Actress Scarlett Johansson sues Disney, claiming breach of contract for online distribution at the same time as the movie 'Black Widow' is released in theaters
Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over'Black Widow' Streaming Release --WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scarlett-johansson-sues-disney-over-black-widow-streaming-release-11627579278
Scarlett Johansson Files Lawsuit Against Disney Over'Black Widow' Release – The Hollywood Reporter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/scarlett-johansson-disney-lawsuit-1234990249/
Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over'Black Widow' Release --Variety
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/scarlett-johansson-sues-disney-black-widow-1235030582/
The movie 'Black Widow' is one of the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe', which is a series of works such as 'Iron Man ', ' Captain America', and 'Avengers'. Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow), played by Johansson, has appeared in each work as a founding member of the superhero group 'Avengers' since it appeared in 'Iron Man 2' released in 2010.
Originally, this work was scheduled to be released in theaters on May 1, 2020, but due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the release schedule was postponed to November 2020 and then to May 2021, and finally in July 2021. It has been decided that it will be open to the public. In addition, as with the anime movie 'Raya and the Last Dragon, ' which was developed prior to this work, it was distributed on 'Disney +' at the time of theatrical release.
Mr. Johansson said that 'Black Widow' is scheduled to be widely released in theaters under the contract, and it was released without waiting for the market to recover, and it was distributed online at the time of theatrical release. It claims that the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars in box office has been lost. Mr. Johansson himself lost 50 million dollars (about 5.5 billion yen) that should have been obtained as a bonus according to the box office revenue.
'Black Widow' recorded the highest box office revenue in the United States after the pandemic in the first week.
Marvel's latest work 'Black Widow' recorded the highest box office revenue of 8.8 billion yen after the pandemic in the United States, and Disney + paid distribution is also strong --GIGAZINE
However, the box office revenue decreased by 68% in the second week of publication. In the complaint, Johansson said, 'Disney's strategy of pulling the audience away from the theater and pulling them to Disney + worked.'
By the way, this work depicts the appearance of Natasha Romanoff before his success as 'Avengers', and Johansson has announced that he will no longer play Natasha Romanoff.
Proud | Marvel Studios' Black Widow --YouTube
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