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Burbank, Great Street, South Bo, Disney Headquarters.

Joe Detdurba looked at Jerry Bruckheimer, who was sitting across from him, and asked, "Is there any hope for a sequel to National Treasure?"

Jerry Bruckheimer smiled helplessly, "Disney Studios has never been able to handle the actor Matthew Horner, I talked to him personally, and it didn't work, and Robert Iger also approached him last weekend." ”

"Matthew Horner won't budge?" asked Joe Detdurba.

"Yes. Jerry Bruckheimer had a headache when he thought about it, and said, "This morning, Helen Herman of Angel Agency raised the price again, and if you want Matthew Horner to star in the sequel to "National Treasure", a 20+20 salary contract is a must." ”

Joe Detdubar immediately understood, "They have dragged on until now, just waiting for the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to come out at the box office, and then increase the price!"

"There's no way around it. "Jerry Bruckheimer actually knows very well that Matthew Horner is no longer the little actor who needs to see his face when Black Hawk Down," the "National Treasure" sequel needs Matthew Horner, but Matthew Horner doesn't need this sequel. ”

"Can't we give up Matthew Horner?" Joe Detdurbar frowned, "and that would save more money on filming." ”

Jerry Brookhead thought about it for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said, "With Matthew Horner's current popularity, how many viewers will be able to accept it if we give up the original male lead?"

Joe Detdubar was a little dissatisfied, "Then we all have to wait for Matthew Horner?"

"He's worth waiting. Jerry Bruckheimer said this first, and then said, "Look at the negotiations between Disney Pictures and Helen Herman, this project is estimated to be a few years later." Joe, if there's a suitable project, you can direct it first. ”

This is also something that can't be helped, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin" hit a record box office in the first weekend, which made the two leading actors, Johnny Depp and Matthew Horner, skyrocket in popularity, and it is strange not to take the opportunity to raise the offer.

What's even more troublesome is that Helen Herman came to him this morning, not for the sequel to "National Treasure" at all, but to unite Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley's agents to ask the crew to increase the percentage of dividends of the three leading actors in "The End of the World".

This is the real headache for Jerry Bruckheimer, and presumably Disney Pictures will not be better off than him.

According to the practice in the industry, if the first part of this set of films is a big hit, the second part will definitely appropriately increase the remuneration of the cast and crew, but the offer of the three starring agents of Matthew Horner, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley is a bit excessive.

If this aspect cannot be discussed, it will inevitably affect the publicity and distribution of "The End of the World".

Among the angel agencies, Helen Herman has just told Matthew about her meeting with Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney Pictures in the morning.

"This is just the initial contact. Her voice was flat, "The two sides have just tested the bottom line, and if they want to negotiate, it will take at least a few months." ”

Matthew nodded, "It's a little bit more to be able to fight for a little more." ”

Not only him, but Depp and Keira Knightley have never been too rich in money.

Helen Herman leaned back in her chair and said, "A number of research firms and Wall Street agencies also released their latest expectations for "Soul Gathering" today, raising their forecasts to $400 million in North America and $1 billion in the world based on audience word-of-mouth and first-week box office. ”

She said a basic fact, "If 'The End of the World' can reach the global box office of a billion dollars, every one percent of the upfront box office share involved means that you can increase your revenue by 10 million dollars!"

She didn't say the latter sentence, Matthew's increase in income means that she can also get a large commission.

Money is such a thing, who doesn't like it in a normal person?

Matthew was also very tempted and said, "Fight for it as much as you can." ”

After the North American weekend box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin" was released, the box office figures for the first week overseas were quickly counted.

Despite being rejected by Big Scissors, Disney Studios' global simultaneous release plan has not changed, in addition to North America, "Gathering Soul Coffin" has also landed in more than 70 overseas countries and regions almost simultaneously, and the overseas box office easily overwhelmed the North American box office in the same period, winning more than 198 million US dollars.

In just one week of its release, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin" exceeded $350 million at the global box office.

Although everything from film critics to Rotten Tomatoes is a declining voice, after the birth of this data, many movie prediction agencies have raised their previous expectations.

With $400 million in North America and $1 billion in the world, in the eyes of these forecasters, it is not too difficult for "Gathering Soul Coffin" to be realized.

At the same time, on a number of websites, including Google and IMDB, almost the same ranking appeared on the list of searches and hottest stars this week, with Johnny Depp firmly occupying the first place with Captain Jack Sparrow, and he followed closely behind, even Keira Knightley, who didn't have a lot of scenes, was firmly in the top five.

It is no exaggeration to say that pirates sailed far away, and those merchant ships, large and small, could only flee from the wind.

However, not all the good news from overseas, there are also some not very good news, as the main location of the Dominican media, criticized "Gathering Soul Coffin" deliberately scandalized the local indigenous tribes, saying that Disney Studios in a disgraceful way, portrayed many Dominican locals as stupid and terrible cannibals, asked Disney to delete the relevant clips, and publicly apologized in the media.

It is simply not impossible to get the filmmaker to apologize.

Not to mention a big company like Disney Studios, even a small Hollywood production company will not apologize for this kind of thing.

In the eyes of Hollywood, what other countries and regions value is just entertainment, and if those countries and regions have an opinion on this, Hollywood will only think that they lack the spirit of entertainment.

Fortunately, Dominica is too far away from North America, and the current reaction of the Dominican media has not caused trouble for "Gathering Soul Coffin".

"One more thing. Helen Herman looked through her work diary and looked at it, "At noon today, Oprah Winfrey's Harper Productions sent me an invitation to officially invite you to the Oprah talk show. ”

Matthew thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think I'm going to attend? I've heard that the main audience for Oprah's talk show is middle-aged housewives. ”

"That's right, housewives prop up Oprah's talk show. Helen Herman had clearly thought about it and said directly, "My suggestion is that you go and participate." ”

Without waiting for Matthew to speak, she took the initiative to explain, "Bella Anderson and I have done a survey of your fan groups and fan organizations all over North America, and at the moment, your fan base is dominated by teenagers over the age of fifteen, and the fan groups are filled with a large number of men under the age of forty. ”

Matthew nodded, and in his understanding, Helen Herman was right.

Helen Herman crossed her hands on her desk and continued, "While you are very popular among young women under the age of thirty-five, the group of housewives over the age of thirty-five is a void for you. ”

"I didn't think I'd be able to please these people. Matthew spread his hands and said, "Don't they all like soap operas and romantic love movies?"

"Not necessarily. Helen Herman said, for example, "Before the scandal, Brad Pitt was the favorite movie star of housewives in the United States, but when he got married, he was caught in bed by Aniston, and his popularity dropped dramatically." ”

Matthew instantly understood the meaning of Helen Herman's words, "Now that there is a gap in the market for housewives, you want me to grab the support of some people as much as possible." ”

Helen Herman nodded, "You can say the same. It is difficult for your support in the existing group to climb up and strive for a new crowd market, which is beneficial to the future movie box office or brand endorsement. ”

She suddenly accentuated her tone, "Oprah's talk show is a very good platform. ”

"I see. Matthew made the decision, "Then agree to Oprah Winfrey's invitation and go to the Oprah talk show." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered about the charity auction and said, "I happened to go to Oprah to ask for donations." ”

Although she voluntarily pledged $100,000 on the night of the charity dinner, after Amanda personally contacted Oprah Winfrey, the $100,000 donation has been delayed until now There is no clear news, and Oprah obviously intends to repay the debt.

Helen Herman shook her head, "It's not the first time Oprah has done this, and it's probably become a habit to rely on charitable donations." ”

In fact, Oprah Winfrey was not the only one who paid the bill, many of the people who pledged to charity that night did not receive the money, as Amanda said, many people just wrote a number to cope with the scene.

Matthew did not continue the topic, returned to the talk show, and said, "The big sale of "Gathering Soul Coffin" is already a foregone conclusion, and it is a bit of a waste to be on Oprah's talk show at this stage, Helen, you communicate with Oprah to see if you can move the time of the talk show back, preferably on the eve of the release of "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors". ”

"It's a good idea. Helen Herman agrees with Matthew's words, saying, "It's best to show it at the end of October or early November, to go along with the pre-screening promotion of The Three Hundred Spartans." ”

She thought for a moment and then said, "I'll communicate with Oprah first, and then I'll talk to David Ellison and Warner Bros. when I have the results, so that I can have the best publicity effect." ”

Matthew nodded, "Yes." He added, "What about the Scientology materials you helped me gather? Tom Cruise's wedding party is about to take place." ”