There is an eight-year-old boy living in everyone's heart, and "Transformers" is the ticket to bring this boy out.

"Transformers" is not only a movie, but also a mark of an era behind it, full of the people's longing for science fiction in an era, and the development of the film industry has been able to bring this robot war to the perfect presentation on the screen, which is a milestone in itself.

Of course, although "Transformers" itself has many flaws such as poor rhythm control, most of the time the movie is turning one classic after another that can only be seen in dreams into reality as if it were within reach, and it is because of such excitement that when Optimus Prime and Decepticons fight on the screen, the blood of American heroism can be best burst out here.

So, the big hit of the film came as a matter of course.

In the first three days of its opening weekend, "Transformers" grossed $92.1 million from North America, far exceeding Paramount Pictures' expectations of $75 million.

And what is surprising is that a large number of fans have joined the ranks of supporting Megatron and the Decepticons, and it seems that villains are more popular than decent.

A lot of fans are fanatical about supporting Megatron. ”

In Paramount Pictures' office, CEO Brad Gray looked at Spielberg across the street and said, "A lot of people left messages on Paramount's official website asking to make a Megatron independent film. ”

Spielberg pushed his glasses up, "It's a chain reaction brought by Matthew Horner." ”

Brad Gray nodded slightly, "We didn't expect that Matthew Horner's personal appeal was beyond imagination. ”

"The opening weekend box office speaks volumes. Spielberg said.

"yes, the opening weekend box office exceeded expectations by $17 million. Brad Gray elaborated, "The original estimate of $75 million has been a conclusion reached by Paramount Pictures based on various factors, and it has fully taken into account Matthew Horner's appeal, but ......"

He couldn't help but shake his head, "We still underestimate Matthew Horner." The extra $17 million is all from Matthew Horner's market call, and most of it is. ”

Spielberg smiled, "Every dollar DreamWorks pays for Matthew Horner is worth it. ”

"Well, it's worth the money. ”

Brad Gray can't help but think of Tom Cruise, who has been working with Paramount Pictures for a long time, is it worth the return that Paramount Pictures invests so much money in him every year?

Even if you don't count the salary, Paramount Pictures has to pay Tom Cruise as much as $10 million a year for the cooperation, and if you count the salary, Tom Cruise is simply sucking the blood of Paramount Pictures.

Bloodsucking is fine, but what about the rewards he brings to Paramount Pictures?

Thinking of this, Brad Gray asked, "Steven, aren't you guys considering developing a separate set for Megatron?"

"This ......," Spielberg put down the camera, which was a standard businessman, "I don't have any plans for this for the time being, but I can consider it." ”

Then, he found another dilemma, the reason why Megatron is so popular is because of his inherent popularity support, and on the other hand, because of the voice actors.

DreamWorks is already preparing to develop a sequel, and there is no Matthew Horner in the plan for the sequel, after all, his dubbing pay is too high, but without Matthew Horner, let Megatron not come back?

Continuing to use Matthew Horner's words, he felt that Helen Herman, the insatiable woman, dared to ask for a $20 million dubbing salary.

It's a real conundrum, and I'll have to look at it with Michael Bay.

After chatting for a while, Spielberg said goodbye and left Paramount Pictures, Brad Gray thought for a moment and called his assistant, "Wundt, I remember some time ago Matthew Horner and Larry Ellison's son was going to work together on a movie, you go check it out." ”

The assistant over there obviously understands the situation and said directly, "They bought the follow-up rights to the "Fast and Furious" series from Universal Pictures, and are preparing to invest in production, and the director was just finalized at the end of last month. ”

Brad Gray then asked, "Have they negotiated a release?"

"Probably not. The assistant continued, "I haven't heard anything about that. ”

Brad Gray instructed, "Well, you go check and if they don't have a distribution agreement, get the distribution department to contact them and see if they can get the distribution rights to Matthew Horner's new work." ”

Buckling the phone, he sat at his desk and thought for a while, Paramount Pictures can't just rely on Tom Cruise, it's time to find a new star to replace Tom Cruise.

If it weren't for Tom Cruise, who holds the rights to the Mission: Impossible series, he would have kicked Tom Cruise out a long time ago.

Matthew Horner is perhaps a better addition than Tom Cruise.

In addition to the film itself, many media reports have focused on Matthew, believing that his voice acting brings Megatron a wild and domineering leadership temperament, which is more attractive than the quiet and introverted Optimus Prime.

There are also media claims: Matthew Horner's movies are big hits, and dubbed movies can also be big hits, and his market appeal cannot be ignored!

Even, Ed Mintz, the founder of Cinema Score, said in an interview that as long as Matthew Horner can be hired to star, any film will have a guaranteed opening weekend box office of at least $15 million.

Matthew didn't expect that the box office of "Transformers" in the first weekend would be so good, with a first-week box office of more than $90 million, as long as the follow-up trend does not collapse, the North American box office is very likely to exceed $300 million, and Michael Bay can also turn over and completely get rid of the bad luck since the new century.

Of course, this is also a lot of benefits for him, which can further prove his vision for choosing films and projects, and can also allow more people to follow in his footsteps.

However, it was not easy to get Alien Battlefield into the hands of Brad Pitt.

After seeing the box office statistics of "Transformers" in the first week, Matthew also looked at the word-of-mouth of the film, and the box office and word-of-mouth are very consistent with his usual style, the box office is a big hit, and the professional reputation is not good.

According to the statistics of the popular film review website "Rotten Tomatoes", the praise rate of "Transformers" is only 57%, which can be described as a mixed reputation, and the praise is basically like this: "Although it is difficult for credible characters to appear in "Transformers", the visual effects of this movie are surprising, and the action scenes are super cool. ”

Most of the film's positive reviews come from visual effects and action scenes, while criticism comes from the plot and characters, and many well-known critics have voted it Rotten Tomatoes.

In particular, the famous film critic Roger Albert ridiculed the film with unprecedented caustic words.

"Watching Transformers was a horrible experience, unbearable, with only three or four brief moments of fun, and all of them were insignificant. If you want to save money on your ticket, head into the kitchen and play a male song accompanied by hellish music, banging on pots and pans while closing your eyes and imagining a tall, slow-moving movie idiot. ”

"The plot of the film is puzzling, and the dialogue is even more stupid and meaningless. The Brooklyn, British, and hip-hop accents of the Autobots and Decepticons seem to come from distant planets, and they look more like they come from a garbage dump and are as taciturn as stones, and the human characters in the film are more interesting, but in fact they are less commendable. ”

"The battle scenes in the film are confusing, and there is no visual sense when you look at the model alone, but when two or three robots are entangled together, there is a particularly chaotic scene, and I think it is particularly interesting that the robots that stand up and are as tall as a four-story building will also fight with their fists, they are usually silent, and their heads are pitifully small, like watching the paint dry and being hit on the head by a frying pan......"

If there was a movie ten or twenty years ago that was attacked and ridiculed by Roger Albert, the box office would definitely not be much better, but the era of film critics has finally passed, even if Roger Albert is still very influential, the main audience of commercial films, few people will care about the comments of film critics.

If you pick a movie according to the reviews of film critics, you can't find a few movies in a year that make people happy to watch.

All the negative reviews in the matchup between Optimus Prime and Megatron were as fragile as a child's blown soap bubble that could easily be punctured, and in the following week, the film continued to soar aggressively, and after earning $50.2 million the following weekend, the North American box office easily surpassed the $200 million mark.

Anyone can see that $300 million is definitely not the North American box office limit of this film.

At the same time, DreamWorks Studios and Paramount Pictures also officially announced that the second part of "Transformers" has been put on the agenda of both companies.

DreamWorks also approached Helen Herman, as if to explore the possibility of Matthew continuing to voice Megatron, Helen Herman unceremoniously offered $20 million in voice acting salary, and DreamWorks immediately backed down.

Whether DreamWorks will continue to contact later, Matthew doesn't care.

He came to Warner Studios and began making final preparations for "Superman Hancock," which began filming in mid-July.

This film has been in preparation since last year, if it weren't for the coordination of his schedule, it would have started shooting last month, Matthew has always had a good reputation in the crew, and he also paid great attention to this aspect, since he entered the crew of "Superman Hancock for All", he temporarily put aside other things and devoted himself to the work of this film.