Los Angeles CA - September 17, 2007
CrowdRules, a free Internet voting site, announced today that its members accurately predicted that "The Brave One," a new Thriller starring Jodie Foster, would be the top movie for the September 14-16, 2007 weekend. The results were compared to box office revenues obtained at boxofficemojo.com.
"We're very pleased that, as our membership grows, we're starting to reach critical mass in being able to accurately predict box office success," said David Moss of CrowdRules. "We believe we've provided the tools for the crowd to make their own accurate decisions. This result proves that out, and is a big win for the crowd."
CrowdRules members were shown short trailers of ten movies opening on September 14, 2007. Votes were cast anonymously, and with no influence from other CrowdRules members, for one week prior to the opening date of the movies.
CrowdRules members also predicted the first runner-up for the weekend. "Mr. Woodcock," starring Billy Bob Thornton was the second most popular movie released nationwide last weekend.
"Given the right tools, the crowd can predict a lot of things," said Moss. "So we're now expanding from user-generated content into areas such as film, television and politics."
About CrowdRules:
CrowdRules.com provides fair, accurate and honest voting tools for the Internet by applying the principles of the Wisdom of Crowds and Collective Intelligence.
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