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Just as the theaters and film companies were impressed by the incredible feat of strategic lobbying that resulted in a 900-theater screening on the first go.

Only a day after that showy debut was the unprecedented and scary global premiere of the acclaimed Kid Psychic.

Even theaters from different nations had a hard time figuring out how they were convinced of allowing such a feat to happen in the first place.

It can't be undone and the fact that another film company with completed overseas distribution capabilities could not be covered anymore.

Kid Psychic performed even better overseas! It was the movie that hoarded people into the cinema since Jaws was out of the picture.

Jaws was only scheduled to only go overseas at the end of the year, so its specialness was still confounding to foreigners.

It is also important to note that Sullivan amped up most of his limited advertising budget into the overseas market. As such, Kid Psychic did not need to steal the crowd from the first blockbuster and became a blockbuster of its own.

Young James, the little psychic with a kind heart and overpowering abilities, delivered its magical and somewhat realistic premise.

Who would've thought that a cute-looking four-year-old could accomplish prodigious feats of exterminating fearsome spirits?

It was that paranormal wonder that enamored audiences from all over the world.

No matter how many people deny it, supernatural phenomena were scattered all over the world.

With mangaka ONE's source material along with Alexander's extensive knowledge of paranormal pop culture, Kid Psychic's brief, open-ended, and well-grounded background of spiritual matters has successfully resonated with the divided minds of the world.

Europe and America had a fascination with ghosts, evil spirits, and the like! They were also the place with the highest spending power. Hence, the unresting and ethereal dead was added to Mob Psycho's spirit-centric storyline.

Asia had their own culture of feng shui, divinations, witch doctors, and shamans. The man versus spirit portrayed by a young psychic was in line with those spiritual practitioners.

Even though these countries had low spending power, they would be able to bridge the gap with their numbers.

Mainland China only had feature films within a handful this year. Although the giant still isn't the giant of the future, establishing a foothold with Sullivan's connections was already a big win.

Japan's yokais, One's heritage, and the manga-esque derivation of the psychic film were closely interlinked, so Kid Psychic has a great reception there.

Wars and whatnots were still prevalent in this period but being super-rich like Sullivan would open a lot of backdoors.

To sweeten up the viewing experience of the multi-languaged world, Alexander already advised his elders to hire interpreters and offer subtitles to certain countries.

It was too Netflix-y in meticulousness but it encourage non-English speakers to be able to watch the hyped movie.

The readiness of the labeled copies as they traveled to their respective destination had long been set at a high bar.

Even if there are illiterate and incredibly young audiences, the globalness of visuals and sound would still make an impact on them.

Mark and his Indian teams had the visual component covered to the peak. While young Alex's surprising and influencing vocals through the message of '99' had the sound component filled.

The movies raked in the many currencies of money and Mob Psycho 100's anime obscurity was slowly transforming into an esper classic through Kid Psychic.

It was only on June 29th that the overseas psychic fever had come to infect the blindsided North America.

The previous analysis of 10 million became moot as the numbers were being affected by newer variables from overseas.

However, one fact should be sure in their logic-driven predictions.

Starting high and growing higher has a higher possibility of earning high.

As a precaution to Cosmic Pictures' great potential, major studios had already pooled themselves with counter-attacks: critics!

Critics praise their films and destroy the enemy! What they didn't expect was the powerful siege from overseas!

The influential critics that were paid to destroy the psychic film's reputation with their publications had to rethink themselves.

Those that had already printed their bad reviews did not know how to save themselves from humiliation.

While those that gave neutral and positive reviews had their own peace of mind.

The Creeds never really took kindly to critics. The neutral and saintly ones were welcome but those who were in it for the money were distasteful.

Young Alex and Old Sullivan would rather burn money that gives it to money-grubbing turncoats!

As for the films that the major studios were rooting for... well, here it is!

Jaws' high potential and increasing momentum were suddenly dying down due to Kid Psychic's higher potential and higher momentum.

Making this supposed classic and monumental film become overshadowed. It would still make its mark but not as it would be in the other timeline.

There was nothing else to say about Doc Savage and Race with the Devil.

They were passable in these bland 70s but with a 21st-century-level movie being shown beside them, their hidden blandness became apparent to audiences.

By the turn of July, there would be Disney's Apple Dumpling Gang which would prove to be a timely competitor.

Kid Psychic set the wave for kids to watch the movie, so it might be the wave rider due to Disney's mastery of child themes. Disney still isn't that major of a studio yet, so who knows what would happen.

That did not worry Alexander much as Kid Psychic already set a high standard that their current bullet of films could not compare to.

Major studios also figured it out and were left helpless as their 'critical' counter was not that critical at all. If anything, Cosmic Pictures' overseas strategy was the one that brought the true critical counter to the counter.

The very fact that they can't get the film with overseas distribution rights was also another unexpected hit.

It was really hard for things to be at the disadvantageous end of a side-by-side comparison. The major studios that were always on the advantageous side finally knew how it felt.

The major studios were sure of one thing: An inconsequential film studio that they were dismissing had suddenly risen into the spotlight!