Best Movie Star

"Mr. Zhang, I have long admired your name."

Matthew said politely to the director opposite, "I have seen the hero, an impressive movie."

Zhang Guoshi said with a smile, "Mr. Horner is too good." He seemed to be in a good mood, "I didn't expect that Mr. Horner could speak Chinese so well."

"Interested, I have studied for a while." Matthew said politely.

While speaking, his eyes drifted over the other two people nearby. After introducing the two sides, Sean Tang chatted with another producer surnamed Zhang.

As for these two people who specially found Sean Tang to introduce them to each other, Matthew didn't quite understand their intentions. After all, no matter how hot his publicity was, the boundaries between the two sides were actually very obvious.

It is impossible for a director with a strong background like Zhang Guoshi to break into Hollywood.

"I read the news earlier, and it said how well Mr. Horner speaks Chinese." Zhang Guoshi continued, "It sounds like this today. It seems that Mr. Horner is very interested in oriental culture?"

Of course, Matthew couldn't deny it on this occasion. He always insisted on his position and said, "Yeah, the accumulation of more than 5,000 years has its own charm."

Zhang Guoshi has no deep meaning, "Mr. Horner is interested in oriental culture, don't you know if you are interested in the movies here?"

"I've seen some." Matthew is not a rookie, and responded lightly, "For example, a hero."

Zhang Guoshi nodded slightly, seeing that Matthew didn't take his words directly, he simply said, "Is Mr. Horner interested in shooting a movie here?"

Matthew glanced at him, understood the meaning behind these words, and politely refused, "I also really want to shoot a "Fast and Furious" here."

Hearing this, Zhang Guoshi frowned slightly and invited him directly, "Mr. Horner, I'm preparing an international big production film in which the male protagonist is a Westerner. I wonder if you're interested?"

Seeing Zhang Guoshi or sending an invitation, Matthew was silent for a while, and recalled, the international production of Westerners as male protagonists? Is it that monster movie? The problem is that the timing is not right?

"Mr. Zhang." Matthew didn't think too much, and didn't directly refuse, and said, "My agent is not present. According to the brokerage contract, I cannot agree to any movie invitations. If you are interested in cooperation, you can write to the Angel Agency in Los Angeles. , to speak with my agent, Helen Herman."

For him, it was a very clear rejection.

Zhang Guoshi also understood and said, "I will send a formal invitation letter, I hope we have the opportunity to cooperate."

Matthew knows that this is a polite word. There is no contradiction between the two parties. Even if they do not cooperate, they will maintain the most basic respect. Therefore, he also said, "I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation."

Zhang Guoshi said a few more polite words and quickly left here.

Matthew couldn't remember what films Zhang Guoshi had made during this time period, but when a Westerner was the male protagonist, he remembered the monster movie. Even if it wasn't the monster movie, he had no interest in cooperating.

Directly participating in the filming of the film here, instead of taking Hollywood as the absolute leader, is simply a thankless thing.

Now his salary starts at 20 million US dollars. If he participates in the filming of the film, even if he asks for a salary at the lowest price of 20 million US dollars, he will probably attract a lot of criticism, especially from the public.

This is completely different from the public paying money to go to the cinema to watch the movies starring him and make money for him. People's psychology is often very complicated.

On the other hand, the film he starred in failed, and it is estimated that not many people on both sides of the Pacific will have good words. Even if it succeeds, the help to his career can be ignored.

With Matthew's character, how could it be possible to do such a thing that is completely disproportionate to the reward?

Compared with those rambling cooperation, he is more concerned about whether "Fast and Furious 4" can open up this market for the entire series.

After the dinner, Matthew just returned to the hotel and received a statistic. This is the evaluation of "Fast and Furious 4" by ordinary movie fans interviewed on the spot after the premiere of Disney Greater China.

Due to the temporary lack of highly specialized market research institutions, many first-tier market research work is done by several companies hired by Disney Greater China.

Matthew looked at it roughly, and it was similar to what he expected. The simple, pure and quality-assured popcorn entertainment movie "Fast and Furious 4" won the favor of most audiences.

The general audience evaluations of the theater scene collected by Disney Greater China are basically positive.

"Although "Fast and Furious 4" is an old wine in a new bottle, listening to the engine start and watching the explosive scene still makes people's adrenaline increase sharply."

"This movie is still very good. It has a lot of scenes and a lot of action scenes. The hero Matthew Horner is handsome, and the heroine Gal Gadot is beautiful and beautiful."

"The action scenes of Hollywood blockbusters, especially the action scenes of stars like Matthew Horner who are also very powerful in reality, are very exciting."

"It's really fun to watch!"

"The whole plot is very thrilling and exciting. When I watch it, my blood boils, and the feeling of the soundtrack is even more doubled. Unfortunately, the plot is a little old-fashioned."

"Hollywood action movies, watch a scene, handsome guys, beautiful women, listen to music, enjoy it, it's basically OK, the movie starring Matthew Horner, it's enjoyable anyway."

"The addition of Matthew did not disappoint! It is much better than "Tokyo Drift"! Matthew's driving skills at the beginning of the film made me feel so excited that I almost shuddered! Among the first 4 films, this one is the most classic! "

Although it is also said that this film is simple and brainless, almost everyone thinks that "Fast and Furious 4" is very entertaining.

On the second day, which is Friday, "Fast and Furious 4" was officially released in many theaters here. Perhaps Matthew's previous publicity played a role, or perhaps the type of "Fast and Furious" film was special. For the appetite of the audience here, this film has had a very high attendance rate since it was released.

Even though Friday is a working day, and mid-May is far from the holiday time for colleges and universities here, the overall attendance rate on Friday still exceeded 50%, which is much higher than the expectations of China Film. .

Originally, as a Hollywood film, "The Fast and the Furious 4" had only a 30% rehearsal rate at the beginning of its release, but on Saturday, the rehearsal rate soared, completely crushing foreign and domestic films in the film market. The rate is an astonishing 45 percent.

The reason for all this is very simple, "Fast and Furious 5" set a new single-day box office revenue record in the movie market with 45.2 million RMB in one day on Friday!

Perhaps this number is unbearable in the face of the horror performance of breaking 300 million or even 400 million in a single day, but in this era, it is definitely a performance at the level of hegemony.

This figure is more than 18 million higher than the single-day box office record of more than 27 million US dollars set by "On Chibi" last year.

Even if the number of theaters here is being built at an unprecedented rate, it is enough to prove the great power of "Fast and Furious 4".

Being a top Hollywood commercial star, and generally recognized by the audience here, the movies he starred in are still the most popular genres of the general public, coupled with relatively excellent production guarantees, this market with an extremely large audience base has potential like a volcanic eruption. The same gushing out.

If there are 10,000 theaters for "Fast and Furious 4", Disney Greater China estimates that it can even exceed 100 million in a single day on Saturday.

Of course, in this era, it is unrealistic to expect 10,000 theaters here to show "Fast and Furious 4".

However, "Fast and Furious 4" has been properly promoted and marketed. Thanks to the effect of Saturday's release and the high rate of filming, the single-day box office on Saturday has increased a lot compared to Friday, with an increase of more than 20% to 5,500. 10,000 RMB ended the day's screening.

In just two days, "Fast and Furious 4" has accumulated a total of 100 million 200 thousand RMB at the box office.

There is no suspense, this film surpassed the record of 108 million yuan in 4 days set by "On the Red Cliff", and set the record for the fastest box office of a new single film here.

The high box office has attracted more attention. In a short period of time, many entertainment media and website reports have focused on "Fast and Furious 4".

"A terrifying record smasher!"

This is the nickname given to "Fast and Furious 4" by the "World Film Report" column of the National Television Movie Channel.

With Matthew, an old friend who has gradually been shaped into, standing in the foreground and shouting at the front desk, coupled with the heat caused by the film, the wind of public opinion is basically blowing in the favor of "Fast and Furious 4".

"Fast and the Furious 4 has complex character relationships and climaxing action scenes. As the latest action racing film in this series with more ups and downs, it is more exciting than the previous three films."

"For all the action movie fans ~www.readwn.com~Fast & Furious 4, the ticket price is definitely worth it!"

"The special effects are realistic, and the technical level can be said to be a new high for similar themes. The car and beauties, coupled with Matthew Horner's handsome, sunny and wild style, add new audio-visual temptations. Although the story is still difficult to get rid of the stereotype and the sentiment is superficial, but The adrenaline rush of racing is a direct hit.”

The media's praise can be said to be a booster for the film's further popularity. Since North America will not be officially released until next weekend, Matthew and the crew did not leave. Instead, they went to several mega cities here to continue their promotion.

Due to the precautions made by Matthew, the main creative staff of the crew also avoided many pits, which allowed the fiery momentum of "Fast and Furious 4" to continue.

To be precise, it is not just as simple as continuation. Once the enthusiasm of the market is ignited, the fire will only become more and more prosperous.

Saturday passed and Sunday came, and the schedule of "Fast and Furious 4" suddenly reached 60%, and some theaters even reached 70%.

Even so, many big cities still have a situation where tickets are hard to get.