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At the beginning of April, "National Treasure" officially withdrew from the North American theater market. Although Matthew did not attend the Golden Raspberry Awards before the Oscars like Halle Berry, the professional reputation of this film has been declining.

As of the end of the film, the Rotten Tomatoes website, which collects film critics’ film reviews as the basis, has dropped to 45% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes. If you just look at the ratings of the film critics, “National Treasure” is definitely a box office super hit. 's crap.

In fact, on the contrary, this well-received family entertainment film, with a North American box office of $225.6 million, beat the $186.7 million of 20th Century Fox's "The Day After Tomorrow" and the $1 of "The Bourne Bourne 2". 72.64 million US dollars, ranked seventh in the 2004 North American box office charts.

With a production cost of $100 million and a North American box office of $225.6 million, "National Treasure" can be described as a great success.

Moreover, the overseas box office performance of the film is also quite good. So far, it has appeared in the film market of nearly 100 countries and regions, and the overseas box office has exceeded 200 million US dollars, which is as much as 243.2 million US dollars.

So far, "National Treasure" has grossed $468.2 million at the global box office.

Although the film has not been released in some overseas countries, the remaining ones that are still showing are basically in markets such as the Faroe Islands and Haiti, and the box office that can be harvested is better than nothing.

It is unlikely that the film will eventually gross more than $500 million worldwide.

But the figure of $468.2 million is enough to make everyone involved in the film smile from ear to ear.

Even if the professional reputation of "National Treasure" is not good, it still cannot change the fact of commercial success. Matthew once again proved his market value in action movies.

Disney Pictures is also a bit chaotic because of the relationship with Walt Disney, and it is temporarily unable to take care of the sequel. However, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, one of the film producers, has put the sequel of "National Treasure" on the agenda. And someone made preliminary contact with Helen Herman.

Helen Herman is not polite at all. In view of Matthew's successive box office success, plus the salary bonus rules for the sequel, he directly told the representative of Jerry Bruckheimer Films that without the $20 million salary, Ma Xiu's sequel does not even need to talk about the actor contract.

Later, there was no news from Jerry Bruckheimer Films. According to Matthew's guess, it is estimated that we have to wait for the attitude of Disney Pictures before making plans.

"National Treasure" made nearly $500 million at the global box office, which is definitely good news for Matthew, and another good news is coming.

Zach Snyder in New York called Matthew, and the preview clip he made finally got the approval of Frank Miller, and under the lobbying of the public relations experts hired by Helen Herman, he added the man he promised. The protagonist's last film was a box office hit, and Frank Miller agreed in principle to negotiate licensing deals with Zach Snyder and Matthew.

"Negotiations will not proceed immediately."

In the office of the Angels Agency, Helen Herman held up the black-rimmed glasses and said, "My people have sent news that Frank Miller will not start negotiations with us until the end of April at the earliest."

Matthew is a little strange, "Why is this?"

"Have you been putting all your energy into Charlize Theron lately?" Helen Herman reminded, "Sin City just came out on April 1, and the word of mouth is overwhelming, waiting for the film's box office and sales. Word of mouth continues to grow, and Frank Miller is better off asking for a higher price."

Matthew patted his head, "I ignored Sin City."

Helen Herman glanced at him, "You and Charlize Theron better protect yourself, otherwise you will be in trouble."

"Don't worry." Matthew said directly, "She has a higher safety awareness than me."

He brought the deflected topic back on track and asked, "How much do you estimate the royalties will be?"

"It's hard to say." Helen-Hellman thought for a while and said, "In the commercial films in Hollywood today, the number of successes of original genres is becoming less and less, and adapted films are more and more valued by major companies. Those popular novels , comics or other subjects suitable for adaptation, the copyright fee has at least doubled compared with that before 2000.”

"Yeah." Matthew nodded, "We can't change the general environment."

In today's Hollywood, if a screenwriter who has not made a good mark goes to a film company with an original commercial script, the probability of being activated is negligible.

Like Simon Kinberg, if it weren't for the advice and recommendation of Akiva Goldsman, the producer and Oscar-winning screenwriter, Summit Entertainment would have taken on a script like "Mrs. Smith" unless it was crazy.

But with Akiva Goldsman's recommendation, it's a different story.

Helen Herman said at this time, "The increase in the cost of adaptation is really a headache." She sighed, "My people tried Frank Miller, and his bottom line is $8 million, which is more than ours. It was twice as high as expected.”

Matthew frowned, it was definitely not a small number.

Helen Herman's words are not over yet, "With the current situation in the Hollywood industry, Frank Miller will also ask for a later share."

"Is it going to be split later?" Matthew suddenly felt that he and Zach Snyder were going to be ripped off.

"Don't be surprised, don't be surprised." Helen Herman is very calm, "Sin City has a very good reputation at present, and it is not a professional word of mouth, and the reputation of fans is also very good. In the past, people in the circle thought Frank Miller's work. The personal style is too strong and is not suitable for film adaptation, so "Sin City" and "Three Hundred Spartans" are very famous, but there has been no film company adaptation."

Matthew understood what she meant, "Now the situation has changed. "Sin City" can basically be successful. With the style of major Hollywood companies, some people will definitely take a fancy to Frank Miller's other works."

He suddenly thought of something, "Zach Snyder has long since found Frank Miller with the preview clip. Frank Miller has not expressed his position until now. Frank Miller should be deliberately delaying it, right?"

"It must have been intentional." Helen Herman is very sure of this. "Even if Frank Miller didn't think of it himself, his agent would ask him to do it."

Matthew stood up, walked back and forth, frowned, and said, "Frank Miller is in full control, and that can't be changed."

Helen Herman nodded lightly, "Indeed."

"It's easy to say about the split in the later stage." Matthew paced back and forth, his thoughts gradually became clear, "The increased adaptation licensing fee is the trouble."

Having said this, Matthew discovered that he and Zach Snyder had no experience in running movies at all, and even Helen Herman had very little experience in this area, ignoring many important issues.

Especially in terms of funding, they only planned a limit of four million US dollars.

He turned to look at Helen Herman, "As far as I know, Zach Snyder doesn't have so much money in his hands, and his salary for directing Dawn of the Living Dead is only a few hundred thousand dollars, all of which is thrown into the production of preview clips. , Most of the salaries earned as advertising and MV directors have become fixed assets."

This aspect of the matter was specifically mentioned by Zach Snyder when he was discussing the production of the preview clip.

Matthew stretched out his finger and pointed to himself, "I don't have that much money either, and most of the money I earn has also turned into fixed assets. Our original idea was $3 million to $4 million for the adaptation fee. Enough is enough, now..."

He shook his head, unless he sold the Apple stock in his hand, but at this time to realize the Apple stock, even if he did not understand investment and financial markets, he knew that it was extremely stupid.

Apple stock is one of the guarantees for his future. Even if he becomes the king of bad movies like Nicolas Cage, he can still live happily.

Helen Herman also stood up and, like Matthew, took a few steps back and forth and said, "Actually, there is a way."

"Huh?" Matthew looked at her and asked, "What can I do? Don't give a shit."

"We pulled up a film production company and negotiated with Frank Miller." Helen Herman said slowly, "Let the film company pay for the copyright of "Three Hundred Spartans"~www.readwn.com ~ Hearing this, Matthew was overjoyed at first, then felt wrong, and asked, "The film production company has obtained the copyright, and they have the initiative, if they object to Zach Snyder's directing, nor do they agree to starring me , that would be bad..."

Helen Herman replied, "It's not impossible." She thought about it, and then said, "It's not that there are no checks and balances. For example, we first negotiated terms with Frank Miller, reached an agreement, and let him In the licensing agreement, the director must be Zach Snyder and the actor must be you."

Matthew thought about it for a while, then said, "It's very difficult, isn't it?"

Helen Herman nodded, "It should be very difficult. If Frank Miller knows that Zack Snyder and you don't have enough funds at all, he is very likely to skip us and negotiate directly with the film company."

According to Helen Herman's strategy, Matthew is confident that with the box office results of the films he starred in recently, the production company and Frank Miller may not kick him out, but Zach Snyder is hard to say, after all, he only directed had a movie.

"Three Hundred Spartans" has such a strong personal style, without Zack Snyder, Matthew really has no courage to try.

Helen Herman then said, "There is another way! If we can find an investor, not a film company, as long as they are willing to pay, the problem of lack of funds will be solved, and even the production cost will be solved. can be resolved together.”

"Investor?" Matthew immediately thought of the one who invested in the filming of "Underworld", but the other party didn't seem to be particularly rich.

Then, he thought of another candidate, and whispered in Helen Herman's ear. ) Download Free Reader!!