How much can SCARLETT Johansson charge if you win your demand against Disney

Marvel's Russian murderer has a new enemy in the sight: Walt Disney Co.Scarlett Johansson, who plays the black widow superheroine at the last Marvel premiere, filed a lawsuit against Disney last Thursday for which he could earn more than 50 million dollars (42.08 million euros) in payments for lost bonuses.

In July, Disney simultaneously launched the movie in cinemas and in its streaming service, Disney +.Something that, according to Johansson's demand, undermined the earnings at the box office, which serve to calculate how much the actress is paid.His interpretation of Natasha Romanoff (also known as the Black Widow) is the first that Johansson has repeatedly played on the screen.His first appearance in the Marvel Universe was in Iron Man 2 (20109.

Johansson says in his law.However, all that changed in March, when Disney announced that he would also release the movie on Disney + Premium, a platform in which subscribers can watch the movie for an additional rate of 30 dollars per month.For Johansson this has been a clear breach of contract.

"To anyone's surprise, breach of the Disney agreement moved millions of cinemas to their streaming service Disney +," says the demand."According to Disney's own self -placing press release, the film raised more than 60 million dollars (50.50 million euros) in Disney + only in its first weekend".

Johansson's is the most recent battle in a growing war between film studios that look.

Disney's response

"The demand is especially sad and distressing for its insensitive indifference for the horrible and prolonged global effects of the Covid-19 Pandemia," said the company in a statement issued a few hours after the presentation of the demand.«Disney has fully fulfilled the contract with Johansson and, in addition, the launch of Black Widow in Disney + with premium access has significantly improved its ability to earn additional compensation to 20 million dollars (16.83 million euros) thathas received to date ».

Johansson's agent came out in defense of the actress on Friday, saying that Disney "blatantly and falsely accused Johansson of being an insensitive to the situation of Covid's global pandemic", when all he was doing was asserting his rights asbusinesswoman.

«Scarlett has been Disney's partner in nine films, who have earned Disney and his shareholders billions.The company included its salary in its press release in an attempt to turn its success into a weapon, as if that were something that should be ashamed, ”wrote Caa's co -president Bryan Lourd."Scarlett is extremely proud of the work of which she and all actors, writers, directors, producers and Marvel creative team have been part of more than a decade".

Johansson and Disney representatives have rejected more comments.

The best paid actress

Johansson is the best paid woman of the Marvel franchise.Its appearance in the 2019 Avengers box office: Endgame was paid for 15 million dollars (12.62 million euros) to which another 35 million dollars (29.46 million dollars) were added when the film raised 2, 8 billion dollars (2.36 billion euros) in cinemas around the world, helping Johansson to qualify as the best paid actress of that year with 56 million dollars (47.13 million euros), according to Forbes.

Her demand describes her box office bonuses in the contract as "very large", which reflects the fact that she is the synonym for the success of the black widow, a film that for the first time explores the thorough story of the popular Marvel character.Nine of the 24 films of the Marvel cinematographic universe have raised more than one billion dollars at the box office, an amount that in this case would have increased by 50 million dollars (42.08 million euros) Johansson's profits, according to sources ofHollywood who spoke with Forbes about compensation.

Until now, the film has achieved just over 300 million dollars (252.50 million euros) worldwide, the worst box office result since Disney bought Marvel for four billion in 2009.Only the incredible Hulk (2008), a Marvel Studios movie released by Universal Pictures, obtained worse box office results.

Johansson's demand follows a revolt among Hollywood's best talents against Warnermedia, who faced threats of demands in December after he announced that he would launch his entire 2021 films list in the Hbomax transmission service on the same days ofIts theatrical debuts, allegedly paying about 200 million dollars in modified agreements.Johansson argues that Disney knew that his black widow strategy would cannibalize the box office, but he was more interested in reinforcing his nascent transmission service.

"This will surely be not the last case in which Hollywood's talent faces Disney and clear that, whatever the company intends, it has the legal obligation to comply with its contracts," said John Berlinski, theLos Angeles Lawyer representing Johansson.