Hollywood What If Chapter 352
Some of the women in the audience squealed when Jay Leno showed Kazir's topless pictures. In these pictures, Kazir was walking on the beach wearing sungsses.
Kazir chuckled and blushed slightly, embarrassed.
"I actually don't know how the tabloids found those pictures. Produ was taking a break at the time, so I decided to go to the bead have some fun. They probably took those pictures while I was on break."
He casually lied while maintaining his grin. Those pictures were taken to promote the movie. Not by act, but on purpose.
But of course, Kazir had to keep the y. In this business, lying has always been part of the job.
Oh, you tore your ACL while filming an a se? How brave and dedicated are you? How you still run like a cheetah then?
Oh, you don't have a stunt double? What, yoing to tto a pne a hundred feet off the ground? Wow, does your insurance cover that?
So you're not on steroids? You got ripped in two months? It's because you eat healthy meals every day, go to the gym, and maintain a perfect set of muscles. Yeah, yeah, you're not lying. *wink wink*
In this business, lying has always been part of the job.
"So where did you get your inspiration for this movie?"
"I'm not going to lie, I actually thought of a movie about pirates while riding one of the rides at Disney World."
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The opening day (July 9, 2003) of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Bck Pearl was 13.50 million.
Unlike Spider-Man, which earned 39 million, and The Revenant, which earned 15 million on its first day, The Curse of the Bck Pearl had a lower opening box office.
However, 20th tury Fox and Grey Pictures were happy with this result. Their expectations for this pirate movie were not that high.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Maes only made 9 million on the same day, so The Curse of the Bck Pearl easily won first pce that day.
On the sed day, Thursday, July 10, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Bck Pearl made another 10.48 million.
The movie had an unorthodox premiere, as The Curse of the Bck Pearl premiered on Wednesday.
On Friday, July 11, the film earned another 14.84 million.
On Saturday, July 12, it made another 17.41 million.
On Sunday, it made another 14.37 million.
The first weekend of Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Bck Pearl grossed 70.62 million.
Those numbers made a lot of people sit up and take notice. Publishers who were ready to bash the movie stopped their iions before making a fool of themselves. The critics who wao criticize the movie also became quiet.
There was no reason to bash a movie that made 70 million at the box office. After all, money was an important aspect of the industry.
The plot of the movie was great. It was also eaining. The ag was impeccable.
No matter what the "professionals" said, the movie was a success. The audienjoyed the movie, which was the most important thing.
Some of the film critics were disappoihat Kazir returo his usual style - eaining the mindless audienstead of making an art film about the hardships of human life. Ah, really disappointing.
Now that Kazir had gotten what he wanted from the Academy Awards, there was no reason to please them... Unless Pirates Of The Caribbean had a pete at the Oscars.
Johnny Depp's performance as Jack Sparrow has been praised by many people, even critics. He had a pete for Best Actor, although his ces of winning were slim.
However, the movie had an amazing makeup, character design, souing and also visual effects. In this aspect, Pirates Of The Caribbean could probably pete for at least one or two awards.
The his week was about Johnny Depp's amazing performand how Kazir Grey broke the curse of pirate movies.
Waterworld was a flop.
Cutthroat Isnd was also a flop.
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas was a flop.
But Pirates of the Caribbean was the opposite of a flop.
After that, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Bck Pearl did well at the box office.
On its sed week, Friday, July 18, The Curse of the Bck Pearl officially crossed the 100 million mark. To be exact, the movie earned 109.47 million.
Everyone was surprised, but not by much. If Kazir was the director, the movie would surely make money.
However, on the same day, the movie met a tough oppo.
Bad Boys II was the sequel to Bad Boys which was released in 1995 and was directed by Michael Bay. It starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Martin Lawrend Will Smith were famous bck actors with dozens of movies uheir belts.
To make matters worse, Michael Bay was also an amazing director. He was known as the explosive director, not because of his explosive behavior, but because of his addi to explosions. This director loves to make things explode.
Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and now Bad Boys II.
His filmography was simir to Kazir's in that all of his movies were profitable. The only difference was that Kazir produovie a year while Michael Bay could only produovie every two years. In that aspect, Kazir was better.
The first day of Bad Boys II made 16.88 million, 3 million more than the first day of Pirates Of The Caribbean.
On its sed day, July 19, Bad Boys II made another 16.20 million. This was 6 million more than the sed day of Pirates Of The Caribbean...
Maybe... Maybe Pirates Of The Caribbean would lose to Bad Boys II.
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[Author's note: Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing with my life tely. Anyway, since I know I have a lot of backlogged chapters on my Patreon, I decided to post three chapters a day for five days straight].