Jungle Cruise isn’t, at least as of this writing, the same kind of battleground in Hollywood as Black Widow, whose financial returns prompted star Scarlett Johansson to sue Disney.
11.07.2021 - 23:49 / theplaylist.net
This weekend saw Disney test out a hybrid release with one of their top-tier releases, as “Black Widow” starring Scarlett Johansson hit both theaters and Premier Access on Disney+ this weekend. The studio had delayed the film’s release by more than a year due to the pandemic, and it seems to have paid off in a major way.
Jungle Cruise isn’t, at least as of this writing, the same kind of battleground in Hollywood as Black Widow, whose financial returns prompted star Scarlett Johansson to sue Disney.
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal that Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit against Disney/Marvel alleges that the studio breached their contract with their hybrid release, adding “Black Widow” to Premier Access on Disney+ alongside a traditional domestic theatrical release. Reportedly, Johansson could have lost potential bonuses in the $50 million range by nixing a proper theatrical window.
Struggling at the box office past its opening weekend, Marvel’s “Black Widow” might not end up being released in China (this could change), and there is a good shot the film might end up becoming a flop. Or at least a theatrical one.
Stephen Dorff is walking back some of the comments he made about Scarlett Johansson and Black Widow.
director Cate Shortland told ET of the mysterious masked antagonist whose identity serves as one of the movie's biggest twists. «I hope that it remains a secret, because the character is so great, so scary, so cool, just such a great villain — and the reveal is good.»Now that is out, the secret is too: Taskmaster is Antonia Dreykov, daughter of the man who oversees the Black Widow-training Red Room and a character first mentioned back in 2012's.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterBlack Widow has faced down mad titans and genocidal robots, but can the veteran Avenger take down a band of scrappy Looney Toons?It’ll be a showdown between Disney’s and Marvel’s “Black Widow” and the Warner Bros.
“Black Widow” at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years.The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday the superhero pic generated an estimated $80 million in ticket sales in North America.
David Harbour has revealed that his wife Lily Allen had “mixed feelings” about his Black Widow weight loss. The Stranger Things star, who married Allen in 2020, plays a Russian super-soldier and father to Scarlett Johansson’s titular superhero in the new Marvel film.
Marvel's first release since the pandemic began, Black Widow is already setting records at the box office. After Vin Diesel's F9 provided the much-needed boost to the box office amid the pandemic-hit business, Scarlett Johansson's superhero film is now making a bigger impact with its strong start at the box office.
I’m sure you recognize Scarlett Johansson from her years-long portrayal of Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Or, perhaps you’ve heard that she was the highest-paid actress of 2019.
Black Widow might be making major bank at the box office for opening weekend.
Scarlett Johansson has likely taken her final bow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On Friday, the long-awaited "Black Widow" hit theaters featuring the 36-year-old actress as Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Widow, a super-spy known for teaming up with the Avengers.
“Black Widow,” Marvel’s superhero film starring Scarlett Johansson, made $13.2 million from Thursday box office previews that began at 5:00 p.m.
Scarlett Johansson is moving on.
Scarlett Johansson has had a lot of time to nurture her own little Black Widow at home.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Black Widow,” the Disney and Marvel standalone superhero adventure starring Scarlett Johansson, launched internationally on Wednesday and collected $4.9 million in ticket sales from 11 overseas markets.The comic book adaptation, the first Marvel movie to grace cinemas in two years, had the strongest start in the United Kingdom, where it generated $1.7 million on its first day of release.