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Sitting in the study, Sean Daniel looked at the poster of "The Scorpion King" on the opposite wall. Matthew Horner on it was particularly eye-catching. This young actor from Texas became famous step by step under his gaze, and was about to enter the huge Hollywood star group, a relatively higher level.

Hollywood production companies have a clear measurement system for celebrity actors in the industry. The most important criterion is the box office and popularity of the three films starring in the past.

This directly represents how appeal a celebrity can bring in new future works and how much the pay is.

With the reputation and box office trend of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the first two days, the box office in North America exceeds 100% and exceeds 200 million is not a problem. As long as the later trend is stable, it can fully impact US$300 million.

Such a successful film is enough to allow an unknown person to directly enter the ranks of second-tier stars, let alone a small star like Matthew Horner who has the foundation of "The Scorpion King".

Sean Daniel refreshed his email again, but no new emails were sent.

According to his estimate, the first weekend of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will definitely not be less than $60 million. Such a box office figure, coupled with the highly praised character Will Turner and Matthew Horner, will undoubtedly attract a large number of fans later, which can be directly transformed into the box office appeal of the new film.

The higher the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the first weekend, the more praise Will Turner will receive, and the greater the appeal of Matthew Horner will be in the future.

Correspondingly, his pay will increase.

Sean Daniel is waiting for the latest data, just to find a balance point from it as soon as possible and negotiate with the woman Helen Hermann.

If you had a little doubt about Matthew Horner as the leading actor in "The Living Dead", now you have firmly insisted on inviting him. As long as "The Living Dead" is well connected, the film will definitely continue the popularity that Matthew Horner gathers through "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"Can you consider increasing the role of the male lead?" Sean Daniel thought seriously and decided to discuss it with director Zach Schneider.

A pop-up window suddenly appeared in the lower right corner of the computer screen, which was a prompt to receive a new email. Sean Daniel couldn't wait to move the mouse and click it.

The email opened immediately, and then a string of numbers appeared, $22.2 million on Friday, $23.8 million on Saturday, $18.6 million on Sunday, and $64.6 million on three days on weekends!

Sean Daniel nodded slightly. This number made him completely relieved, but then new concerns emerged. "Pirates of the Caribbean" had a big box office hit on the first weekend. As the male lead, Matthew Horner must be a good player. His new film pay cannot be at the level of $2 million. Is the $25 million production budget of "Dawn of the Living Dead" enough?

Let’s take a look at the negotiations with Helen Herman first. If we can negotiate Matthew’s role as the male lead, it shouldn’t be difficult to increase Universal Pictures’ budget with the current situation.

The sun rose on Monday, because of the jet lag and the recent busy preparation for "King Arthur", Jerry Brookheimer, who is in London, just got documents faxed by Disney Pictures.

He glanced at it and gave it to his assistant Anderson Martinez. Anderson Martinez couldn't help laughing after reading it, "Boss, we've succeeded again."

Jerry Brookheimer smiled faintly, "When the project was launched, I told Disney people that Pirates still have potential to tap." He snorted disdainfully, "Michael Eisner, this idiot, actually said that my project would be completely screwed!"

Anderson Martinez also laughed, "It's Michael Eisner's vision that has a problem."

"Michael Eisner's ability has been deteriorated very seriously and he obviously cannot keep up with this era." Jerry Brookheimer criticized the partners who introduced him to Disney back then, and was not polite at all. "Although Walt Disney has grown and grown in his hands, he has now become an obstacle to Walt Disney's further development."

"Yeah." Anderson Martinez nodded.

In fact, he didn't know much about Michael Eisner's problem, he only knew that Michael Eisner refused to invest a lot of money in the two projects of "King Arthur" and "National Treasure", which caused the project to be postponed, and "National Treasure" was still in the script creation stage, which made his boss very unhappy.

He knew very well that Michael Eisner was not the Michael Eisner of the past, and why Jerry Brookheimer was Jerry Brookheimer of the past?

"Boss, there are two other statistics on the fax." Anderson Martinez said carefully and read the complete document, "You may be interested."

Jerry Brookheimer spoke directly, "Tell me and see."

Anderson Martinez immediately said, "In the survey statistics conducted by Disney Pictures in the first week, the most popular character was Jack Sparrow, and the second most popular character was Will Turner. These two characters received a total of 85% of the audience interviewed, of which Jack Sparrow was 46% and Will Turner 39% of the same. The difference is not much."

"It is right to change Will Turner's decision." Jerry Brookheimer's face appeared a little serious. "Matthew Horner is indeed very capable."

Anderson Martinez followed his words, "It's true, and he's not as difficult as Johnny Depp at work, he's the kind of actor who's particularly worry-free and reassuring."

Jerry Brookheimer nodded slightly. He has worked with Matthew Horner twice and still has some understanding of this.

"What a pity..." Jerry Brookheimer sighed, "I originally wanted him to continue as the leading actor of "King Arthur", but he took on another movie."

"Boss..." Anderson Martinez asked tentatively, "Are you optimistic about Matthew Horner?"

"It's not that I'm optimistic," said Jerry Brookheimer. "It's the response of the movie that proves to us that Matthew Horner has the potential to be a star with strong appeal."

He suddenly showed a look of memories, "Matthew Horner reminded me of the scene when he collaborated with Don Simpson on Top Gun. It was after that movie that Tom Cruise really embarked on the path of superstar."

Anderson Martinez didn't expect Jerry Brookheimer would have such a high evaluation of Matthew Horner, and said, "Boss, don't we have another project? The male lead of "National Treasure" is not sure."

Jerry Brookheimer thought about it for a while and said, "You go and communicate with Helen Herman about the schedule. After the funds are in place, send Matthew Horner an audition invitation."

He paused for a while and said, "The success of Pirates of the Caribbean and the box office failure of Black Hawk Down have made me fully understand one thing, which is more likely to achieve commercial success by films that prefer all ages."

Anderson Martinez echoed, “It’s true.”

"So, I've greeted two screenwriters," Jerry Brookheimer continued. "The script of "National Treasure" will not have a large-scale plot, and the age group of the male and female protagonists will be lowered to better suit the tastes of teenagers."

When he made videos, he never paid attention to those stupid things. He targeted the market and audience, and used the aesthetics of the vast majority of audiences as the standard. Young audiences have always been the main body of the theater consumer market.

Burbank, at the door of the Angel Brokerage Company, Matthew was surrounded by reporters who followed him and waited here.

Under the support of several company security personnel, he walked towards the company's door and answered some questions from reporters.

"Success is certainly expected!" Matthew said with a smile, "I said at the premiere that "Pirates of the Caribbean" will definitely succeed!"

Now the film's box office is booming in the first week. Many media and professional institutions have predicted that the final North American box office will reach around $300 million. Of course, he has enough confidence to say this.

The success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" also led to Waterloo in the same period, "Shocks from the Sky", a Victorian Avengers produced by 20th Century Fox, which only received a little more than $20 million in the first week, and the North American box office will definitely not reach the cost line.

"The sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean"?" Matthew shook his head, "Sorry, I haven't heard of it. No one ever told me about "Pirates of the Caribbean" to make a sequel."

Disney Pictures has not released news to the public yet, so he will definitely not talk nonsense and disrupt Disney Pictures' promotional rhythm.

Besides, at this stage, the ones who are eager to announce and produce sequels should be Disney Pictures and Jerry Brookheimer, not starring actors like him.

There will definitely be a sequel, but Helen Hermann communicated with him and told him not to make a statement casually. As for the stupid words "I really look forward to continuing to star in the sequel", it is strictly forbidden to say them.

The situation is very clear now. The higher the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in North America, the more favorable the negotiations for him to continue to star in the sequel, and the higher the pay can be claimed. There is no need to worry at all.

According to Helen Hermann, it is not a problem to get him a pay of at least $8 million in the sequel, if the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in North America exceeds $200 million.

Nothing else, even for the $8 million, he will cooperate with Helen Hermann.

"Matthew, are there rumors that you broke up with Kayla?"

Upon hearing this question, Matthew immediately denied the rumor, "It's absolutely nothing. We have a good relationship and are very stable!"
Chapter completed!