Chapter 368: Please Respect Yourself (Ask for Subscription)
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On the last weekend of May, just after the Memorial Day holiday in the United States, two large-scale films were released, "Madagascar" and "The Longest Yard", the former is a masterpiece of DreamWorks Animation Studio after "Shrek", which has an extremely wide audience, and the latter is an American football movie, which is also a large genre in North America.
Hearing Bella Anderson's words, Matthew didn't raise his head and said directly, "Forward me a copy of the email." ”
In just half a minute, his private mailbox received a data statistics email from Universal Pictures, and after he clicked on it, he quickly browsed it.
Influenced by the opening of two new films, "Madagascar" and "The Longest Code", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has not decreased in theaters, but the rehearsal rate has dropped significantly, with the average daily rehearsal rate falling to only 15 percent last weekend.
This is something that cannot be avoided, most of the audience likes the new and hates the old, and it is normal for newly released films to have an advantage in film scheduling.
Despite the decline in film schedules, Matthew and Charlize Theron's engagement is still in turmoil, and the film's trend is still stable, with another $21.8 million from the North American market in the third weekend, plus $16.5 million in the previous four working days, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" grossed more than $200 million in North America in one fell swoop, bringing the total to $201.4 million.
Overseas, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" took another $66.8 million, and the global box office of the film has reached $378.2 million.
Universal Pictures also adjusted its North American box office forecast for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" to $250 million, raising the global box office to $500 million.
Compared with "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Danny Wolfdog", which was released at the same time, withdrew from the top 10 of the North American box office list in just three weeks, and "Heavenly Dynasty" is also in a pretty bad situation, after getting $2.3 million this week, the North American box office has accumulated more than $30 million, and whether it can pass $40 million in the end depends on luck.
This weekend's top of the North American box office charts was snatched by "The Longest Yard" with $58.6 million, and the American football theme has always been very marketable in North America, "Revenge of the Sith" failed to achieve back-to-back titles, ranking second with $55.2 million, the new release "Madagascar" stood in third place with $47.22 million, and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" ranked fourth with $21.8 million in weekend earnings.
The following weekend, "The Iron Fist Man" starring Russell Chloe and Renee Zellweger will be released, and the next weekend will be the Warner Bros. reboot version of "Batman", and basically every weekend there will be no shortage of great films.
Matthew also knows very well that "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has reached this stage, and the large-scale publicity has basically stopped, and what Universal Pictures and Summit Entertainment want to do is to try their best to keep the follow-up trend of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" stable and not fall off a cliff.
Bella Anderson turned off her computer, packed her briefcase, hugged a large paper bag, stood up and said to Matthew, "I'm going to Helen's office to talk to her about fan organizations." ”
Matthew waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”
When Bella Anderson left, Matthew was the only one left in the huge office, and after looking through the documents for a while, the mobile phone rang, and the British actor named Bill Nigh called to express his gratitude.
Matthew said a few polite words, hung up the phone and before he could put it away, the office door was suddenly knocked from outside.
"Please come in. Matthew said casually.
The door was pushed open from the outside, and a black woman with long wavy hair walked in, she turned around and closed the door, and said to Matthew with a smile, "Hello." ”
The woman had a dark complexion and wore a white suspender suit, which accentuated the toned figure of the black woman.
Matthew confirmed that he didn't know her, he just rented an office on this building, and there were other companies on the same floor, and subconsciously thought that the black woman was in the wrong place.
He has never had any black friends, and what he has seen and heard in recent years has also made him stay away from his black peers.
"Who are you looking for?" Matthew asked directly.
The black woman smiled and said, "Hello, Mr. Horner. ”
Hearing this, Matthew immediately realized that this black woman was not in the wrong place.
The black woman introduced herself at this time, "My name is Naomi Harris and I am an actress from the United Kingdom. ”
"Actor?" Matthew nodded and asked directly, "You have something to do with me?"
Naomi Harris pointed to a chair not far from Matthew's desk and asked, "Can I do that?"
Matthew frowned slightly and said, "Sit casually." ”
Walking over to the chair, Naomi Harris sat down, her long, wavy hair tucked back her head, revealing her well-groomed face.
However, in Matthew's eyes, there was really nothing else to see except black.
"Miss Harris. Matthew didn't want to see a black woman scratching her head here, and reminded, "Please speak up if you have something." ”
Naomi Harris glanced at Matthew, suppressed a trace of unhappiness that rose in her heart, after all, she asked for someone, and almost said, "Can I call you Matthew?"
Matthew didn't care about the salutation or anything like that, and said casually, "Yes." ”
Naomi Harris laughed out with a mouthful of white teeth, "Matthew, you call me Nami." ”
Matthew realized something and continued to ask quietly, "Then Nami, what is the matter with you coming to me?"
"I'm an actor, an actor who hasn't made a name for himself yet. Naomi Watts saw that Matthew was faintly impatient, and quickly said, "I auditioned for "Pirates of the Caribbean" some time ago, and I am about to have the final round of makeup auditions. ”
She looked at Matthew with pleading in her eyes.
Matthew didn't eat this at all, and said lightly, "Miss Harris, you're in the wrong place, I'm just an actor, and I don't have any say in the personnel of the crew." He changed his voice to a formulaic voice, "I'm so sorry, I can't help you." ”
"That's not the case, is it?" Naomi Harris said with a smile as she watched the person across from her open eyes and say nonsense, "I auditioned for the role of the witch Tia Dalma, and if the news I got was correct, you recommended Eva Green to director Gore Verbinski, and now Eva Green will win almost 100 percent." ”
"That's what you're talking about. Matthew didn't feel embarrassed at all, he just thought that this black actor was very strange, he came here to beg him, and exposed him to his face, it seems a bit out of proportion, right?
He has very little contact with blacks and has limited understanding of this group, but from the analysis of the situation in Hollywood circles, the mentality of blacks is sometimes a little peculiar.
"I just said hello to Gore. With Matthew's cheek, he naturally said whatever he wanted, "and didn't interfere with the audition, maybe Gore felt that Eva Green was more suitable for that role." ”
Naomi Harris looked at Matthew and didn't speak for a while, only feeling that the big star opposite was much better than himself in his ability to tell lies with his eyes open.
"As far as I know, Eva Green is not friends with you. Naomi Harris stroked her hair and suddenly asked, "Matthew, what did Eva Green give you, so that you could help him like that?"
Without waiting for Matthew to answer, she stood up, "What Eva Green can give you, I can give you the same." ”
Hearing this, Matthew knew that the black actor was obviously thinking crookedly, and he didn't bother to explain, so he said directly, "I'm sorry, Miss Harris, I still have work to do." ”
As if she didn't understand Matthew's send-off, Naomi Harris stepped forward and said, "Matthew, I'm not kidding, what Eva Green can give you, I can give you more." ”
She knows very well that empty words are not convincing, and this time she came to sleep Matthew Horner, and she also believes that with her skills and super combat effectiveness in the front and back aspects, she can definitely sleep Matthew Horner and let her help her get the role of Witch Tia Dalma.
So, Naomi Harris stepped forward again, pulled down the suspenders on the left side of the dress, revealing half of her black breasts, and shouted directly at Matthew, "!"
Matthew glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze, lacking the slightest interest, and said, "Miss Harris, please respect yourself. ”
Naomi Harris was stunned at first, then thought Matthew was posturing, and reached out and pulled the other side of the suspender down, revealing a black patch.
Matthew didn't wait for her to speak again, and preemptively said, "Miss Harris, if you do this again, I can only call the security guard to come and take you away." ”
Then he accentuated, "Please respect yourself!"
"Uh......"
Naomi Harris was really stunned this time, and the person opposite was obviously not polite.
How is this possible? She couldn't understand at all, after entering Hollywood, she used it several times to be invincible, could this person be a homosexual, and turn a blind eye to a black beauty like her......
Matthew said again, "Miss Harris, I still have work to do. He was afraid that this black actor with a different brain circuit from ordinary people would not understand, so he said directly, "You can go, don't waste any more time." ”
Naomi Harris came back to her senses, made sure that Matthew's attitude was very firm, and slowly pulled on the suspender of the dress, not knowing what to do for a while.
It's too much of a failure to leave like this, why didn't the means of getting the role work before?
She was not willing to leave like this, and her agent Ronald analyzed for her that a project like "Pirates of the Caribbean" with a single investment of more than 200 million US dollars is almost a guarantee of success, which is very rare in Hollywood, even if it is a supporting role, the benefits that can be obtained are difficult to calculate.
In the past, whenever she took off her clothes, she always got the role smoothly.
This time, Naomi Harris has never encountered this situation at all, so she can only turn her brain and try to find a suitable solution.
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