American Fame and Fortune Chapter 727

Chapter 727 Deliberately showing off

 With the Oscars over, "The Martian" was completely removed from North American theaters, and the North American box office finally stayed at 322 million US dollars.

 The overseas screening of the film is not over yet.

Especially in Japan, a desert market for Hollywood movies, "The Martian" won't be released until March.

 The film's current global box office total is US$776 million.

 As 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 rankings and global box office rankings, the two films "John Wick 2" and "The Martian" starring Martin were both ranked in the top ten.

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

 “John Wick 2” ranked fourth on both lists with US$261 million in North America and US$623 million globally.

In addition, this film sold a total of 255 million US dollars of DVDs last year, ranking second in North America after "Habi Potter and the Deathly Hallows", ranking second on the annual DVD sales list.

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

Similarly, for "The Martian", Martin's salary plus box office share alone exceeded US$50 million.

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

 Lily laughed and said, "It would be best to play poker in the sky."

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

“We are both in the stage of developing our careers, and the number of times we go to sea each year is limited. The yachts we bought are basically idle and can only be left to rust on the dock.”

In the living room, Elizabeth was pillowing on Martin's lap. When she raised her head, Lily, who was lying on Martin's shoulder, was hanging down. She stretched out her fingers to press and play with it, and at the same time said: "This Two months later, after seeing the yacht advertisement, I felt that it was not a necessity for us at this stage, so it would be more cost-effective to buy a private jet.”

 As for Lily's random suggestion of getting a Boeing 737 for modification, Martin is not that bold yet.

When it comes to airplanes, Martin also thinks of one thing. It seems that Ukraine has some of the largest airplanes in the world. He has forgotten their specific names.

Elizabeth asked: “Do you have any special requests?”

 Martin is more serious than her: "You must be able to fly international routes...well, with a private space."

 Elizabeth's mind changed.

 This was promised to Elizabeth Olsen before.

I wonder if it will be fun to have a global village leader after it comes online?

Lily looked at the time and got up from Martin, pulling Elizabeth: "Let's go to work with me."

At this stage, private jets are indeed more useful. Martin followed his advice: "Choose the one that suits you and place an order directly."

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

Although most of the income has not yet arrived, Martin has basically planned a place to go. In addition to investing, he is also planning to buy a yacht.

"John Wick 2" was released last summer. Disney Pictures has settled twice with Davis Studio. In addition to a basic salary of 20 million U.S. dollars, Martin also received a box office share of 22.57 million U.S. dollars, as well as 1967 10,000 USD revenue share from DVD and TV rights.

However, the distributor Disney Pictures is in the process of repaying the money with major theater companies in North America. This income will not be credited to Martin until the middle of this year.

 First-line Bombardier, Gulfstream, Thor, Falcon, etc. are the first choices.

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

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

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

Elizabeth said: "You have to practice every day?"

"Of course." Lily put away her clothes: "If you don't practice for a day, you will be good at it. Sculpture is a long-term work. I don't want to be the kind of artist who is purely promoted by business. At least I must have real skills in my hands.

Elizabeth's smile was sweet, but her words were not sweet: "How do you make your fingers so flexible? That **** Martin can't even last long."

Lily opened her hand and grabbed it again: "Because I started to secretly observe Martin seven or eight years ago and understand Martin's characteristics, so I can catch his weaknesses with one hand."

Elizabeth knew what she meant, and she also knew that Lily had an older sister. Before coming to Atlanta, one of Lily's hobbies was voyeurism.

 Lily leaned over and asked, "Liz, do you want your fingers to become more flexible?"

Elizabeth stuck out her tongue and licked her slightly dry lips, letting Lily, who was deliberately showing off, understand that she was much better than her in some aspects.

Lily forcibly pulled the person away: "Hurry up and go to work with me! We agreed that no one can steal food." The two went to the studio, and Martin also had something to do, so he went out soon, in Burbank. Met with lawyer Hamlin.

 The latter is handling Martin's case against Warner Pictures.

 A month has passed since the lawyer's letter was issued. Warner Pictures still has no sign of wanting to pay the 2011 annual share of dozens of people, including Martin and Nolan.

A few days ago, lawyers representing Warner Pictures held their first out-of-court negotiations with multiple lawyers. Warner Pictures proposed a plan to extend the payment time to July. At that time, in addition to paying the original amount, Warner Pictures will also pay according to the Bank rate pays an interest.

 As expected, the talks broke down between the two sides.

 Martin's appeal is simple, just like others: “In addition to interest, there will also be liquidated damages and late payment fees, all in accordance with the provisions of the contract.”

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

 He did not stay long and quickly left.

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

Louise was in the studio. After seeing Martin, she said: "The director you recommended, Denis Villeneuve, is okay. After Graham and I interviewed him, he said he would shoot a movie based on the script. minutes of footage to prove his suitability for directing this project.”

 Martin asked: "How long will it take?"

"A week at most." Louise said simply: "Of all the directors who were interviewed, I personally feel that he is the most suitable. He studied the script carefully, and taking into account your basic salary of 20 million U.S. dollars, 50 to 60 million U.S. dollars is enough." can complete this film.”

 Martin nodded: “We have sufficient budget and funding is not a problem.”

 Davis Studio, Pacific Pictures and GK Pictures are co-producers. Martin also has investments from Wu Maoting and South Korea.

 Louise said: "If the footage produced by Villeneuve can pass our assessment, Graham will negotiate the contract directly with his agent, and the project will be fully launched in ten days."

She paused slightly: "My energy is mainly focused on "La La Land", where a director must also be selected. Disney Pictures has rich experience in making musicals and has recommended several director candidates. I will meet with them one after another next week ”

 Martin sighed: “It's really troublesome to prepare a musical.”

“Mainly, musicals are a subcategory within a subcategory.” Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses: “There are not many professionals in this field anymore.”

She reminded Martin: "After the choreography is in place, you need to start professional training, and you also need to start practicing the piano."

 Martin had privately studied piano for a while with Sebastian, but he had just left the One Finger Zen: "Sebastian will also be my piano teacher."

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

 But Martin is dedicated enough that he will not use a substitute and will play in person when the time comes.

 His next work as an actor is basically confirmed, and he will star in "Interstellar", "John Wick 3", "La La Land" and "Prince of Thieves".

 The filming schedule is easy to adjust. Except for "Interstellar" directed by Nolan, the other three films are all invested and produced by Davis Studio, and the crew can fully coordinate with Martin's schedule during filming.

 The two talked about some things about Warner Pictures.

Louise has been working with Warner Bros. for many years and is extremely well-informed about Warner Bros.: “Due to the unsatisfactory box office and offline response of several new films last year, Warner Pictures' repayment speed was indeed much slower, but the old films were not. There is this problem, Warner Pictures is holding back your share because the funds were misappropriated by Jon Berg.”

 Martin speculated: "Jon Berg will not use the money to make new films, right?"

Louise said: "With "Jack the Giant Catcher", didn't he create a new post-editing model? Every version of editing and the formation of an expert viewing group all require large amounts of financial support. The original The budget is not enough and we have to add more.”

Martin asked: "If this megproduction fails, who will be the first person responsible?"

"Yes." Louise said: "In case of failure, even if Jon Berg is Kevin Tsujihara's brother-in-law, there is no way he can escape accountability. Kevin Tsujihara can suppress the objections of the Warner Bros. board of directors. And there's Time Warner Group.”

 Martin nodded and asked: "I remember that "Jack the Giant Catcher" will be released in the summer this year?"

Louise thought for a moment: "In mid-May, the week before and the week after, there seems to be no large-scale production of the same scale."

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

 The crew of "La La Land" hired a piano teacher specifically for Martin. After the choreography was in place, he had to come to the crew on time to practice dance.

 Taking advantage of the popularity caused by the Oscars, Disney Pictures officially promoted the DVD release of "The Martian". In the absence of Ridley Scott who was busy filming "Prometheus", Martin devoted himself to promoting the DVD.

 After all, DVD sales are not only related to the income of Davis Studio, but also closely related to his post-production sharing.

 (End of this chapter)

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