After the Walt Disney Company slipped on a banana peel andreleasedBlack Widowon cyclosis on the same Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of its theatrical release , severely cutting into the film ’s box office earnings and prompting a lawsuit from its star , Scarlett Johansson , the society ’s chief operating officer doubled down on its ability to “ fairly even off ” talent regardless of film release method .
During the company ’s third - quarterearnings call on Thursday , Disney boss Bob Chapek say said that the company has “ entered 100 of talent arrangements with our natural endowment ” since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic , and enunciate that , by and enceinte , “ they ’ve gone very very smoothly , so we expect that that would be the case going forward . ”
Although Johansson is n’t explicitly mentioned , that reply certainly sounds like a refutation of the lawsuit she brought against Disney in July , which say that the ship’s company ’s determination to debut Black Widow on Disney+ “ Premiere Access ” on the same Clarence Day of its theatrical firing had resulted in a breach of her contract , which had unambiguously tie her salary to the film ’s box office performance , as well as substantial fiscal losses .
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For the stars of major blockbuster , it ’s vulgar recitation to have a stipulation in your contract that read that your earnings from the film will be contingent upon its box office success , but the Second Coming of Christ and ubiquity of streaming has muddy those water . AsGizmodopreviously report , a informant familiar with Johansson ’s contract told the Wall Street Journal that the actress stood to recede as much as $ 50 million from the movie , the lineal event of its streaming vent newspaper clipping into boxwood spot take .
During Thursday ’s call , Chapek represent the room Disney has opted to release its films throughout the pandemic , which has included traditional theatrical releases , straight - to - streaming Disney+ exclusives , and a hybrid model that combines the two . The company , he said , is “ reacting to a very fluid situation in terms of the marketplace , ” but he added that the current slate of films was “ conceived under a time when we did not live what was going to be happening with consumer behavior three , four years later and certainly did n’t know about covid at the time . ”
“ Bob Iger and I , along with the drawing card of our creative and distribution team , influence this was the right scheme because it would enable us to gain the broadest possible audience , ” Chapek said during the call . “ And just to restate , dispersion decision are made on a film - by - picture show footing base on world marketplace stipulation and consumer behaviour . ”
“ We will continue to utilize all useable choice going forward , learn from insights gain with each freeing , and innovate consequently while always doing what we think is in the good interest of the movie and the best interest of our constituent , ” he added .
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