chapter 353

    bad boys ii''s first weekend grossed $46.52 million. the movie was only in theaters for three days and its performance was promising, good news for sony-colombia.

    in the same days, july 18 to 20, pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl earned $33 million. those three days were won by bad boys ii.

    however, the entire week of pirates of the caribbean made $55 million, so this pirate-themed movie still won the box office champion for the week.

    so far, after 12 days of release, pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl has grossed $133 million at the north american box office.

    in just its second week, the film has already crossed the $100 million mark. 20th century fox reacted quickly and started promoting the film in north america. next month they will release the movie in other countries.

    kazir has already spoken to tom rothman. he won''t participate in the international promotion because he has a lot of things to do this year.

    tom rothman understood his intentions and decided to let kazir finish game of thrones instead. game of thrones would be broadcast by fox tv and he expected that this tv show would bring them more viewers in their network.

    fox tv was already recognized as one of the known tv networks in the united states, but it was weaker compared to nbc and abc. fox tv needed more programs to attract viewers.

    perhaps kazir grey, a director known for his talent, could make history and give fox tv its most awaited moment.

    the cast of pirates of the caribbean was enough to promote the movie and kazir could stay in the country.

    depending on how quickly kazir finishes filming game of thrones, the tv show could air in late 2003 or early 2004.

    ......

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    ...

    in the ceo office of sony-colombia, frank price listened to his secretary.

    "sir, as of today, thursday, july 24, 2003, bad boys ii has grossed $66 million at the box office."

    ''who would have thought a superhero movie could make us that kind of money?''

    frank price licked his lips at the thought. he didn''t remember that his secretary was still in the office, slightly uncomfortable with what he was doing.

    ''damn you warner brothers and 20th century fox! who said you could monopolize the superhero genre?''

    if they knew what the two companies were up to, they should have created their own superheroes.

    frank price was no fool, he knew that superheroes would dominate the movie theaters from now on.

    so he was angry that dc and marvel, the two biggest comic book companies in the united states, were already owned by their rivals.

    "...secretary vanessa."

    awakening from his inner monologue, frank decided to ask his secretary.

    "y- yes, sir," the secretary nervously replied.

    "do you think we could start our own cinematic universe? what do you think about monsterverse? where godzilla and king kong live in the same universe."

    "sir... i have no idea what you are talking about."

    "..."

    frank sighed again.

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    [author''s note: i will post another chapter later.]