LOS ANGELES, July 30 — Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over its decision to release superhero movieon streaming at the same time as in theaters, alleging a breach of contract which cost the star millions of dollars.
Box office analysts have cited the film’s streaming debut as a major factor in a lackluster — by Marvel film standards — release for a film that has grossed just over US$150 million in domestic theaters in three weeks. directly onto Disney+ to increase subscribers and thereby boost the company’s stock price — and that it’s hiding behind Covid-19 as a pretext to do so,” said Johansson’s attorney John Berlinski in a statement to AFP.
“The lawsuit is especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic,” it said.Like many Hollywood studios, Disney is increasingly prioritising streaming as a source of future revenue — a process accelerated by the closure of movie theaters upon the arrival of the pandemic in spring 2020.had earned “over US$60m” on Disney+ alone, where it was available to subscribers at an additional US$30 cost.
“Disney wanted to substantially devalue Ms. Johansson’s agreement and thereby enrich itself,” it adds.
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