Chapter 352

    Some of the women in the audience squealed when Jay Leno showed Kazir''s topless pictures. In these pictures, Kazir was walking on the beach wearing sunglasses.

    Kazir chuckled and blushed slightly, embarrassed.

    "I actually don''t know how the tabloids found those pictures. Production was taking a break at the time, so I decided to go to the beach and have some fun. They probably took those pictures while I was on break."

    He casually lied while maintaining his grin. Those pictures were taken to promote the movie. Not by accident, but on purpose.

    But of course, Kazir had to keep the novelty. In this business, lying has always been part of the job.

    Oh, you tore your ACL while filming an action scene? How brave and dedicated are you? How can you still run like a cheetah then?

    Oh, you don''t have a stunt double? What, you''re going to latch onto a plane a hundred feet off the ground? Wow, does your insurance cover that?

    So you''re not on steroids? You got ripped in two months? It''s because you eat healthy meals every day, go to the gym, and maintain a perfect set of muscles. Yeah, yeah, you''re not lying. *wink wink*

    In this business, lying has always been part of the job.

    "So where did you get your inspiration for this movie?"

    "I''m not going to lie, I actually thought of a movie about pirates while riding one of the rides at Disney World."

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    The opening day (July 9, 2003) of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was $13.50 million.

    Unlike Spider-Man, which earned $39 million, and The Revenant, which earned $15 million on its first day, The Curse of the Black Pearl had a lower opening box office.

    However, 20th Century Fox and Grey Pictures were happy with this result. Their expectations for this pirate movie were not that high.

    Cutthroat Island was also a flop.

    Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas was a flop.

    But Pirates of the Caribbean was the opposite of a flop.

    After that, Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl did well at the box office.

    On its second week, Friday, July 18, The Curse of the Black Pearl officially crossed the $100 million mark. To be exact, the movie earned $109.47 million.

    Everyone was surprised, but not by much. If Kazir was the director, the movie would surely make money.

    However, on the same day, the movie met a tough opponent.

    Bad Boys II was the sequel to Bad Boys which was released in 1995 and was directed by Michael Bay. It starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

    Martin Lawrence and Will Smith were famous black actors with dozens of movies under their belts.

    To make matters worse, Michael Bay was also an amazing director. He was known as the explosive director, not because of his explosive behavior, but because of his addiction to explosions. This director loves to make things explode.

    Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and now Bad Boys II.

    His filmography was similar to Kazir''s in that all of his movies were profitable. The only difference was that Kazir produced one movie a year while Michael Bay could only produce one movie every two years. In that aspect, Kazir was better.

    The first day of Bad Boys II made $16.88 million, $3 million more than the first day of Pirates Of The Caribbean.

    On its second day, July 19, Bad Boys II made another $16.20 million. This was $6 million more than the second day of Pirates Of The Caribbean...

    Maybe... Maybe Pirates Of The Caribbean would lose to Bad Boys II.

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    [Author''s note: Yeah, I don''t know what I''m doing with my life lately. Anyway, since I know I have a lot of backlogged chapters on my Patreon, I decided to post three chapters a day for five days straight].