The relationship between Disney and Scarlett Johansson is not going through its best moment, since the actress sued the film studio for the premiere of Black Widow.
Scarlett Johansson has been playing Black widow since 2010 when it debuted in Iron man 2. After the death of his character in Avengers: Endgame (2019), he was able to say goodbye to fans of the franchise with his own solo film. But when they decided to release this installment of Marvel studios in cinemas and in Disney Plus at the same time, the actress felt that she lost a lot of money and ended up suing Disney.
Now we are knowing more details of everything that happened and it seems that Scarlett Johansson tried to settle with Disney before filing the lawsuit. So he asked for 100 million dollars, which should be added to the 20 million that he had already received for filming Black Widow. According to The Wall Street Journal, the actress’s accounts were that the film could reach 1.2 billion dollars at the box office globally based on other installments of Marvel studios.
Disney never made a counter offer, as it considered that Scarlett Johansson it was very far from the current reality in the world. Because of the pandemic, the film industry has been very resentful because films no longer raise as much money. In fact, it will be difficult for a single 2021 movie to reach 1 billion. Maybe Matrix Resurrections or Spider-man: No way home get it, but it will depend on the global situation at Christmas.
Reviewing the Marvel Studios box office it is impossible that Black Widow would have reached 1,200 million dollars.
Although the Marvel Studios Cinematic Universe It is very successful, few solo character films have exceeded 1 billion. In fact, just iron Man 3 (2013), Black panther (2018), Captain Marvel (2019) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) have succeeded. So, in a normal situation, probably Black widow would have reached about 800 million. So having collected 20 million and following his own logic he should have asked for 60 million, but it is estimated that the box office figure plus access to Disney Plus, revolves around 500 million, therefore, she should have an extra 30 million depending on what she has signed. A figure far removed from the 100 million he asked for.
Now it will be a judge who determines how much money he has to pay you Disney to Scarlett Johansson. As more news about the trial comes out, we can see all his movies from Marvel studios on the Disney Plus streaming platform.