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If it were someone else, Matthew might not be able to think about it, but Britney's words should be forgotten, both of them have a good memory, which is a hundred times stronger than hurting each other in the end, and he vaguely feels that Helen Herman is a little anxious to advance.

Most of the time, Helen Herman is a calm and calm woman, and the last time a similar situation arose was when she was in a hurry to enter a mainstream commercial production, trying to win him the male lead in "Van Helsing".

At that time, he reminded Helen Herman and then found a way to get Orlando Bloom to take the initiative for that role.

"I wonder why this time?"

Returning to Horner Manor from Angel Agency, Matthew remembered Helen Herman, took out his mobile phone and sent her a text message, asking euphemistically, and Helen Herman quickly replied with a text message.

"It's fine. ”

There is only a simple sentence on the text message.

Helen Herman is not a little girl, but a very independent and assertive business woman, and after seeing her reply, Matthew didn't ask again.

Of course, no matter how big things happen to Helen Herman, it is impossible for him to get back together with Britney.

After experiencing a little ignorant first love, Matthew is no longer the little actor he was back then, and he has already let himself go in his heart and actual actions.

Putting away his phone, Matthew thought of Orlando Bloom again, it had been a long time since he had heard from him and seen news related to him.

smashed two first-line super productions in a row, and Orlando Bloom is basically impossible to play the leading role of a mainstream commercial masterpiece anymore.

Although there was some emotion in his heart, Matthew would not feel guilty, he didn't know how many people's shoulders he had stepped on this way from the bottom.

In the following week, Helen Herman's side was silent for the time being, and seemed to have completely abandoned the proposal to let him and Britney get back together, and the Scientology side was also quite quiet, and did not take the initiative to contact him, only Tom Cruise called and asked him to go to the Hollywood Celebrity Center for tea if he was fine.

The last time I went to the Hollywood Celebrity Center was to repay Tom Cruise's favor, and since the favor was returned, Matthew didn't plan to go back, let alone think about getting closer to Scientology, and Scientology didn't come to harass him, which was exactly what he wanted.

The only thing that surprised him was that Amber Heard never appeared or contacted him again, and it really seemed that it was really a friend introduced to Tom Cruise.

The sugar-coated cannonball was beautiful, but if he didn't take the initiative to call, he had no intention of coming to the door.

As the clock ticked into August, Matthew put aside the Scientology and sugar-coated cannonballs, as good news came in one after another, which was even more important to him.

After four weeks of screenings, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Gathering has safely crossed the $400 million mark at the North American box office, reaching $412.2 million the day after it topped the North American weekend box office for the fourth time.

Although the popularity of this film has dropped significantly, and the attendance rate and film scheduling rate have dropped again and again, it is clear inside and outside the circle that the North American box office is far from reaching the end.

According to Disney Studios' internal estimates, the final North American box office should be around $470 million, which is very likely to break into the top three of the North American box office.

In terms of overseas box office, more than 100 countries and regions have screened "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Souls", and the overseas box office has also exceeded 500 million US dollars, becoming the third highest-grossing Hollywood film after "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings 3" The Return of the King.

The global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin" is infinitely close to the billion-dollar mark, and it will surely become the third film to exceed a billion dollars at the global box office after "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King".

Of course, films like "Jurassic Park" and "Star Wars: A New Hope" are said to be back in theaters, and there will be more and more Hollywood movies that exceed a billion dollars.

Matthew and Johnny Depp naturally became the hottest movie stars this summer, not only in North America, but also in countries and regions around the world where "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin" was screened.

However, just as Will Turner has never been as popular as Captain Jack Sparrow, Matthew is also a cut below Johnny Depp.

This discrepancy is directly reflected in the negotiations between Helen Herman and the other two agents and Disney Pictures, and the three agents asked for the price increase for "The End of the World", and Johnny Depp's agent shouted the highest number.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin" is a super box office hit, which can definitely be said to be good news, but Matthew keenly feels that due to the reputation and quality of the film, compared with "The Curse of the Black Pearl", this film may consume too much fan enthusiasm, and when "The End of the World" is released, it may be difficult to be as popular as "Soul Coffin".

Of course, as long as there are no problems in post-production, the box office success of "The End of the World" is certain.

With the foundation and experience of the success of the first two films, if the production of the third part went wrong, Gore Verbinski and Jerry Bruckheimer could jump directly from the Disney headquarters building.

Matthew did not have the authority to participate in the post-production of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, and he was not proficient in post-production.

Not to mention the post-production of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, during which he went to Warner Studios to see the post-production of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", but did not express any opinions related to the professional field.

Compared to the busy post-production crew, he is definitely a layman.

What if he had seen "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta"? He knew that the film was widely circulated, and it was Zack Snyder's real fame, and he roughly remembered the plot of the film.

But these have no effect on the post-production of the film, the general plot script and comics are all there, and the details required for post-production, such as editing, rendering, tuning, etc., he doesn't know anything.

Who memorizes these things when they watch movies?

So, Matthew is very self-aware, can't help, and don't make a mess.

Fortunately, Zack Schneider and producer Bearded Jack are professional enough, and under their control, the post-production of "Three Hundred Spartan Warriors" is progressing smoothly, and according to David Ellison, the film will be edited no later than mid-September at the latest, and it will be released in time for the start of the holiday season in early November.

David Ellison and Sky Dance Pictures and Warner Bros., as the distributor, deliberately adjusted this release date in order to borrow Matthew's popularity after "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin".

Although Warner Bros. and David Ellison himself have carefully crafted promotional and marketing plans for this film, due to the inevitable R-rated rating, the film "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" cannot have the scale of publicity and distribution of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Coffin of the Soul" in any case.

Originally, Disney Pictures' publicity budget for "Soul Coffin" was lower than that of "The Curse of the Black Pearl", but after the box office of "Soul Coffin" was released in the first week, Disney Pictures' senior management saw the possibility of a box office super explosion and invested heavily again, which led to a strong box office trend later, and the North American box office and the global box office successfully exceeded $400 million and approached $10.

As far as Matthew knows, Disney Studios has spent $150 million on the promotion of "Gathering Souls".

Hollywood has long reached an era where there will be no super success without super publicity.

Many people are talking about the terrifying return on investment ratio when the production cost is millions of dollars or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, but no one cares about the high publicity and marketing expenses invested behind the production cost.

IF NOTHING ELSE, IF IT IS AN ORDINARY 35MM FILM COPY, EVEN IF THE FILM IS SHORTER THAN ABOUT 90 MINUTES AND IS MASSIVELY PRINTED, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DROP THE PRICE OF $600 PER COPY.

What if a film is to be screened in 2,000 theaters? North American theaters have long entered the era of multiplex chains, and 2,000 theaters represent more than 2,000 theaters.

In this era when digital copies have just appeared, many small film companies want to produce a movie with a small cost and think that it can become a hit, and they still want to distribute it independently, and the funds required for the copy alone will crush them to death.

As for the issuing company, that's the absolute upper part of the food chain.

Even with David Ellison's financial resources, it will not be possible for Skydance Pictures to have full distribution capacity in a short period of time.

Matthew didn't make trouble for Zack Schneider, and after going to the post-production team of "Spartan 300 Warriors", he passed through the door, and the "I Am Legend" crew, which was also in Warner Studios, became a place where he often ran.

This is another good news he received, Aziva Gossman and Warner Bros. decided on the director of "I Am Legend" after many evaluations, and Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, recommended by Helen Herman, signed a contract with the crew to direct this sci-fi masterpiece.

Matthew went to the crew, mainly to communicate with the director, Guillermo del Toro is different from the previous Francis Lawrence, this is a typical commercial film director, and is better at shooting some films with monsters and weird atmosphere.

In terms of dealing with people, Guillermo del Toro is not as stubborn as Francis Lawrence, and is born with the warmth and heartiness of a Latin American.

In terms of style, he is also more suitable for "I Am Legend", in the words of Aziva Gosman, Guillermo del Toro is not only obsessed with Warcraft and Phantoms, but also good at blending various genre elements such as horror, sci-fi, and magic in his film world.

When it comes to seniority and the style of directing films in the past, Guillermo del Toro is more suitable for this directorial position than Francis Lawrence.

At the same time, Matthew also got the final draft of the film's script.