Hey she is getting paid a lot more than the first grip there number thirty. She is in a union but not a union like mine. She isn't negotiating for the camera man. She is negotiating for herself. She isn't negotiating for anyone except her self. As did every other actor on that set. Scarjo didn't sit down and be like look I'm getting getting 20 million but I feel like my other actor brothers deserve that as well. Her lawyers filed this suit for her. Not for the rest of the actors in that movie. Or any other movie. Labor does stupid things to. I was in labor for years. They are not always right. Life doesn't work that way. For cripes sake I was in a cops union who use to defend a hole cops. That was labor number thirty.
She is getting the contractual cut from the box office, but what monetary value is she suing for? If she win the suit, who will figure out how much money she is owed? With box office in the pandemic being down, how is she going to prove D+ cut into the box office and by how much?
Basically the courts would have to decide how much she would have made if the movie was released only in theaters during a pandemic. And then somehow extrapolate that worldwide, even if movie theaters in many markets are barely open. I honestly don't know. Sounds like a nightmare.
She should get a cut from the 60M Disney said they made from Premier Access and an estimation of the illegal DL and illegal streaming sites that occurred because they decided to do this. But I don't think she should get anywhere near the 50M extra from backend deals because the box office was very subpar and if it was originally theatre only it still would have fallen short. I know Chicago Bastard gave a detailed post on why it fell short in the foreign markets but it can't even beat Godzilla Vs Kong yet. It might not even after it opens in China. That's pretty weak. Yup I enjoyed the movie and no I don't hate Scarjo.
I mean you could be right I don't know. How they would even begin to figure stuff out like that is beyond me. Like you said you have Disney Plus releases, in certain countries, like Chicago bastard said some movie chains in European countries didn't show in solidarity, it hasn't opened in China, there is a pandemic, other people from Canada and Australia on these boards have said movie theaters are barely open in their countries. Good luck.