A few days ago, Disney and Scarlett Johansson finally reached a settlement on the division of the "Black Widow" movie.
The reason is that Disney released "Black Widow" in theaters at the same time, but also broadcast on Disney's streaming media.
In this way, while affecting the box office revenue of movie theaters, pirate downloads have also been increased.
According to Scarlett's rough estimate, the loss reached at least $50 million.
After the news of Disney's and Scarlett's settlement was announced, no specific details were released.
Some fans asked, wondering how much compensation the widow sister finally received.
Recently, according to Deadline's Dominic Pattern, Disney will eventually pay Scarlett more than $40 million through multiple payments.
From the widow's lawsuit against Disney to the perfect settlement, it took only two months.
According to industry insider Matthew Bellon, the strong box office performance of "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" after its exclusive release in cinemas (indirectly) supported Scarlett's case.
The film was the first film to gross more than $200 million in North America after the outbreak, while Black Widow was only $183 million.
The argument is that if a new character with lesser visibility (such as Shangqi) can bring such a box office.
Then a highly anticipated independent film by the original Avengers should perform better (if only in theaters).
"'Legend of Shangqi and the Ten Rings' is a (well-known) Marvel production starring a largely unknown actor who surpassed Black Widow at the box office, which didn't help Disney's overall career."
"What's the difference? Of course, "Shangqi" is a movie that is only released in movie theaters. So that's a (exploitable) point for Johnson."
Although she has said it to death in interviews before, "Black Widow" should be The last time Scarlett starred in Natasha Romanov.
However, the follow-up widow will continue to cooperate with Disney in the new movie "Tower of Horror", and it is reported that she will star and serve as a producer.