Hollywood What If Chapter 276
The year 2002.
Just after the New Year, in an offibsp;
"There are things that are easy to expin, but sometimes you have to hear it twice for the information to really sink in. So tell me again."
"Sir," the secretary swallowed hard. This folder had just beeo her and she hadn't researched it at all. That was the job of the sales and atiment: to calcute the box offibsp;
But sihe ag Rothman was te, and the guy from the atiment had a stomach ache, so the secretary became the one responsible for delivering the o Tom Rothman.
"Sir, the worldwide box office for John Wick Chapter 2 is currently at 621 million. Our atiment believed that John Wick Chapter 2 could surpass 650 million..."
"What about The Fast and The Furious? e on, say it."
Maybe Tom Rothma in the wrong position, the man was frowning. He seemed to be angry.
"The Fast and The Furious officially es worldwide run three days ago. Some tries were still calg the box office. The movie has already grossed 502 million, excluding some tries that are still calg the numbers..."
"Do you think that the box office of these movies is due to the success of the tial ematiiverse? After Wanted, a lot of people became ied in the tial ematiiverse. That is the effect of Wanted, a 1 billion movie."
Tom Rothman didn't sleep well st night because Rupert Murdoch told him to buy Grey Pictures and bring it into the "family."
The reason he could not sleep was the fact that iating with Kazir Grey would be the hardest thing to do.
And now two of his movies just happeo drop explosive numbers at the box office!
'What the fuck? That's basically 1 billion! Grey Pictures, a sed-tier produ studio, just made 1 billion this year! No, they did it st year too with a single movie! This is getting stupid. How is that even possible?' He gritted his teeth.
To be fair, the Big Six made over 7 billion at the box office st year.
20th tury Fox alone made over 1 billion st year with Big Momma's House, X-Men, Cast Away, and so many dozens more.
Still, it ainful to see that one or two movies could easily make their year's worth of hard work.
The only sotion was that Grey Pictures had no distribution el.
'This means that Kazir is open to iations, but my initial statement of 1.5 billion is definitely out of the versation. At the very least, 20th tury Fox will have to acquire Grey Pictures for 2 billion. Damn, I guess Kazir really is a billionaire now, huh?'
pahat could make a billion a year were hard to e by. But Grey Pictures did it twi a row.
"You go now." Tom Rothman pinched his gbel as the secretary scurried out of the office like a mouse.
"I guess times are ging, well, we are at the beginning of a new tury. Even DreamWorks is doing well. Fortunately, we mao create cracks iionship between Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg. They're friends, but they 't overe the terror of the Big Six. They will split, we will make sure of that."
His st statement would teically bee reality a few years ter. Inside DreamWorks, twons decided to lead their own armies. Jeffrey Katzenberg had the authority over DreamWorks Animation, while Steven Spielberg reigned over DreamWorks Pictures.
"Spider-Man's box office has already surpassed 830 million. Some tries are just starting to release the movie, and most believe that the movie will surpass 900 million. But after that, it will be a miracle. No one seems to think that Spider-Man will make 1 billion at the box office..."
But knowing Kazir, the idea was not impossible.
If Spider-Man indeed surpassed 1 billion, Kazir Grey would be the only director to have made two 1 billion movies, and to do it in two years. This was history. A world record that was impossible to beat.
Two movies.
1 billion eabsp;
In just two years.
"No, no, no, let's not jinx it. Let's not fug jinx it."
He gritted his teeth.
The acquisition was his job, a responsibility given to him by Rupert Murdoch. It would be harder if Kazir made another miracle.
"... The first thing to do is to make tact with Kazir and Grey Pictures."
After only a minute of monologue, he called his secretary again.
"Tell Grey Pictures that 20th tury Fox will distribute their three films worldwide for 25% of the box office as a distributioell them clearly."
"Yes, sir."
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone grossed 293 million on the first day of the year. It was still iers for 48 days.
As for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film grossed 178 million after 15 days iers.
"Damn, Warner Brothers will have a festival this year! Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings looks promising. If they do it right, they will have tw franchises that will st a decade. 20th tury Fox really needs something like this." Tom Rothman groaned. His head was ag so mubsp;
Everyone in Hollywood believed that Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man would domihe 2001 rankings.
However, it was still a mystery as to which would top the list.
Ohing was certain. Grey Pictures' two CCU movies were definitely part of the top 10.
John Wick Chapter 2 with 621 million.
The Fast and The Furious with 502 million.
From a business standpoint, Kazir's existence was dangerous for the Big Six. But there were always two sides to a . If Kazir was dangerous, he was also a godsend once he allied himself with one of them.
20th tury Fox found this out with Napoleon Dynamite.
Warner Brothers with The Hangover.
And Sony-bia with Spider-Man.
Clear examples that Kazir was a good on when used properly.
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[Author's note: I'm crazy.]
[Merry Christmas again, haha]