Hearing Harvey Weinstein's words, Steve Stebler did not dare to slack off and quickly replied, "Warner Bros. refused our request. He explained, "I argued, but Toby Emmerich, who was in charge of the project, wouldn't talk to me, and I went to Warner Bros. CEO Kevin T'Sohara, and I was kicked out." ”

Harvey Weinstein frowned, and his fat face was very ugly.

Steve Sabler added, "They didn't even give me a chance to talk. ”

This is not only a shirk of responsibility, but also the truth, Warner Bros. has no intention of negotiating at all, how can it be discussed?

Harvey Weinstein looked unhappy, "A bunch of bastards who are oblivious to their interests! If I hadn't stepped in back then, New Line Pictures would have been able to integrate the film rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit"?"

In the mid-90s, he was the first person who wanted to make a "Lord of the Rings" movie, and he was in contact with Peter Jackson at that time, partly because he only wanted to make one, and on the other hand, due to copyright issues, he didn't make the trip.

Later, New Line Pictures, which had been acquired by Warner Bros., joined in, and with his assistance, the film copyright issue was resolved, and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was completed.

In return, he also invested in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but the overly cautious relationship resulted in a very low investment ratio and limited returns later.

It was precisely the high yield of the Lord of the Rings trilogy that led to a strained relationship between him and Warner Bros.

This year, Peter Jackson, who claimed that he would not make movies without Tolkien, is ready to cooperate with New Line Pictures to shoot "The Hobbit", the prequel to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but Warner Bros., the parent company of New Line Pictures, directly intervened and firmly controlled the dominance of the project.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy was a huge hit, and he had the right to invest in The Hobbit under the agreement he had with New Line Pictures when he was at Miramax.

Now that "The Lord of the Rings" is in front, "The Hobbit" can be said to be a sequel to a blockbuster movie, and the probability of investment success is very high.

Besides, the director is still Peter Jackson.

It is said that Peter Jackson's planned "The Hobbit" will shoot two or three films, and due to the huge investment, the Warner Brothers will solve some of the funds through external financing.

Therefore, he remembered the agreement with New Line Pictures, which made people come to the door.

"They didn't say a reason?" asked Harvey Weinstein with a grim face.

Even if Warner Bros. has a bad attitude, there must be a reason to get by on the face, right?

Steve Streb shook his head, "No, it's just refusing to ...... with me We negotiate. ”

While talking, he also muttered in his heart, you have scolded Warner management on TV, can the other party happily agree to you to enter the venue and get a piece of the pie?

Warner Bros. is running multiple big projects at the same time, especially "Green Lantern", which started the DC superhero cinematic universe, which has caused its own funds to be tight, even if it is external financing, it will not give priority to people who publicly scold themselves, right?

In the face of such a boss, Steve Sabler can only hide a lot of words in his heart, otherwise he may be unlucky.

Harvey Weinstein stood up and walked back and forth twice, with the foundation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the success of The Hobbit was expected, and he had an agreement with New Line Pictures, and it was impossible to pass up such a good opportunity to make money.

Although the investment ratio is only more than 10 percent, on this kind of super production project, the profit brought by this investment ratio may be more than the profit of his busy two awards seasons.

After a few laps back and forth, Harvey Weinstein said, "I'm in charge of this, I'm going to talk to that bastard Kevin Tsohara." ”

"Uh......" Steve Stubler opened his mouth and closed it again.

Harvey Weinstein noticed his expression and asked, "What?"

"Well, boss......" Steve Stubler said weakly, "Kevin Tzuhara could ...... Probably won't see you. ”

This also reminded Harvey Weinstein that although he has not completely torn his face with Warner Bros., the relationship between the two sides is not good, and he may not even be able to enter the Warner Building.

Harvey Weinstein thought for a few seconds and asked, "Steve, are you going to inquire about Kevin T'Suhara's recent itinerary to see if he has any public events to attend?"

"I think there is. Steve Stubble thought back and said, "Before I was kicked out of his office by Kevin Tsohara, I heard him talk on the phone and say he was going to a charity reception hosted by the Los Angeles Charities next Saturday night. ”

Harvey Weinstein nodded his chin and said, "You go check and get me an invitation if you're sure Kevin Tessohara is participating." ”

"Okay. Steve Stubler hurriedly replied.

This little thing is not difficult for him at all, and it is too common for the actual controller of Weinstein Pictures to attend a charity dinner.

Harvey Weinstein sat back on the couch and waved at Steve Sabler, who hurried out of the suite.

Seeing the door closed, Harvey Weinstein considered a countermeasure, although he had a clear written agreement with New Line Pictures, but until the end, it was better not to take the road of legal proceedings, which meant that it would drag on for a long time.

After thinking about it, his mind suddenly returned to Matthew Horner, as an actor, especially a Hollywood actor, isn't the Oscar a little attractive to him?

He can't confirm this, no one can confirm it, some actors' thoughts are hidden deeply, and outsiders are often elusive.

He only needs to confirm one thing, but if Matthew Horner wants to plot Oscar, he has a way to get hold of him!

Helping a person win the Oscar for Best Actor and Actress, even if he is a person who has succeeded many times, cannot be 100% guaranteed, but it is still very big to break a person's plan to win the Olympics.

Matthew Horner's "Fast and Furious 4" has been a success again, and now he is brilliant enough in terms of business, and he has a series of movies as a guarantee, if he wants to hit the Oscars, it is estimated that it will be a few years.

Harvey Weinstein pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, and then his brows furrowed again, the box office of "Fast and Furious 4" is too enviable.

Entering the working day, the popularity of "Fast and Furious 4" has decreased slightly, but with the support of high-ranking films and high-heat topics, the performance is still good.

On Monday, the single-day box office was down 52 percent from Sunday to $18.7 million, Tuesday unsurprisingly rebounded slightly to $19.6 million, and on Wednesday and Thursday, like most commercial studios, it continued to decline, earning $17.7 million and $15.9 million, respectively.

Before the arrival of a new weekend, "Fast and Furious 4" was released in North America for seven days, and the box office broke the $200 million mark in one fell swoop.

Fast & Furious 4 also became the first film in the North American film market to surpass $200 million at the box office in 2009.

At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, which has been released in advance, the popularity of "Fast and Furious 4" has gradually decreased, and after two weeks of screening, the box office is infinitely close to 400 million RMB, thus completing the transcendence of "Titanic" and breaking the monopoly of the big ship for the box office champion for more than ten consecutive years.

Due to policy reasons, "Fast and Furious 4" only has more than two weeks of screening time left, but it is easy to break through 4RMB, and the box office of 500 million is not a problem.

Of course, Matthew knows very well that "Fast and Furious 4" won't hold the box office championship over there for long, and James Cameron's "Avatar" is about to be released.

In addition to the other side of the Pacific, "Fast and Furious 4" also landed in the theater market of many overseas countries and regions last weekend, especially in Europe, Australia and Latin America, which are traditional Hollywood movie dumping places.

Largely without any suspense, the film became the weekly box office champion in most of the regions where it was released, earning $128.9 million in just one weekend from more than 60 overseas markets, including across the Pacific, pushing the global box office to $400 million.

However, the second weekend of the release of "Fast and Furious 4" in North America ushered in the challenge of two new films - Twentieth Century Fox's "Wonderful Night at the Museum 2" and Warner Bros. "Terminator 2018".

The former cost $150 million to produce, while the latter has a whopping $200 million budget.

These two heavyweights are rarely squeezed into the weekend before the Memorial Day, which is also one of the best schedules in the summer season.

Counting "Wolverine" and "Star Trek" released before "Fast and Furious 4", plus "Flying House" from Pixar Studios next weekend, the North American film market will be full of gunsmoke and fierce competition throughout May.

There are only six first-line super commercial masterpieces!

"Fast & Furious 4" has already stood out from the simultaneous screenings of "Wolverine" and "Star Trek", and it is not something that films like "Night at the Museum 2" and "Terminator 2018" can hold back.

Although it entered the second week of screening, it did not have a particularly big advantage over "Wonderful Night at the Museum 2" and "Terminator 2018", which were released in the first weekend, but also retained the top spot at the North American box office.

"Fast and Furious 4" took another $56.5 million the next weekend and continued to rank first, "Wonderful Night at the Museum 2" successfully suppressed "Terminator 2018" with the advantage of all ages, ranking second with $51.4 million, "Terminator 2018" despite the addition of Batman Christian Bale, but it had a poor reputation, relying on the brand's influence to win $42.1 million, and could only rank third, while the fourth and fifth places were occupied by "Star Trek" and "Wolverine" respectively.

Fast & Furious 4 is firmly heading for $300 million at the North American box office after its second weekend.

It was this weekend that Matthew received an invitation to a charity reception from the Los Angeles Charity Federation.

(Regarding the six movies released in May, except for "Fast and Furious 4", which replaced Tom Hanks's "Angels and Demons", the rest were released during this time period.) ）