HWI 263

Hollywood What If Chapter 263

"Woohoo! This car is amazing!"

LAPD Brian O'Connor yelled in excitement as he tried the car that Dom Toreto gave him to try. 

This car had the new technology that Dom and his gang stole from a semi-truck trailer. The technology was still in the experimental stage but Brian O'Connor realized the danger it could bring. 

The engine was so fast that he felt like everything was turning white. 

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These were just some of the changes in the plot that Fast and The Furious was affected by. 

Kazir shook all of the hands of the cast of Fast and The Furious. These actors were still new and none of them had a stable foothold in this industry. 

"Director, thank you for casting me."

Paul Walker approached him and sincerely thanked him. Paul Walker had been in this industry since the 80s and he knew that it was very hard to get stable jobs. Even though the Fast and Furious franchise has so many cast, Paul Walker knew that his role was important. 

"It's nothing. By the way, do you use a stunt double in your stunts?" Kazir curiously asked. 

"Yes and no. If the stunt is not that hard, I'll participate."

"... Okay."

Kazir nodded and didn't ask anything after that. 

Paul Walker's death was very sad for the "family" of the Fast and The Furious franchise.

The guy died after attending a charity event. 

'Paul didn't die on set but I still have to be sure.'

Honestly, Paul Walker's death brought something positive and negative to the franchise. But Kazir was not insane to do that. Life was something that he would never joke about. 

June 22, the first day of Fast and The Furious grossed $17.05 million. And yes, this was a clear success based on 24 hours of screening. Now, all they needed to do was to maintain this trend. As long as Fast and The Furious was not affected much by other movies and didn't suffer negatively, everything would be fine. 

But surprisingly, Dr. Dolittle 2 which was released the same day actually defeated Fast and The Furious! 

With $27.63 million, Dr. Dolittle 2 secured the top spot that day! Even Spider-Man could not compete with only $7 million. 

Well, Spider-Man already grossed $305.07 million so not a big deal. Sony-Columbia already recouped their investment in just 22 days which was a good thing. 

It was a surprise that Dr. Dolittle 2 won against Fast and The Furious. 

People didn't remember that the protagonist of Dr. Dolittle 2 was Eddie Murphy! That guy had a strong box-office appeal. 48 Hours franchise, Beverly Hills Cop franchise, and The Nutty Professor franchise. Man, this guy was a famous actor. 

Compared to a bunch of new actors, of course Dr. Dolittle would have a good performance. The question was how long? The genres of the two films were comedy and action. Two completely different genres, which of the two would last long? 

Grey Pictures was a bit on the edge and even Kazir was nervous. If Fast and The Furious flopped, it would be bad for them. 

The week after that, Kazir Grey had a hard time sleeping. It was funny that Spider-Man was doing well while Fast and The Furious was still hanging. The publicity for Fast and The Furious was weaker compared to Spider-Man, which might be one of the factors. 

Some critics even blamed Grey Pictures was getting arrogant and believed that their movies would always be box-office hits. They even blamed the Taiwanese director, Justin Lin. 

Thankfully for Grey Pictures, the seven days showed that Fast and The Furious was just filling the gas tank to speed up. 

Dr. Dolittle 2 grossed $56.27 million after seven days. 

As for Fast and The Furious, it was $69.18 million. 

With that, the movie critics gradually shut their mouths. Besides, who cares about the opinion of movie critics anyway? Most of their opinions were biased. 

If people like certain movies, then the critics would fucking hate the said movies. Simple as that. 

In the new century, critics became less relevant. Internet and blogging were some of the reasons why. 

With that as the start, the performance of Fast and The Furious became better. 

When Independence Day arrived(July 4), Fast and The Furious grossed $92.73 million. 

Spider-Man grossed $360.11 million as well on that day. 

Even Lara Croft: Tomb Raider did well, grossing $107.31 million. 

The summer schedule was indeed the best months to release movies because so many people would buy tickets. The money that cinemas generated in this season might be over $2 billion if combined. 

Just like that, June ended and July arrived. Another batch of movies would be released. The studio companies were very busy, vying for more theaters. 

Even Spider-Man and other movies gradually lost theaters since more movies would be released and they needed theaters. 

From 3600 theaters, Spider-Man went down to 2700 theaters. It was already a miracle that Sony-Columbia kept the numbers within a good amount because it was hard to maintain theaters in summer. Thankfully, Spider-Man had a good performance and it was making millions every day. 

Although it won't take long for the theaters to go down 2000. That was an outcome impossible to invade. 

After so many hectic days and knowing that Fast and The Furious would have a steady trend, Kazir received an invitation from 20th Century Fox to attend the premiere of Legally Blonde. 

Kazir was the scriptwriter of this movie although his participation was only counted in one hand. 

Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon fought for the female lead of this movie and Reese Witherspoon won the role. 

Now, Kazir had no idea if he should attend the premier or not.

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[Author's Note: So should Kazir attend the premiere of Legally Blonde? I will write a chapter about the red carpet of Legally Blonde if you say yes. Anyway, these past few chapters were like summaries. But what can I do, this was the summer schedule and I have no plot to insert. Unless you guys want me to write about Kazir's mother instead. Maybe a few scenes about Mara Cohen's modeling career? I wrote two chapters today so we will back to the normal updating schedule unless I missed a day again.]