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Even in the face of Walt Disney, one of the six major Hollywood companies, plus the industry's gold producer Jerry Bruckheimer, with the box office explosion of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl" as a premise, Matthew, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley are all the dominant parties in the contract renewal negotiations.

The main actors who appeared on the screen like them had an advantage in negotiations that were even much greater than that of director Gore Verbinski.

finally caught a blockbuster movie that was ready to be serialized, and both the actor and the actor's agent naturally wanted to make as much money as possible.

And Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer, as producers and investors, of course, want to keep their salaries down, so as not to cause an astronomical budget for the sequel.

The sequel to a big-selling movie is easy to succeed, but no one can guarantee 100% success, and the higher the investment, the greater the risk.

Matthew, on Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley, doesn't know the specifics of the negotiations, and Helen Herman's negotiations with Disney Studios on his side have not been smooth, and there is actually only one real point of disagreement, that is, the amount of salary.

Helen Herman initially offered Matthew $12 million to Disney Pictures, Disney Pictures certainly couldn't give Matthew such a high amount, Johnny Depp's salary was definitely only a lot more than Matthew, and Keira Knightley would not be much less.

If Matthew's asking price of $12 million is agreed, it will inevitably form a chain reaction of salary, Johnny Depp's coffee position and role popularity are higher than Matthew's, and the salary is a notch higher is certain, Keira Knightley is now also second-tier, and the title of the heroine, even if the actress's salary is generally lower than that of male actors, it will be a very huge number at that time.

The salary of just three leading actors is more than $40 million, which is difficult for Disney Studios to bear.

And this is only the asking price of the second part, although the second and third parts are set shots, but the actors and agents will not be stupid enough to ask for the same salary as the second part, and the salary of the third part must be increased on the basis of the second part, which is a normal situation in the industry, and it is impossible for Disney Pictures to refuse.

Helen Herman's salary offer for the third part is $16 million!

That's right, she shouted an offer of $16 million to Disney Pictures for Matthew, and if Disney Pictures agrees, Matthew's income will be a proper line.

Such an offer is, of course, unacceptable to Disney Studios.

As a result, negotiations between the two sides over the remuneration have been going on for three months.

Just like in a negotiation between labor and management, money is always the key.

After three months of tug-of-war, Matthew, represented by Helen Herman, finally reached an agreement with the co-producers represented by Disney Studios.

Matthew then signed the agreement.

This is an actor contract with a thickness of more than 100 pages and terms detailed to eat, drink, and sleep, and the core of it is naturally the salary.

In order to reduce the upfront budget and reduce the investment risk, Disney Pictures proposed to pay Matthew in the form of a base salary plus a post-production share, with a base salary of $8 million, which fully met Matthew and Helen Herman's expectations.

According to the box office explosion of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", Matthew's coffee position and actual appeal in the industry are very reasonable, and he got a salary of 6 million in a commercial film with a relatively sufficient budget, but starring in a sequel movie, the salary will automatically rise by about 20%, and 8 million US dollars is reasonable.

However, the first part of the series was too successful, which also gave the leading actor the capital to sit on the ground and start the price, and Disney Studios, although not very happy, still appropriately agreed to Helen Herman's condition that "the basic salary can be reduced, but the later share must be added".

It's just that the share ratio is very low, the North American box office reaches the cost line with a 1% box office share, and the box office exceeds 300 million US dollars with 2 percent, and at most it is 2 percent.

Then there is the salary of the third part, the calculation of the salary of the third part is more complicated, Matthew saw the contract at the time, and he also watched it for a long time before he figured it out under Helen Herman's simplified explanation.

In Helen Herman's succinct words, Matthew's third film is directly tied to the box office of the second film.

His base salary is $11 million, which automatically increases by $3 million if the second installment outperforms the first at both the North American and global box office.

There is a later sharing, the critical point of the sharing between the two parties is still the cost line, the North American box office of the film reaches the cost, and the sharing will be the same as the second part, the difference is that a remark clause has been added!

If the second part grosses more than $400 million at the North American box office, Matthew's share will break through the 2 percent cap and reach 3 percent.

There are also some sharing agreements for TV, DVD and Internet broadcasting, but the percentage is very low, none of which exceeds one percent.

Of course, when the agreement was signed, there were clear cost figures on the contract, based on Disney Studios' already announced budget, which was $225 million for the second part and $250 million for the third.

Reducing the upfront salary and appropriately adding the post-production share is the result that Disney Studios wants, because it can effectively control the scale of investment, reduce unnecessary risks, and at the same time firmly tie the star to the project.

Again, this is the result of several discussions between Matthew and Helen Herman, and it seems that he has given in, and the salary that can be safely obtained has been reduced, but Matthew knows that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has been made more than three times, and these two sequels have certainly been a great success.

What he and Helen Herman are asking for is the North American box office share, not the North American box office profit share, the North American box office figures are counted by many authoritative institutions, and there are also announcements from the North American Theater Alliance, even if the North American box office share ratio is far lower than the profit share several times, but there is no need to worry about Disney Pictures doing tricks on the profit figures.

The latter two sequels are also produced by Disney Pictures, and Disney Pictures and Walt Disney's Bowei Pictures are responsible for publicity and distribution.

The six major Hollywood companies have outstanding reputations, and they will not be soft at all when they go under the knife.

Under normal circumstances, it is not difficult for a Hollywood star of Matthew's level to participate in the post-production of the film, and it is difficult to ask for the North American box office score, but "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is too successful, and the roles of Matthew and Johnny Depp are too popular, causing Disney Pictures to be relatively passive in negotiations.

In addition, Helen Herman also heard some news about Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp is paid $15 million and $20 million respectively in the two sequels, and Keira Knightley is $4 million and $5 million.

As for whether the two had a later split, it was a trade secret, and Matthew and Helen Herman didn't know.

Just like Matthew's contract, in addition to the basic salary, those later agreements are all confidentiality clauses, and he can't disclose them casually.

It can also be seen from the salary that Matthew, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley are divided into three grades, Johnny Depp, the most popular and the highest, enjoys the treatment of a first-line star, and Matthew can be said to be on the second-tier side because of the sequel.

Keira Knightley is also second-tier, but Elizabeth Swan has a poor reputation, plus she is an actress, this figure is basically a real value reaction.

is also second-tier, it is normal for female stars to be paid half less than male stars, and it is a Hollywood practice for men and women to receive unequal pay for equal work, and actresses are generally treated poorly as male actors.

Let's talk about the 20 million club, only Julia Roberts has reached it in Hollywood's history, and then she shoots new works with male stars who are not as good as her, but the salary is reduced to the back of the actor.

This is the reality of Hollywood, let alone Keira Knightley, and even the most powerful and iconic actresses in Hollywood today are powerless to fight.

After Disney Studios secured the actor contracts of Matthew, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley, it convened a press conference to officially announce that Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Matthew and Keira Knightley will all return to the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean", and the second and third parts will be released in the summer of 2006 and 2007 respectively.

"I'm very happy to be back in Pirates of the Caribbean, it's going to be a great journey. Matthew faced the reporter's interview, looking eager to return to the crew, "The crew has the best director, the best actors, the best cinematographer......"

He praised everyone in the crew in a general way, and finally said, "I believe that "Pirates of the Caribbean" will definitely become one of the most successful film series in film history!"

After saying this, Matthew didn't ask reporters the so-called question of whether he and Keira Knightley would get back together, turned around and left the press room, and entered the conference room next to him with Johnny Depp.

"Hi Kayla. Matthew came in and met Keira Knightley, who had come first, and said, "You're darker than you used to be." ”

Keira Knightley naturally said, "On the open air set." ”

Matthew leaned closer and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Do you have time for the evening?"

Keira Knightley hesitated for a moment and shook her head slowly, "I'll fly back to London at six." ”

Jerry Bruckheimer walked in at this time and said loudly, "Guys, we are going to start working together again, I only have one thing, you must coordinate the schedule, the filming of the film is tentatively scheduled for the end of 2004 to 2005, the specific schedule, and when I decide, I will have someone pass it on to your agent." ”