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HWI 481
🕑 Added 2024-11-07 15:47:20 +0000 UTCHollywood What If Chapter 481
November babies were usually created in February, to be precise on February 14... But this fact had no relation to the fact that 2006 February had a lot of movies that surpassed $100 million. One movie even surpassed $200 million, which was an achievement in this kind of schedule.
Bambi II from Walt Disney. Curious George from Universal Pictures. Firewall from Warner Brothers. The Pink Panther from Sony-Colombia. Date Movie from 20th Century Fox. Eight Below from Walt Disney, the movie that grossed over $200 million.
There were clear similarities between these movies, they were all from the Big Six.
46 movies were released in February yet only a few selected movies did great. The small studios couldn't stand at all because they never had the chance to do so.
Big Six had the complete package in this kind of business dealings. That was the reason why it was impossible to stand up against the Big Six. Not even DreamWorks could do so.
The Big Six monopolized the industry, and it was hard to break through. Only a few selected studios achieved it.
However, movies surpassing $100 million were not the main topic in February. There was more important news, such as the Winter Olympics, Hajj Stampede in Saudi Arabia, and the launch of YouTube public beta(this news didn't make a ruckus, but it would be an important part of the history of the internet in the next decade.)
Aside from that, Hollywood also experienced another shocking news.
The second $1 billion box office from Grey Pictures! The second $1 billion box office of the Continental Cinematic Universe!
When Wanted created history a few years ago, everyone in Hollywood already understood the power of the new genre called Cinematic Universe. It was an accumulative type of franchise where the more content released, the more the audience would consume it.
Taken 3 surpassed $1 billion after 7 months of screening. The movie grossed $1.07 billion at the worldwide box office as of now.
This kind of news created another sensation in Hollywood. It was very very hard to achieve this kind of accomplishment, almost impossible.
Yet a rookie director who just produced three movies actually did it! Taken 3 and Christopher Nolan became hot topics in Hollywood.
Of course, Grey Pictures was also happy. Now they have another trophy to brag about.
After this fact, the ranking for the movies released last year was released by a magazine.
1.) Taken 3: $1.07 billion. Grey Pictures/20th Century Fox.
2.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: $895 million. Warner Brothers.
3.) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith: $849 million. LucasFilm/20th Century Fox.
4.) The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: $745 million. Walt Disney. (In my opinion, this franchise has the potential to become Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings.)
5.) Kung Fu Panda: $631 million. Blue Sky Studio/20th Century Fox.
6.) War Of The Worlds: $603 million. DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures(International distributor).
7.) King Kong: $556 million. Universal Pictures.
8.) Batman Begins: $549 million. Warner Brothers.
9.) Madagascar: $542 million. DreamWorks.
10.) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: $474 million. Warner Brothers.
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"Another win for Grey Pictures and Kazir Grey."
Ronald Meyer dropped the newspaper and sighed. The fact that Grey Pictures had another $1 billion movie didn't sit well with him.
He felt like all the things he did were useless.
Two years ago, Universal Pictures tried to destroy Spider-Man 2 and Kazir's career. They even talked to Kazir's mother just to find any information that could destroy the director. Instead, the woman said that she could destroy Kazir's will by making him brokenhearted.
In this regard, Elizabeth kept her promise. She managed to break up Kazir and Angelina.
But this breakup didn't make Kazir slack. He didn't lose motivation, he didn't go to bars and parties all night, he didn't do drugs, and he also didn't hurt a person.
Instead, because of heartbreak, Kazir became focused on his career. They couldn't find fault at all. No matter how many scandals they threw at Kazir, the director managed to stand up.
At this point, the only way for Kazir to stop succeeding was by killing him.
However, this kind of solution was never respected in Hollywood. Everyone acknowledged that Hollywood was nothing but business and no one deserved to die. It was also a huge loss to the culture of filming if Kazir was killed. No one would forgive the mastermind.
"... The only way to end this conflict is by fixing things with Kazir. But I'm not sure if that can happen, the conflict is deeper after what happened with Spider-Man 2."
Did Ronald regret it? No, he was doing it for the betterment of Universal Pictures.
"For now, let's hire Christopher Nolan to make a film for Universal Pictures. This director is promising. He just made a $1 billion movie. Maybe he's interested in the person who invented the Atomic Bomb?"
Universal Pictures had to move fast, though, because they were not the only studios interested in Christopher Nolan.
In fact, Walt Disney was also desperate to hire Christopher Nolan. Walt Disney was suffering from its past mistakes and it needed a movie franchise that could carry them to the next decade. In this timeline, Walt Disney didn't have Pirates Of The Caribbean.
"Since Christopher Nolan is still a rookie, I'm sure he will not disagree with a 20+20 contract?"
Only a few selected directors could enjoy this kind of offer. Christopher Nolan's agent was probably dying from happiness since many studios were trying to work with Christopher Nolan.
As for the outcome, no one could predict it. Kazir changed the timeline so much that no one could expect what would happen next. Maybe Kazir would have a child in November? We don't know.
One thing was for sure: Pirates Of The Caribbean ended its production. Kazir had now put his attention to post-production and probably to try filming a small-budget horror movie.
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