Chapter 663 The world's top-grossing star
Early Monday morning, Phyllis Bereta had breakfast, carried a black backpack, and walked out of the door. He turned around and looked at the house that was not very big but had a very safe living. He pushed out the bicycle parked in the yard.
Now, she has completely emerged from the sadness and pain of her parents' death in a car accident, and has gradually forgotten about Queens in New York, because she has a new life in Los Angeles, can live in the city where Matthew lives, and can work on Matthew's fan support website, which makes her feel extremely happy.
Locking the door and riding a bicycle, Phyllis Bereta looked back at the house. Perhaps this is what life should be like.
She rode her bike away from home and headed towards Ximu District where the office building of the support website was located.
Twenty minutes later, she walked into the office, found her work station and sat down, and immediately entered work.
Since his parents' accident, Phyllis Bereta has stopped being a front-line fan. He has entered the website and has become a professional screen fan. His daily work revolves around Matthew, and almost all the work content is related to Matthew.
This also made her work enthusiastic every moment.
Phyllis Bereta turned on the computer and went to check the emails first. The supervisor distributed new work tasks through emails every day. Today, her work tasks were launched with the box office of "The All-Man Hancock" last weekend.
After reading the email and closing the email, she quickly opened the official website of the box office tracker "Media Digital", and the box office news last weekend was released.
"This weekend is the American Independence Day holiday. According to statistics from major theater organizations in North America, "The All-Man Hancock" won a box office record of US$83.8 million under the leadership of "super box office hero" Matthew Horner. It has far set aside last weekend's champion "Robot Mobilization" and has become the dominant player of the North American film market on Independence Day."
"At the same time, this film starring Matthew Horner also created a record of North American painting opening in non-sequel original movies!"
"In addition, the animated feature film "Robots" produced by Pixar Studios and released by Disney Pictures received $29 million this weekend, ranking second, and has achieved a box office of $122 million in ten days of release. The comedy "Supermarket Agent" has achieved $110 million, ranking third; the cartoon "Kung Fu Panda" entered its fifth week of release, achieving $7.5 million in box office, ranking fifth..."
Seeing this, Phyllis Bereta closed the page and opened another page.
The title of this page attracted her.
"Evil comments are flying all over the sky, and the box office is rolling!"
This commentary article seems full of maliciousness, but in fact it has a relatively neutral position.
"The new film "Hancock of the People" starring Matthew Horner started screening last Thursday night, and won $7.8 million in advance that night, surpassing "Iron Man", which kicked off the first shot in North America in summer. In the past three days, the total box office of "Hancock of the People" in North America has accumulated to $83.8 million. In the face of such solid figures, all the bad comments and so-called public opinion in the past seem so insignificant, like a cloud."
"There are too many people who started their curse a few days ago. After watching the movie, the famous critic Roger Albert shouted unhappy and gave a star without hesitation. But this Monday, the newspaper he was in office still had to open the publication and reluctantly praised the superhero Hancock with a big title. On the Rotten Tomato website, the critics cast a 37% rot index, which at best was to push a green rot sign to the top of the website's box office list."
Phyllis Bereta snorted coldly, how many rotten tomatoes have been thrown into Matthew's movies, but is it useful?
She shook her head, turned off the Yahoo website, logged into the backstage of the support website, and forwarded the comments from fans on the website to major websites and social media.
Meanwhile, Hasbro's president and CEO Brian Goldno welcomed the visiting Stephen Somos in the suite at the Four Seasons Hotel.
"Good morning, Stephen."
Brian Goldnow shook hands with Stephen Somos and said, "Come here to find me so early, is there anything wrong?"
Stephen Somos looked at the two suitcases in the suite and said with a smile, "If I didn't come here early, you'll fly back to Rhode Island."
Brian Goldno also looked at the pile of luggage and said, "There is no way. There is a very important board meeting at Hasbro headquarters on Wednesday. I have to rush back."
"Okay, I'll just waste your time too much," Stephen Somos simply said directly. "I'm here to tell you that our project can't be delayed anymore. Hasn't Hasbro made up his mind yet?"
Originally, he and Paramount Pictures went through a lot of talk to convince Hasbro, an outsider, to agree to modify the script of "Special Forces" and use Matthew Horner as the real core to create the first live-action movie of "Special Forces", rather than the previous fake protagonist real group scene.
In the ongoing negotiations, Hasbro was quite dissatisfied with the model of basic pay and global box office sharing requested by Matthew Horner's agent Helen Hermann, which led to the negotiation progress being delayed and no progress has been made.
Since Hasbro takes up half of the film's investment and is still the copyright holder of "Special Forces", it is impossible for this negotiation to reach an agreement without their nods.
Brian Goldnow looked at the watch, and without going around in circles, he said directly, "Matthew Horner and his agent asked for $25 million plus 15% of the global box office share is too high!"
Stephen Somos immediately responded, "I communicated with Matthew in private and the global box office can be reduced to 10%.
"Ten percent is too high!" Brian Goldnow said dissatisfied.
"Bryan, have you ever thought about it?" Stephen Somos spread his hands, "Matthew Horner is worth this price!"
Brian Goldnow frowned but didn't say anything.
Stephen Somos continued, "On the weekend that just ended, "The Man Hancock" starring Matthew Horner snatched a total of about $83.8 million in box office. If you calculate the overseas regions that were released at the same time, this action blockbuster has already won $178.9 million in global box office. Matthew Horner once again proved that he is still a box office hero, still the guarantee of the summer season, and is still the world's most popular star today."
"I know this." How could Brian Goldnow not pay attention to the latest updates of the stars who are preparing to cooperate. "I admit that Matthew Horner is the most box office guaranteed star in Hollywood today, and it seems to have a mysterious temperament of 'born for success'. With his business appeal, the $25 million salary is not an exaggeration..."
His speech suddenly changed, "But the global box office share of 10% is still the early box office share, which is too high."
Stephen Somos doesn't know what to say. The differences between the two sides undoubtedly come from differences of interests, which is often the most difficult to deal with. As one of the directors and producers of the film, he has been waiting very anxiously recently.
The failure of "Van Helsing" almost silent. This "Special Force" is his best chance to turn things around, and Matthew Horner is the key.
Brian Goldnow suddenly said, "Stephen, did you know Matthew Horner before he became famous? He still has a supportive heart. Can you convince him..."
"Impossible." Stephen Somos shook his head, "just like I can't convince you now."
"Yeah." Brian Goldno nodded.
Stephen Somos knew that Matthew had taken into account the previous cooperation between the two, otherwise with Helen Hermann's tough attitude, the global box office share would not have been reduced to 10%.
He thought for two seconds briefly and said, "There has been a constant criticism on the night of the premiere of "The Man of the People". The outside world once doubted whether Matthew Horner's star path had a turning point. Facts have proved that "The Man of the People of the People" only further consolidated Matthew Horner's status as the "world's most popular star."
Seeing Brian Goldnow still silent, Stephen Somos continued, "A comprehensive survey from cinema score says that the audience always has a special relationship with Matthew Horner and his role, and the audience always believes that he can bring a different new movie viewing experience."
"I will think about it seriously." Brian Goldnow finally expressed an attitude. "I will go back to my Rhode Island headquarters and will explain it on the board."
Stephen Somos didn't think that Brian Goldnow could make a decision directly, nodded and emphasized again, "If Matthew Horner is not the most valuable guy in this industry, then I really don't know who can forget it."
"Variety Show", which has always been stable in writing, also wrote a sentimental and powerful introduction like "the world's largest star is now bigger".
Seeing Brian Goldno looking at his watch again, Stephen Somos stood up and said, "I won't waste your time, I hope I can get good news."
"I hope so, too." Brian Goldno said with a smile.
The two shook hands and said goodbye. Stephen Somos walked out of the Four Seasons Hotel, stood at the door of the hotel, looking at the billboard not far away. On the huge billboard, Matthew Horner, dressed in Hancock, was looking down at the entire Los Angeles.
The young actor he looked down upon when filming "The Return of the Mummy" was almost becoming a superstar.
It won't take long, and I'm afraid that inside and outside the circle and media audiences will regard Matthew Horner as a superstar who can compete with Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford.
Chapter completed!