Best Movie Star

Every year at the end of June and the beginning of July, it is one of the most popular schedules in the North American film market. Four or five years ago, several first-line productions tended to get together during this period, but in recent years, Matthew's films have been completely Dominates the Independence Day schedule, which has led to this time period gradually becoming known as the "Matthew-Horner Schedule". Most first-line productions will avoid the weekend before Independence Day. Even if you want to borrow works from this schedule, they are often advanced or delayed. Shows next week.

Of course, films released on the same schedule may not fail. For example, the "Ice Age" series was released on the same Independence Day schedule as Matthew's films, and the final box office results were quite good.

During this year's Independence Day schedule, the film market has flooded into two major first-line productions. One is "Special Forces 2: Total Counterattack" starring Matthew, and the other is Sony Columbia's reboot of the Spider-Man movie "The Amazing Spider-Man". ".

However, "Special Forces 2" was released on June 29, and "The Amazing Spider-Man", despite the halo effect of Peter Parker, was released on July 3 in order to avoid Matthew's edge.

At the end of June, Hasbro and Paramount Pictures hosted the grand premiere of "Special Forces 2" in Los Angeles.

Matthew and the rest of the creative team also all showed up at the premiere.

Although the troubles with Hasbro and Paramount Pictures are not very pleasant, Matthew will still work hard to complete the work that belongs to him.

However, he found at the premiere that Paramount's attitude towards him and Stephen Sommers had suddenly changed for the better.

Before the premiere, Paramount Pictures could not say anything bad about him, but it was more like a routine at work, which was significantly different from his cooperation with Disney and Warner Bros., but met Paramount at the premiere. When he met Brad Gray, CEO of Paramount Pictures, Matthew could sense the sincerity in the attitude of the Paramount Pictures boss.

It seems that Paramount Pictures is particularly reliant on him.

From Matthew's point of view, this must be because of the huge benefits "Special Forces 2: Total Counterattack" can bring.

The film, which entirely featured his character Duke, easily earned $51.5 million on its first day of release, pushing "Teddy Bear," which opened the previous week, to second place, becoming the day's box office champion.

Although "Teddy Bear" has created a series of R-rated comedy records, the single-day gain of 10.5 million US dollars is completely insufficient in front of Matthew's golden brand and huge market appeal.

On the second day of its release, which is Saturday, "Special Forces 2" continued to maintain a very high attendance rate, earning 49.8 million US dollars in a single day, and still occupying the first position in the single-day box office chart, whether it was "Teddy" the previous week. Bear", or "Monsters University" further ahead, all failed to bring impact to this film.

This weekend, "Special Forces 2" dominated the North American movie market.

Three days after its first weekend, the film earned $142.1 million in more than 4,300 theaters in North America, easily squeezing out "Teddy Bear"'s $30.15 million and becoming the new North American box office champion.

At the same time, "Special Forces 2" was simultaneously released in nearly 70 overseas countries and regions, and won more than 80% of the box office champions of the week. .

In just three days, the film fetched $338.56 million from all over the world.

Whether in North America or globally, "Special Forces 2" dominates various box office charts.

However, the film's reputation is not particularly good. It is incomparable with Matthew's previous two films, "Inception" and "Fast and Furious 5", and the ratings in all aspects are comparable to "The Rise of the Cobra".

But that doesn't stop "Special Forces 2" from being a wonderful popcorn movie.

Countless facts in the past have also proved that pure popcorn movies are more accepted around the world.

"It's not so much that this movie is a victory for Paramount Pictures..."

Brad Gray, chief executive, told Lorenzo Bonaventura in the offices of Paramount Pictures headquarters in the Hollywood area, "It's more of a victory for Matthew Horner alone. "

Lorenzo Bonaventura was dissatisfied with Matthew as early as during filming, completely misunderstood what Brad Gray meant, and took the opportunity to say, "This film is $350 million in North America and $800 million worldwide. It's not a big problem. With such a high box office, how much will Matthew Horner take from 20% of the box office? His personal income is almost equal to the profits of Paramount Pictures, and it goes on like this , this series will only have more revenue going into Matthew Horner's personal pocket."

Brad Gray frowned slightly and glanced at Lorenzo Bonaventura.

Lorenzo Bonaventura said again, "Boss, I suggest again, replace Matthew Horner!" He was also thinking of the interests of Paramount Pictures, "We can start the third part, let The role of Duke is killed in battle, righting Channing Tatum's flint. In this way, our support in actor compensation can be saved by more than half."

Brad Gray frowned deeper and asked, "Have you considered the consequences of the replacement?"

"Ah?" Lorenzo Bonaventura was stunned for a while, not understanding what his boss meant for a while.

Brad Gray said indifferently, "Channing Tatum's salary is indeed low, but have you thought about his appeal? Let me ask you, have you ever considered the box office explosion of "Special Forces 2" in the first weekend main reason?"

Without waiting for Lorenzo Bonaventura to speak, he took out a report, pushed it over, and said directly, "In the past three days, we have hired a number of survey consulting companies to conduct first-hand surveys across North America. According to the statistics of theater audiences, among the 35,000 responses collected, 88% of the audience wanted to see Matthew Horner in the movie, mainly because Matthew Horner went to buy tickets. Fifty percent."

Hearing these data, Lorenzo Bonaventura was speechless for a moment.

Brad Gray emphasized, "Even by the most conservative estimate, half of the North American box office opening weekend is directly related to Matthew Horner!"

He suddenly sighed, "I asked the marketing department to do a professional analysis, excluding Matthew Horner's appeal, "Special Forces 2" is also a film with a box office of 50 million to 60 million US dollars in the first weekend."

Lorenzo Bonaventura opened his mouth and said nothing in the end. He can complain when there is no data, but these data undoubtedly prove one point. Matthew Horner is paid well, but he brings The benefits are equally objective.

It's just... Matthew Horner has taken too much away from it. With the high base salary plus various shares, he may take hundreds of millions of dollars or more from the income of this film.

"I still think Matthew Horner is paid too much." Lorenzo Bonaventura is a department manager and one of the producers of "Special Forces 2", maybe the position is not high enough, eyesight Always staring at the front, "I can't breathe when I think of the share he wants to take away."

Brad Gray knew that Lorenzo Bonaventura was thinking about the company, so he didn't get angry and said, "I'm not comfortable either." He immediately said heavily, "But Paramount Pictures will continue to work with Matthew Horner works together."

Lorenzo Bonaventura refrained from asking why, he was a close associate of Brad Gray, and Brad Gray would definitely explain to him.

"Paramount Pictures needs Matthew Horner now, and needs the "Special Forces" series to continue to be successful." Brad Gray suddenly faced exhaustion, rubbed his forehead, and said, "DreamWorks has decided to follow up with Pai. Ramon Pictures broke up, they're going to Disney, and we're missing an important partner."

Lorenzo Bonaventura said tentatively, "We have other partners, we have Tom Cruise."

This is a big trump card for Paramount Pictures.

Brad Gray asked rhetorically, "Do you think the current Tom Cruise can be compared to Matthew Horner?"

"They are all superstars..." Lorenzo Bonaventura's tone was a little weak.

"Tom Cruise can't compare to Matthew Horner at all!" Brad Gray said very seriously, "In the past four or five years, except for the "Mission Impossible" series, Has Tom Cruise had the same success in other films as Matthew Horner? No!"

His eyes gradually became sharp, "The several films we invested in Tom Cruise were all recouping the cost and even losing money. What does Tom Cruise like this compare to Matthew Horner? Take Mission: Impossible? Don't forget, Tom Cruise is in charge of this series, and we can only do it for him."

Lorenzo Bonaventura could only nod.

Brad Gray added, "Paramount Pictures is going through a very difficult time, and we need Matthew Horner's cooperation, if nothing else, this partnership alone will ensure Paramount Pictures. Stabilize the stock price!"

"I understand." Lorenzo Bonaventura knew he had to speak.

"You have to understand that," Brad Gray tapped, "Lorenzo, I don't care what you think of Matthew, you have to be like me, put them all away, and put them in the most sincere way. The attitude of facing Matthew Horner makes him feel that Paramount Pictures has sincerity and is willing to sign a new contract with us to star in "Special Forces 3"."

Lorenzo Bonaventura did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately said, "Yes! I promise to do it!"

Brad Gray waved to Lorenzo Bonaventura and waited for him to leave the office before sighing. Who would want to share so much of his company's profits with another person? Of course he doesn't want to see such a situation, but if he doesn't show enough sincerity, how can he get a superstar like Matthew Horner?

There is only one Matthew Horner in Hollywood today!

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