Hollywood What If Chapter 190
Two weeks after its release, The Bir Witch Project had grossed more than 84 million. Even though the hype was over, some people liked the uniqueness of the found footage movie and decided to see it again.
In this aspect, everyone in Hollywood realized the power of viral marketing. However, after studying this method, they learhat it is very hard to replicate this kind of performance. Maybe only The Bir Witch Project could do it.
If not for the fact that Harvey Weinstein was caught in a bind, this movie might have been cssified as a successful film. Too bad for Miramax, they didn't make a profit even though the movie was a success.
The out-of-court settlement happened quickly because Harvey Weinstein wao end the sdal as soon as possible. He didn't want to stay in the spotlight.
In the end, the settlement was 11 million each. It was the best the wyer could do. It was a miracle that Harvey Weinstein didn't go to jail this time. Maybe his influence was not that simple. Anyway, this was a big loss for Harvey Weinstein and Miramax. They have learheir lesson and will ry this marketihod again.
The news reted to The Bir Witch Project slowly faded away as the matter was already over.
John F. Kennedy Junior, his wife aives were killed in a pne crash. This terrible news alleviated the matter of The Bir Witch Projed people gradually fot about it.
There were still some people protesting in front of Miramax, but the media had already fotten about them. Maybe month these people would get tired of protesting as well.
Moviegoers started to see other movies after the truth about The Bir Witch Project came out.
Eyes Wide Shut was released on July 16, just two days after the release of The Bir Witch Project. This movie, starring Tom Cruise and his wife, Nicole Kidman-Cruise, was affected by The Bir Witch Projed only grossed 21 million in its first week.
Eyes Wide Shut was the st movie the couple appeared in together. 2 years ter the couple filed for divorbsp;
A week after The Bir Witch Project, The Haunting starring Liam Neeson and Catheria-Jones was released. The influence of The Bir Witch Proje this horror movie was quite strong, sidering that both were horror movies.
heless, perhaps because of Liam Neeson's performance over the past few years, The Haunting grossed 33 million in its first week. Liam Neeson was now a famous actor who had an Oscar statue among his achievements. In this case, even his performances were better than Tom Cruise, who never won an Oscar statue.
was Deep Blue Sea. This movie was kind of a Jaws rip-off about smart sharks eating people. If there was anything iing about this movie, it was that Samuel L. Ja got eaten by a shark while giving a Ted talk. A great moment indeed...
In the month of July, the biggest winner was her than The Runaway Bride starring Richard Gere and Brianna Evans. Because of the reendation Kazir made to Paramount, Julia Roberts did not get the part. Instead, it was Brianna Evans who became the female lead in Runaway Bride.
Runaway Bride grossed 35 million in its first week at the box office. The differeween The Bir Witch Projed Runaway Bride was the produ value. Unlike horror movies that were rated R, Runaway Bride G-13 movie and it had a better audiehan The Bir Witch Projebsp;
In the long run, Runaway Bride would make more mohan The Bir Witch Projebsp;
Kazir's interferen the timeline caused ges such as Liam Neeson's status and Brianna Evans' appearance. Ohing was for sure, it would not be the st time.
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August was the least popur month in the summer schedule. The Big Six usually didn't release their profitable movies in this month, just like iember.
Sony-bia didn't have any major movies to release this month. They agreed to release The Bourne Identity in the sed week of the month and put their resources behind the movie.
The initial promotion for The Bourne Identity began a month ago and intensified throughout August.
Billboards of Matt Damon and Cameron Diaz on many buildings. The Bourne Identity flyers pstered on walls. Movie ercials on television.
Even though The Bourne Identity was not owned by Sony-bia, they cared about the movie and did their job faithfully.
It was crazy how Sony-bia agreed to this deaybe they were desperate to keep their position, afraid of losing their edge. Afraid that DreamWorks would take over their position as one of the Big Six.
The Bruce Almighty would be released the following year. The movie needed more time in post-produ because it had many special effects.
Perhaps the bleak August schedule was a good thing because The Bourne Identity had no petition. There was no big movie to pete with. This meant that most of the tickets would be acquired by The Bourne Identity.
Unfortunately, some of the uies had already started their school days, and that might affect the box office of The Bourne Identity.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes!"
A group of people shouted in unison. They wore suits for this movie, even the women wore suits.
After the success of Matrix a few months ago, the fashion sense of young people was affected. They were wearing bck tuxedos, bck pants. They look like professional office workers...
Knowing that The Bourne Identity was reted to Taken and John Wick, these people decided to wear a suit that resembled John Wick's appearanbsp;
These people were loyal fans who supported Kazir Grey. Napoleon Dynamite, The Haaken, and John Wick. These people have seen at least one of Kazir's movies and decided to join this group.
Um, they call their group the Grey Fans...
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[I'll post another chapter a few mier. Let me have a dinner first.]