Chapter 362: China Film Group (Subscription Requested)

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That night, TMZ posted some photos and videos of the engagement ceremony on the homepage of the website, and even though the time was close to midnight, the traffic on the website suddenly exploded, and the video was stuck and could not be viewed.

By the next day, the entertainment media was even more overwhelming, making Matthew and Charlize Theron earn enough eyeballs.

From the initial planning to the implementation of this matter, it has been more than half a year, and Matthew and Charlize Theron, as the parties concerned, do not feel the slightest discomfort.

Matthew naturally doesn't need to say that an entertainment star without exposure is basically doomed.

Even Charlize Theron, who was a little resistant at first, is now very calm.

This is Hollywood, it's the entertainment industry, and countless divisions and combinations are staged every day, if you want to find innocent men and women, you should go to Beverly Middle School or Harvard-Westlake School.

Maybe some people who are just starting out in the industry are indeed innocent men and women, but who has climbed all the way to a coffee position or level like Matthew or Charlize Theron, which one is not experienced?

Having said that, in addition to film and television works, the general public pays the most attention to celebrities, in fact, these battle-hardened things.

Those who want to see innocent men and women, life and death hand in hand to white-headed romances, will not come to Hollywood stars in reality, those only exist in movies starring Hollywood stars.

Not to mention people like Matthew who had ideas when they entered Hollywood, go and see Audrey Hepburn, who is almost synonymous with innocence and nobility, and her love history is equally wonderful.

Even after a decade, scandals like Matthew and Charlize Theron have struggled to arouse the interest of the media and the public, because there are more and more such things in Hollywood, and celebrities need new ways to attract attention and maintain exposure.

As a result, whether they are really gay or not, countless male and female stars have embarked on the popular road of "coming out".

Are there really so many gays in Hollywood?

In fact, most people understand that only a very small part of them are really gay, and most celebrities are either creating topics, or they are tired of doing too much between the opposite sex, and want to pursue fresh excitement.

This circle is like this, let alone going deep into it, just like Matthew once did, just standing in the distance and watching entertainment news, it is not difficult to distinguish what it looks like.

In this era, hype like this is still very marketable, which directly reflects the North American box office of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

Since the beginning of the week, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has inevitably seen a decline in weekday box office, earning $10.5 million on Monday, $11.1 million on Tuesday's discount day, and $10.2 million on Wednesday's wedding day......

But by Thursday, spurred on by the frenzied media coverage, the daily output of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" skyrocketed to $14.2 million.

In four working days, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" collected another $46 million from North America, and the total North American box office easily exceeded $100 million.

Subsequently, the film entered its second weekend of screening, and a truly giant film appeared in the North American market - "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith".

The plot of the American Star Wars series is incomprehensible to people like Matthew, even after working hard in Hollywood for a few years, I can't figure out what is so good about making two lightsabers and swinging them around there without any sense of power.

Of course, he can realize that the popularity of Star Wars culture may be related to the lack of its own culture in the United States, as well as the effective marketing and promotion of Lucasfilm.

Matthew has seen an unofficial statistic that the box office of the five Star Wars movies combined is just over $3 billion, and the sales of merchandise are more than $20 billion.

Matthew doesn't know whether this data is true or not, but George Lucas is recognized as the richest director in Hollywood, and most of his net worth is undoubtedly from the Star Wars series.

However, George Lucas did not have a good time after launching the Star Wars Prequel series.

"The Phantom Menace" has had mixed reviews, "Attack of the Clones" has been criticized by Star Wars fans, and there are not a few fans who have criticized George Lucas for ruining the Star Wars series, and these situations have also carried over to "Revenge of the Sith".

Before the release of "Revenge of the Sith", in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of Star Wars fans and try to cover up the negative effects caused by "Attack of the Clones", George Lucas even publicly announced that "Revenge of the Sith" will be the end of the entire Star Wars series.

Matthew is well aware that this is indeed the end of the Star Wars series directed by George Lucas, but it is far from the end of the Star Wars series.

Hollywood's propaganda and hype bottom line is very low, and telling lies with your eyes closed is just the most basic skill, similar to the finale or the last movie, just listen to it.

For example, Luc Besson, on the announcement of "Danny Wolfhound", once again talked about his plan for ten films......

Although George Lucas declared that "Revenge of the Sith" was the end of the Star Wars series, after three days of the weekend, affected by the previous "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones", the box office of "Revenge of the Sith" did not have the super explosion of the imagined finale.

The film's opening weekend box office of $108.43 million in North America was significantly lower than the industry's expectations.

If it is replaced by other movies, this is undoubtedly a big hit number, and for the end of the "Star Wars" series, it can only be said that it is okay.

Matthew also took the time to go to a theater in Beverly Hills to watch "Revenge of the Sith", once he watched the series and didn't have much interest, but Charlize Theron can be regarded as a small half of the Star Wars fan, and he also accompanied Charlize Theron to watch it specifically.

Due to the next promotion of Dior and Mercedes-Benz platforms, after the engagement ceremony, the two did not travel, and could only stay in Los Angeles for the time being, after all, they both have contracts themselves.

In Charlize Theron's words, watching Revenge of the Sith together is also a special engagement vacation.

After watching this film, although Matthew was not interested in the soft movements of the Jedi, he had to admit that "Revenge of the Sith" is definitely epic and magnificent, much better than "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones".

Even if Anakin-Skywalker's transformation is still a little underground, it is not flawed.

If nothing else, in terms of plot alone, "Revenge of the Sith" will definitely kill "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

Charlize Theron said this to him after watching the movie, watching a character irretrievably move towards a long-known ending, there is a sense of fatalistic pathos.

Anakin Skywalker becomes a Black Knight, Padmé Amidala dies of heart, leaving Luke and Leia behind, Obi-Wan hides his tracks, and the Republic becomes an empire......

And, of course, there is a very American quote left by Anakin Skywalker: "If you don't side with me, you're on the enemy's side." ”

This is very much like the style of the Washington authorities.

Similar to things involving politics, Matthew just thinks about it, but he won't really do anything, at most, when the time is right, jump out and fight, after all, a Hollywood star who doesn't scold the Washington authorities is definitely not a qualified Hollywood star, and it will look particularly unstylish.

"Revenge of the Sith" did not respond as expected, which is undoubtedly a good thing for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which entered its second weekend, and with the overwhelming news of Matthew and Charlize Theron, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" did not suffer a significant impact, and the box office trend was quite solid.

In its second weekend, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" sold just 45 percent less than its opening weekend, earning $41.5 million, and grossing $163.1 million in North America.

Compared to "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", the real impact of "Revenge of the Sith" is "Danny the Wolfhound" and "Heavenly Dynasty", which started poorly and slipped to $4 million at the box office in three days this weekend.

At the same time, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was also released in nearly 80 overseas countries and regions, and was affected by the North American hit, and the overseas response was enthusiastic, and it swept away $110 million from overseas in the first week.

Universal Pictures also came with a news that made Matthew very interested, the China Film Group on the other side of the Pacific has decided to introduce "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", due to the film's PG-13 rating, and does not involve any political and regional sensitive issues, it has successfully passed the review of Big Scissors, and will be officially released in theaters there in early June.

China Film Group also sent an official message to Universal Pictures, wanting to invite the main creators of the "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" crew to go to the other side of the Pacific for a premiere.

It is clear that in this era of highly developed information, the scandal between Matthew and Charlize Theron has spread to the other side of the Pacific, and China Film Group is also aware of the possible value in it.

But Universal Pictures has not had a clear answer, because the other side of the Pacific has only 13 percent of the box office, which lacks enough traction.

Matthew also wanted to go back and check it out, but the next itinerary was very full, with Mercedes-Benz advertising campaigns to participate in, and he had to report to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew at the end of the month.

Universal Pictures and Summit Entertainment declined China Film Group's invitation after consulting Matthew and Charlize Theron about their trips.

However, Matthew received information from Helen Herman that Disney Pictures is in talks with China Film Group to hold a premiere for the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" across the Pacific.

Walt Disney is more focused on the Pacific market than Universal Pictures and is said to be fighting to build a brand new Disney park, where Disney Studios is hosting the premiere of the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean, which is also in line with the group's strategy.

None of this is for Matthew to decide, and if the premiere does take place on the other side of the Pacific, it would be nice to go and see it.