Hollywood What If Chapter 529
February. Within this month, only five movies had the performance to exceed $100 million at the box office.
Fool's Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, grossed over $130 million when its screening ended. The movie was distributed by Warner Brothers.
Jumper was a movie about a man who could teleport all over the world. Starring Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars) and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the movie grossed over $257 million. The best performance was in February.
The Spiderwick Chronicles was a movie adaptation of a novel that was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Paramount was trying to follow Warner Brothers' and Walt Disney's success with Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia. Unfortunately, The Spiderwick Chronicles didn't create a strong response from the audience. It only grossed $191 million.
Step Up 2: The Streets was produced by Touchstone and distributed by Walt Disney. With only $17 million as a budget, this dance-themed movie grossed $173 million. It grossed ten times its budget.
As for the last, Vantage Point was distributed by Sony-Columbia and grossed $176 million.
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Every March, a Comic-Con happens in Seattle, Washington. The name of this Comic-Con was Emerald City Comic Con.
Now, what is a Comic-Con exactly?
Comic-Con, also known as Comic Convention, is a convention or gathering where fans of comic books, movies, TV shows, video games, anime, and other forms of popular pop culture come together to celebrate their interests.
Who could visit Comic-Con?
Basically, everyone. Everyone is allowed to visit Comic-Con, with no age restriction, except for some booths meant for adults only.
Anyway, you can do so many things at Comic-Con.
There are Panels and Q&A Sessions where celebrities, content creators, or professionals discuss topics and answer questions.
There is also an Exhibitor Hall where vendors sell merchandise such as comic books, novels, and other stuff.
Of course, Comic-Con wouldn't be Comic-Con without cosplayers. Thousands of cosplayers attend Comic-Con; they are passionate about showing off their cosplays.
Comic-Con also promotes movies. Exclusive sneak peeks and movie trailers are released at Comic-Con.
In a certain booth where hundreds of people lined up, Kazir was signing autographs for his fans.
"Can I take a picture? I'm really a huge fan of yours!"
A goth girl squealed happily as she passed a DVD case to Kazir to sign. The DVD was Napoleon Dynamite, which was released in 1995. Kazir smiled and signed his autograph on the case.
"Of course, I'll be happy to take a picture with you," Kazir then replied as he returned the DVD to the goth girl.
One of Kazir's bodyguards took the camera from the goth girl and then took a couple of pictures.
The bodyguard returned the camera to the goth girl, and she checked the quality of the pictures. She smiled as she confirmed that they were amazing.
"Thank you so much, Kazir. It's nice to meet you."
"It's also nice to meet you."
The woman actually wanted to hug the director, but the table between them was quite wide, so she settled for a handshake.
"God, I'll masturbate to these pictures tonight!!"
Kazir kept his smile as he heard that statement. The woman left happily, and the next fan showed up and put down a poster for Kazir to sign.
Now, why was Kazir not surprised when he heard the goth girl's statement?
Earlier, Kazir heard a few of his fans saying that they wouldn't wash their hands ever again after they shook hands with him... That was the least freaky thing he heard during this whole event.
In fact, an hour ago, a woman pulled out a dildo for Kazir to sign. The woman even asked if the dildo was the right size of Kazir's stick. (Note: Dildo was smaller.)
This kind of situation rarely happened, but it didn't mean they never happened. Once in a while, something outrageous like that could occur.
Heck, no one thought that Kazir would experience an assassination attempt because he was just a director, but it still happened.
A fan pulling out a dildo to get signed was surprising, but also not.
Kazir just kept his composure the whole time... God knows what the woman would do with that dildo.
'... I guess having a good-looking face is bad in some situations.'
Kazir thought to himself.
"Kazir, which of the two do you like the most?"
"Hm? I'm sorry, can you repeat the question?"
Kazir was having a monologue, so the question didn't sink in. He looked at the young boy in a Sonic costume/pajama, probably around eight years old. The boy was holding two comic books while his father was next to him. Based on their expressions, the father and son were his fans.
The young boy showed the two comics, which were comic books of Batman and Spider-Man.
"Between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, which of the two do you like the most?"
"Kid... You're not a paparazzi, right?"
"What's a paparazzi?" the boy innocently asked.
"Never mind," Kazir chuckled. He signed the comic books... Kazir directed Batman and Spiderman, so it wasn't surprising that someone showed these to him to sign.
"I like them both."
Just to be safe, he didn't choose either of the two. After all, he was working with both sides, and it would be a problem if he only chose one.
"That's understandable. Both are great," the boy replied.
"Exactly."
"Are you going to their booths later? My dad said that he would take me to watch the trailer for The Dark Knight and Iron Man!"
"Of course."
Kazir lied as he breathed, keeping his smile.