[US Entertainment] Actor

The warm wind in August makes people drowsy. In the morning when there is no work, Ebert will delay getting up until eight or nine o'clock, open the window, go downstairs for a run, and drink a cup of mellow black tea after returning , While tasting and reading the newspaper, he was in a happy mood all day long.

The habit of drinking black tea was passed on to Ebert by Keira Knightley.

At the beginning of August, the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was steadily advancing with a weekly increase of 8 to 3000 million, and it was ranked in the top five of the weekend box office rankings until the tenth week of its release. For the longest time, the movie's dominance this summer has been on full display.

Whether it is the menacing "X-Men 2", "The Matrix 2", or the slow-moving "Finding Nemo", they have all been surpassed in the cumulative box office growth of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

When the picture was completely lowered, the movie temporarily ranked first among all the movies released this year with a box office of 3 million US dollars. When the year-end inventory was taken in 5000, the total box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was only less than the year-end box office. The champion "Lord of the Rings 2003" is $3 million lower, ranking second on the list.In the global movie box office rankings, as the first of a series, it lost to "Lord of the Rings 2700", "Finding Nemo" and "The Matrix 3: Reloaded", but it also ranked No. .2, becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year.

For the production company Disney, the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean" means that they have developed one of the most profitable live-action movie series in Disney history. There is no need to take risks like the first one, but a steady stream of benefits is inevitable.

As a company that is good at animated films, Disney is not good at producing commercial blockbuster series. Warner Bros. has the "Matrix", "Batman", and "Harry Potter" series, and Paramount has the "Mission: Impossible" series. Universal has the "Fast and Furious" and "Bourne Bourne" series, while 20th Century Fox has the "X-Men" series, and Disney has only one live-action movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" so far. To make money, but as a self-motivated company, Disney also hopes to expand its strength in the field of commercial film production.

Simultaneously with the great success of the movie is the soaring social status of the actors.

Disney Pictures is already building a studio for the second filming-this is also a point where other film companies have complained about Disney's big win in the summer, because they have no confidence in the first part of "Pirates of the Caribbean". Disney then tore down the studio during filming, and if this stupid behavior stopped, Disney could save at least one Geoffrey Rush salary.

As for Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Ebert, the three main characters in the movie, their value has risen to the point where Disney, which has made a lot of money in the summer, can't help but frown.

The quotation given by Johnny Depp's agent is 2000 million US dollars. Johnny also hopes to enjoy a part of the box office dividend. Although the second filming has just been included in the schedule, Johnny Depp and Disney have already started. A new tug of war.

In view of the inappropriate remarks made by Disney CEO Michael Eisner in the media before, Johnny will not be relentless in raising the price.

Keira Knightley became a hot star in Hollywood immediately after the film was released. Her carefree and unaffected appearance has aroused the favor of countless audiences. The audience is tired of the same brainless vase roles in big-budget movies. The appearance of Keira is like a clear stream, which immediately fills the void in the hearts of the audience.

Before taking over the film, Keira's salary was only a few hundred thousand dollars, but now, according to a professional film review magazine, if there is no 500 million dollars, Disney may not be able to let the actress continue to shoot the first film of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Two.

Jerry Bruckheimer is also very optimistic about Keira. She is already the heroine handpicked by Jerry for his next film "King Arthur". In any case, the 18-year-old actress is undoubtedly facing a smooth road ahead.

As for Ebert in the Iron Triangle, his film salary for "Pirates of the Caribbean" has already reached 400 million US dollars, and the release of two outstanding works in the summer file has allowed his box office to break through the 1000 million US dollar mark .Industry insiders predict that if "Pirates of the Caribbean" really wants the actor to continue to participate in the filming, the price may go up to $200 million.

the reason is simple.

Ebert has a strong box office appeal."Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Age of Pentium" released this summer are both slow-moving movies. The total box office of "The Age of Pentium" in North America was 1 million US dollars when it was drawn down, which is higher than that of "Terminator 5500", which is far more popular than it. ".

"Terminator 3" has Arnold Schwarzenegger, what does "The Pentium Age" have?

There are only Albert Dawson, who some media say "hasn't even grown hair", and Jeff Bridges, who doesn't have box office appeal.

In other words, relying on Ebert's superb performance and strong box office pulling power, this seemingly uncompetitive film was abruptly sent to the sixth place in the summer box office by him.Such a result may not have been ranked so high last year, but although this year is a year of sequels of major commercial masterpieces, the performance of the sequels of some works is very weak compared to the prequels.

去年上映的《星战前传2：克隆人的进攻》、《黑衣人2》、《王牌大贱谍3》都属于续集类作品，其中票房最低的《黑衣人2》也取得了1亿9000多万美元的票房佳绩，今年的《终结者3》票房仅有1亿5000万美元而已。

If the performance of the North American box office market this year is not as good as in previous years, there may be a place in the top ten box office at the end of the year for "The Pentium Era".

The media with good things is already calculating the formula for Ebert. A "White Night", a "Pirates of the Caribbean", and a "Pirate Age", the box office of these three films in North America reached 6 million US dollars, the global box office even exceeded 10 billion!

Although Ebert played only a supporting role in the first two works, no one can deny that this young actor has played a huge role in the growth of the box office!

"You are about to become a first-line star." Lynn's tone sounded very serious, but his smug expression couldn't deceive anyone: "At that time, it was really the right decision to insist on acting in "The Pentium Era". This movie has achieved both box office and word of mouth, ha, do you know what the media calls you now?"

Ebert made a cup of tea for him, and the agent took a big sip like a cow: "The leader of Hollywood's post-80s male stars."

Indeed, among actors under the age of 25, Ebert's achievements are definitely unique.

Universal Pictures soon held a celebration banquet for "The Pentium Era". At the celebration banquet, where there was a lot of drinking and singing, Ebert, who was the leading actor, was naturally the center of attention.He even had the honor to meet and have a short conversation with Hollywood bigwig Lon Mayer, who has been the president of Universal for more than ten years.

Long pitched Ebert to several of Universal's planned films, including the upcoming Peter Jackson-directed King Kong and the Doom movie adaptation of the classic video game.

The head of Universal even said half-jokingly: "If the filming of "Van Helsing" has not been finished, the role of the leading actor should also be left to you."

In Ebert's impression, "Van Helsing" is a big production with an investment of 1.6 million US dollars by Universal Pictures. In order to win a high box office, the movie invited "Wolverine" Hugh Jackman to play the leading actor, Kate Beckinsale As the heroine, it is a pity that the movie's box office was not good, and it ended dismal.

Lon Meyer did this only in the hope that Ebert could appear in more movies produced by Universal Pictures, and he maintained considerable respect for the most powerful figure in Hollywood.

But forget about King Kong and Doom.

"King Kong" is obviously the standard match for Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio, who is suffering from lovelorn syndrome. Ebert secretly thought that he might be able to introduce Leo to Lon Meyer.

After all, compared to a "rising star", a big star who is still in the top line is more attractive.

This celebration banquet is undoubtedly the closest Ebert has ever been to a powerful figure in Hollywood. All the executives of Universal Pictures were present, and big names such as Tom Hanks and Ben Stiller also participated in the celebration. In comparison, Ebert and these big guys are not very familiar with each other, and after only a little chat, they went to work.

Although he is not particularly used to the atmosphere of the so-called celebration banquet, for Ebert, this is undoubtedly the best time for him to expand his network, and it also proves that the door to the upper world of Hollywood is slowly opening to him.

There are more and more paparazzi squatting beside his residence.

Reports about him in the media are no longer just a small page, and reporters are even willing to take up a huge space to introduce his clothes, daily activities and emotional state.

Even Ebert's old almanac from his "Eastern Eagle" days has been dug out.

However, when the journalists tried to explore the emotional experience that the beauty audience, especially the gossip lovers, were most concerned about, they all fell silent.

I don't know if I don't check it, I'm shocked when I check it!

WTF!

Before quitting "Eastern Eagle", Ebert was a well-known playboy in the music industry. Going to nightclubs to meet hot girls was his daily routine, but after he quit "Eastern Eagle", apart from the co-actors in the movie, Ebert Bert didn't even have an intimate photo with a woman!

Not one! ! !

This is simply a great offense to the authority of the gossip reporters, who don't believe that a playboy is willing to change his ways.

A vigorous "skinning" Ebert operation was launched vigorously in the North American gossip circle.