With the end of the Oscars, "The Martian" was completely removed from North American theaters, and the North American box office finally stayed at the figure of $322 million.

The overseas screening of the film is not over yet.

Especially in Japan, the desert market for Hollywood movies, "The Martian" will not be released until March.

The film has now grossed $776 million worldwide.

As the time enters March, most of the films released in Hollywood last year have settled at the box office.

In the 2011 North American box office charts and global box office charts, Martin's two films "Fast and Furious 2" and "The Martian" both ranked in the top 10.

"The Martian" ranked third in both lists, behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and "Transformers 3".

"The Fast and Furious 2" ranked fourth on the two lists with $261 million in North America and $623 million worldwide.

In addition, the film sold a total of $255 million in DVDs last year, ranking second in North America behind "Harbport and the Deathly Hallows" and ranking second on the annual DVD sales list.

In both films, Martin signed a base salary of $20 million, plus a stepped share contract of up to 10 percent of the North American box office.

"Fast and Furious 2" was released at the beginning of last summer, and Disney Pictures has settled with Davis Studios twice, and Martin received a box office share of $22.57 million in addition to his base salary of $20 million, as well as a revenue share of $19.67 million for DVD and TV rights.

Martin achieved the feat of exceeding $60 million in personal income for a single film.

Similarly, on "The Martian", Martin's salary plus box office revenue alone exceeded $50 million.

However, the distributor, Disney Studios, is recovering payments from major theater companies in North America, and this income will go to Martin's account until the middle of this year.

In 2011, Martin's income in the actor industry exceeded $100 million for the first time.

In the latest annual earnings list of Hollywood celebrities released by People magazine, Martin ranks first with $115 million!

Although most of the income has not yet arrived, Martin has basically planned where to go, in addition to investing, and is ready to buy a yacht.

This was promised to Elizabeth Olsen before.

Elizabeth's mind changed.

"We are all in the stage of developing our careers, and the number of times we go to sea each year is limited, and the yachts we buy are basically idle, and we can only throw them on the dock to rust."

In the living room, Elizabeth pillowed on Martin's lap, and when she raised her head, Lily, who was lying on Martin's shoulder, happened to hang down and sway, she stretched out her finger and pressed it to play, and said: "In the past two months, after I have seen the yacht advertisement, I feel that it is not a necessity for us at this stage, it is better to buy a private jet cost-effective." ”

Lily grabbed Elizabeth's finger, pressed it on Martin, and said, "Liz often travels for business, I attend art exhibitions and lectures everywhere, Martin, you have to run a lot of announcements every year, and private jets are more practical." ”

At this stage, it is true that private jets are more useful, and Martin listened to the advice: "You choose a suitable one and place an order directly." ”

Elizabeth asked, "Do you have any special requirements?" ”

Lily laughed, "It's best to be able to play poker in the sky." ”

Martin is more serious than her: "You have to be able to fly international routes...... Well, with privacy. ”

"Okay." Elizabeth understood, but it was also quite exciting to think about flying in the sky.

The three of them chatted again about which brand they wanted to buy.

Bombardier, Gulfstream, Thor, and Falcon, among others, are preferred.

As for Lily's indiscriminate proposal to get a Boeing 737 to rebuild, Martin hasn't gotten that far.

When it comes to airplanes, Martin also thinks of one thing, it seems that Ukraine has several of the largest planes in the world, and he forgot what they are called.

I wonder if the head of the global village can get a cool one after it goes online?

Lily glanced at the time and got up from Martin and pulled Elizabeth along, "Go, accompany me to work." ”

Elizabeth said, "Do you have to practice every day? ”

"Of course." Lily packed her clothes: "If you don't practice for a day, you will be born, sculpture is a long-term work, I don't want to be the kind of artist who is purely touted by commerce, at least I have real skills in my hands."

Elizabeth smiled sweetly, but the words she said were not sweet: "How do you practice your fingers so flexibly?" Martin's bastard won't last long. ”

Lily opened her hand and grabbed it again: "Because I have been secretly observing since seven or eight years ago, knowing Martin's characteristics, I can catch his weaknesses with one hand." ”

Elizabeth knew what she meant, and she knew that Lily had a sister, and before she came to Atlanta, one of Lily's hobbies was voyeurism.

Lily leaned over and asked, "Liz, would you like to have more flexible fingers?" ”

Elizabeth stuck out her tongue and licked her slightly dry lips, so that Lily, who was trying to show off, understood that she was much better than her in some aspects.

Lily forcibly pulled people away: "Hurry up and go with me to work!" We said okay, no one can steal it. ”

The two went to the studio, and Martin had something to do, and soon went out and met with lawyer Hamlin in Burbank.

The latter is in charge of Martin's case against Warner Pictures.

A month after the lawyer's letter was issued, Warner Pictures still shows no signs of wanting to pay for the 2011 annual share of dozens of people, including Martin and Nolan.

A few days ago, the lawyer representing Warner Pictures held the first out-of-court negotiations with a number of lawyers, and Warner Pictures proposed a plan to extend the payment time until July, when Warner Pictures would pay an interest rate at the bank rate in addition to the original payment.

Unsurprisingly, the talks between the two sides fell apart.

Martin's appeal is simple, like everyone else: "In addition to interest, there must be liquidated damages and late fees, all according to the contract." ”

Hamlin said, "I understand, leave it to me." ”

He didn't stay long, and quickly took his leave and left.

Later, Martin went to Disney Studios, where the studio for a new project, The Prince of Thieves, had been set up, where Graham and Louise were preparing the film.

Louise was in the studio, and when she met Martin, she said: "The director you recommended, Denis Villeneuve, is okay, and after I interviewed him with Graham, he said that he would shoot a few minutes according to the script to prove that he was suitable for directing the project." ”

Martin asked, "How long will it take?" ”

"Up to a week." Louise said simply: "Of all the directors interviewed, I personally felt that he was the most suitable, he carefully studied the script, and on the premise of your basic salary of $20 million, 50 million to 60 million dollars can complete the film." ”

Martin nodded: "We have a good budget, and funding is not a problem. ”

Davis Studios, Pacific Pictures and GK Pictures are co-producers, and Martin also has investment from Oh Mo-ting and South Korea.

Louise said: "If Villeneuve's footage passes our assessment, Graham will negotiate a contract directly with his agent, and the project will be fully launched in ten days. ”

She paused slightly: "My energy is still mainly on "La La Land", and there is also a selection of directors over there, Disney Studios has rich experience in shooting song and dance films, and has recommended several director candidates, and I will meet them next week." ”

Martin sighed: "It's really troublesome to prepare for the song and dance film. ”

"The main thing is that the song and dance film is a sub-category within a sub-category." Louise pushed her black-rimmed glasses up: "There aren't many professionals in this area anymore. ”

She reminded Martin: "Once the choreography is in place, you have to start your professional training, and you have to start practicing the piano. ”

Martin had privately studied piano with Sebastian, but had just gotten out of the Zen: "Sebastian will be my piano teacher at the same time." ”

Whether it's dancing or piano, it's quite troublesome.

But Martin is dedicated enough not to use a stand-in and will play himself when the time comes.

Next, his work as an actor is basically confirmed, and he will appear in "Interstellar", "Fast Pursuit 3", "La La Land" and "Prince of Thieves".

The filming schedule is very well adjusted, except for "Interstellar" directed by Nolan, the other three films are all invested and produced by Davis Studios, and the crew can fully match Martin's schedule when shooting.

The two talked a little more about Warner Pictures.

Louise has worked with Warner Bros. for many years, and is particularly well-informed on Warner's side: "Last year's several new films, because the box office and offline response were not ideal, Warner Pictures' payment collection speed was indeed much slower, but the old films do not have this problem, Warner Pictures dragged your share and did not give it, because the funds were misappropriated by Jon Berg." ”

Martin had a guess: "Jon Berg isn't going to use the money to make a new film, is he?" ”

Louise said, "Added to Jack the Giant Catcher, didn't he create a new post-editing mode?" Each version of the editing, the expert viewing group formed, all need a lot of financial support, and the original budget is not enough, so it can only be added again. ”

Martin asked, "If this mega production fails, will Jon Berg be the first person responsible?" ”

"Yes." Louise said: "In case of failure, even if Jon Berg is Kevin Tsujihara's brother-in-law, it is impossible to escape accountability, and the dissent of the Warner Bros. board of directors Kevin Tsujihara can be suppressed, as well as the Time Warner Group." ”

Martin nodded and asked, "I remember that "Giant Catcher Jack" was released at the beginning of this summer?" ”

Louise thought for a moment: "In the middle of May, the week before and the week after, it seems that there is no big production of the same scale. ”

Martin made no secret of it and said directly: "I wish him failure." ”

The crew of "La La Land" hired a piano teacher for Martin, and after the choreography is in place, he will come to the crew on time to practice dance.

Taking advantage of the popularity caused by the Oscars, Disney Studios officially promoted the DVD release of "The Martian", and in the absence of Ridley Scott's busy filming of "Prometheus", Martin threw himself into the promotion of the DVD.

After all, DVD sales are not only related to Davis's studio's revenue, but also to his later share.

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