Chapter 524: Merchants Profit Greatly

"I don't know what Jada said. Will Smith looked into the reporter's microphone, and her pleasing face was particularly sincere, "If her words hurt someone, I apologize for her......"

Seeing Will Smith on the TV, Matthew picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, Will Smith is really a smart person, and he has a wife with a big mouth who can be a shield.

After the show ended last night, from the print media to the TV station to the Internet, the direction of public opinion has all changed, even the tabloid that scolded him the most fiercely before, it also made a 180-degree turn while braking urgently.

In particular, the media under the umbrella of Walt Disney and Warner Bros. worked hard to sing Matthew's praises.

On his way back to Los Angeles on a passenger plane from Chicago, he read a lot of newspapers, and all of a sudden the praise for him and "The Three Hundred Spartans" turned into praise as if none of the previous doubts had been raised.

He also knows that this is the consistent style of the media, except for a very small number of major newspapers and television stations that are quite responsible, the vast majority of the media like to chase after the wind.

Even the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, many of the stories outside of the United States, cannot be trusted.

For example, in the past few days, Iranians have also protested against "Spartan 300 Warriors", but the three major newspapers directly said that the Iranians were unreasonable.

Of course, after yesterday's Oprah talk show, no one was interested in the Iranian protests, and most of the media mentioned them were brushed aside.

According to Helen Herman's feedback, it is normal that the media in countries and regions that sympathize with and favor Iran are hyping up and criticizing the film "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta".

But few people in North America care, and Hollywood doesn't pay attention to it at all, Iran has not been a market for Hollywood movies for more than 20 years, and it will not be for more than 20 years in the future.

Over the next two days, with media coverage, Matthew and "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" became more popular than when the film was first released.

Helen Herman also reported back more information, such as British actress Naomi Harris returned to the UK because of her poor development in Hollywood, and spiked Spike Lee a lot of money before leaving.

Matthew also understands why Naomi Harris dared to jump out and accuse him when she knew that he had the surveillance video in her hand, this black woman should have been determined to return to the UK from the beginning, since she is not in Los Angeles and Hollywood, there are still people who send a large sum of money before leaving, and if you don't make money, you won't earn it, and you will run away anyway.

When Spike Lee learns this, will he be pitted with vomiting blood?

For Naomi Harris's sake of indirectly pit Spike Lee, Matthew doesn't plan to trouble this black woman again, as long as she doesn't enter Hollywood anymore, he shouldn't see it.

Paula Barton and Francis Lawrence are small people who can dig holes slowly and bury them whenever they have the chance.

As for the famous Mr. and Mrs. Smith, this has to be planned, and he has no suitable method for the time being.

Jada Smith can not pay much attention to it, her reputation and status in Hollywood are completely from Will Smith, Will Smith is different from those small stars, this is a real A-list star, if it wasn't for his intervention, the future will definitely be a superstar.

There are few direct conflicts between two A-list stars, and this time Will Smith also let his wife in front, anyway, Jada Smith is a famous big mouth inside and outside the circle, as long as what he says is not too much, he can come forward later.

But there is certainly something that Will Smith didn't take into account when he ...... He's a very vindictive person.

Even if it was Vin Diesel, who had a conflict with him many years ago, even if he beat that bald head at that time, when he remembered it some time ago, he still had to plan to get rid of Vin Diesel's biggest capital.

Without the "Fast and Furious" series, Vin Diesel would still be as bullish as he once was?

David Ellison tried to contact Universal Pictures once, Universal Pictures has no intention of selling the series for the time being, Hollywood companies are very important to copyright, and want the copyright of a series of movies, even if it is the copyright of the series that Universal Pictures has cut, it is not something that can be obtained casually.

Helen Herman also asked Universal Pictures through other channels, and the senior management of Universal Pictures has no intention of starting the series for the time being, and many people think that "Tokyo Drift" has already done the series, and there is no value in restarting the series except for relying on copyright to squeeze out later revenues.

It's also a good thing, if Universal Pictures executives believe that the series is still worth kicking off, he and David Ellison have no chance of buying it at all.

Winning the copyright of this series is still his first choice.

In addition, he specifically asked Zhi to inquire about the latest developments of Vin Diesel, this bald head is preparing to shoot a movie called "A New Era of Life and Death", he is the male lead, and the female lead is Chinese actor Michelle Young.

He has no impression of this movie, he has never heard of it, and it is estimated that it should not be a very successful work.

Meanwhile, "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" spent its second weekend in North America.

Due to the impact of the media turmoil, the film showed a clear trend of opening low and going high for three days the following weekend, with only $12.5 million in one day on Friday.

With Friday's talk show, the market was significantly stimulated on Saturday, with the box office skyrocketing to $19.8 million in a single day.

Combined with the $15.2 million earned on Sunday, "Spartan 300 Warriors" earned another $47.5 million the following weekend, beating the $11.4 million of Sony-Columbia Pictures' large-scale "Life of Wonderland" and easily topped the North American box office charts.

"The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" has been in theaters for ten days in North America, with a total box office of $183.25 million.

This achievement also made "Spartan 300 Warriors" temporarily ranked fifth in the total box office list in North America this year.

The top four are all first-line commercial giants released in the summer, namely "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin", "Cars", "X-Men 3" and "Superman Returns".

After this weekend, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin", which temporarily ranked first in North America at the annual box office, also ended its more than four-month North American screening tour, leaving a huge box office figure of $512.33 million.

This is also the second film in North American film history after "Titanic" to exceed $500 million at the box office.

In addition, the overseas screening of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin" continues, and the global box office of the film has exceeded $1.1 billion, and it is about to complete the surpassing of "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King".

Disney Studios is ecstatic and has decided to move the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction to all Disney parks.

Matthew also got some gossip that Disney Studios is already planning the fourth part of "Pirates of the Caribbean", and in the initial plan, this one will only have Captain Jack Sparrow as the main character, and Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan will be temporarily abandoned.

To be precise, the combined salaries of him, Depp, and Keira Knightley are too terrifying.

Needless to say, he and Depp, $20 million is just the bottom line of the basic salary, and the sharing and the like have to be counted separately; even Keira Knightley will have to pay high box office dividends in the fourth part, even if Kayla is not paid at all in other films she starred in, that is, at the level of three or four million dollars, but the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" is completely different.

Disney Studios definitely has to consider risk control.

The obvious success of "The Three Hundred Spartans" and Matthew's salary naturally rose, which also caused more trouble for Disney Studios, especially the sequel to "National Treasure", which Disney Pictures has decided to postpone indefinitely.

In terms of salary, Matthew and Helen Herman have a very clear attitude, and it is absolutely impossible for commercial films to lower their prices.

"The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" has once again proved to major Hollywood studios the ability of Matthew monoclonal antibody at the box office.

The film was not only a big hit in North America, but after the second weekend, it expanded overseas to more than 60 countries and regions, and the box office accumulated more than $150 million, and the global box office combined reached more than $335 million.

According to the market forecast released by Warner Bros., "Spartan 300 Warriors" is expected to hit the global box office record of $742.12 million set by "The Matrix 2: Reloaded".

In the latest issue of "Vanity Fair", the cover is "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", using a full-length close-up of Leonidas played by Matthew, and in the subsequent cover article, the huge success of this film is summarized into two points: the huge personal charm and appeal of the male protagonist, and the unique film style of director Zack Snyder.

Everything is back to normal, the media selectively forgets the accusations and criticisms of the previous days, and continues to sing praises for Matthew and his film, and even a few manufacturers who have not expressed anything at the time of the storm have taken the initiative to call.

Giorgio Armani informed Helen Herman to restart talks with Matthew for the underpants endorsement.

Rolex and Mercedes-Benz were on the phone with Matthew and delivered the new season's products.

Matthew was not surprised by these merchants, Rolex and Mercedes-Benz did not speak casually when he was hit by the turmoil, which is also normal, and if he is really scandal-ridden, Mercedes and Rolex will definitely terminate his contract with him.

After all, the two sides are just a business cooperation.

Of course, Matthew will continue to work with them, and negotiations with Armani will continue.

Businessmen are already profit-oriented, and he is the same, if he can't get along with anything, he can't get along with money.

Helen Herman restarted negotiations with Armani on his behalf, but Matthew received a special call from Steven Spielberg, who, in addition to expressing his hatred for a scumbag like Spike Lee, said that Michael Bay was about to visit in person.