Hollywood What If-Chapter 423

Alien vs. Predator was 20th Century Fox's way of knocking on the door of the Cinematic Universe. They hoped that with this movie, they would have a chance to create their own Cinematic Universe.

It seemed greedy, considering that they already had Grey Pictures and Marvel Comics to take care of.

However, potential profit was always a welcome endeavor. 20th Century Fox would never say no to money. Companies always seek profit.

If Alien vs. Predator did a great job at the box office, then 20th Century Fox would have another franchise to latch onto.

Besides, the movie seemed promising. Two different creatures facing off to determine who was the strongest.

Alien and Predator were both famous movie franchises. They were known by many people, not only in the United States.

And now that these creatures would appear together in one movie, it was super interesting. It caught the attention of many people.

Actually, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had already done this kind of stunt last year with Freddy vs. Jason. That movie was a success.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer only invested $30 million, which was considered a small budget, and the final box office of Freddy vs. Jason was $116 million. For a horror movie, this result was amazing and something to be proud of! On top of that, the DVD sales of the movie were skyrocketing. Horror fans bought the DVD version without a problem.

Unfortunately, the box office result was not enough for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to start a horror Cinematic Universe. In the first place, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was too poor to do so. They were on their deathbed, just trying to survive by constantly making 007 movies every year.

Obviously, 20th Century Fox saw the potential of this "versus battle" and decided to make their own. Even if Alien vs. Predator couldn't meet the standard of a potential Cinematic Universe, they believed the movie would still make a profit. There were a lot of fans of both movie franchises, after all.

The studio already spent $55 million on production and another $15 million on promoting the movie.

Yeah, 20th Century Fox chose their own movie to be released in August instead of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which had the potential to top the box office chart. Century Fox had their reasons.

They didn't own the IP of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, so the action movie was not their priority. Furthermore, the management of 20th Century Fox had a bit of a scuffle with Kazir because the director decided to work with Warner Brothers. This small problem was already resolved because Kazir sold his scripts to 20th Century Fox.

However, the schedule was already set, and they couldn't change it anymore. Perhaps next year, the schedule would be advantageous to Grey Pictures.

Without further ado, the first weekend (August 13-15) box office of Alien vs. Predator was $38 million! 20th Century Fox understood that the movie was a success.

If the momentum kept improving, 20th Century Fox might give the go-signal for another sequel.

In the original timeline, Alien vs. Predator had a sequel, which was Alien vs. Predator: Requiem. After this, 20th Century Fox would expand the universe of the Alien and Predator franchises by releasing Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, Alien: Romulus, Predators, The Predator, Prey, and Badlands.

The good thing about horror movies was that the studio could spam so many sequels without a problem, and people would still consume them.

The Big Six were never against the horror genre. In fact, they loved having an amazing horror movie franchise to milk.

This year, one of the highest-grossing horror franchises would be released. Saw became the franchise that helped Lionsgate stand up against the Big Six.

Saw.

Nobody wanted to experience the tortures shown in the movie Saw.

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While this happened, 2 Fast 2 Furious ended its screening in North America. The movie grossed $416 million after being pulled out by the Cinema Alliance. S̩

As for the international screening, most countries had already released 2 Fast 2 Furious. The current complete worldwide box office of 2 Fast 2 Furious was $734 million.

People in Hollywood had already grown numb. But they couldn't deny that Grey Pictures' business structure was amazing. Studios were jealous of the Cinematic Universe that Grey Pictures had. They hoped they could also have one.

However, the massive failure that Walt Disney experienced gave them a good reality check. It was not easy to set up a Cinematic Universe.

On top of that, Game of Thrones, the first TV show that Grey Pictures created, was also making good money.

As if Grey Pictures never made mistakes. Their business structure and business decisions were something that many studios studied. They only understood one thing: Kazir Grey knew what projects to make. The director was truly one of a kind. It was unfortunate that this person decided to work with 20th Century Fox instead.

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The audition for Batman Begins was like the Olympics. The competition was so intense. Especially for the protagonist's role.

Many actors wanted to be Batman. Because Batman is based. The fact that Kazir Grey was also the director of the movie made the competition even more intense.

Everyone in the building understood the importance of this role. With Kazir as the director, Batman Begins was a sure box office hit. Meaning, whoever became Bruce Wayne/Batman had a quick road to stardom.

Once you became Batman, you would become part of the A-tier list of celebrities. This was the privilege of becoming the protagonist in one of Kazir's movies.

So obviously, the actors were all prepared... Some of them were even thinking of selling their bodies just to increase their chances of getting the role of Batman. This kind of transaction was always part of the business in Hollywood. The media just rarely tackled this topic, so some people might be oblivious to this fact.

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