After Warner announced that it would launch all the films in 2021 on HBO MAX, it was forced to pay the original promised box office dividends to many top actors and directors, because the box office of these films would be negatively affected.
According to foreign media "Variety", "Shi Huang" Will Smith received a compensation of $40 million. Some insiders broke the news to the Hollywood Reporter that he was also the producer of the film and shared his money with the actors of the same crew: Sania Sidney, Demi Singerton, Joe Bornser, Tony Godwin, Angelieu iris and so on.
"King Richard" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September and was quite well received, with a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 89% and an MTC mixed media rating of 71.
The tennis-themed biopic focusing on the Williams sisters will land in North American theaters and HBO MAX on November 19, and is expected to be introduced to Chinese mainland.