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Sitting in the study, Sean Daniel looked at the poster of "The Scorpion King" on the opposite wall, on which Matthew Horner was particularly eye-catching, this young actor from Texas was the next step to fame under his gaze, and was about to enter the huge group of Hollywood stars, a higher level.

Hollywood production companies have a clear measurement system for star actors in the industry, the most important of which is the box office and the popularity of the characters in the three films they starred in in the past.

This directly represents how much appeal a star actor can bring in his new works in the future, as well as the level of salary.

Based on the word-of-mouth and box office trend of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the first two days, the North American box office exceeded 100 million percent, and more than 200 million is not a problem, as long as the trend in the later period is stable, it can hit 300 million US dollars.

Such a successful film is enough for a nobody to directly enter the ranks of second-tier stars, let alone a small star like Matthew Horner with the foundation of "Scorpion King".

Sean Daniel refreshed his email again, but there was still no new email.

According to his estimates, the opening weekend box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will definitely not be less than $60 million, and such a box office figure, coupled with the highly praised character Will Turner, Matthew Horner will undoubtedly attract a large number of fans later, which can directly translate into the box office appeal of the new film.

The higher the opening weekend of Pirates of the Caribbean, the more praise Will Turner will receive, and the more appeal Matthew Horner will have in the future.

Correspondingly, his salary will also increase.

Sean Daniel is waiting for the latest data, just to find a balance from it as soon as possible and start negotiations with the woman Helen Herman.

If there were a little doubts about Matthew Horner as the leading actor in "Dawn of the Living Dead", now he has firmly decided to invite him, as long as "Dawn of the Living Dead" is well connected, the film will definitely continue the popularity that Matthew Horner gathered through "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"Is it possible to consider aggravating the role of the actor again?" Sean Daniel thought about it seriously and decided to discuss it with director Zack Schneider.

A pop-up window suddenly appeared in the lower right corner of the computer screen, which was a prompt to receive a new email, and Sean Daniel couldn't wait to move the mouse and click on it.

The email opened immediately, and then a string of numbers appeared, $22.2 million on Friday, $23.8 million on Saturday, $18.6 million on Sunday, and a total of $64.6 million over the three days of the weekend!

Sean Daniel nodded slightly, this number completely reassured him, but then new worries appeared, "Pirates of the Caribbean" was a box office hit in the first weekend, as the actor Matthew Horner must be in the market, his new film salary can no longer stay at the level of $2 million, "Dawn of the Living Dead" $25 million production budget is enough?

Let's take a look at the negotiations with Helen Herman first, if Matthew can be negotiated to play the leading role, with the current situation, it should not be difficult for Universal Pictures to increase its budget.

The sun rose on Monday, and Jerry Bruckheimer, who was in London, had just received a fax from Disney Studios because of the time difference and the fact that he had been busy preparing for "King Arthur" recently.

He glanced at it and gave it to his assistant next to him, Anderson Martinez, who couldn't help but laugh after reading it, "Boss, we've succeeded again." ”

Jerry Bruckheimer smiled faintly, "When the project was launched, I told the people at Disney that there was still potential for pirate movies. He snorted disdainfully, "Michael Eisner, that idiot, even said that my project was going to be completely messed up!"

Anderson Martinez also laughed, "It's Michael Eisner who has a problem with his vision. ”

"Michael Eisner's abilities have deteriorated so badly that he clearly can't keep up with the times. Jerry Bruckheimer slammed the partner who brought him to Disney back then, and he was not polite at all, "Although Walt Disney has grown in his hands, he has now become an obstacle to Walt Disney's further development." ”

"Hmm. Anderson-Martinez nodded.

In fact, he didn't know much about Michael Eisner's problems, only that Michael Eisner refused to invest a lot of money in the two projects of "King Arthur" and "National Treasure", which caused the project to be delayed, and "National Treasure" was still in the script creation stage, which caused his own boss to be very unhappy.

He knows very well that Michael Eisner is not the original Michael Eisner, and Jerry Bruckheimer is the Jerry Bruckheimer of the year?

"Boss, there are two more statistics on the fax. Anderson-Martinez looked at the entire document and said, "You might be interested." ”

Jerry Bruckheimer spoke directly, "Tell me about it." ”

Anderson Martinez immediately said, "In the survey statistics done by Disney Studios in the first week, the most popular character is Jack Sparrow, and the second most popular character is Will Turner, and the two characters together have 85% support from the audience surveyed, of which Jack Sparrow is 46% and Will Turner is 39%, which is not a lot of difference." ”

"The decision to change Will Turner was the right one. Jerry Bruckheimer's face showed a bit of seriousness, "Matthew Horner is indeed an actor, and he is indeed very capable. ”

Anderson Martinez followed his words and said, "That's true, and he's not as tough as Johnny Depp in his work, and he's the kind of actor who is particularly reassuring and reassuring." ”

Jerry Bruckheimer nodded slightly, he had worked with Matthew Horner twice and still knew something about that.

"It's a pity......" Jerry Bruckheimer sighed, "I was going to keep him as the lead actor in King Arthur, but he took on another movie. ”

"Boss......" Anderson Martinez asked tentatively, "you're bullish on Matthew Horner?"

"It's not that I'm very optimistic. "It's the response to the film that proves to us that Matthew Horner has the potential to be a star with a strong appeal." ”

He suddenly showed a look of reminiscence, "Matthew Horner reminds me of the time when I worked with Don Simpson on "Top Gun", and Tom Cruise really embarked on the road to superstardom after that movie. ”

Anderson Martinez didn't expect Jerry Bruckheimer to speak so highly of Matthew Horner, saying, "Boss, don't we have another project? ”

Jerry Bruckheimer thought about it for a moment and said, "You go and talk to Helen Herman about the schedule, and when the funds are in place, send Matthew Horner an invitation to audition." ”

He paused for a moment and then added, "The success of Pirates of the Caribbean and the box office failure of Black Hawk Fall made me understand one thing thoroughly, films of all ages are more likely to achieve commercial success. ”

Anderson-Martinez chimed in, "That's true. ”

"So, I've already said hello to two writers. Jerry Bruckheimer continued, "There will be no large-scale plot in the script of 'National Treasure', and the age of the male and female protagonists will be lowered to be more in line with the tastes of young audiences. ”

When he makes films, he never pays attention to those vain things, but targets the market and the audience, taking the aesthetics of the vast majority of audiences as the standard, and young audiences have always been the main body of the theater consumer market.

Burbank, in front of the Angel Agency, Matthew had just gotten out of the car and was surrounded by reporters who were following and waiting here.

Escorted by several company security personnel, he walked towards the door of the company while answering some questions from reporters.

"Of course, success was expected!" said Matthew with a smile, "I said at the premiere that Pirates of the Caribbean would be a success!"

Now that the film has exploded at the box office in its first week, and many media and professional organizations have predicted that the final North American box office will be around $300 million, he certainly has enough confidence to say this.

The success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" also caused the Waterloo of another big production in the same schedule, "Fallen from the Sky", the Victorian Avengers produced by Twentieth Century Fox, which only received a little more than $20 million at the box office in the first week, and the North American box office will definitely not reach the cost line.

"A sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean?" Matthew shook his head, "I'm sorry, I haven't heard of it, and no one has ever told me about a sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean." ”

Disney Studios has not released news to the public, and he will definitely not talk nonsense and disrupt the rhythm of Disney Pictures' publicity.

Besides, at this stage, it should be Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer who are in a hurry to announce and make a sequel, not a starring actor like him.

There will definitely be a sequel, but Helen Herman communicated with him and told him not to express his position casually, and as for the stupid words of "I look forward to continuing to appear in the sequel", it is strictly forbidden to say it.

The current situation is very clear, the higher the North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the more favorable it is for him to continue to appear in the sequel, and the salary can also shout a higher price, so there is no need to rush at all.

According to Helen Herman, waiting for "Pirates of the Caribbean" to exceed $200 million at the North American box office will not be a problem at all to get him a salary of at least $8 million in the sequel.

If nothing else, even if it's for the $8 million, he'll cooperate with Helen Herman.

"Matthew, rumor has it that you broke up with Kayla?"

Hearing this question, Matthew immediately refuted the rumors, "There is absolutely nothing to do, we have a good relationship and are very stable!"

After answering this question, he enters the angel agency and prepares to meet Helen Herman to discuss some next things.