Chapter 366

    Wanted was the Avengers of CCU, but Wanted 2 was not Avengers: Age Of Ultron.

    So even if Wanted 2 was commercially successful, it would be hard for the movie to top $1 billion.

    The movie didn''t have any heavy characters and most of the cast was new.

    Despite this fact, the second week of Wanted 2 did well at the box office. Ten days of screening made $292.62 million. An expected amount since Wanted 2''s predecessor was a $1 billion movie.

    As for Wanted 2''s two competitors, their box office did well despite the competition. The difference in genre made up for Scary Movie 3 and Brother Bear to make money.

    Walt Disney''s Brother Bear earned $49.52 million.

    Miramax''s Scary Movie 3 grossed $77.54 million.

    The winner was clear and the difference between the three movies was huge in terms of box office.

    This gap would continue to grow as the days went by.

    Scary Movie 3 and Brother Bear only had around 3000 theaters showing the movie while Wanted 2 surely had over 4000 theaters.

    This was also one of the factors why Wanted 2 did better.

    The Cinema Alliance was not stupid. The CCU movies were proven, so of course they would put more resources into Wanted 2. It is safe to say that 65% of theaters in the United States and Canada were currently showing these three movies, since the United States and Canada had the most theaters in North America.

    Walt Disney and Miramax were already happy with the results and hoped that the box office would continue to grow...

    However, their hopes would be dashed after ten days of steady profit.

    Cinema Alliance and the Big Six had a contract that allowed Cinema Alliance to reduce the number of theaters if the movie was not doing well... They used this clause to reduce the theaters for Brother Bear and Scary Movie 3 to 2800 theaters.

    Walt Disney and Miramax didn''t like this one bit, but Cinema Alliance''s decision was firm.

    As for Wanted 2, it certainly didn''t get the cut.

    Instead, Cinema Alliance added the subtracted theaters to the newest movie on the market, which was The Matrix Revolutions. The final installment of the Matrix trilogy.

    The movie opened in 3800 theaters in its first week.

    Warner Brothers realized that they had messed up the Matrix trilogy by putting too much trust in the directors and letting them put too many philosophical views into the trilogy.

    ...

    ...

    Wanted 2 was released in October and all the movies that Grey Pictures produced this year were released. All of them made a lot of money.

    The Equalizer grossed over $450 million. Cinema Alliance has already stopped showing this movie while some overseas countries are still showing it.

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl defied many people''s expectations and grossed more than $600 million. The pirate-themed movie was praised by everyone and even Johnny Depp''s amazing acting was recognized.

    And now, Wanted 2 is also doing well at the box office.

    "Cheers!"

    "Cheers!"

    Palenque Simone happily raised his beer and started the party.

    Game of Thrones was to be released in the last week of November, and the promotion was already underway. Fox TV kept promoting the show by saying that it was directed by Kazir Grey.

    When people heard that the director was Kazir Grey, they were immediately interested. Of course they wanted to see the show.

    There were only three episodes left for the crew to film. If a problem arose, they might have to reshoot some of the scenes they had already filmed.

    Sometimes, if the audience didn''t like the storyline, the writers and crew would have to reshoot the next episode to appease the audience.

    So even though there were three episodes to shoot, the crew understood that the project was not finished until the entire season aired.

    Unlike movies, which had no chance of being edited after the theatrical release, TV shows could change the plot of the next episodes depending on how the audience would react... Of course, the studio had to spend more money.

    Kazir was invited to the party because his location was near the Game of Thrones set.

    He missed the taste of beer, so he decided to relax a bit. The cast greeted him with the usual respect.

    "This year seems kind of smooth."

    He said to himself as he surveyed the party.