Hollywood What If Chapter 303
Most of the big movies have already been released and so far only one movie has been a massive flop worldwide.
Yes, Walt Disney was still delusional and couldn't accept that their movie failed miserably. So they ended up promoting the movie, John Carter, in different tries.
In total, they spent over 200 million on promotion. Together with the produ costs of 150 million, John Carter wasted 350 million.
So what was the worldwide gross of the movie? The answer was 284 million... Yes, Walt Disney just lost their money.
Even with DVD sales, it would take them decades to recoup their loss. They screwed up very badly.
So to make up for it, Walt Disney decided to join the acquisition battle to get Grey Pictures.
Unlike Warner Brothers and Sony-bia, Walt Disney offered a stock s instead. There were already a bunch of shareholders and adding one was no problem.
Steve Jobs, Harvey Weinstein, Roy Disney and even Michael Eisner had shares in Walt Disney, so adding Kazir Grey was not a problem.
For 30% of the stock, Walt Disney was willing to give Kazir 1.2% of Walt Disobsp;
Mind you, Walt Disney's total assets were huge and their worth was 105 billion. Walt Disney owned ABC Studios, ESPN, Disneynd, part of Pixar sieve Jobs was still alive, Touchstone, part of Miramax, and Hollywood Records.
In some ways, Walt Disney was parable to Time Warner and News Corporation. Moreover, this pany would bee stronger o acquired LucasFilm, Marvel Eai, and 20th tury Fox itself.
If not for Kazir's bad experieh Walt Dishe direight agree.
However, Kazir was still waiting for another party to join the fun. Kazir felt like audio was cooking.
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The release of Mr. And Mrs. Smith was extravagant as many actors from CCU showed up. Most of them were there to promote their own movies, and Kazir had no problem with that.
In fact, that was the reason why he attehe premiere.
After the reciliation, Kazir and Angelina became close again and showed their affe to each other in front of the publibsp;
They were holding hands whetehe premiere of Mr. And Mrs. Smith.
"Kazir!"
Brad Pitt greeted Kazir and his partner Angelina.
... Actually, Kazir felt unfortable seeing Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together. He knew he had ged the timeline, but he could not fet that they had actually bee a couple and gotten married.
Anyway, Kazir was mature enough to uand. Brad Pitt didn't stay long after greeting them. He khat Kazir and Angelina waheir own time.
Brad Pitt met Kazir in 1994. At that time, Kazir was nothing more than an unknown director/swriter.
Holy, Brad Pitt accepted the role in Se7en because the sary was entig. He also khe sequences of joining Se7en, a mystery thriller.
But he didn't expect his choice to be the right one. Se7en was a success.
Sihen, every project Kazir has touched has been a success.
Everyone in Hollywood had high expectations for the man, and Kazir always made sure to deliver. Once his name was attached to the movie, the ces of it being a box office hit were higher.
Kazir also saw Jennifer elly in her dress... He immediately looked away when he felt that the womao him was staring at him with a cold gaze. He smiled and kissed Angelina's forehead to calm her down.
Kazir felt bad that Angelina was not part of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. After all, Angelina was the inal female lead in the movie. But since Kazir added this movie to CCU, and singelina and her role in CCU was Fox, it would be impossible to cast her as another character.
Kazir promised to make it up to her. He khat How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days would be a box office hit and that Angelina would keep her fame.
The theaters went dark and the movie began. The Grey Pictures and 20th tury Fox logo greeted the audience first.
Oher side of Hollywood, at Grauman's ese Theater, Miramax was in crisis. Just like Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Miramax began the premiere of Spy Kids 2: The Isnd Of Lost Dream.
Based on audience rea, the movie was mediocre at best. Miramax ied 38 million in this movie and it would be a disaster if it failed.
Miramax was not Walt Disney, which could shoulder hundreds of millions in losses. In the first pce, Miramax used a safer way to make money.
As everyone expected, Mr. And Mrs. Smith easily won first pce that week.
On August 7, 2002, Mr. And Mrs. Smith grossed 17.47 million on its first day. Something that made 20th tury Fox and Grey Pictures very happy.
As for Spy Kids 2, the movie made 4.67 million on the same day. sidering the fact that Spy Kids 2 had a strong oppo, this kind of result was already good.
By the first weekend, both movies were doing well on their own. Spy Kids 2 earned 25.04 million, while Mr. And Mrs. Smith earned 50.34 million.
In a way, Miramax was w for nothing. Even though both movies were about spies, their plots and genres were different.
Spy Kids focused on family edy and a light-hearted plot.
As for Mr. And Mrs. Smith, it was more of a serious aovie with a dash of romand edy. Maybe that's why the two movies didn't have much of an impa each other.
Even though August was the st month of the summer season, the release of movies didn't stop. week, a strong tender could trouble Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
The title of the movie is xXx.
It sounds like a porn site or something, but I swear it's a real movie.
xXx is an aovie starring Vin Diesel.