What is Box Office Game?
Box Office Game presents a historical cinema weekend chart with all film titles removed. You see five ranks showing weekend gross, running total, weeks on release, and previous position—either a bracketed number for returning entries or N for new arrivals. Each correct title earns 200 points, and you have ten misses to spend before the round ends. A x20 multiplier tracks alongside your score.
How to play Box Office Game
Check the date above the chart. It sets the context for the other details.
Look at the columns before you answer. “N” marks a new release, and a number in brackets shows the film’s previous rank.
Enter a film title in the search field and submit it. A correct answer fills its row and earns 200 points.
You have ten misses, which are your only limit in the game.
A film still in the top five during its fifth week has held its audience. A new release opening above a film that had already been performing well shows stronger-than-expected demand. A week-over-week gross cut in half usually means its run is ending. By comparing these patterns, you can reconstruct what happened over a weekend without relying on release dates. The skill depends on knowing what audiences paid to watch, which often differs from critics’ picks or your own favorites.
Reading the feedback
A correct title fills its row and adds 200 points. A wrong guess spends one of ten misses, counted below the chart. All other data—grosses, totals, weeks on release, previous rank—appears from the start and never changes. The information is complete from the first second; the variable is what you can name. The score accumulates with a bonus multiplier displayed alongside.
Modes
Daily weekend
One historical box office weekend per day, with a calendar icon for accessing other dates and a statistics panel for tracking performance.
Tips & strategy
Use the date to anchor the season. A late-July 1999 chart is a summer-blockbuster chart, narrowing the field faster than random guessing.
The weeks-on-chart column is the strongest clue. A film in week five at number three was a genuine hit, not a one-weekend opening, which rules out most guesses.
Start with the new entries marked N. Openings are the most memorable events of a box office weekend, and naming one dates the chart for the rest.
Popular questions
What am I guessing?
The five films in the top five of a real box office weekend. Their grosses, totals, weeks on release, and previous rank are all shown; only the titles are hidden.
How many wrong guesses can I make?
Ten. The counter under the chart tracks them, and each correct title is worth 200 points.
Do I get any hint about the era?
Yes. The exact weekend is printed above the chart, so the challenge is recalling what was playing rather than when.
Can I play past puzzles?
A calendar icon sits in the header, giving access to other dates beside the current daily.