The Box Office

[inisideguy]

I wonder if ScarJo gets the same percentage from streaming as she does from theaters?

I don't have a clue how that works. What percentage does a studio get from a movie ticket?

[Kirby101]

50 to 75 % on average

[titanfan]

Massive opening for BW.

One could only imagine how huge it would have been if not for the pandemic.

It would likely have crossed $100m easily in North America alone.

I feel like it benefited from the pandemic in a sense, people want to go to the theaters to experience it, after not being able to for awhile.

[DanMad1977]

I feel like it benefited from the pandemic in a sense, people want to go to the theaters to experience it, after not being able to for awhile.

That, and Natasha is popular with the woman. My girls all wanted to see it badly.

Even with the boycott of many cinemas its pretty successful

[Gaastra]

wonder if ScarJo gets the same percentage from streaming as she does from theaters?

Disney keeps 80% as they list it as vhs or "home video". Bill nye and others are suing disney over it so disney pockets the money unless a deal was in place first. (but nye lost his first lawsuit)

For years, Disney has been keeping 80% of the revenue from older shows that it distributes to streaming platforms, leaving only 20% to be available to stars and other profit participants.

It does so by classifying the revenue as “home video.” Under a formula dating from the introduction of the VCR, Disney subtracts an 80% royalty to its in-house distributor to cover the costs of distribution.

In 2017, Bill Nye, star of “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” challenged that practice, calling it yet another example of Hollywood accounting.

In a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, Nye argued that the actual distribution costs for platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime are minimal, and that Disney is essentially raking millions of dollars off the top without justification.
“They’re trying to stick it into the category that will allow them to keep the most amount of money while ignoring why they were entitled to get that to begin with,” said attorney Jeffrey Koncius, partner at Kiesel Law LLP.

“It doesn’t make any sense at all,” said Douglas Johnson, managing partner of Johnson & Johnson LLP. “Home video is not the same as streaming. They’re not even close.”

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/dis...ng-1234910834/

So anything disney streams is listed as a vhs tape!

[inisideguy]

They have Black widow at 87.5 million domestic after Monday. So looks like it will go over 100 million after weds.

[Gaastra]

Yup best monday box office pre 2020. Also bw is expected to make $24m this weekend. And that's with space jam and escape room out!

https://deadline.com/2021/07/black-w...nd-1234792134/

[Gaastra]

Black widow crossing $100m today after less then 4 days.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottme...h=1cfb2fa07343

Space jam expected to open to $20m.

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/s...ow-1235019046/

[inisideguy]

Black widow at 95 million after tues.

[inisideguy]

Black widow hits 100 million domestic after weds.

[Gaastra]

Black widow passes $200m ww aready!

https://variety.com/2021/film/box-of...ce-1235020748/

[inisideguy]

Black Widow up to 105 million domestic heading into weekend.

[Maestro 216]

Space Jam 2 might take out BW.

[Kirby101]

Space Jam 2 might take out BW.

Wonder how much free on HBOMax will cut into the Box Office?

[inisideguy]

Space Jam beat Black widow on Friday. BW up to 113 million domestic.