HWI 420

Hollywood What If Chapter 420

July 16, 2004. It has already been 17 days since the release of Spider-Man 2. Despite the scandal that Tobey and Kazir experienced, the box office of Spider-Man 2 was healthy.

The movie grossed $284.63 million after 17 days of screening. Only few movies could achieve this kind of feat, making Spider-Man 2 one of the potential top grossing movies this year.

A lot of factors contributed to this achievement. First was the movie's predecessor, the sequel of Spider-Man 2 grossed over $1 billion worldwide, giving Spider-Man 2 an amazing reputation.

Another factor was the director. Kazir Grey was a famous director that created unstoppable box office hits every year. Being recognized as one of the best in the industry as a filmmaker.

Articles about Kazir never disappeared, people in the industry talked about him no matter what. His artistic sense was lacking but he knew how to captivate the audience by creating movies that most people loved.

Students in art films even had to study his filmography because Kazir's filmography was one of a kind.

On the same day of July 16, Spider-Man 2 was released in the United Kingdom and its first day had a box office of $4.18 million.

This was just some minor news. After all, Spider-Man 2 had been released in some countries the same day as its premier in America.

Some of the countries were Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Oman, U.A.E, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Hong-Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan. These said countries had the same day premiere as the United States, which was June 30.

Same day worldwide release is starting to become common now that digital films are getting popular. No more heavy bulky films to carry around.

As for King Arthur (2004), which was produced by Walt Disney, when July 16 was released the movie's revenue increased to $33 million. It was impressive if people compared it to ordinary movies.

Unfortunately, Walt Disney spent more than $120 million just to create the movie. And the result was lower than what they expected. King Arthur didn't make a name in the month of July. Another loss for Walt Disney.

In fact, Walt Disney didn't have any strong live action franchise this decade because Kazir stole Pirates Of The Caribbean! This was information that Walt Disney would regret if they understood how important it would be.

Pirates Of The Caribbean was an important franchise that kept Walt Disney helped to maintain its position in the 2010s. This franchise was the reason why Walt Disney could stand head to toe against Warner Brothers' Harry Potter and Dark Knight Trilogy.

And now that this billion worth franchise is gone, Walt Disney couldn't find any IP to use. They realized that their position might be in danger.

Thankfully, Walt Disney was famous for releasing 3D animation movies. Because of this genre, Walt Disney maintained its relevance.

In the original timeline, the approximate worth of Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise was more than $4.5 billion and Walt Disney missed its chance. Well, this IP was owned by Grey Pictures and it defends on Grey Pictures if they have the power to reach that potential. To be precise, it defends Kazir's directorship.

Currently, Walt Disney was trying to acquire a novel. Harry Potter was a success so Walt Disney was trying to follow Warner Brothers' steps.

The novel series they were trying to acquire was The Chronicles Of Narnia. This series actually had the strength to be successful. But because of many factors, the franchise gradually lost its color and Walt Disney dropped the franchise.

Perhaps because they already experienced the tragedy of John Carter, Walt Disney knew when to step back when it comes to funding projects.

And because they also experienced the suffrage of John Carter, Walt Disney was safely working on their projects. To make sure that they won't experience another John Carter bullshit.

Too bad, the King Arthur they released this year was not working well at the box office.

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"Cheers!"

"Yeah--!"

Two people click their wine glasses as they say on the balcony. A celebration party for the success of The Last Samurai, funded by Warner Brothers.

The movie, starring Tom Cruise, grossed $456 million. Obviously, Warner Brothers prepared a party and invited the cast and crew members to celebrate.

Formal parties were one of the events where people could form connections. Many small time actors and actresses attended these parties in the hopes of getting lucky.

Particularly, many people heard that Kazir would attend this party because the director was invited by Warner Brothers and Tom Cruise himself.

The relationship between Warner Brothers and Kazir became better after they signed a Trilogy contract.

"Still, I can't believe that you and Angelina broke up. I thought you two are going strong." Tom said.

"Perhaps it's fate. We don't know the future after all. Perhaps some people didn't want me to be with Angelina. Haha, maybe a group of people voted in a poll to determine my relationship." Kazir laughed. Imagining that his life was like a novel controlled by an author.

"You're not living in a sitcom. This is not the Truman Show. Bruh, you're just drunk."

"I don't think so." Kazir was confident in his drinking control.

Kazir tasted his alcohol before saying: "What about you? Why did you break up with Penelope Cruz?"

"Things didn't work." Tom shrugged, he didn't want to explain further. However, he was already tipsy so his mouth betrayed him.

"She wanted a baby, but I'm against it. You know how hard it is if you're child abandoned you? I have a daughter and we stopped talking."

"What did she do?"

"Well, she didn't like my religion s we parted ways."

"..."

It was more like Tom Cruise was the one who abandoned his daughter.

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[This is unedited because the phone I'm using doesn't have Grammarly.]