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According to The Wall Street Journal, she has filed a lawsuit against Disney, claiming that the studio breached her contract when it decided to release Black Widow on Disney+’s pricey “Premier Access” tier on the same day it came out in theaters. Apparently, her contract promised “an exclusive theatrical release” and WSJ says “her salary was based in large part on the box office performance of the film”—which has dropped considerably since the movie came out in July, despite Disney’s insistence that the film started off really well. Supposedly, the loss of box office revenue from putting Black Widow on Disney+ is going to cost Johansson something like $50 million.
Variety has shared a statement from Disney in response to Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit, with the company saying that “there is no merit whatsoever” to the suit. It also goes somewhat surprisingly hard, suggesting that the suit the suit is “especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Variety has shared a statement from Disney in response to Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit, with the company saying that “there is no merit whatsoever” to the suit. It also goes somewhat surprisingly hard, suggesting that the suit the suit is “especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
