While "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" was hit, several major starring actors and director Stephen Somos continued to promote the film. Unlike the concentrated publicity before the screening, the three major starring actors Matthew, Sienna Miller and Carolina Kokuva were scattered all over the place in order to create more news.

What surprised Matthew was that after the first week of the film's box office in North America was released, Victoria's Secret and Karolena Kokuva's agent jointly announced that Karolena Kokuva will participate in the 2009 Victoria's Secret show.

The angel supermodel, who was mercilessly abandoned by Victoria's Secret last year due to endocrine disorders, won a lot of attention with "Special Forces", Victoria's Secret turned around again.

This is also in line with Victoria's Secret's usual style, after all, this is a commercial company, not a charity.

In addition, Sienna Miller also tried his best to attract attention. In an interview with The Times, he directly claimed that he was a bad woman...

The lower limit for many celebrities to gain attention is much lower than that of Matthew.

Relatively speaking, Matthew's words and deeds are much more normal, and he must highlight his high standards when facing what the media does and what he says.

Before the second weekend of "Special Forces", he specially appeared on AB TV's "Good Morning America" ​​and recommended this video.

This is a live broadcast. Matthew sat in the studio, behind which was a huge poster of "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra", seriously introducing the film to fans.

The audience of "Good Morning America" ​​is mainly middle-class families, many of which are office workers over the age of 30. These are not the main audience groups of "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra". While Matthew and the film type attract a large number of young audiences, they can strive for these people to buy tickets to enter the theater, which plays an important role in the subsequent box office trend of "Special Forces".

So, sitting alone in front of the camera, Matthew introduced the film seriously.

"This summer, there are two popular movies based on animations originally created for toys. One is the well-known "Transformers 2", and the other is "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobras."

It seems to be about films that have nothing to do with me. Matthew introduced in a relatively objective tone, "From the story, the two movies are very exciting, both good and evil gangs are constantly fighting around the world. You have Decepticons, I have Cobras; if you send someone to lift the pyramid, I will ask the terrorist organization to knock down the Eiffel Tower. In short, no matter how lively it is, I will try my best to show the big scenes that are pleasing to the audience. However, compared with "Transformers 2" focusing on science fiction in the story, "Special Forces" is closer to our real life..."

There is no way to find a car that can be transformed out if you don’t focus on science fiction?

On the second weekend of its release, there are also large-scale films, "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" will face competition from Sony Columbia Pictures' "Ninth District".

The production cost of this film is only US$30 million, and it is not on the same level as "Special Forces" in terms of scale and theater release.

Also, the R-level classification in "The Ninth District" is not able to compete with the PG-13 rating in "Special Forces".

"The Ninth District" not only did not pose a threat to "Special Forces", but instead suffered a certain impact. After all, the audience of the two films overlapped a lot.

This weekend, "Special Forces" ranked first in the North American box office list with US$48.9 million, and "The Ninth District" ranked second with US$31.4 million. This box office figure is also very impressive relative to the cost. If the subsequent trend is stable, the North American box office of this film is very likely to exceed the $100 million mark.

The third and fourth places are Transformers 2 and Ice Age 3.

In addition, thanks to the hit screening of "Special Forces", another film starring Matthew, "Fast and Furious 4", returned to the top five in the box office list two months after its release, and won $11.2 million this weekend.

"Fast and Furious 4" has been released for ten weeks, with a total box office of US$321.2 million in North America, and the global box office has exceeded US$600 million in one fell swoop, and is steadily moving towards US$700 million.

This film has become a hit in the summer season in 2009.

"Special Forces" was also released in North America for two weeks. Including the previous four working days, the North American box office of this film easily exceeded the $180 million cost line, with a cumulative increase of $181.2 million.

Perhaps it is the effect brought by Matthew. The current trend of this film is quite stable. It is easy to have a box office of over $200 million in North America, and it is extremely hopeful to hit $300 million.

Starting this weekend, "Special Forces" has also been released in overseas regions. Currently, there are nearly 50 overseas releases, with a cumulative overseas box office of more than 85 million US dollars.

This film will also appear in the film market across the Pacific, but Paramount Pictures and the crew of "Special Forces" have no plans to go to the other side of the Pacific to do publicity, mainly because "Special Forces" will not be released on the other side until August.

Matthew didn't know when it started. The hottest summer and Spring Festival periods across the Pacific Ocean were no longer allowed to be released in Hollywood commercial films, but this objective condition cannot be changed by individuals. Hollywood movies as outsiders can only adapt.

Outsiders can't fight against the big scissors anyway.

Subsequently, "Special Forces" will appear in more overseas markets. This film has basically no sensitive points. It has neither villains from the Middle East nor has it caused trouble in the East. It has destroyed places like Paris, London, North American deserts or Arctic glaciers.

Not to mention anything else, even the "Special Forces" has not been cut even after entering the Indonesian market, which is the most severe and weird review system.

"Special Forces" continues to top the film rankings of major commercial theaters in North America, but Matthew knew that this situation would not last long, because in the new weekend, Warner Bros.'s super blockbuster, "Harry Potter and the Mixed Race Prince" wielding a magic wand, will be released soon.

Matthew has received invitations from Warner Bros. and Emma Watson and will attend the premiere at that time.

The only shame is that although Emma Watson came to North America, she was busy running notices everywhere, and Matthew had not met her yet.

By the way, he still missed this magical beauty.

Without Emma Watson, Matthew received a call from the other side of the Pacific Ocean through the Angel Agency transfer. The girl named Nini couldn't wait to come to Los Angeles to meet him.

Matthew did not agree for the time being and asked the other party to wait for two rounds of selection before coming over.

In some aspects, he is still very credible. Nini takes the initiative to come to her door. With his personality, it would be strange if she can bear it. If she is tired of logging, she cannot even meet the most basic conditions when selecting, or not when filming "Fast and Furious 5"?

Isn’t that going to make him lose his trust?

Matthew didn't want his most open-minded side to change.

With Fast and Furious 4 and Special Forces hitting the box office, sequels to both films have been put on the agenda.

Fast and Furious 4 is still produced by David Ellison's Sky Dance Films, and Matthew, like him, continues to account for half of the investment and income each.

David Ellison has been very busy recently. The main reason for his busyness is to make a perfect account for Fast and Furious 4, and find ways to increase the cost of the video on the books so as to minimize profits.

After all, when he and Matthew were promoting marketing, they swore that all the profits of "Fast and Furious 4" would be donated.

Of course, they will keep their promises and donate all the profits. As for how much profit the film is, even if there is no need to exaggerate, there are too many things to do.

It is difficult for outsiders to calculate the final number of publicity and distribution, especially publicity and distribution in overseas regions.

Many Hollywood movies that hit the box office are losing money in their accounts, such as "Save Private Ryan". DreamWorks announced a serious loss at the time, which shocked people outside the industry.

Compared with Matthew's Studio 13, David Ellison and Sky Dance Pictures, who are supported by Oracle, are undoubtedly more professional in this regard.

Matthew believes that even if he donates a large sum of money, Fast and Furious 4 will bring him a lot of money.

As the big sale of "Fast and Furious 4" brought the entire series to full health. After the film's first week's box office, director Justin Lin and screenwriter Chris Morgan led a team to the creation stage of "Fast and Furious 5". The crew, including Matthew, will return, such as Paul Walker, Jordanna Brewster, Gal Gadot and Daniel Wu Quan.

The supporting actor Tyres Gibson in the second part will also join the racing family in this part.

This is a confirmed character.

In addition, a Chinese female character will also appear, that is, the role played by actors who will be played by Matthew through auditions across the Pacific.

This series will increasingly implement the concept of wood tiring.

Matthew took time to discuss with David Ellison, and then held a three-party joint meeting with Disney to formally determine many issues in "Fast and Furious 5".

The production budget of this film will increase to US$150 million. It will be prepared as early as October, and will strive to start filming in the first half of next year. The latest period of the summer season in one year will not exceed the Memorial Day schedule in North America and around the world.

The other side of the Pacific Ocean is still the focus of the "Fast and Furious 5" strategy.

Matthew also suggested waiting for the video to be completed and Disney will submit it to the review in advance so that some troubles can be avoided as much as possible.

The plan for "Fast and Furious 5" is quite smooth, but what Matthew didn't expect was that the sequel to "Special Forces" was unexpected, and Paramount Pictures wanted to replace Stephen Somos.
Chapter completed!