THE SUPER LEAGUES 2008 - WINNERS!!!!

The results are not official yet, and by the end of this week, I will post the final statistics of each round of every tournament this year for all to peruse, but I think that the end of this year-long event, to which many, many people have sweated it out, deserved its own thread.

The date of this post is December 29th (Monday), which means that the tournaments officially ended yesterday. The results are not officially final yet, but I thought I'd get a jump on the kudos, to those who so richly deserve them.


ULTIMATE HALF-YEAR TOURNAMENT (1st Half)

Gold Medal: pulpclub
Silver Medal: d0nnie dark0
Bronze Medal: sean14307

This tournament was over at the end of July, but it's worth bringing up again. Nineteen players survived four brutal cuts to make the final round, which was won by Mogul stalwart pulpclub, who had the following lineup:

What Happens in Vegas
The Edge of Heaven
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
The Incredible Hulk
Get Smart
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Final tally: $830.3M, 43 PTA, 54 Top 5, 55.9 U.R.

Sadly, pulpclub has not yet joined the new Fantaverse, but I'm sure we all send his well-wishes.



BOX OFFICE HALF-YEAR TOURNEMENT (1st Half)

Gold Medal: geezer9687
Silver Medal: Teh_Sham
Bronze Medal: SuperShaan

In this tournament as well, 19 players survived four cuts to take on the biggest box office explosion in FM history. 18 of the 19 players topped $1 billion total, but it was geezer's lineup that pulled in nearly $1.3 billion at the ticket counters, good for a victory of only $12 million:

Iron Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Strangers
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
The Incredible Hulk
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Dark Knight ($313M in two weeks!!)


That takes care of what we already knew, so let's get to what we don't...


BOX OFFICE FULL-YEAR TOURNAMENT

Gold Medal: annyonggob888
Silver Medal: codeslinger
Bronze Medal: delfinasu

Seventy players started, but only seventeen survived to the tenth and final round, but anny took control early and never really looked back. He did it with the following lineup:

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Role Models (he was the only one that took it for $6)
Soul Men
Twilight
Four Christmases (one of only two to take this one for $18 )

Well done, anny!


BOX OFFICE HALF-YEAR TOURNAMENT (2nd Half)

Gold Medal: Aquamann2001
Silver Medal: lainiediamond
Bronze Medal: codeslinger

Exactly 100 players turned in lineups at the beginning of June to fight for this crown, but only 25 survived four brutal cuts to jockey for the title at the end. And in that end, the rest of the field was no match for Aquamann2001, who slaughtered his competition with the following lineup, which topped $570 million for the victory (more than $25 million ahead of 2nd place):

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Quarantine
The Secret Life of Bees (the only one to take this film)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Twilight
Four Christmases

Outstanding work, Aquamann!


ULTIMATE HALF-YEAR TOURNAMENT (2nd Half)

Gold Medal: codeslinger (winner by tiebreak)
Gold Medal: A_Roode
Bronze Medal: SuperShaan

I was sure that Bedtime Stories was going to be the difference-maker on the final weekend, but it actually turned out to be Valkyrie, which ends up pushing both Roode and codeslinger past Shaan for the dual victory.

Both players' rosters included:
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Quarantine
Dear Zachary
Quantum of Solace
Bolt
Valkyrie

Whereas Roode opted for Twilight and Repo: The Genetic Opera, codeslinger chose Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Four Christmases. Result: Roode finished with more B.O. and PTA, but codeslinger finished with more Top 5 points and higher User Ratings.

The tiebreak, decided by head-to-head matchups, goes to codeslinger, who finished ahead of Roode in three of the first four rounds.


And now, the brass ring, the Fantaverse's Stanley Cup, goes to:

ULTIMATE FULL-YEAR TOURNAMENT

Gold Medal: SuperShaan
Silver Medal: Thomassi87
Bronze Medal: ashkul88

Ashkul made a late charge, but Shaan ends up taking first place by a mere half a point over Thomassi87.

Shaan's roster had the following titles:
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Quarantine
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Twilight
Four Christmases
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Soul Men
Quantum of Solace

I originally posted a tie between Shaan and Thomassi, but a late correction tipped the scales in Shaan's favor. Way to go, sir!

Absolutely outstanding work to everyone who made it all the way to the end! I will post the final results of all rounds, in all tournaments, hopefully no later than Jan 6.

Let the kudos and the Monday-Morning Quarterbacking begin!

Wow! I have a shot for Bronze Medal in BOX OFFICE FULL-YEAR TOURNAMENT! I've never expected to be so close... If I haven't chosen High School Musical 3: Senior Year after his beautiful 3-days start it seemed possible $130 M... That's life! Everything else was way more than I projected... including Marley & Me...

Can't believe if I hadn't gotten knocked out in round 4(Thanks Clone Wars and Guy Ritchie), I would have come in second for the Half-Year Box Office game. Having Marley, Bedtime Stories and Valkyrie would have vaulted me all the way to 2nd.

Oh well, bring on the 2009 Super leagues and congrats to all of the 2008 winners.

Shryke - At some point, maybe we should also give kudos to the mogul(s) who have the highest Box Office take for the entire game(s) (Full Year and Half Year) to see who is the best slate picker over the course of the whole game and not just for the final slate. The reason I say thiis that you could just barely qualify at the end of each game, and then hit it big in the final game whereas someone could actually be winning every month and then come in second in the final slate and not get the win. Just a thought

And it's a good thought, Keyser. Tell you what, I'll leave that to you to determine, once I post all of the individuals rounds for you all to peruse.

Congrats to all the winners who have been announced. But be very afraid, I will hunt you down. I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you. And then I will whistle away with your trophy in my hands.

That's what you get for being better than me.

I have updated the original post, to include the almost-offical results of the Ultimate FY and HY tournaments.

Awesome tournament everyone! Looking forward to playing again against you all in the new season!

Compressed for space.

Made a late change to the Ultimate FY stats. It seems we don't have co-champs after all!

Hey Shryke, thegreenarrow wants to use the same slates for her FY tournaments as well. I'll get her to think of some studio names too.

It's so great to see my name in bold here (lainiediamond). Love playing against you guys.

Keyser Soze wrote: [...]
Shryke - At some point, maybe we should also give kudos to the mogul(s) who have the highest Box Office take for the entire game(s) (Full Year and Half Year) to see who is the best slate picker over the course of the whole game and not just for the final slate. The reason I say thiis that you could just barely qualify at the end of each game, and then hit it big in the final game whereas someone could actually be winning every month and then come in second in the final slate and not get the win. Just a thought

I agree with this... in fact, I had this idea a month ago... It will be interesting...

Well then, go to the thread where the results are posted and figure it out. You've got my curiosity piqued.

The following players, who I know for a fact have already joined the new Fantaverse, still have not signed up:

A_Roode
audreytheconqueror
BarcaRulz
codeslinger
Danterandal19
Haasing1986
Ipki$$ (has only sent me Box Office HY)
J.I.
jackburton1
Kompressr
lillylovelost
Mannix2121
Mister Informative (has only sent me Ultimate HY)
RedRaider
sean14307
Slade605
SWarehouse
Swedgin! (tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap...)
TheJman


Am also hoping that the following will sign up and/or join very soon:

MrHam
Mister Funktastic
Graywolf
helfy91782
Serra242
TDslugger02
Teh_Sham

Only 3 days until it all starts over again!!!

Shryke, I've been trying to access the pricing lists and the links don't work. Help?

Here you go, geez (and anyone else who needs it).

ULTIMATE

1/9 Bride Wars $19
1/9 The Unborn $8
1/9 Not Easily Broken $6
1/9 Yonkers Joe $4

1/12 Of Time and the City $11
1/16 Notorious $17
1/16 Hotel for Dogs $10
1/16 Paul Blart: Mall Cop $9
1/16 My Bloody Valentine 3-D $5

1/23 Inkheart $18
1/23 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans $9
1/23 Donkey Punch $8
1/23 Possession $4
1/23 Killshot $2

1/30 New In Town (Chilled In Miami) $10
1/30 The Uninvited $8
1/30 Taken $4

2/6 Push $19
2/6 Pink Panther 2 $15
2/6 He's Just Not That Into You $12
2/6 Coraline $11
2/6 Free Style $7
2/6 Fanboys $3
2/6 Chocolate $2

2/13 The International $22
2/13 Confessions of a Shopaholic $15
2/13 Friday the 13th $10
2/13 Under the Sea 3D $14
2/13 New York, I Love You $8
2/13 Gomorrah $7
2/13 Two Lovers $6

2/20 Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail $18
2/20 Fired Up $9
2/20 Youth in Revolt $12
2/20 O'Horten $4

2/27 Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Movie $25
2/27 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li $9
2/27 Assassination of a H.S. President $8

3/4 12 $5
3/6 Watchmen $37
3/6 All About Steve $13
3/6 American Violet $6
3/6 Tokyo! $10

3/13 Race to Witch Mountain $23
3/13 Sunshine Cleaning $13
3/13 Miss February (Playboys) $5
3/13 A Perfect Getaway $6

3/20 I Love You, Man $24
3/20 Duplicity $14
3/20 Knowing $6
3/20 This Side of the Truth $6

3/27 Monsters vs. Aliens $15
3/27 Adventureland $4
3/27 12 Rounds $3
3/27 The Accidental Husband $2
3/27 The Janky Promoters $2



BOX OFFICE

1/9 Bride Wars $18
1/9 The Unborn $11
1/9 Not Easily Broken $9
1/9 Yonkers Joe $2

1/12 Of Time and the City $2
1/16 Notorious $16
1/16 Hotel for Dogs $15
1/16 Paul Blart: Mall Cop $11
1/16 My Bloody Valentine 3-D $5

1/23 Inkheart $17
1/23 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans $9
1/23 Possession $3
1/23 Donkey Punch $2
1/23 Killshot $2

1/30 New In Town (Chilled In Miami) $8
1/30 The Uninvited $6
1/30 Taken $5

2/6 Push $21
2/6 Pink Panther 2 $16
2/6 He's Just Not That Into You $15
2/6 Coraline $14
2/6 Fanboys $3
2/6 Free Style $2
2/6 Chocolate $2

2/13 The International $18
2/13 Confessions of a Shopaholic $16
2/13 Friday the 13th $14
2/13 Two Lovers $2
2/13 Under the Sea 3D $2
2/13 New York, I Love You $2
2/13 Gomorrah $2

2/20 Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail $14
2/20 Fired Up $7
2/20 Youth in Revolt $3
2/20 O'Horten $2

2/27 Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Movie $19
2/27 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li $10
2/27 Assassination of a H.S. President $2

3/4 12 $2
3/6 Watchmen $36
3/6 All About Steve $14
3/6 American Violet $2
3/6 Tokyo! $2

3/13 Race to Witch Mountain $18
3/13 Miss February (Playboys) $6
3/13 A Perfect Getaway $6
3/13 Sunshine Cleaning $3

3/20 I Love You, Man $16
3/20 Duplicity $12
3/20 Knowing $7
3/20 This Side of the Truth $4

3/27 Monsters vs. Aliens $14
3/27 Adventureland $4
3/27 The Accidental Husband $3
3/27 12 Rounds $3
3/27 The Janky Promoters $2


Notice in both lists the departure of "Dance Flick". I've heard that "O'Horten" has been bumped to April, but haven't seen that change made by ComingSoon or BOM.

Lies! I have posted slates for three of four leagues, the only one missing is for Full Year BO. (And I know Shryke saw them AFTER he posted the list of delinquents.) But Box Office is more of my bread and butter, so I don't want to just cobble that one together.