"I tried it with Chris at the shooting range. ”

Sitting on the stage of Alan DeGeneres' talk show, Matthew looked at Chris Kyle on the other side and said, "My marksmanship, in front of Chris, is simply the level of a schoolboy." ”

Alan DeGeneres exaggerated, "I remember you knocked down two armed terrorists with two shots in Burbank. ”

Matthew spread his hands, "That's luck." ”

With the popularity of "American Sniper", Matthew also continued to participate in the promotion of the film, and came to the talk show of Ellen DeGeneres with Chris Kyle and others.

"Chris, Matthew is recognized as the best actor in Hollywood in terms of skill and military literacy. Alan DeGeneres turned to Chris Kyle and asked, "You two have competed, what do you think he's better than you?"

"Hand-to-hand combat. Chris Kyle didn't hesitate and said directly, "If the melee is hard, I probably won't be able to hold out for even five seconds." ”

Matthew then answered, "Don't forget, Chris is a sniper, even though he belongs to the Navy SEALs. ”

Chris Kyle is no longer the straightforward soldier, and said at the right time, "That time at the shooting range, if it wasn't for Matthew's emergency shot, I might have died." ”

Alan DeGeneres couldn't even interject for a while.

Matthew looked at Margot Robbie, who had been silent, and said, "Actually, Chris and I were saved by Miss Robbie. ”

The video was widely circulated on the turtle, and this statement is naturally not false.

Alan DeGeneres asked Margot Robbie, "Margot, everyone saw that you knocked down Eddie Rolls with a porcelain cup, can you ask what you thought at the time?"

Margot Robbie's smile was so straightforward that she looked very sincere, "I was very nervous at the time, and I didn't really think about anything. She blinked suddenly, and said, "If you want to talk about ideas, there is actually a point. ”

"Oh?" asked Alan DeGeneres, very cooperatively, "what thoughts?"

"I thought, if something happens, won't my heroine be in the soup?" said Margot Robbie half-jokingly.

Alan DeGeneres laughed, "That's the right idea. ”

Matthew and Chris Kyle also laughed.

"I'll ask both. Alan DeGeneres then duly asked, "Matthew, Chris, how did you thank Margot afterwards?"

Chris Kyle was the first to answer, "I can't thank you enough for this, I gave Margot a gun made of bullet casings. ”

"What about you, Matthew. Alan DeGeneres asked.

Matthew laughed and said, "I invited Margot to drink." ”

Alan DeGeneres asked Margot Robbie, "Really?"

"Really. Margot Robbie appeared honest, "and got me drunk, and I came home full of vomit." ”

"What a special thank you. Alan DeGeneres looked at Matthew with a smile and asked, "Can you rate your partner?"

Matthew deliberately joked, "Do you think I dare not say nice things about Margot?" he gestured to the small round table in front of Margot Robbie, "You still have a cup in her." ”

Ellen DeGeneres and Margot Robbie both laughed.

The atmosphere of the show has always been very good, and even the somewhat wooden Chris Kyle occasionally makes a few jokes.

The popularity of "American Sniper" has not decreased, and it has always maintained a high attendance rate.

More importantly, the film's audience reputation has always been very good, and the media and film critics have a good reputation in comparison.

For example, this kind of film based on real events is more affected by the social environment in which it is located than a completely virtual movie.

As we all know, in different social environments, a movie brings people completely different feelings and situations, such as "Brokeback Mountain", if it appeared in the nineties, there is no possibility of entering the Oscars.

and "Black Panther", which Matthew once watched, such a film has unexceptionally ranked among the top ten films of the year by major media in North America, which is incredible when you think about it.

When I saw this film once, Matthew couldn't understand it at all, and after coming to Hollywood for so many years, I had a first-hand experience.

Political correctness has a lot of influence on a film.

Originally, "American Sniper" had enough quality assurance, and in today's social environment, it has naturally become a good movie in the mouths of the North American media and audiences!

Even, some media directly said that this year's best movie of the year is none other than "American Sniper".

The various word-of-mouth of "American Sniper" can only be described as bursting.

The film is marked as fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 98 percent positive rating and an average critic rating of 8.5, and IMDB currently has more than 54,800 valid user ratings with an average rating of 8.4.

In terms of Cinema Score's on-the-spot audience ratings, the audience gave the film an average of A+, predicting that the final box office of the film in North America will inevitably exceed $350 million!

In addition, MetaCritic included the scores of 55 media outlets, and "American Sniper" scored an average of 81 points.

Whether it is the media, the audience, or the film critics, the vast majority of them think that "American Sniper" is a good movie!

The film has a good reputation, even exceeding Matthew's expectations.

The word-of-mouth of "American Sniper" in all aspects reminded him of "Black Panther" again, in the face of the surging and rolling social tide, 99% of people will choose to go with the flow.

It's not that there are no people or media who are swimming against the current, but they are all ignored by mainstream society.

You can disagree with the views of mainstream society, or you can go against the trend, but you will be completely marginalized by the social wave.

People like Matthew, of course, will not have an easy path not to take, but to pick the most difficult road to walk, that is not called bravery, but stupidity.

Today, as a pioneer of the feminist movement and a social activist for child protection, coupled with moderate support for the affirmative action movement, he has built his outer shell not only glamorous, but also exceptionally strong.

If the character design doesn't sell well, what kind of star do you have?

Matthew didn't expect that by chance, he would also engage in a politically correct movie operation similar to "Black Panther".

It's normal for fans to like him, the media sing praises for him, and it's really rare for film critics to collectively say that he's good.

On Sunday night, when he spoke on the phone with Dan Fellman, the head of Warner Bros.' North American distribution, he kindly reminded him that the film could go for the Oscars, and that it was not impossible to win awards for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Picture if it was done properly.

The producer and copyright owner of this film are Studio 13, and Matthew knows very well that if he applies for the Oscars, he must apply for it.

But Matthew only thought about it for two seconds before giving up on the Oscar idea.

It's only September, and the Oscars will be announced at the end of January at the earliest, when the market potential of "American Sniper" has long been exhausted, and even if there is an Oscar nomination stimulus, it won't change much.

If you want to win one of the four most important awards, you don't have to think about it without throwing a few million dollars, if you take a few more, you can be prepared for tens of millions of dollars to have more security.

Throw this money out, and "American Sniper" can get more money?

The investment-to-return ratio is not ideal, and Matthew is too lazy to do this kind of useless work.

Besides, Michael Fassbender told him at the premiere that this year he will continue to hit the Oscar for Best Actor with "The Biography of Steve Jobs" produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, and Matthew can't grab it with his friends for many years.

As Sunday passed, "American Sniper" had a stunning opening weekend at the North American Film Market.

In the first three days, the film grossed $136.9 million from more than 4,000 theaters in North America, setting a new North American box office record for a Hollywood R-rated film.

In Matthew's words, the American audience is really patriotic.

The current box office performance of "American Sniper" can really only be described as a miracle, except for the patriotic heart of the American audience suddenly all contributed to this film, it seems that no other strong factors can be found.

This result also set a series of records.

- Breaking the record for the highest grossing Friday, Saturday, Sunday and opening weekend in September.

- Broke the first-week box office record for R-rated films.

- Broke the box office record for the first week of a war film.

- Broke director Clint Eastwood's personal first-weekend box office record, and climbed to the second place at the North American box office of all Clint Eastwood's films in just three days, and is expected to beat the $148 million of classic cars in another one or two days to rise to No. 1.

All of these results were achieved by "American Sniper" without the high ticket price bonus of 3D.

Of course, Matthew knows very well that Chris Kyle himself owes a lot of credit to the film's success in being a hit.

Chris Kyle served in the U.S. Navy SEALs for ten years, successfully sniping 255 enemies during his service, and although the Pentagon admits only 166 of them, it is enough to make him the sniper with the most enemies in "American history".

This autobiography of "American Sniper", promoted by Matthew, topped the New York Times bestseller list.

Despite the criticism that Chris Kyle is bound to incur, the success of "American Sniper" can prove one thing, but any theme similar to "national hero" is often very well received by the audience.

Also, audiences in North America also buy accounts for the main theme movie.

A comment on the Internet just reflects the outside world's opinion of this film.

"Everyone knew that this film would be a big hit at the box office, but I guess everyone didn't expect it to explode like this. ”