HBWnovel Chapter 298
Chapter 298
Chapter 298
The audience applauded after the post-credits scene ended. The movie was good, judging by the audience's reaction.
Kazir smiled and admitted that Paul Greengrass had a great filmography. The way he does steady action scenes with a camera stabilizer was worth hiring.
The lights came back on in the theaters and the audience stayed in the theaters to listen to the question and answer session.
Kazir saw Robert Ludlum standing next to him, a bit away from the stage. He was a little confused because Robert seemed to be too sick to stay in the theater for long, yet he seemed to want to see the interview through to the end.
"Do you want to take a picture with the cast?" Kazir asked. You know, a selfie with celebrities was quite a flex.
"All right, I'll stay for a while."
The old man nodded.
The interview ended after half an hour and the cast had a photo shoot on stage. Some actors were missing because they were busy and couldn't make it to the premiere.
Kazir and Robert were in the front, next to Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass. Well, Kazir was part of the cast as he had a cameo in the movie.
From the pictures it looked like they were close friends.
Just like that, the midnight premiere of The Bourne Supremacy happened.
24 hours later, the results from each theater were tallied and collected. The first day box office for The Bourne Supremacy was $27.64 million.
Grey Pictures and 20th Century Fox were pleased with the results and continued to promote the film.
Grey Pictures had enough budget to promote the film on Jimmy Kimmel Live! A night-time Talk Show.
The program started with Cameron Diaz showing up and the two started talking about the movie and how it was working on the set of The Bourne Supremacy. Cameron Diaz was not at the premiere but she had a contract to promote the movie and that was part of the job.
After her was the new Hollywood director, Paul Greengrass. The director was quite modest and answered most of the questions with technicalities related to filming and stuff.
Last but not least was Matt Damon.
Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel shook hands and sat down.
Suddenly, pictures of Robert and the cast appeared on the Internet and in newspapers. How the old man lived his life and his legacy.
Matt Damon was also interviewed and he was also sad about Robert's death. With tears in his eyes he told how great a person Robert was. People began to learn about the old man's life and his contribution to the Jason Bourne series.
Even though it was Monday, theaters were flooded with people wanting to see The Bourne Supremacy.
$8 million on Monday.
$9 million on Tuesday.
$6 million on Wednesday.
$5 million on Thursday.
$10 million on Friday.
$14 million on Saturday.
$11 million on Sunday.
Another week passed at the North American box office and The Bourne Supremacy grossed up to $139 million. And that was just ten days after its release.
The news of Robert Ludlum's death was a major factor in the film easily surpassing $100 million.
Kazir took a day off to attend Robert's funeral. He was not that close to the old man, but their time together was fun.
In a way, Robert achieved something that Kazir did not... To live a fulfilled life. To die with a smile on his face.
Kazir died because a truck hit him and he remembered how scared he was. He regretted many things and he knew he could never fix them.
In fact, despite returning to the past and completely changing his life, Kazir was still skeptical if this current life was just a dream. Nothing but a fake. A fantasy created by his brain before he died.
'But I can't deny that everything I experienced was real. If this is a dream, then it's very realistic. I don't know if my brain can even do that.'
He sadly stared at the new grave and placed the flowers. He would make sure that Jason Bourne would find a home in the Continental Cinematic Universe. He would see to it that the CCU remained relevant for the sake of Robert Ludlum's legacy.