Hollywood What If Chapter 363
"Happy Birthday, Kazir!"
Angelina hugged and kissed her boyfriend. She was happy about the small party she had prepared for him.
Kazir shrugged and sat down. A cake with his age on it, and a dle with the number 35 on it.
He knew damhat he was getting old. But he was happy for the life he had. He had already experienced being old, and this was basically his 2nd season of turning 35.
In his past life, his 35th birthday was depressing because he spent it alone. He had no oo trust deeply, he had friends but they were more like colleagues to be precise.
His status in the industry was stagnant and there was no hope. He tried his best to tavestors to i in his movie, knowing that his horror movies never did well at the box offibsp;
The good thing was that he was not i.
He was also 35 when his father died.
'If I remember correctly, the year was the year that Napoleon Dynamite was inally released.'
Napoleon Dynamite was released in 2004, which was the year Kazir heard the hat his father had died. He went to the funeral, but got punched by his brother instead.
This time, Kazir promised himself that tragedy wouldn't happen again. He would live a happy life.
He looked around and saw his friends with whom he had formed a bond. Now he was not alone.
Angelina khat Kazir never liked vish parties, so she decided to keep this one small.
However, the people who attehe party were not ordinary.
Tom Cruise was talking to Tom Rothman about a possible colboration. 20th tury Fox was gettier and Tom's career had gotten a boost after winning the Oscars st year.
Agent Salvatore and ematographer Rector were also invited. Unfortunately, Producer Harold couldn't make it because he was busy. However, he sent a gift, an expetle of wine.
Palenque Simone and Fremont Smith also attehe party, although they were busy so they didn't stay long. The two directors were now w on their projects.
Paleh Game of Thrones, while Fremont was looking for scripts to film. If Fremont couldn't find a script, he would write one himself. Although he was not sure he had the talent, he uood that someone like Kazir was hard to find.
It was a small group, but they were friends and acquaintahat Kazir made along the way.
His family was also in the house. Aaron and his father were there.
Kazir couldn't help but be happy to see them. Especially his father. Surely his father would stay healthy this time. Kazir begged his old man to go to the gym and work out at least twice a week.
The ces of his father having a heart attack were slim... Unless a terrible act happened. Ued events like that were impossible to avoid. Perhaps one day someone would run over your car and pulled out an AK-47.
Kazir knew he was doing great. His life now pared to his past life was very different. Like bd white.
The people around him were waiting for him to blow out the dle.
He closed his eyes.
'I hope our life will tio get better. '
He wished silently and blew out the dle. Everyone cpped and the party tinued.
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September passed and the emas cooled down as it was not a busy month.
There were no major films released this month, which was uandable.
However, the big summer releases tio make money despite the weak schedule.
By the end of September, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Bck Pearl had already grossed 296 million at the North Ameri box office. It was on the verge of passing the 300 million mark.
Iionally, the pirate-themed films have already grossed 283 million. bining the two box offices, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Bck Pearl grossed 576 million.
Everyone was surprised, but not by much. There were a lot of factors why the pirate movie was successful, such as the stunt chraphy and the storytelling. Of course, having a star-studded director was also one of the factors.
Now Kazir officially broke the curse that pirate-themed movies would never make money.
"Skill Issue. Get Gud."
Those should be the best ao Carolco Pictures and Universal Pictures, the two produ studios that failed to deliver great pirate-themed movies, Water World and Cutthroat Isnd.
Even college professors have studied Kazir's formu for breaking the curse.
Well, if anyone was going t ge to Hollywood, it robably Kazir. Because he has brought so many ges.
Kazir popurized realistic a stunts.
He also started the first successful ematiiverse.
He was the first director to make two 1 billion movies in a row.
He was out of this world. Truly a director who deserved the respeany people.
As for The Equalizer, after 60 days iers, it has grossed 177 million in North Amerid 161 million overseas. That puts The Equalizer at 338 million.
Grey Pictures was in a pretty tight spot a few months ago, but now they breathe a little easier. 20th tury Fox has already sent them 100 million for Pirates Of The Caribbean and 70 million for The Equalizer.
The deal for both movies was that 20th tury Fox would be responsible for distribution in exge for 25% of the box offibsp;
25% for 20th tury Fox.
40% for ema Alliance.
Leaving Grey Pictures with 35% as their share. The good news, as always, was that Grey Pictures owhe chts to these movies and they could trol how they sold their TV broadcast rights.
The DVD copies were no problem either, Grey Pictures would have the bigger profit. In the long run, DVDs were more profitable than the box office. Because Grey Pictures could sell DVDs for years to e and the profits would increase.
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[See you tomorrow.]