry, the entry will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail account. The Numbers reserves the right to request proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email account.

General Terms and Conditions: By entering, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of The Numbers, which shall be final. The Numbers reserves the right to disqualify any person or e-mail address that The Numbers determines to be in violation of any term contained in these Official Rules. The Numbers and the employees, agents and representatives of The Numbers, its affiliates, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, stolen, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible entries, notices, releases, forms, affidavits, or other correspondence; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, interruptions or difficulties of any kind; (iii) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of The Numbers that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or from participation in the Contest or arising from the participant's access to and use of the Internet site to the extent permitted by law; or (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest. The Numbers reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or cancel Contest at any time if a computer virus, bug, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper play of the Contest. In the event of such cancellation, The Numbers reserves the right to award prize in a random drawing from all entries received prior to the time of cancellation. This Contest is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California.

Winners List and Official Rules: A winners list will be posted on The Numbers web site, www.the-numbers.com, at the conclusion of the Contest. To obtain the winner list (after conclusion of contest) or a copy of these Official Rules, you may print this page.



- C.S.Strowbridge

Filed under: Contest, King Kong, Ice Age: The Meltdown, ATL